Four doors. One operator.
He builds the system,then he licenses it.
Roofing operator. AI advisor. Software builder.
If you run a roofing company, a board, or a room, start with the door that matches the work. The bio is under the choice.
Board of DirectorsRT3 Roofing Technology
Board of DirectorsNational Roofing Apprenticeship
Committee MemberNRCA Residential, Workforce & AI
Guarantor MemberThe Roofing Alliance
Official MemberForbes Business Council
Co-Founder & CEOAirus Advisory
Co-Founder & CEOBuilderLync
Published AuthorCourage Is a PracticeOperator. Advisor. Builder.
Brad Strawbridge operates at the intersection of national trade leadership, executive AI strategy, and hands-on agentic software engineering, proving every system in live multimillion-dollar operations before scaling it to the market.
Roofing operator.
Founder & CEO of Capital City Roofing and architect of the Capital City Roofing Licensing Platform (CCLP). Reshaping contractor expansion with operator-aligned economics while helping set national standards on the RT3 and NRAP Boards, NRCA's Residential, Workforce, and AI Committees, and The Roofing Alliance.
AI consulting and implementation.
Co-Founder & CEO of Airus Advisory and Forbes Business Council Official Member. Consults with CEOs, boards, and growth-stage operators, then installs the AI system inside the operation.
AI-Native Agentic Software Developer
Co-Founder, CEO, and hands-on product architect of BuilderLync. Engineered an AI-native agentic software platform and canonical CRM from the ground up, orchestrating an 80-agent production architecture across sub-minute lead triage, estimating, follow-ups, production, and multi-operator licensing telemetry.
Built in the field. Scaled by design.
Each organization turns disciplined execution into durable leverage across roofing operations, national licensing, agentic software, executive AI advisory, and community impact.
Capital City Roofing
Residential, multifamily, and commercial roofing.
CCR Licensing (CCLP)
Operator-aligned licensing on the Capital City brand.
Airus Advisory
AI consulting and implementation.
BuilderLync
AI-native CRM and operating system for contractors.
Feeding the Future Project
Childhood food insecurity work across Georgia.
The boards, and the children.
National roofing standards work, and a goal of feeding one million children.
National Roofing Leadership
Shaping workforce, technology, and residential standards on the RT3 and National Roofing Apprenticeship Boards, NRCA Residential, Workforce, and AI Committees, and The Roofing Alliance.
Feeding the Future Project
Founder and Chairman of Feeding the Future Project, Inc., mobilizing schools, churches, and commercial partners toward a goal of feeding one million children.
Courage Is a Practice: The Field Guide for Operators Under Pressure.
Courage is not a feeling or a personality trait. It is an operating system built on four daily disciplines: Doctrine, Discipline, Perseverance, and Faithfulness. Across eleven chapters and fifty-five field drills, Brad Strawbridge equips founders, builders, and executive teams to act decisively when certainty is unavailable.
From the operation.
Licensing, AI, and the work of running a company.
On Dropping Bombs with Brad Lea: The Licensing Platform and BuilderLync, Unpacked
Brad Lea had Blake Grissom and me on Dropping Bombs for a deep dive into the Capital City Roofing Licensing Platform and BuilderLync. Here is what we covered for operators who want the operating system without the franchise lock-in.
Courage Is a Practice: Why I Wrote a Field Guide for Builders, Leaders, and Operators Under Pressure
Courage is not a feeling. It is a system. My first book, Courage Is a Practice, lays out that system as the Practice Code: four disciplines (Doctrine, Discipline, Perseverance, and Faithfulness) built for operators, founders, and leaders carrying real responsibility.
Enterprise AI Workflows and the Operating Leverage Equation
Most contractors buy software to save ten minutes on a task. True operating leverage happens when you connect estimating, field validation, and procurement into an autonomous pipeline that does not wait for human permission to move forward.
Pick the door that matches the work.
The bio can wait.