Building Custom AI Companions and Assistant

Last updated: December 2025

Solo winter survival expedition — Feb 2024 Don Voxuan is an IT consultant, creative technologist, and long-standing instructor with the University of Texas at Arlington, where he has taught since 2001. With over two decades of experience in evolving technologies, he brings a blend of technical depth, creative insight, and real-world application to every course he leads. He teaches a full calendar of Adobe Creative Cloud classes at UTA, along with an expanded suite of artificial intelligence and emerging-technology courses.

Don holds the CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist designation and is certified in ITIL 4 Foundation. His technical background spans cybersecurity, software development, data analytics, automation, and creative-technology workflows. He is also an Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design, reflecting his commitment to bridging design and engineering in both his teaching and consulting work.

Beyond the classroom, he operates Craevax, where he develops projects, explores emerging tools, and shares upcoming classes and initiatives at craevax.com. His current work focuses on AI-driven digital personas, multimodal assistant technologies, and next-generation human-AI interaction models.

His 2026 professional goals include pursuing advanced certifications in JavaScript and Python, as well as the highly respected Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) credential—supporting his ongoing work in cybersecurity, AI systems engineering, and applied creative technology.

Curious what else is he teaching this year? The full course list is waiting for you at craevax.com.