Fractional CAIO retainer · Capped at five · By application

A Fractional Chief AI Officer
in your corner.

You already have ChatGPT. Nobody owns it. Mark does — a few hours a week. He tells you what to do next. He stays until it sticks.

Capped at five executivesStarts this weekTrusted by founders, PE-backed CFOs, and Fortune 500 leaders

You're using 10–15% of what AI can do.

Company-level training already happened. People are still asking what to do in their day. The metrics you already run have not moved.

  • The gap is not technology. It is leadership and execution.
  • A full-time Chief AI Officer runs $300K+ a year. And takes six months to hire.
  • A big-firm engagement starts at $500K. And ends in a deck. This starts this week.

The retainer

Weekly decisions. Not another deck.

A standing relationship around your actual business — not generic frameworks. Custom builds are scoped separately when they make sense.

01 · Weekly

Weekly Decision Call

A standing 60-minute 1:1. Every call ends with a decision made and an owner assigned — never a status update.

02 · Continuous

A Direct Line

Unlimited async access in Slack or Voxer. Forward any vendor pitch, board question, or half-formed idea and get a straight answer within one business day. Loom reviews included.

03 · Day 30

Your AI Operating Baseline

A written audit of your stack, workflows, and team — plus a ranked opportunity map with the dollar value of each. ROI stops being a guess in month one.

04 · On demand

Board-Ready Build-vs-Buy Plans

Sequencing, owners, and honest build-vs-buy calls — written so your CFO signs off and you can defend it in the room.

05 · On demand

"Legit or Hype" Vendor Verdicts

An honest read on every vendor pitch before you sign anything.

06 · Quarterly

Quarterly Board Narrative

Every 90 days: the metrics you already take to the board, a roadmap reset, and the exact story to tell them. Same KPIs. Faster.

How it works

Your first 90 days.

A standing relationship, not a project with an end date — but the first quarter follows a clear arc. After that: ship, measure, reset.

01 · Day 0

Exploration Call

We discuss your situation and goals. You leave with clarity on your next moves — whether or not we work together.

02 · Days 1–14

Baseline & Opportunity Map

I get up to speed on your business, stack, team, and real constraints. You get your written AI Operating Baseline and a ranked opportunity map.

03 · Days 15–90

Ship Weekly

Standing weekly call plus async. A decision made every week. Most executives have 2–3 workflows automated or tools live by day 90.

04 · Day 90

First Board Review

The metrics you already take to the board, with a before-and-after. A roadmap reset, and the plan for the next quarter.

Who this is for

This is by application for a reason.

  • You're a sitting CXO at a growth-stage company. Driving AI strategy from the top.
  • You're a founder running a real company. You need an AI consigliere — same job, every hat.
  • You're AI-curious but time-poor. And accountable for org-wide AI outcomes.
  • You're ready to make decisions. Not run another committee.
  • You want someone to point at when you make the call. "We brought in a specialist" lands easier in the boardroom.

Not this if you want a course, a team workshop, or a 12-month transformation deck.

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Executive AI Advisory Retainer.

Weekly strategy and hands-on support. Decisions, not decks. Capped at five executives at any time.

Capped at five

The retainer

Scope and investment determined on the call.

  • Weekly decision call — 60 min, 1:1
  • Direct line: unlimited Slack/Voxer + Loom
  • AI Operating Baseline + ranked opportunity map
  • Board-ready build-vs-buy plans
  • "Legit or hype" vendor verdicts
  • Quarterly board narrative + roadmap reset
  • Optional custom AI tooling & agent builds
  • Direct access to Mark — no account managers

A full-time Chief AI Officer runs $300K+ a year and takes six months to hire. This is a fraction of that — and it starts this week.

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Free · 10 minutes

Executive AI Opportunity Assessment

Before we ever talk, know where AI moves the needle. A short diagnostic: highest-leverage opportunities, a build-vs-buy read, and where you stand — in minutes, not months.

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In their words

Hear it from leaders like you.

Founders, CEOs, and operators who came in skeptical, left fluent, and stuck with it.

Last month I was just asking ChatGPT to write emails. Now I’ve built a client onboarding tool, and my team probably thinks I hired a developer.

VP of Operations

Series B SaaS

Research that used to take me half a day now takes 20 minutes. Competitor analysis, market research, customer interviews - all transformed.

Strategy Consultant

Management Consulting

I finally understand what my engineering team is talking about. More importantly, I can spec out AI features without needing them in every conversation.

Product Leader

Fintech

The prompt engineering framework alone saved me. I was getting mediocre AI outputs for months. Now I get usable first drafts 90% of the time.

Marketing Director

E-commerce Brand

Lead with clarity instead of chasing tools.

Capped at five executives at any time. Even if we're not the right fit, you'll leave the call with a clearer picture of your next moves.

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FAQ

The answers your COO and CFO will ask.

Under a board efficiency mandate?

AI Cost Reduction OS — when the target is opex, not adoption.

The fractional CAIO retainer is the open-ended advisory relationship. AI Cost Reduction OS is the productized program built around a hard opex target — working agents, measured savings, and a number your board can hold you to. Both run 1:1 with Mark.

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