YFD Consulting Ideas. Intelligence. Impact.

Founder-led software & applied AI consulting

AI consulting.
Business automation.
In Delaware.

I work with founders and operations teams in Newark, New Castle and nearby Delaware communities to implement AI, automate workflows and build bespoke websites and operational tools.

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Independent thinking. Hands-on implementation.

From business context
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Business discovery Product design Full-stack software Hands-on implementation

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The thinking.
The actual build.

Customer experience on one side.
Operational depth on the other.

Three different contexts. The same attention to how the work gets done. View the full case studies

Services / Delaware

Useful technology for local businesses.

Serving Newark, New Castle and businesses within roughly 50 miles, with scope and working arrangements agreed for each engagement. Work directly with Youssouf Drame from discovery through implementation.

Start with a focused workflow conversation, or arrange an introductory call.

Where I can help

When the work
outgrows the tools.

For founders and small operations teams
with a specific problem worth solving.

01 / EXPERIENCE

The customer journey feels disconnected.

The business has something valuable to offer. Its discovery, inquiry or service experience needs to reflect that.

02 / OPERATIONS

Important work falls between systems.

Requests, decisions and next steps travel through inboxes and spreadsheets without a clear owner.

03 / CAPACITY

The team keeps doing the same work twice.

Manual updates and repeated data entry take attention away from the work people are actually there to do.

How an engagement works

Understand closely.
Build deliberately.
Stay involved.

Start with a focused workflow audit. Get a clear view of the problem, the constraints and the right next step before committing to a build.

Start with your workflow
01

Discover & audit.

Work through the process with the people doing it. Map the tools, handoffs, pain points and current baseline.

Workflow map · Priorities · Scoped recommendation
02

Design & build.

Prototype the experience, connect the right systems and develop the software. Apply AI where it earns its place, with human review where it matters.

Bespoke software · Integrations · Review checkpoints
03

Implement & hand over.

Test real operating scenarios, work through the rollout, and document how the system runs. Compare results with the starting point.

Acceptance checks · Documentation · Measurement plan
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Youssouf Drame Founder, YFD Consulting

The person behind the work

Business is the context.
Technology makes
the change real.

I'm Youssouf Drame. I like getting close enough to a business to understand what its software needs to do.

I'm a Global Business student with a marketing concentration at the University of Delaware. My work connects product design and software with customer-facing experience at Apple and direct exposure to behavioral-health operations.

At YFD, that means asking useful questions, building thoughtfully, and staying involved through implementation. You work directly with the person doing the work.

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Ideas, in context.

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Start with what is happening today

Show me where
the work gets stuck.

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A workflow, a product experience,
or a systems problem. Let's understand it.