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J Nicholas Tolson

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Founder / AI Consultant at Razzo AI
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

J Nicholas Tolson is the Founder of Razzo AI, where he focuses on AI enablement for business leadership. His diverse career spans roles from programmer to CEO, CMO, and CTO, with a history of launching B2B SaaS products and tripling revenue for a DTC electronics brand. He holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts.

Outside of his professional life, Nicholas is an avid endurance athlete who has completed multiple trail marathons and ultramarathons. During a career sabbatical, he also hiked the Grand Canyon from rim-to-rim and explored Scandinavia, highlighting a passion for travel and challenging outdoor activities.

Unique fact: He has completed the Dead Horse Ultra, a 50-mile ultramarathon through the desert of Moab, Utah.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Founder / AI Consultant
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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AI Organizational Adoption
He founded Razzo AI to help teams move from individual AI experimentation to organizational capability, designing and running multi-week AI training programs.
AI Operating Systems
He runs his entire business through Claude Cowork and leads workshops on building an "AI Operating System" to give AI persistent awareness of a business.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Founder / AI Consultant
Razzo AI
3-2025
Founder / AI Enablement Lead / Fractional Chief AI Officer
Razzo AI
3-2019 - 3-2025
Head of Sales, Marketing, & Customer Service
Linear Tube Audio
4-2018 - 1-2019
Director, Sales and Marketing
Furnace Record Pressing
4-2017 - 4-2018
Career Sabbatical
Self
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Education
1994 - 1998
BFA
School of Visual Arts
1993 - 1994
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University
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