Johnny McConkie
I’m a founder and software engineer in Provo, Utah, finishing a B.S. in Information Systems at BYU in December 2026.
I build products end to end and handle the business around them: selling to customers, raising money, and running operations. Right now I run BookKeeper AI and study how input data affects LLM classification accuracy.
Work
2025 – now
BookKeeper AI
Founder & Engineer
A bookkeeping platform serving three clients. An LLM-backed engine categorizes incoming business transactions, and I run the clients’ bookkeeping and payroll on top of it.
Next.js, PostgreSQL, Railway
2025 – 2026
Voley
Co-founder & Technical Lead
Two-way SMS for independent insurance agencies, with an official API integration into HawkSoft. I owned the architecture, roadmap, A2P 10DLC compliance, and a team of five contract developers. Sold 30 agencies through cold outreach and demos, raised $42K from industry investors and BYU Miller Grants, and gave the keynote at Insurtech Utah 2025.
Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Twilio
2025 – 2026
AttendEase
Technical Co-founder
Facial-recognition attendance for schools. I built the mobile app, web frontend, and school admin architecture, and contributed to the database design.
Vite, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS
Ongoing
LLM evaluation research
Directed study with Prof. Mark Keith, BYU
A framework for measuring how the type and volume of input data affect LLM classification accuracy, benchmarked on business transactions against the IRS Schedule C taxonomy.
Experience
2024 – now
Big Star Concrete & Premium Surface Solutions
Sales & Project Manager
Designed an on-site estimating process that raised sales efficiency 25% and shortened the quote-to-close cycle. Built the CRM lead tracker and follow-up cadence.
2023 – 2024
Sunrun
Residential Sales
Closed $1.2M across 36 accounts in 10 months. Top 5 of 197 reps for eight straight weeks.
2022 – 2023
BYU Continuing Education
Database Operations
Built a SQL automation pipeline that cut a recurring two-week process to two days. It became standard practice.
Education
2026
Brigham Young University
B.S. Information Systems, Marriott School of Business
Minors in Entrepreneurship and Statistics. 3.7 major GPA. Crocker Innovation Fellow.
Other
- Two-year service mission in Quito, Ecuador; led and trained 150+ missionaries
- Conversational Spanish
- BYU Sloan Speech Showcase finalist
- Eagle Scout
- Tools: TypeScript, Python, SQL, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Twilio, Railway, LLM integration and evaluation