FSU Strategic Communication

Hi, I'm Mitch Krueger I build things that

I study strategic communication at FSU and build working tools with AI. No CS degree — just curiosity and Claude Code.

Who I Am

I'm a grad student in strategic communication at Florida State with a passion for building with AI.

My background is in public relations, research, and client strategy. I don't write code in the traditional sense — I use Claude Code to take an idea and turn it into something that works. Every project here started because something annoyed me or took too long, and I figured there had to be a better way.

The tools in this portfolio are real things I use and that other people use. They started as problems at work or in my personal life, and now they're working applications.

0 Apps Built
0 Papers Presented
0 Conferences
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  "education": "M.S. Strategic Communication",
  "school": "Florida State University",
  "superpower": "If I can describe it, I can build it",
  "tools": [
    "Claude Code",
    "Curiosity",
    "Stubbornness"
  ],
  "philosophy": "Find it, fix it, make it better"
}

What I've Built

All built with Claude Code

Web Application

NCAA Baseball Intelligence Suite

Live

I wanted a better way to follow college baseball than what existed, so I built one. This is a full platform for NCAA D1 baseball — live scores, my own Top 25 power rankings, conference standings, team schedules, and player stats, all pulled from live public data sources.

I also built a prediction model that forecasts game outcomes using machine learning. It pulls in 24 different features — team performance trends, pitcher stats, Elo ratings, venue factors, even real-time weather — and runs 10,000 simulated games per matchup to generate win probabilities and projected scores. It retrains daily on ~12,000 historical games and tracks its own accuracy over time.

Live scores that update automatically during games
Original Top 25 power rankings using a custom scoring formula
300+ teams with favorites, schedules, and notifications
Works offline as an installable app on any device
Claude Code React ESPN API FanGraphs API Progressive Web App
300+ Teams Tracked
4 Live Data Sources
10K+ Games Analyzed
30s Live Refresh
Desktop Application

PDF Proofreading App

Live

AI chatbots can't proofread formatted PDFs well — they lose formatting, miss context, and hallucinate issues. I built this to fix that. It pulls text out of any PDF, runs it through Claude for proofreading, and gives you a full report of every issue it finds. You can filter by category, click into any issue, and export the whole thing.

Gets around AI's inability to read formatted PDFs accurately
Catches grammar, spelling, style, clarity, and consistency issues
Interactive issue highlighting — click any issue to see the fix
Export reports as HTML, PDF, or formatted Excel sheets
Claude Code Claude API Python PDF Processing
8 Issue Categories
3 Severity Levels
3 Export Formats
0 PDFs It Can't Read
See it in action
Workflow Automation

Hours Report Converter

Live

Every month, someone at the agency spent 3+ hours manually reformatting time-tracking data into compliance spreadsheets. I built this to make that go away. It reads the exported PDFs and spits out a perfectly formatted timesheet in seconds.

What used to take 3+ hours now takes seconds
Smart hours redistribution to meet daily caps and monthly targets
Outputs perfectly formatted compliance-ready Excel spreadsheets
Works as both a desktop GUI app and a command-line tool
Claude Code Python PDF Extraction Excel Generation
3hrs Time Saved/Month
~0% Error Rate
2 Iterations
2 Run Modes
See it in action
Desktop Application

Work Assistant App

Live

I wanted a single place on my desktop to handle the repetitive stuff — drafting emails, summarizing documents, formatting memos, prepping meeting notes. So I built a local AI assistant app that connects to Claude and handles all of it from one window. It saves templates I use over and over and keeps a history of everything I've run through it.

AI-powered drafting for emails, memos, and meeting prep
Runs locally — everything stays on my machine
Reusable templates for tasks I do every week
Full session history so nothing gets lost
Claude Code Claude API Python Desktop GUI
Daily Usage
Local Privacy
5+ Saved Templates
1 Window
See it in action

Experience & Education

Experience

May 2024 – Present

Account Coordinator

The Moore Agency — Tallahassee, FL

Started as an intern in May 2024 and was hired as Account Coordinator by August. I support the development and implementation of client marketing plans — research, audience segmentation, and strategy for reaching the right people with the right message. I coordinate across creative, digital, and communications teams to keep projects on track, and I built several internal AI tools now used daily.

Nov 2023 – Nov 2024

Chapter President

Phi Gamma Delta — Florida State University

Named IFC Chapter President of the Year. Ran a 200+ member chapter — operations, recruitment, budget, the whole thing. Also served on an exclusive national committee tasked with revising the fraternity's bylaws and constitution at the 176th National Convention.

Education

Expected May 2026

M.S. Strategic Communication

Florida State University

Masters Thesis. GPA: 3.9. School of Communication Graduate Student Leadership Award winner.

May 2025

B.S. Public Relations

Florida State University

Magna Cum Laude, Honors. Minor in General Business. GPA: 3.8. Named Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Public Relations.

Research & Recognition

Conference Paper

Same Odds, Different Understanding: An Experimental Study of How Odds Format and Individual Numeracy Shape Sports Betting Decisions

29th International Public Relations Research Conference — Orlando, FL

March 2026
Conference Paper

Mapping Risk by the Numbers: Visual Numeracy and AI Credibility in Flood Risk Communication

29th International Public Relations Research Conference — Orlando, FL

March 2026
Conference Paper

Beyond the Sidelines: Gender Bias and Crisis Response in Sideline Reporting

28th International Public Relations Research Conference — Orlando, FL

March 2025
Conference Paper

All AI disclosures are not created equal: Examining the effect of disclosure labels on trust

BledCom Research Conference — Bled, Slovenia

June 2025
Award

Florida Direct Effect Innovation Challenge Winner

United States Postal Service, Direct Effect — Tampa, FL

November 2024
Award

IFC Chapter President of the Year

FSU Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life

April 2025
Award

Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Public Relations

FSU School of Communication

April 2025
Award

Graduate Student Leadership Award

FSU School of Communication

April 2026

What I Bring

AI & Automation

Claude Code & Codex
Prompt Engineering
AI Workflow Optimization
AI-Assisted Research

Research & Data

IBM SPSS
Experimental Design
Quantitative Analysis
Academic Writing

Communication

PR Writing
Executive Briefings
Media Pitching
Client Strategy

Professional Skills

Critical Thinking
Project Management
Interpersonal Communication
Microsoft Office Suite

How I Build With AI

No CS degree. No bootcamp. Just curiosity and the right tools.

01

Spot the Problem

Something takes too long, doesn't work right, or flat out doesn't exist. That's where it starts.

02

Describe the Solution

I map out what it should do, how it should feel, and what "done" looks like before touching anything.

03

Build With Claude

Claude Code is my development environment. I describe what I want, we go back and forth, and it takes shape.

04

Keep Improving

It's never really done. I keep using it, keep finding things to fix, and keep making it better.

Let's Connect

Interested in working together or just want to talk AI?