Services / Fractional Technology & AI Counsel

Service 04 · Retainer, ongoing

A technology executive in the room, without a $250K hire.

AI is now a board-level question. Vendor decisions are stacking up. You need a standing, senior voice, not a full-time salary line.

The risk of skipping this

The gap that's costing you right now.

No one on your team can say what AI will actually earn or save you, not because they're not smart, but because it's not their full-time job to know. Vendor decisions, budget calls, and build-vs-buy questions pile up and get decided by whoever pitched hardest, not by a standing standard.

What's included

What's included

  • A senior technology & AI executive in the room a few days a month, a fraction of a full-time hire.
  • The standing voice on every vendor decision, budget call, and build-vs-buy question as they come up, not after.
  • Board- and council-ready answers, in plain English, when leadership is put on the spot.
  • A predictable monthly cadence, not a one-time project that ends when the invoice does.
The return

What this earns you.

  • A fraction of the cost of a full-time technology executive, with the same seniority in the room.
  • Every technology dollar spent against a standing strategy, not department-by-department improvisation.
  • A steady hand through the AI hype cycle, someone paid to tell you no, not just yes.
Who this is for

Make sure it's the right fit.

Good fit

  • AI and technology decisions now reach the board or council level
  • You don't have (and don't need) a full-time CTO or CIO
  • You want continuity after an assessment, not a one-time report

Not a fit yet

  • You already have strong in-house technology leadership
  • You need one project executed, not ongoing counsel
  • Budget can't support a monthly retainer yet
per month · scoped to org size
$3,000–$8,000
CadenceA few days / month
FormatRemote + on-call
CommitmentMonth-to-month
Best forPost-assessment
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Human-first by design

AI is the tool. People are the point.

I use AI to make good people faster, sharper, and harder to beat, never to replace them. Better, faster, stronger: the goal is a business that grows and hires more humans, not fewer.

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The stakes

Let's talk about what a wrong decision is costing you.

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