18+ years in product and technology. I conduct operational AI audits, design phased transformation roadmaps with quantified ROI, and lead teams to ship AI-powered products — from intelligent dashboards to company-wide AI platforms.
18+
years in product & technology
15+
AI engagements delivered
$3M+
projected annual ROI across engagements
About
I fell in love with building products 18 years ago — and I’ve never been able to stop. From scaling SaaS products from $10K to $2M ARR, to leading AI transformations for manufacturing companies sitting on 80M+ rows of untapped data, the through-line has always been the same: take something complex and make it work for real people.
Today, I ship AI agents, RAG systems, and intelligent dashboards across manufacturing, hospitality, e-commerce, PR, and SaaS. But what drives me isn’t the technology — it’s the moment a team sees AI actually solve the problem they’ve been fighting with spreadsheets and gut instinct for years. And shipping is only half the job — I design department-by-department rollout strategies, run hands-on training, and work through the resistance that kills most AI initiatives before they scale.
I’m most useful when there’s a gap between AI ambition and execution — when organizations know they need AI but don’t know where to start, what to prioritize, or how to measure success. I bring the audit, the roadmap, the ROI model, and the team to ship it.
What I do
I find where AI creates real value in your business — and where it doesn’t. You get a scored list of opportunities with ROI projections, not a generic slide deck.
I ship AI products end-to-end — agents, dashboards, knowledge systems. Prototype first, build second, measure always.
I embed with your leadership team as Head of AI, owning the roadmap and building alongside your engineers. Strategy, delivery, and change management — one person, one accountability.
The Approach
Every engagement follows the same five-phase methodology — designed to move fast, prove value early, and build organizational momentum for AI adoption.
I map your business processes end-to-end, interview stakeholders across departments, audit existing data infrastructure, and identify every place AI could create measurable value. No surface-level scans — I look at your actual systems, data quality, and team readiness.
Deliverable: AI Opportunity Report with scored initiatives and data readiness matrix
I score and rank every opportunity by ROI potential, implementation complexity, and organizational readiness. The result is a phased transformation roadmap — 0–90 day quick wins, 90–180 day infrastructure, 180+ day intelligence — with dollar figures your CFO can actually use.
Deliverable: Phased roadmap with ROI projections, board-ready executive summary
I select the highest-ROI, lowest-risk initiative as the first build. My philosophy is prototype-before-build — we validate the approach with a working proof-of-concept before committing engineering resources. I manage the delivery team, write PRDs, run sprints, and ship.
Deliverable: Working AI product in production, validated with real users
Shipping is half the job. I design department-by-department rollout strategies, run hands-on training sessions, address resistance head-on, and work through the compliance and data privacy concerns that kill most AI initiatives. I don’t hand off and hope — I stay until adoption sticks.
Deliverable: Adoption playbook, training materials, governance framework
I set up performance benchmarks from day one so there’s never a question about whether AI is working. We track time saved, cost reduced, revenue influenced, and adoption rates — then use those numbers to prioritize the next phase of the roadmap. Every engagement compounds.
Deliverable: Quarterly ROI report, updated roadmap, next-phase recommendations
This is the methodology behind 15+ engagements and $3M+ in projected client ROI. Want to see how it applies to your organization?
Let’s talk about your AI strategyIndustries
Portfolio
A selection of AI-powered systems shipped for clients across industries. Each one solved a real operational problem.
15 hrs/wk
saved
per sales rep
A hotel & hospitality group
Replaced manual call review with an AI coaching system that auto-scores leads, identifies objection patterns, and generates personalized coaching recommendations — reducing ramp time for new reps and surfacing upsell signals that were previously invisible.
Cut the time from news event to PR pitch from days to minutes. An autonomous agent monitors news feeds, social media, and industry publications in real time, scores each opportunity by relevance and reach, and drafts outreach suggestions — so the PR team focuses on pitching, not searching.
Days →
Minutes
news event to pitch draft
A PR & communications agency
Hours →
Seconds
research time eliminated
A B2B media company
Turned thousands of unread industry newsletters into a searchable knowledge base. Team members now ask questions in plain English and get answers with citations across sources — replacing hours of manual searching with instant, cross-referenced intelligence.
Designed and launched a company-wide AI hub for a 200+ person marketing agency, giving every department a single place to access internal knowledge, generate documents, query data, and automate tasks. Department-by-department rollout with hands-on training grew adoption from 15% to 80% in 90 days. Saved 2-3 hours per client brief and redirected hundreds of hours per quarter from admin to strategic work.
15% → 80%
AI adoption in 90 days
A 200+ person marketing agency
0 → 47
results
from a single natural language query
A domain registrar platform
Replaced keyword-based domain search with a system that understands intent and context. Users describe what they want in plain language and get relevant suggestions based on meaning, not string matching — dramatically improving discovery rates and reducing time-to-find.
Eliminated manual reporting for an industrial manufacturer, projecting $1.2M+ annual ROI. Replaced spreadsheet workflows with a live dashboard surfacing real-time production metrics, VIP client reporting, and predictive maintenance signals across 80M+ rows of operational data.
$1.2M+
projected annual ROI
An industrial manufacturing company
How We Work Together
Most engagements start with a 30-day diagnostic. You get a concrete roadmap either way. If we’re a fit for ongoing work, that roadmap becomes Phase 1.
3-4 weeks, fixed scope
A scored roadmap of where AI creates real value in your business. In 3-4 weeks you get concrete initiatives, projected ROI per initiative, and a quick-wins punch list.
What you get:
Best for: Companies that know they need AI but don’t know where to start.
3-month minimum
I join your leadership team and own the AI roadmap. I’m in standups, reviewing PRs, and managing vendors. You get an accountable AI leader, not a quarterly advisor.
A typical week looks like:
Best for: Companies that need hands-on AI leadership now and have the budget to move.
6-month commitment
For teams that can ship but need a senior AI leader keeping the roadmap honest. Biweekly sprint reviews, vendor evaluations, and direct access to frameworks and SOPs.
What’s included:
Best for: Post-diagnostic or post-leadership companies that want strategic direction without full-time cost.
Before we talk
Two lists. If you’re on the left one, let’s go. If you’re on the right, I’ll save you the call.
Background
Two things make me different from a typical AI consultant. I’ve co-founded two SaaS companies and sat in every seat: sales, product, engineering, marketing, CS, and fundraising. And I have 18 years of product discipline that keeps AI projects realistic, scoped, and shipping.
15+
AI engagements led
Currently leading AI strategy and delivery at Rosedale AI across manufacturing, hospitality, e-commerce, PR, and SaaS. $3M+ in projected annual ROI. Managing delivery teams of 6+ developers.
$2M
ARR built as co-founder
Co-founded Gleantap, grew from $10K to $2M ARR. Led a COVID pivot that doubled the customer base in 6 months. Hired and managed 20+ people. Raised ~$1M.
MBA
UGA Terry College
Marketing & Strategy. President of MBA Consulting Club. 18 years across athenahealth, Cisco (via acquisition), and early-stage SaaS. Host of “Spotlight with Shubham” podcast, 35 episodes on product and AI.
I’m open to embedded Head of AI roles, fractional AI leadership, and full-time positions. If your organization needs someone who owns the AI roadmap and builds it, let’s talk.