Fractional Chief Data and AI Officer
Business strategy with data and AI built in.
For mid-market companies and mission-driven nonprofits.
Why leaders bring me in
Leaders bring me in for one of two reasons. The board wants a data or AI strategy and the team is too buried keeping the lights on to build one. Or they’ve spent years and real money on data and still can’t get a straight answer out of it.
The role
I’m the executive-level data and AI leadership an organization needs but can’t yet justify hiring full time. I’ve spent my career building and running data teams inside large companies, so I start from how your business actually works and build the data and AI into it, instead of handing you a strategy and leaving you the integration.
Most consulting ends at the recommendation. Mine ends when the outcome is real and your team can sustain it without me. When the work needs a specialist outside my lane, I bring in someone vetted rather than fake it.
Track record
Before going independent:
- Led 16 data scientists across a global group of two dozen at General Mills, delivering $118M in value.
- Grew Ovative Group’s data science org 142% in 11 months with zero attrition.
- Hired as General Mills’ first data scientist and built the foundation of the company’s data science practice.
How engagements work
Two shapes, depending on what you need.
Ongoing fractional role
I run your data and AI function part time until you’ve grown into a full-time hire, then I help you hire that person and set them up to succeed.
Focused engagement with a hard end date
I stand up one capability, prove it works, and hand it off so it runs without me.
What I help with
Data and AI strategy and roadmap
Set the direction and prioritize where data and AI actually move the business.
Data maturity and literacy assessment
A clear read on where you stand and what to fix first.
Data governance and compliance
Governance your team can run, including regulated environments.
Executive and board AI education
Get your leadership fluent enough to make real decisions about AI.
AI use-case prioritization
Separate the bets worth making from the noise.
Hands-on build and analysis
When the build is what unblocks the outcome, I do it, then prepare your team to own it.
What clients say
“…balance strategic vision with practical execution.”
Kelly Aronson, SVP, Andersen Corporation
“…set our team up to use data more strategically than we ever have before.”
Sophia Lenarz-Coy, Executive Director, The Food Group
“…a clear, concise roadmap that our leadership team could confidently act on.”
Abigail Shopp, Renewal by Andersen
Let’s talk
If you have a data or AI mandate that’s stalled, nebulous, or too important to fumble, let’s talk.