Straight answers to the awkward questions.
How much does it cost? What if it doesn't work? Why trust you? I'd ask the same things.
What I do
What is a fractional Chief AI Officer?
It's the AI person your business can't justify hiring full time. I learn how your business runs, find the repetitive work, and automate it. Strategy, building, training and maintenance, a set number of hours a month.
What kinds of things do you automate?
Anything your team does on a computer over and over: lead follow-up, prospecting, invoicing, onboarding, reporting, content production, training and SOPs. If you've ever said "every time this happens, I have to go do that," that's a candidate.
Do I have to replace my software?
Usually not. Software is changing too fast right now to justify ripping everything out. I start with the tools you already pay for and connect them. When something really doesn't fit, I'll build a replacement, and you'll own it.
What tools do you use?
n8n for workflows, Supabase for data, and Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini for the AI parts, plus whatever you already use. The tools get better every few months. Knowing how to put them together is the part that matters.
Do I own what you build?
Yes. The workflows, the accounts, the data and the documentation are yours. If we stop working together, you keep all of it.
Working together
Who actually does the work?
I do. I'm on your calls, I build the workflows, and I train your team. You're never handed off to someone who doesn't know your business.
Remote or in person?
Mostly remote. Calls happen over Zoom, and the building happens on my end, so your hours go into actual work instead of drive time. I'm in Overland, about 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis, so we can meet in person if something really calls for it. It's just rare that we need to.
What happens in the first 30 days?
Week 1 is discovery: a few Zoom calls with you and your team to map how work moves. Week 2 you get a short, prioritized list of what to automate. By weeks 3 and 4 the first fix is live and your team is using it.
I don't want to replace my team with AI.
Neither do I. This is about taking the boring work off good people so they can do the part that needs a human. Your office manager stops spending ten hours a week on data entry. Your salespeople stop formatting proposals and have more conversations.
What do you need from me to get started?
Access to the tools we'll be working in, a little time from your team for discovery, and one point of contact. You don't need documented processes. Figuring those out is my job.
Pricing and risk
How much does it cost?
$125 an hour with a 15-hour monthly minimum, so $1,875 a month. Meetings are free. Add hours any month if you want to move faster. Month-to-month, no setup fee.
Is 15 hours a month enough?
For most small businesses, yes. We work one bottleneck at a time, and a lot of builds take hours, not weeks. If you have a bigger push, add hours for that month.
How do I know it'll pay off?
We pick a number before we start: hours saved, response time, leads followed up, errors avoided. Then we check it. Most clients see time come back in the first month.
What if it doesn't work out?
Cancel any month. No notice period, no penalties. Since it's just me and you own everything from day one, the handoff is simple: the accounts, workflows and documentation are already yours, and you take over every project as is.
Why you instead of a bigger agency?
Because you'll actually work with me. Bigger shops pitch with senior people and hand you to juniors. With me, the person you talk to is the person building it, and I keep my client list small enough to know every business by name.
Still have questions?
I'd rather answer them in a conversation. Thirty minutes, no pitch.
