# Charlene Banks — charsoft.ai

> Award-winning AI trainer, coach, and multi-cloud strategist. I train, upskill, and mentor teams to lead AI in their own organizations — then I step back. People first, technology second.

Rev. Charlene Banks is a people-first technologist and founder of Charsoft Consulting. She has trained, coached, and mentored 25,000+ developers as a Google LaunchPad Generative AI Leader, earned back-to-back AI training awards, and shipped 20+ production applications across Google Cloud and Azure since 2021. She works across two worlds: enterprise AI coaching and upskilling for banks, insurers, and IT firms in Northern Virginia, and free/affordable technology for spiritual communities.

## Services

- [AI Training & Workshops](https://charsoft.com/training): Half-day to 12-week programs that build AI literacy, confidence, and independence. Meets teams where they are. Practical, hands-on, built to stick. Platforms: Google Cloud, Azure, Gemini, Vertex AI.
- [Fractional AI Lead](https://charsoft.com/consulting): Embedded coaching and mentoring through first real AI use cases — focused on building team capability, not dependency. Leaves people stronger.
- [AI-Powered Products](https://charsoft.ai/#portfolio): Full-stack production applications built on Google Cloud and Azure. The tech is the vehicle — the people are always the point.

## Portfolio

- **Vision 2026** — AI cinematic video generator. Upload a photo, define 3 life goals, receive a cinematic trilogy. Stack: Veo 3.1, Gemini, Firebase, Cloud Run, Stripe.
- **Open at the Top** — AI content platform for spiritual communities. Persona-based planning, AI song suggestions, sermon research, social media generation with Imagen.
- **Affirmation Flow** — Cross-platform mobile app (iOS & Android) for daily intention-setting across 8 life areas. Stack: Flutter, Firebase.
- **AI Leadership Cohort** — 12-week structured program taking technical novices to strategic AI leaders via Google Cloud Labs, Azure workshops, and executive strategy sessions.

## Free Resources

- AI Readiness Checklist for Bank Teams (PDF) — 15 items across 4 categories: team literacy, governance gaps, documentation, examiner-readiness.
- VA AI Compliance Brief for Insurers (PDF) — Virginia carriers and AI governance under Administrative Letter 2024-01.

## About

Rev. Charlene Banks is also a spiritual leader and tech builder for spiritual communities at [spirit.charsoft.ai](https://spirit.charsoft.ai). She bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and the people who need it most — from Fortune 500 boardrooms to spiritual centers. Multi-cloud certified across Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

## Contact

- Email: charlene@charsoft.com
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/revcharlene
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/revCharlene
- GitHub: https://github.com/Charsoft-Consulting
- Business site: https://charsoft.com