“I thought I was a power user. Then I started working with Mark and realized I had no idea what was actually possible.”
Read the case studyFractional CAIO retainer · Capped at five · By application
A Fractional Chief AI Officerin 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 executives
- Starts this week
- Trusted 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.
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.
In their words
Hear it from leaders like you.
Founders, CEOs, and operators who put AI to work and kept using it.
“Working with Mark turned my AI curiosity into actual leverage. I show up to enterprise calls with answers, not questions.”
“If you’re a CEO and you’re not building with AI yet, Mark is the guy. He doesn’t teach theory - he hands you the keys.”
“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.
The answers your COO and CFO will ask.
An internal AI hire takes months to source, costs $250K+ all-in, and still has to learn your business from scratch. A big consultancy will sell you a deck and a 12-month "transformation." A fractional CAIO plugs in this week, lives in your Slack, and makes real decisions on your actual work — at a fraction of the cost of a hire, with none of the ramp. And unlike an ai business coach with frameworks, I'm a business builder who got dangerous with AI. That's why engagements end with decisions and shipped work, not decks.
By the end of the first month you have a written baseline on the metrics you already take to the board, a ranked opportunity map, and a measurement framework — so ROI is not a new North Star. By day 90 you have shipped real systems, and quota, customers per CSM, or ARR per employee has a before-and-after. The whole point is momentum: decisions made and shipped every single week.
Sixty minutes a week on the call, plus async pings as needed (most executives use it ~30 minutes a week). Once a quarter we do a longer 90-minute review. That's it. The entire model is built so you delegate the AI work to someone who lives in it daily — and get the leverage without becoming an AI expert yourself.
This is for executives who already rolled something out and need an operator in Slack — not another workshop, and not a 12-month “transformation” from a big firm. If you have not started yet, the company program on Corporate AI Training is the better front door. If you are earlier-stage or want to upskill a whole team instead, I will tell you honestly on the call and point you to a better fit. The relationship is anchored to you as the executive sponsor, but your CTO, COO, or Chief of Staff can join for scoping and reviews.
Anchor it against the alternative: a full-time Chief AI Officer runs $300K+ a year and takes six months to hire. This retainer is a fraction of that, and it starts this week. It's high-touch and capped at five executives at any time, so scope and investment are set on the call once I understand your business — you're paying for outcomes, not a fixed package. Custom builds, when they make sense, are scoped separately. Even if we decide we're not a fit, you'll leave that first call with a clearer picture of your next moves.
The tool is 10% of the problem. Adoption, governance, vendor strategy, and the actual decisions about what to build are the other 90%. That's what this is for.
No. Once we engage, I won't take on a direct competitor in your space without your written sign-off. Your strategy stays your strategy.
Ready to take it company-wide?
The core package puts AI to work in every department.
Advice moves you only as fast as your teams can act on it. The AI Transformation Playbook trains each team on its real work, then builds agents with each department that run in your systems. You own them, and we report on the numbers your teams already track.
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.