VOLTA AI Lab Projects

Active initiatives with Southwest Properties and Bishop's Cellar. Progress updates, deliverables, and project documentation.

Active Initiatives

Bishop's Cellar

Sales Data Analysis for Marketing
Active Solution Design

Customer intelligence from WooCommerce transaction data. RFM segmentation, taste profiles, campaign opportunities, and time-period analysis across 18,609 customers and $22.3M in revenue.

18,609 Customers
$22.3M Revenue
138K Orders
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Simon 2.0

Internal Knowledge Search
Active Solution Design

Enabling semantic search on SharePoint using existing Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. Piloting with Jim Mullan's Construction & Development folders before expanding to other departments.

3 Pilot Folders
16 Copilot Licenses
~6 wk Pilot Duration
BY
Ben Young
CEO, Southwest
MR
Matt Rogers
President, Bishop's Cellar
JM
Jim Mullan
VP Construction & Dev
DB
Derrick Bertrand
IT Services
JF
Jacqueline Ferguson
VP People & Culture
MC
Matt Cooper
CEO, Volta Effect
Mar 6
Derrick Bertrand call: Copilot setup walkthrough Simon 2.0
Walk through enabling SharePoint indexing and Copilot search for Jim's pilot folders.
Mar 6
Matt Rogers call: report review Bishop's Cellar
Walk through customer intelligence report with taxonomy layering and time-period filtering.
Mar 5
Taxonomy import and report update Bishop's Cellar
Imported 2,834 taxonomy terms (48 countries, 266 regions, 252 varietals). Added Taste Profile Intelligence section and time-period toggle. Deployed to Netlify.
Mar 4
WooCommerce data received from Kula Partners Bishop's Cellar
Trevor Barbrick delivered 15 core tables + 4 taxonomy tables. Full analysis completed: RFM segmentation, channel analysis, frequency tiers, timing intelligence.
Feb 25
Jim Mullan meeting: pilot scope confirmed Simon 2.0
3 SharePoint folders confirmed (Development, Properties/RE, Construction). Approach: enable M365 Copilot search. Jim will test 30 min, 2-3x/week. POC scope document drafted.
Jan 29
Matt Rogers discovery call Bishop's Cellar
40-minute discovery call. Mapped tech stack (NCR > WooCommerce > HubSpot), identified 6 key pain points, agreed on MVP approach with Matt as human-in-the-loop.
Dec 11
In-person kickoff with Southwest management team
57-minute meeting with full management team. Reviewed problem wish lists from all departments. Two initiatives selected: Simon 2.0 (Jim Mullan) and Sales Data Analysis (Matt Rogers).