Doghead Digital, Redding CA

The AI person for your business.

So you don't have to become one.

We work with trades, construction and supply businesses around Redding. We sit down with you, find where AI saves you real hours or real money, build it into the tools you already use, and stay on to run it.

See how it works

Sound familiar?

You've tried ChatGPT. Now what?

Most owners we talk to have poked at Claude or ChatGPT. It writes a decent email. But the work that actually eats your week lives in places it can't see: the bids, the quotes, the submittals, the inbox full of supplier PDFs. Nobody on your team has the hours to figure out how to wire it in.

That's our job. We learn how your business runs, then build AI into it one task at a time. You don't have to learn the technology, and you don't have to rip out the tools you already use. For each one, we tell you whether to wrap it, replace it, or leave it alone.

How we decide what to build

How it works

Start small, earn the next step.

  1. 01

    Audit

    We sit with you and the people doing the work, and find the handful of tasks that eat the most hours or cost the most when they slip. You get a short, ranked list.

  2. 02

    Build the workflow

    One task at a time, starting with the one that hurts most. Claude does the paperwork and the first draft. A person on your team reviews and sends.

  3. 03

    Connect your system

    We give Claude read access to the software you already run on, so it works from your real jobs, customers and prices instead of copy and paste.

  4. 04

    Replace a tool

    When a subscription costs more than it is worth, we build the version that fits how you work and move your data across. You own it.

  5. 05

    Run it

    A small monthly retainer keeps it patched, watched and improving. You call us, not a support queue.

Hard limits

AI that stays in its lane.

Already running

Built with a Redding fencing contractor.

Jefferson State Highways runs its bids, submittals, RFIs and change orders through a team of Claude agents we built with them. The agents do the paperwork. A manager reviews each package before it leaves the building. We built and run their website too.

See our work

Who you'll be working with

Two people in Redding, not an account manager and a ticket queue. We've spent over a decade building software for companies of every size. Now we bring that home to the businesses down the road.

Joey McKenzie, Co-founder & Lead Engineer at Doghead Digital

Co-founder & Lead Engineer

Joey McKenzie

A software engineer with over a decade of shipping production apps. Joey builds the agents, the connections to your systems and the custom tools, and he's the one you call when something needs fixing.

Sarah McKenzie, Co-founder & Product Professional at Doghead Digital

Co-founder & Product Professional

Sarah McKenzie

A product strategist who turns business goals into a plan the build can follow. Sarah runs projects from the first conversation to handoff and keeps the details straight.

Moose McKenzie, Chief Happiness Officer at Doghead Digital

Chief Happiness Officer

Moose McKenzie

The heart of Doghead Digital. Moose keeps morale high and greets every call with a wagging tail.

Start with an audit

We sit down with you and the people doing the work, and come back with a short list of where AI would save you the most time or money. Over coffee here in Redding or on the phone, your pick.

Talk to us about an audit
Local, in Redding
A person approves everything
Your data stays yours