AI-Powered Products & Consulting

Intelligent Tools for
Work That Matters

Reep Works LLC builds AI-powered SaaS products and helps businesses and organizations implement AI that's practical, purposeful, and built to last.

AI Products Engineered
for Real-World Impact

We design and ship AI-powered SaaS platforms that solve meaningful problems — from faith communities to growing businesses.

Purpose-Built AI

We don't bolt AI onto existing products. Every platform we build is designed from the ground up around AI-first workflows and genuine user needs.

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Responsible & Trustworthy

Our products are built with privacy, safety, and accuracy in mind — so the communities and organizations using them can trust what they get.

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Scalable SaaS Platforms

Cloud-native, subscription-based platforms that grow with your organization. From pilot to enterprise scale, we architect for the long run.

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Vertical Specialization

We build deep, not wide. Our products are tailored to specific communities — delivering domain-aware AI that generic tools simply can't match.

AI Consulting & Implementation
for Your Organization

Whether you're just getting started with AI or ready to accelerate, we bring hands-on expertise to turn strategy into working systems.

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AI Readiness Assessment

We evaluate your current workflows, data, and infrastructure to identify where AI can create the most immediate and sustainable value.

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Strategy & Roadmapping

From use-case prioritization to build-vs-buy decisions, we help you craft an AI adoption roadmap aligned with your mission and resources.

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Implementation & Integration

We don't just advise — we build. Our team can implement AI tools, fine-tune models, and integrate them into your existing systems.

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Team Training & Enablement

Practical, role-specific AI training that empowers your team to work confidently with AI tools — and know their limits.

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Ongoing Advisory

The AI landscape moves fast. We offer retainer-based advisory to keep your organization ahead of the curve as the technology evolves.

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Ministry & Nonprofit Focus

Churches, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations face unique challenges. We understand your context and bring relevant, mission-aware solutions.

Live Platforms You Can
Start Using Today

We practice what we preach. Here are the AI products we've built and shipped.

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RAS Agent

An open-source Python framework that automates the full end-to-end 2D HEC-RAS hydraulic modeling workflow — from terrain ingestion and watershed delineation to peak flow estimation, mesh build, model execution, and GIS results export.

  • Automates HEC-RAS hydraulic modeling workflows
  • Terrain ingestion through GIS results export
  • Built for H&H engineers at CHAMP-ISWS
  • Apache 2.0 — free and open source
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CHAMP PM

AI-assisted project management for FEMA-funded flood hazard mitigation programs. CHAMP PM helps government teams and grant managers track projects, surface insights, and stay on top of complex multi-stakeholder portfolios — without drowning in spreadsheets.

  • Grant and project lifecycle tracking
  • AI-powered status summaries and reporting
  • Multi-team coordination tools
  • Built for FEMA BRIC, HMA, and similar programs
reep
/rēp/  ·  family origin
"This is hard. I'm frustrated. But I love you — and we can get through this together." A word born in the trenches of real life, where love and effort meet.

Built on a family word

"Reep" isn't in any dictionary. It's a word my family invented — one of those expressions that gets coined in the middle of a hard moment, when frustration and love collide and you choose to keep going anyway.

It means: this is hard, I'm not pretending otherwise, but I'm in it with you.

That's the spirit behind Reep Works. AI is genuinely hard to navigate — for churches, for businesses, for people trying to figure out what it means for their work and their lives. We don't pretend otherwise. We build tools that meet real needs, and we walk alongside organizations as they figure it out.

Not because it's easy. Because it matters.

Glenn Heistand, PE — Founder, Reep Works LLC
Glenn Heistand, PE
Founder, Reep Works LLC

30+ Years of Engineering.
Now Building with AI.

Glenn Heistand is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydraulics, and floodplain management. He serves as a Section Lead at the Illinois State Water Survey (CHAMP), where he oversees a portfolio of approximately $15 million in active FEMA grants and leads multi-agency flood risk projects across Illinois.

Glenn co-chairs the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Mapping and Engineering Standards Committee and leads the CHAMP AI Workgroup at the Illinois State Water Survey, where he has been at the forefront of responsible AI adoption in hazard identification and mitigation projects. He has spent the last several years teaching himself software development — applying modern AI tools to the complex, data-heavy workflows his team navigates every day.

Reep Works is the practical result of that journey: a company built to bring thoughtful, domain-specific AI tools to the organizations that need them most — churches, government agencies, engineering teams, and the people they serve.

30+
Years Engineering
$15M
Active Grant Portfolio
3
AI Products Shipped

Ready to Work Together?

Whether you're interested in our products, exploring an AI consulting engagement, or just want to talk through an idea — we're here for it. Drop us a message and we'll get back to you promptly.

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