I bring AI to companies — and help run them.
I'm not an outside advisor who explains AI and leaves. I join the leadership team and help run the company — setting the strategy, building the team, and making the calls — while keeping the technical legible so every decision is one the whole table can own. Most AI leaders can build it; fewer can operate where the business decisions actually get made.
"While we can't seem to look beyond the next 6 months, you're developing a 3-year transformative strategy." — a Fortune 50 CTO
I've done this as a Founder, CEO, CTO, and Chief AI Officer. I built and led Silicon Valley Bank's AI Lab from zero to sixteen, ran thirteen major data-science initiatives across US government agencies and Fortune 500 companies at SAP, led special projects alongside Andrew Ng at DeepLearning.AI, and today serve as CTO of the deep-tech company TAP. Over years of teaching I've placed more than a hundred data scientists into industry — many onto teams I was running myself. What leaders consistently tell me sets me apart: I make complicated ideas simple and the technical transparent — so decisions get made on understanding, not hope.
How I lead
AI strategy & roadmap
The 3-year view, not the 6-month scramble: where AI actually creates value for your business, what to build vs. buy, and the sequence to get there without betting the company on hype.
Fractional CTO / Chief AI Officer
Own the technical direction and the org that delivers it — architecture, hiring, priorities, and honest calls on what the technology can and cannot do.
Build teams for the work
Assemble, structure, and grow the right team around a specific project — I built SVB's AI Lab from zero to sixteen and have placed 100+ data scientists into industry, many onto teams I led.
Align the board on opportunity
I've aligned boards on where the real AI opportunities are and made the deeply technical trade-offs legible to the people accountable for them — so leadership commits with conviction, not FOMO.
Stand up internal education
I build internal educational programs so your leaders and teams can reason about AI themselves — because the best strategy is one the whole organization understands and can carry.
Diligence & independent review
Clear-eyed evaluation of AI systems, claims, and teams — for investors, boards, counsel, and acquirers. Expert-witness experience.
I do my best work with teams in a forward-leaning posture — where there's real appetite for innovation and the energy to act on it. If that's the room you're building, let's talk.
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