Fractional Chief AI Officer services & certification
We make AI useful in your business.
Choose the work worth improving, build it with the people who own it and measure what changes. Get support for your company, or build the skills to lead that work yourself.
Chris Daigle, Founder and CEO / In the room, doing the work.
Turn individual AI use into a better way of working.
Reports. Document reviews. Chasing information between departments. We help you choose a process worth improving, test it with the people who know it and measure what changes. Leadership, implementation and training stay connected to the same business priority.
What teams have put into practice
Recent examples from current clients.
Different businesses start in different places. The useful change is a clearer decision, a working process and evidence the team can use.
Construction01
780 hours back per year, from one pilot.
One recurring certificate workflow, with processing and renewal reminders automated and exceptions flagged for human follow-up. The team is applying AI to multiple tasks.
Client-reported weekly result, annualized for one AI-ified taskSee the work↗
EHS02
1500+ hours saved per year.
One recurring tank-assessment workflow gets a faster starting point, with experts still reviewing the work. The team is applying AI to multiple tasks.
Annual impact estimate for one AI-ified taskSee the work↗
Manufacturing03
$280,000 in estimated savings across 57 documented AI wins.
Including shortened engineering QC release cycles, faster engineering analysis and automated order-confirmation emails.
Estimated organization-wide savings across documented AI winsSee the work↗
For your company
Choose the AI project worth doing first.
You have AI activity, recurring friction and more ideas than a team can act on. Decide where to invest, build the agreed workflow and help your people use it. Choose planning, implementation or fractional Chief AI Officer support to fit the capacity you already have.
Choose the priority. Identify the process, the owner and the result worth pursuing.
Build with your team. Test against real examples and keep the right people involved in review.
Measure adoption and impact. Check whether people use it and whether the process improves.
Start with one task, bottleneck or decision that is taking too much time. We’ll help you identify the most useful next step.
For your career
Learn the skills. Lead the work.
Develop the judgment to choose an AI project, explain the business case and guide adoption. Demonstrate your learning through a written proposal, recorded presentation and human review.
Eight-week program · $5,000 · six months of access
Bring your experience. Apply the learning to a business problem you understand.
Learn and apply. Work through the material and practical exercises.
Submit your capstone. Present your plan and complete human review.
I’m Chris Daigle. I’ve spent more than 25 years building and growing businesses. Today I lead executive AI workshops and host Using AI at Work, where operators share what they have tried and learned.
I start with the business problem. Our team connects the leadership decisions, implementation and training needed to address it.
A fractional Chief AI Officer provides executive ownership of AI strategy and adoption without a full-time appointment. The role connects business priorities, use-case selection, operating guidelines, implementation and measurement.
Will we lose control of the work?
No. We work with your process owners, existing tools and governance teams. People remain responsible for the business decisions and review the work as it is built and used.
What should we bring to an executive briefing?
Bring one recurring task, bottleneck or decision that is taking too much time. We will discuss whether AI can help, what your team would need to provide and the most useful next step.
Should I hire a CAIO or pursue certification?
Company services bring leadership and delivery capacity into your business. Certification helps you develop the skills to lead that work yourself. Some organizations use both.
Can a fractional CAIO help a manufacturing business?
Manufacturing leaders can start with a defined operational problem: repetitive reporting, document processing or information handoffs. A fractional CAIO helps evaluate the opportunity, assign ownership and connect implementation with a measurable business outcome.
Where should we start without a clear AI plan?
The AI ROI Blueprint helps identify and prioritize opportunities. The free assessment can help you begin the conversation before choosing an engagement.
Free AI readiness assessment
Where should your business start with AI?
Answer questions about how your organization uses AI. Get a readiness score and a report to help you decide what to work on next.