AI Transformation Leadership, Embedded
I serve as Fractional CTO & AI Transformation Officer for organizations navigating the shift from AI experimentation to AI operations. Strategy, governance, architecture, and implementation. I connect executive vision to engineering execution, then train your team to own it.
Most companies are stuck between AI ambition and AI execution.
MIT research confirms it: despite $30–40 billion in enterprise GenAI investment, 95% of organizations are getting zero return. Only 5% have crossed from pilot to production. The barrier isn't the technology. It's brittle workflows, lack of contextual learning, and misalignment with day-to-day operations.
Closing that gap requires someone who has done it before.
That's the work I do.
→ I've shipped through it. Repeatedly.I don't advise from the sidelines. I architect, build, and deploy.
Find where AI actually creates value.
Operations mapping to locate the leverage points. Not where it sounds impressive, where it moves the business.
Ship production systems, not prototypes.
Architecture, build, integration, and hardening. The work ends when something is making money, not when the slide deck ships.
Train your people to own it.
Knowledge transfer isn't a phase, it's the whole point. You walk away with an internal team that can maintain and extend.
Outcomes, not activities.
These aren't "advised on AI." These are shipped solutions that moved revenue, saved operating cost, and in one case saved lives.
Two decades. One operating system.
Engineer's mind, artist's soul.
Consulting rigor, founder instincts.
20+ years leading technology initiatives at Booz Allen Hamilton, Pariveda Solutions, and enterprise clients including Toyota/Lexus, NFL, OMERS, Federal Reserve Board, and TaxAct.
I've won $9M+ in new business, built and led consulting practices generating $6M+ annually, and shipped solutions across financial services, transportation, healthcare, nonprofit, and media.
Three steps. No mystery.
Discovery call
You tell me what's stuck. I tell you if I can help. No deck, no pitch. Just a direct read on fit.
→ Low friction by designScoping session
We map the problem, define success metrics, and build a work plan. You get a document you could hand to any implementer.
→ Value on day oneBuild, ship, enable
I build. You ship. Your team learns. The engagement ends when something is live, measured, and owned internally.
→ No lock-in, everField notes from the build.
Serious about AI transformation?
Let's talk.
If your organization needs AI transformation leadership, not just AI tools, tell me what's stuck. I'll reply within two business days.