Fractional Chief AI OfficerExperienced AI leadership, without a full-time hire.
Get help setting priorities, evaluating opportunities, and guiding execution. A fractional Chief AI Officer connects AI decisions with your business goals and leadership team, with no executive search and no long-term contract. Led by Jarrod Anderson, author of The Chief AI Officer's Handbook, with 30 years in technology and 15 in AI, including AI transformation at Fortune 35 scale.
When fractional leadership helps
You have AI decisions to make and no one on the executive team who has made them before. A full-time Chief AI Officer is a long search and a large commitment; a fractional one adds the expertise to your leadership team without either.
What your CAIO leads
Priorities and roadmap, vendor and build decisions, governance and risk, the first proof of concept, and the operating model for what gets deployed. Your fractional CAIO owns the AI agenda with your executive team and is accountable for it.
Why it works
What you getThree advantages of fractional AI leadership
Fresh, unbiased perspective
You need a leader who knows how AI benefits your industry. A fractional CAIO brings an outside perspective and the technical depth to hone and operationalize your AI strategy.
Proven leadership in AI and industry
Your enterprise needs guidance, not buzzwords. Proven leadership in AI finds the opportunities worth pursuing and the risks worth avoiding.
Bandwidth to focus on your core business needs
With an experienced AI executive embedded in your operations, your core leadership team can prioritize long-term goals while your Fractional CAIO seamlessly integrates AI strategies into your operations.
Meet your leadership
Fractional CAIO
Your fractional CAIO is the person who wrote the handbook on the role. Proven leadership, applied directly to your engagement rather than delegated to junior staff.
- 30 years of technology leadership, 15 of them in AI
- Author of The Chief AI Officer’s Handbook (2024)
- MIT Enterprise AI Strategy Certification
- Built and led AI teams at Fortune 35 scale
- Recognized as a Top 10 AI Leader in the United States
Senior AI, for everyone the giants ignore.
Why fractional| The alternative | What you give up | The SYRV AI difference |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time CAIO hire | A long executive search, and no delivery team on arrival. | Fractional CAIO with the team included, day one. |
| Big-4 or large systems integrator | Senior names sell; junior teams build. | Senior operators throughout, and working proof. |
| Hyperscaler or platform vendor | Sells infrastructure, not outcomes. | Outcome-owned, in your tenant. |
| Prompt or point-tool shop | Fast but shallow: no enterprise depth, compliance, or strategy. | Enterprise depth and governance built in. |
Position, in a line: secure, governed AI agents in high-value workflows, led by a fractional CAIO operating model. Senior AI, delivered and owned.
What organizations benefit from a Fractional CAIO?
Who it is forEstablished industry leaders
Established firms that excel within a particular industry but have not yet deployed AI to make their operations more data-driven or efficient.
Budget-conscious innovators
Companies with a need that AI can fulfill, without the budget for a full-time AI leader with the experience to address it.
Leaders with a specific AI opportunity
Any enterprise with an innovative AI concept where a long executive search would cost it the opportunity.
Flexible Engagement Models
Ongoing Retainer
2-5 days/month of strategic guidance and execution support. Perfect for organizations needing steady AI leadership with the flexibility to scale up or down based on your evolving needs.
Most flexible
Project-Based
Defined scope and timeline for specific initiatives like AI strategy development, implementation, or transformation projects. Ideal for organizations with clear objectives.
Results-focused
Hybrid
Combine retainer with project work for maximum flexibility. Get steady strategic guidance plus deep implementation support for major initiatives. Best of both worlds.
Best of both
Available in
Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Our team is ready to help with your fractional caio needs in the Greater Cincinnati area.
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ElsewhereDiscuss the right scope
Tell us about the decisions your leadership team is facing. We will discuss the right scope and time commitment for a fractional CAIO.