Основатель компании по внедрению ИИ Майкл Бреслер стал членом совета еврейского культурного центра Балтимора

Michael Bresler said that some of his coworkers have a joking and common refrain about him. They liken him to Haley Joel Osment’s character in the 1999 movie “The Sixth Sense,” whose signature line is “I see dead people,” because of his ability to see those who have passed away. Bresler doesn’t see ghosts, however. He sees problems and how to solve them. “Everywhere I am, I just see how things can be better,” Bresler said. Given that ability, Bresler’s resume makes sense: the Baltimorean is the founder of Broadheights, a company that uses artificial intelligence to increase businesses’ efficiency and capacities. He also serves as a board member of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore and is the former chairman of the board at Beth Tfiloh Congregation. The Pikesville resident and Beth Tfiloh member is a busy man, but he said it’s important to him to find time in his day to help serve the community. He initially got heavily involved at Beth Tfiloh because of a suggestion from the then-board chair during the synagogue’s search to replace Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg. “I said, ‘I think we could do a lot better. We could do succession planning. We could figure out smaller meetings, we could see what the congregants actually want. Rabbi Wohlberg’s been here for 40 years, the world has changed,’” he said. “Her response was ‘That’s great, you should be the chair of the committee.’” While that sounds like a lot of extra work on top of what Bresler already has to do every day as an entrepreneur, he said he enjoys it, and that’s why he started contributing in the first place. “It was actually very peaceful to be able to work on something that you love,” Bresler said. “You love the organization, right? That’s why you go there … we have a privilege to be able to help support them, and it’s just an amazing thing to be able to give that, because you know these organizations have given to us for generations.” While working on the board at Beth Tfiloh was immensely rewarding, Bresler said he pursued a position with the JCC because he feels that he can contribute to a larger scope of Jewish Baltimore life. He harkened back to a quote he remembers Rabbi Wohlberg sharing at one point, about BT members all walking to shul for Shabbat — either from their homes or the parking lot. “I’ve always loved the JCC and what it represents. Going back to that idea of [Rabbi] Wohlberg’s quote and my opinion that we should just all be part of one big tent … all of us, Jewish and not Jewish communities, should be together,” Bresler said. “I really like the idea of the JCC because the JCC is, I think, the premier organization that really brings communities together across all denominations of Judaism, and there are also not Jewish people who go to JCCs, right?” For Bresler, the appeal of the JCC is a strong one, and it’s one that he is happy to be able to contribute to in his own way. “So, to me, it’s like the one place that you could go to and just see the whole world. I haven’t found any other organization that is so wide,” he said. At the JCC, Bresler is tasked with helping guide strategic leadership and governance. He started at the beginning of this summer, making it one of his newer ventures. For Bresler, a longtime focus has been Broadheights, which he said officially started in 2017. What started as a “side hustle” has grown into a full-fledged business. “It was something that people would say to me, ‘Oh, you love what you’re doing on the side so much, when are you going to go full-time?’ and I would say ‘Well, I have to make enough money to go full-time,’” he said. Bresler said that a seminal moment for him in taking that leap of faith to make Broadheights his main venture was the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks. “It helped me get over that fear, and to push myself, because you start realizing that you could go to a concert, your kids could go to a concert, and you could never see them again. It’s important in life to just live the way you should live it,” Bresler said. Bresler acknowledged that, while many have concerns about AI and its potential impact on humans and relationships, he believes in “leveraging AI to enable humans to build more connection.” “Which I love, and I think that’s really the purpose of technology — to help increase relationships and connection,” he said. [email protected]