Move smarter and faster on AI.
Consulting services for company leadership, product teams, and investors.
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Just starting with AI?
Accelerate your liftoff. -
Define your AI strategy and surface actionable use cases. Develop your team's AI literacy.
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Feeling stuck?
Set a new direction. -
Get projects back on-track. Clarify, reorient, and restructure.
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About to invest or acquire?
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Protect your investment! Identify lurking risks and missed opportunities.
Don't just add AI to your company. Excel at it.
AI offers a new mix of opportunities and dangers. The confusing twists and turns of this emerging technology can leave you wondering whether you've gone too far or not far enough. At times you're not sure whether you're even pointed in the right direction.
Simply put: adding AI to your company is easy. Winning with AI requires new knowledge, new ways of thinking, and new expertise. The vast majority of companies don't adapt, which is why their projects fail to deliver meaningful ROI and adoption of AI continues to pose a challenge.
You need trusted guidance on AI. That's where I come in. Work with me to develop your AI strategy and uncover meaningful use cases. I'll use my experience to help you see around corners and avoid nasty pitfalls. The combined effect will be to make the most of AI while managing your risk and reducing inefficiency.
Services
Approach AI with confidence. Work with an experienced AI professional who knows your business and your challenges.
AI Strategy & Product Consulting
Uncover actionable, meaningful AI use cases.Unlock your AI potential! Surface actionable project ideas and product enhancements to put this new technology to use in your business. Answer the question "What should we do with our data?" and formalize that into your AI strategy (road map). Build or restructure your AI approach to maximize performance.
Due Diligence & Risk Management
Catch problems early and course-correct. Is this company's use of AI real, aligned to industry standards, and living up to its potential? An assessment can reveal downside risk exposures and missed opportunities. This gives you peace of mind and the space to reorient before an incident strikes.Ideal for company self-checks as well as investor/acquisition scenarios.
AI Literacy & Coaching for Executives
Develop executive-level understanding of AI.Accelerate your AI literacy in a structured, one-on-one program with me. I'll be your trusted sounding board, providing guidance and candid feedback on your plans. Learn how to navigate tough AI discussions with your peer executives and vendors. Reduce risk and dysfunction in your use of AI.
AI Advisor
Expert guidance for your AI efforts.A retainer service for ongoing, longer-term access to AI-related guidance for your business.
Fractional Head of AI & Research
Bring experienced AI guidance in-house.Best suited for companies just starting their AI journey, or looking to change direction with their existing team. I can build out your company's AI practice, prepare it for my successor, and mentor the team along the way.
Custom engagement
Services tailored to your use case.Need something beyond what's listed here? I've provided a variety of other services over the years, so I may still be able to help.
Please contact me with a description of your project, proposed timeline, and budget.
My approach: a focus on risk
As detailed in my latest book: Twin Wolves: Balancing risk and reward to make the most of AI
My services are all rooted in a risk management approach: balancing the risk and reward inherent in adopting AI technology.
Contrary to popular belief, not all risks are bad and risk management isn't about sitting still to avoid danger. It's a matter of being intentional in your decisions and navigating uncertainty. You want to position yourself for the win while identifying and closing off sources of potential downside.
If a risk is a bet, risk management helps you place smarter bets. This improves your chances of winning, and also protects you when you fall.
While your competitors are scrambling to cram AI into every aspect of their business, we'll work together to carve a more thoughtful path for you.
Work with an AI expert
I'm Q McCallum. I help companies navigate their AI journey from zero to production and beyond.
I'm not some latecomer to the AI game. I’ve been in the tech industry since the Dot-Com era, with a focus on data since the terms "predictive analytics" and "Big Data" were still gaining traction.
I've helped clients with everything from providing strategic AI guidance to executives and product teams, surfacing AI use cases, developing AI models, and performing due diligence.
I'm a published author with multiple bylines from O'Reilly Media, including articles on their Radar platform covering everything from AI to business models to N-sided marketplaces. I've also delivered talks at major industry conferences and private events.
When it comes to working with me:
- CEOs and stakeholders like how I explain AI: in plain language that focuses on business goals. They can rely on me to be candid about what looks feasible and where the plan may go awry.
- Product owners know that I'll find real, effective use cases for AI. I'll point out where AI can genuinely improve a product experience and where it won't add value.
- CTOs trust me because I've taken AI projects all the way to production. Thanks to my previous career as a software developer, I can show tech teams how to move that AI project from theory to practice.
Take the smarter, faster, better road to AI.
- Surface effective use cases for AI in your business and products.
- Develop a solid AI strategy.
- Uncover hidden risks and missed opportunities.
- Approach AI with confidence.