Fractional CAIO
Strategic AI leadership at a fraction of the executive cost. Aligning AI integration with bottom-line unit economics.
Most companies need a Chief AI Officer and hire one fractionally. A Fractional CAIO embeds strategic AI leadership into your organization part-time — the guidance and accountability of a senior executive, at a fraction of a $300K+ salary. Michael acts as your dedicated AI strategy lead: auditing workflows, vetting vendors, structuring data schemas, and charting an engineering roadmap that connects AI capability directly to revenue and margin improvement.
What you get
AI Opportunity Audit
Deep analysis of your current workflows to find where AI eliminates hours of manual work — the workflows where the hours, and the ROI, actually live.
Vendor & Tool Vetting
Evaluation of AI tools, APIs, and model providers against your specific needs. We cut through the hype and recommend what actually works.
Data Architecture Planning
Schema design for AI-ready data structures. Your data needs to be queryable, not just stored.
Strategic Roadmapping
Prioritized implementation plan with clear ROI projections per initiative — sequenced, costed, and ready to build.
Unit Economics Modeling
Cost-per-automation analysis showing exactly how AI investments translate to margin improvement.
Leadership Alignment
Executive briefings that translate technical capability into business outcomes your board understands.
The process
Discovery Call
60-minute conversation about your operations, pain points, and what 'better' looks like for your team.
Workflow Deep-Dive
We shadow your team's actual workflows — not the documented ones, the real ones. This is where the bottlenecks live.
Opportunity Mapping
Every workflow scored for automation potential, complexity, and ROI. You get a ranked list, not a firehose.
Roadmap Delivery
Prioritized implementation plan with timelines, costs, and expected outcomes. You know exactly what happens next.
Strategy only matters if it ships. Let's build something that does.