What does a fractional Chief AI Officer do?

A fractional Chief AI Officer provides executive-level AI leadership on a part-time or retainer basis. They define AI strategy, evaluate vendors and build-vs-buy decisions, oversee production deployments, and close the gap between AI pilots and real business outcomes,without the cost of a full-time hire. Kim Siler serves as fractional CAO, COO, or CPO depending on the organization's needs.

What is agentic AI and why does it matter for enterprise?

Agentic AI refers to AI systems that can take sequences of actions autonomously to complete complex tasks,going beyond simple question-and-answer to actually executing workflows, making decisions, and coordinating with other systems. For enterprises, agentic AI can automate compliance workflows, accelerate strategic analysis, and scale operations without proportional headcount growth. Kim Siler designs and builds multi-agent systems using Claude API, n8n, MCP servers, and custom TypeScript frameworks.

Kim Siler | Fractional Chief AI Officer

Q: What does engagement pricing look like?

AIReadyIn180 executive training is $500 per person, with enterprise team training at $5,000-$10,000. Fractional AI leadership retainers start at $1,500 per month, scoped to hours and deliverables. Architecture and build engagements are $35,000 flat for a 60-day bounded engagement. A free 30-minute discovery call is available to find the right fit.

Services

Three ways in

Training that builds working systems. Leadership that closes the strategy-to-adoption gap. Architecture that ships to production and stays there.

Executives Enterprise teams PE/VC portfolios Nonprofits Students

AIReadyin180

Two 90-minute sessions, 3-7 days apart. You'll leave with a working AI system built on your actual role, your org, and your real work.

Session 1: Configure your AI foundation, build your first working prototype.
Session 2: Iterate with real documents, add workstreams, get your 30-day roadmap.

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What you'll build: Your own AI Chief of Staff, a system configured to your role, your org, and your real work. Most participants save 8-10 hours weekly within 30 days.

How it works: You drive the entire build on your own screen. No lectures, no slides. You configure your AI, test it against real work, and leave with a system you use tomorrow.

The AI Partnership Framework

Most people treat AI like a search engine. Ask a question, get an answer, move on.

That's not a system. That's a habit that keeps you explaining yourself over and over, getting generic output, and wondering why everyone else seems to get better results.

There's a reason your AI doesn't know you. You haven't built the relationship yet.

In 180 minutes, you will.

The Built-or-Better Guarantee

If you don't have working AI systems live in your workflow within 30 days, I'll work with you 1:1 at no extra cost until you do.

Teams: Same methodology, scaled for your org. $5K-$10K. Let's talk →
Students: Adapted for high schoolers. Intake form →

Fractional AI Leadership

I get called when AI investments have stalled. Strategy exists but nothing is shipping. Or something shipped and nobody is using it. I close the gap as fractional COO, CPO, or Chief AI Officer.

Retainers from $1,500/month · Scoped to hours and deliverables

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Diagnose why initiatives stall: strategy gaps, technical blockers, adoption failure. Own the roadmap and hold the team accountable to it.

Evaluate vendors, architecture decisions, and build-vs-buy tradeoffs. Bridge your technical team and executive leadership.

"I think like a founder, not a corporate consultant. I watch the clock and the runway."

Architecture & Builds

Production AI systems, multi-agent architectures, and POCs that survive contact with real operations. I design, build, deploy, and document everything so your team can maintain it after I leave.

$35K flat · 60-day bounded engagement

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Multi-agent orchestration with human review gates and quality scoring. AI workflow automation using Claude API, n8n, MCP servers, and async processing. RAG pipelines, vector stores, and document intelligence.

Full runbook documentation. Your team can extend everything after I leave.

Proof: BRIDGE Platform

11-layer multi-agent platform. 8 agents. 63 consulting frameworks. 3 human review gates.

Built in 79 days at ~$1K cost. Market equivalent: $250K-$750K.

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Featured build

Co-Founder & CPO Aethova

I don't just advise
on AI. I build it.

BRIDGE is a production-deployed strategic intelligence platform that transforms organizational assessments into board-ready executive deliverables in under 30 minutes.

I designed the architecture, built the agents, created the UI, integrated the database layer, and deployed to production in 79 days on a bootstrapped budget.

This is what "I build AI systems" actually looks like.

What BRIDGE does

Ingests organizational assessment data: surveys, interviews, strategy documents

8 specialized AI agents analyze using 63 consulting frameworks (McKinsey 7S, Porter's Five Forces, NIST AI RMF, and more)

3 human review gates ensure expert judgment at every critical decision point

Outputs board-ready strategic deliverable with 3-horizon roadmap, investment thesis, and ROI projections

Mid-market companies get Big 4-quality strategy analysis at a fraction of the cost and time.

Days to build

~$1K

Infrastructure cost

$250K+

Market equivalent

8.4/10

Avg quality score

28s

Compute time

"Strategy development that used to take 6 weeks now takes under 30 minutes. Same frameworks. Same rigor. A fraction of the cost."

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$Kim Siler,Fractional Chief AI Officer and founder of DawnsEdge AI$

About Kim Siler

I'm not an advisor
who advises.

If it doesn't ship, it doesn't count.

Senior executive with 20 years driving transformation at AT&T, Coca-Cola, IHG, and Telesign. I'm also in your repo, reading session logs, and shipping with your team.

Now I apply that same operating discipline to AI: building production systems that generate real business outcomes, not pilots that stall in IT review.

I co-founded Aethova, where I designed the BRIDGE Execution Intelligence Platform from first principles. I also run DawnsEdge AI, where senior executives go from AI-curious to AI-productive in 180 minutes.

Read my story →

Coca-Cola 2012 Olympics: Led global mobile activation across 90 countries. 1B impressions, Bronze Lion at Cannes.

AT&T: Scaled messaging revenue from $600K to $44M over 7 years. Defined the aggregator model still used industry-wide.

Telesign: 300% throughput scale, $2M GenAI savings projected, 40% cost reduction.

BRIDGE Platform: Built in 79 days. $150K-250K equivalent development value at ~$1K in infrastructure cost.

"Most AI pilots succeed in controlled conditions. Almost none survive contact with the actual organization. That's the only problem I solve."

"Kim helped me create a solid foundation in techniques, approaches, and ready tools. Best three hours I've spent in a while."

Jason Bonander  ·  CIO, Global Health & Digital Transformation

"Very passionate, knowledgeable, very straight to the point. A serious driver. I would highly recommend any training she is offering."

Bruce Painter  ·  Systems Architect & Founder

Career background

AT&T Coca-Cola IHG Telesign OpenMarket Infobip Symend

Currently building

BRIDGE Strategic Intelligence Platform · AIReadyIn180

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Technical capabilities

I build it.

I build the system. Not just a strategy.

Many AI consultants hand you a roadmap and leave. I hand you a working system and document everything so your team can run it without me. Here's the stack that makes that possible.

For Enterprises & PE Portfolios

Fractional Chief AI Officer AI transformation leadership Stalled initiative rescue Vendor & build-vs-buy evaluation AI roadmap & governance PE portfolio AI strategy

For Executives & Teams

AIReadyIn180 training Executive AI fluency Team AI enablement Board-ready AI strategy AI readiness assessment 30-day productivity programs

Production AI Builds

Multi-agent systems AI workflow automation Agentic architectures Claude API & MCP servers n8n orchestration Full documentation & handoff

Active build stack

Claude API n8n MCP Servers TypeScript Next.js Supabase Inngest Vercel Perplexity API RAG / Vector Stores Claude Code

From My Stack

I built these to solve my own problems.
I'll build them for yours.

Not templates. Production systems running in my stack today. Each one can be adapted and deployed for your context.

Every system ships with documentation, a handoff session, and 30 days of support. Most start at $2,500. Multi-system builds are scoped to your stack.

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Intelligence

Daily Intelligence Briefing

"I spend an hour every morning pulling together news, competitor moves, and industry signals. By the time I'm done, half the day is gone."

Automated daily brief delivered to Slack or email
Industry news, competitor signals, and relevant research filtered to your industry and focus areas
Summarized, prioritized, and actionable. Not a firehose.
Configured once, runs every morning without you touching it

Operations

AI-Powered Kanban

"Tasks live in three different places. Half of them are never completed. Nobody knows what's actually moving."

Kanban connected to your communication stack (Slack, email, Notion)
Tasks auto-created from meetings, messages, and decisions
Status updates routed back to where the conversation happened
Priority surfaced by AI, not by whoever shouted loudest

Chief of Staff

AI Chief of Staff

"I need someone who knows our business, our language, our priorities, who can draft, research, and prep without me re-explaining everything every time."

AI configured at company level. Knows your business, not just your name.
Drafts, research, and synthesis tuned to your actual outputs
Connected to your tools: calendar, Slack, Notion, Drive
Built on the Three-Layer Framework. Gets smarter the more you use it.

Transcripts

Transcript-to-Action Pipeline

"We record every meeting. Nobody reads the transcripts. Action items get lost. Decisions made in calls don't make it into any system."

Transcripts ingested, summarized, and actioned automatically
Decisions extracted and logged to your SSOT
Action items routed to the right person in the right tool
Works with Granola, Fireflies, Otter, or raw transcript files

Integrations

Slack-Connected Automation

"Slack is where work actually happens. But nothing connects out of it. Decisions get buried, follow-ups get missed, context disappears."

AI agent living in your Slack workspace
Surfaces decisions, flags blockers, routes requests
Connects Slack to Notion, Airtable, CRM, or custom systems
Responds to commands or runs automatically on triggers

Skills Library

Custom AI Skills

"I need AI that knows my industry, my frameworks, my way of working. Not a generic assistant I have to re-brief every conversation."

Purpose-built skills for your domain: GTM, ops, research, content
Industry-intel monitoring configured to your competitive landscape
Reusable across your stack. Not locked to one tool.
Documented and transferable. Your team can extend after handoff.

Common questions

What people ask.

What does a fractional Chief AI Officer actually do?

A fractional CAO provides executive-level AI leadership part-time: defining strategy, evaluating vendors, overseeing production deployments, and closing the gap between AI pilots and real business outcomes. I serve as fractional CAO, COO, or CPO depending on what the organization needs, typically on a monthly retainer.

Why do most AI transformations fail?

AI initiatives stall when the strategy runs out of road. Tools get deployed, vendors get paid, the pilot worked and somehow nothing has actually changed. The gap is rarely the technology. It's the distance between the strategy and the people who have to use it. That's the gap fractional AI leadership closes.

How quickly can executives become AI-productive?

Through AIReadyIn180, senior executives build working AI systems for their actual job in two 90-minute sessions. No prior AI experience required. Participants consistently report 8-10 hours per week saved within the first 30 days.

Who is the right fit for working with you?

Enterprise teams, PE portfolio companies, and senior executives who are serious about shipping AI, not running another pilot. If you need a 6-month assessment before anyone builds anything, I am not the right fit. If you are ready to move from strategy to production, we should talk.

What does engagement pricing look like?

AIReadyIn180 is $500/person, with enterprise team training at $5K-$10K. Fractional AI leadership retainers start at $1,500/month, scoped to hours and deliverables. Architecture and build engagements are $35K flat for a 60-day bounded engagement. All engagements start with a free 30-minute discovery call.

Where do you work?

Remote-first. Current and past clients span PE-backed portfolio companies, enterprise, nonprofit, and government-adjacent organizations across the US. Never need to be in the building to get results.

AI that actually
ships.

Thinking Out Loud

Three ways in

I don't just advise
on AI. I build it.

I'm not an advisor
who advises.

Technical capabilities

I build it.

From My Stack

I built these to solve my own problems.
I'll build them for yours.

The right AI initiative ships in 30 days. Let's build yours.

What people ask.

What does a fractional Chief AI Officer actually do?

Why do most AI transformations fail?

How quickly can executives become AI-productive?

Who is the right fit for working with you?

What does engagement pricing look like?

Where do you work?

Let's talk.

AI that actuallyships.

Thinking Out Loud

Three ways in

I don't just adviseon AI. I build it.

I'm not an advisorwho advises.

Technical capabilities

I build it.

From My Stack

I built these to solve my own problems.I'll build them for yours.

The right AI initiative ships in 30 days. Let's build yours.

What people ask.

What does a fractional Chief AI Officer actually do?

Why do most AI transformations fail?

How quickly can executives become AI-productive?

Who is the right fit for working with you?

What does engagement pricing look like?

Where do you work?

Let's talk.

AI that actually
ships.

I don't just advise
on AI. I build it.

I'm not an advisor
who advises.

I built these to solve my own problems.
I'll build them for yours.