# Jesus is Lord, the foundation of this code. # Eli Ace — story (plain text for agents and search) # https://eliace.ai/story · canonical HTML https://eliace.ai/story · structured data: schema.org Person Name: Eli Ace (legal name in filings: Ilya V. Aseyev) Role: Founder of the three companies of the Agentic Ecosystem; founder and CEO credential of Nexen Construction; author of four books. Summary: Son of Soviet Union refugees. Construction foreman who read blueprints at night and founded a contracting company. Author of four books. Founder of the three companies that make up the Agentic Ecosystem. ## Timeline - Roots — A refugee family and a father with a servant heart. Leadership was learned at home first: quiet dignity, work done well, and the belief that when you combine curiosity, courage and Christ, you cannot lose. - Construction — From the wall to the boardroom. Started reading blueprints at night, became the person handed the complex projects, then founded Nexen Construction in State College, Pennsylvania. Commercial cladding, EIFS and restoration. The crews and the job sites are still where the standard is set. - 2024 — NexenServes. A 365-day company-wide sabbatical for family, personal growth and community service — and a promise to repeat it every seventh year. The company kept running. That was the point. - 2025 – 2026 — AI at ground level. Roadmap for AI and the AIRE Nine assessment for contractors. Joined EIFS Pro App in February 2026. Keynotes at the Penn Stater and the Nittany Lion Inn; the CES floor in Las Vegas; the TEXO ABC Tech Alliance in Dallas. - 2026 — Four titles, all free to read. AI-Powered Leadership for everyday leaders, The Ships Are Coming in a Human and an Agentic Ecosystem Edition, Swarmonic Super Intelligence in a Human and an Agentic Edition, and the Eliace.AI Executive Edition now in revision. Every book is published in full on this site. - 2026 — The Agentic Ecosystem. Three companies under one set of rules: AI Ace Team LLC (the seats), Swarmonic SI (the body) and Vermarco (the rails). Patent-pending across coordination, authority, proof, settlement and fleet execution. Every member says the same thing: Powered by Vermarco. ## Agentic Ecosystem (three members; eliace.ai is the hub, not a member) Agentic Ecosystem: three independently operated companies founded by Eli Ace where humans, agents and robots work under one set of rules — AI Ace Team (seats), Swarmonic SI (body) and Vermarco (rails). eliace.ai is the founder's hub, not a member. - AI Ace Team (AI Ace Team LLC) — Seats · the human front door. Named leads and specialists turn a client's stated outcome into an approved work plan and stay accountable for it, under human sign-off. Powered by Vermarco. https://aiaceteam.com/ - Vermarco (Vertical Marketplace LLC) — Rails · trust, receipts, settlement. The neutral rail for discovery, delegated authority, proof, settlement and reputation in agentic commerce. LLM-to-LLM is a component of Vermarco, not a member. Patent-pending. https://vermarco.ai/ - Swarmonic SI (Swarmonic LLC) — Body · robot fleets as one mind. Cross-manufacturer robot fleet orchestration. Super intelligence sets objectives; Swarmonic alone enforces robot-level execution and safety. It never hands motors to a prompt. Powered by Vermarco. Patent-pending. https://swarmonic.ai/ Operating rule: Objectives, not motors. AI Ace Team decides what should be accomplished and under what business constraints. Swarmonic SI alone owns robot-level execution and safety. Vermarco settles and attests only where work crosses an ownership, authority or payment boundary. ## Books (all free to read in full on eliace.ai) - AI-Powered Leadership — https://eliace.ai/read [Published · On Amazon · Read free] - The Ships Are Coming — Human Ecosystem Edition — https://eliace.ai/read/ships-human [Published · Read free] - The Ships Are Coming — Agentic Ecosystem Edition — https://eliace.ai/read/ships-agentic [Published · On Amazon · Read free] - Swarmonic Super Intelligence — Human Edition — https://eliace.ai/read/swarmonic-human [Published · Read free] - Swarmonic Super Intelligence — Agentic Edition — https://eliace.ai/read/swarmonic-agentic [Published · Read free] - Eliace.AI — Executive Edition — https://eliace.ai/books [Coming] ## Portfolio (built or served; not ecosystem members) - Nexen Construction — Operating · State College, PA. Commercial cladding, EIFS and restoration contractor. The job sites where this whole way of working was learned. https://nexenconstruction.com - Pro Stucco Repair — Operating · Pennsylvania. Specialty stucco and EIFS repair for owners who want the wall fixed once. - Roadmap for AI — Live · roadmapforai.com. The Construction AI Road Map and Stack Builder: which tools, in which order, for a real contractor. https://roadmapforai.com - AIRE Nine · AIRE Assessment — Live · airenine.com. The nine AI-readiness work styles. The certification every AI Ace Team seat holds. https://airenine.com - EIFS Pro App — Client · since Feb 2026. Construction technology for EIFS contractors. Eli brings leadership strategy to weather-aware planning and crew scheduling. https://eifsproapp.com - Legacy Music Studios — Partner · with Barry L. Wingard, Ph.D.. Music production and publishing where agentic tools meet forty years of music education. https://legacymusicstudios.com - TrademarkMe — In the lab · 2026. Identity protection for names and marks in an agent-run market. - NexenServes — 2024 · every seventh year. A 365-day company-wide sabbatical for family, growth and service. Not an experiment; a rhythm. ## Speaking - AI Leadership Keynote — The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center - Serve 2024 Leadership Initiative — Nittany Lion Inn - Business Leadership & Networking — BNI Lions Chapter - Business Partners Leadership Session — AXMANS, Bellefonte PA ## Networks and rooms - Construction Leaders Network - Global Leadership Network - TEXO ABC Tech Alliance Conference, Dallas - CES, Las Vegas — innovation floor ## Featured in - Construction Dive - ABC National Tech Report - STACK Construction Technologies - Construction Leadership Network ## Languages - English - Russian - Spanish ## Contact Speaking, workshops and advisory (personal engagements, outside the ecosystem): https://eliace.ai/speak General: https://eliace.ai/contact · Eli@eliace.ai Ecosystem work goes to AI Ace Team (https://aiaceteam.com); commerce settles on Vermarco (https://vermarco.ai); robots run on Swarmonic SI (https://swarmonic.ai).