About Me
Strategist.
Builder.
Transformation Leader.
I'm Anthony Busa — a San Diego-based strategist and operator working at the intersection of business strategy, product execution, and automation.
My background spans chemical engineering, a quantitative MBA, corporate strategy, startup operations, and technical program management. That mix helps me move between systems-level technical thinking and the commercial realities that determine whether products and organizations actually work.
Today, I help build and scale Navore Market, a local food marketplace connecting local San Diego producers with consumers. My work spans strategy, operations, USDA grant execution, product roadmap, analytics, distribution design, and cross-functional execution.
I'm also building a personal AI operations system for agents, memory, dashboards, Discord workflows, and automation. It is part lab, part operating system, and part proof that small teams can run with much more leverage.
Before Navore: led 12 transformation programs at Johnson Matthey (global specialty chemicals) driving +37% process efficiency, and founded the North America Government Affairs function there from scratch. Then ran ML/AI integration programs at HealthRise, a healthtech startup spanning EHR software, revenue cycle management, and consulting services.
What I Do
Areas of Expertise
Strategy & Operations
Market design, GTM planning, operating models, and execution rhythms for teams that need traction, not theater.
Product & Program Leadership
Turning messy ideas into scoped releases, roadmaps, feedback loops, dashboards, and repeatable delivery.
AI & Automation
Designing agent workflows, memory systems, analytics, and automations that reduce operational drag.
Marketplace & Venture Building
Hands-on venture work building local food marketplace infrastructure, producer operations, grants, and growth systems.
Recognition
Background & Honors
Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar — JPMorgan Chase, Consumer & Retail track. Selected from a national applicant pool.
Carnegie Mellon University — MBA, Tepper School (quantitative focus).
Villanova University — B.S. Chemical Engineering (Student Body President; built student government structure from the ground up).
AI systems architecture · backpacking · 3D printing · swimming · strategy writing
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