# Reid Johnson

> Founder, AI researcher, and former world champion. Helps companies scale and
> integrate AI, from training custom models to designing new agentic
> architectures. This site (reidjohnson.net) is his personal home base,
> styled as an interactive retro desktop OS. Online handle: x0tek.

The complete site content (bio, works, all 40 tournament wins, and his full
annotated reading list) is in [llms-full.txt](https://reidjohnson.net/llms-full.txt).

## About

- Currently a member of technical staff at Accutrac and co-founder of
  S7 Diagnostics.
- Co-founded PokketCoach (AI research and sport psychology, working with
  Olympic and professional athletes) in 2025; his work on agentic
  architecture has been independently replicated internationally.
- Previously helped launch satellites at Astranis, an aerospace startup.
- Esports career from age 15: 10+ national and world championships as a player
  and coach across multiple titles and continents.

## Research

- [Natural Language Tools: A Natural Language Approach to Tool Calling In Large Language Agents](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14453):
  lead author (Reid T. Johnson, with Michelle D. Pain and Jordan D. West, 2025).
  A state-of-the-art tool-calling architecture for AI agents with more than 18%
  overall improvement in agent tool-calling capabilities, even with frontier
  models.
- [Independent replication study](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.03953): Somma,
  Plante and Premji (2026) validated NLT performance across 14 models.

## Works

- Performance psychology publications with the Esports Health and Performance
  Institute: communication, leadership buy-in, optimal learning pathways, and
  frameworks for consistent performance.
- Invited talks: Global AI In Sport Summit (speaker, 2026), Psychological
  Insights into Coaching Practice (keynote, 2026), Innovit Space Cohort
  (speaker & startup mentor, 2024).

## Coaching highlights

- Cloud9 White (Valorant): coached the greatest women's esports team of all
  time from #250 to #28 in co-ed rankings, winning a national championship.
- Soniqs: coached Australia's #1 ranked team through relocation to North
  America, climbing from rank #34 to #8.
- Anubis Esports: coached Egypt's #1 ranked team to a national championship
  and the first international pro league title by a Middle Eastern team.

## Contact

- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/x0tek): @x0tek
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/x0tek)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/x0tek)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/x0tek-LF)

## Optional

- [Full site content](https://reidjohnson.net/llms-full.txt): everything above
  plus the complete trophy list and reading list with notes.