Transform your organization’s AI ambition into measurable business outcomes — without the cost or delay of building a full internal AI division.

Why Choose a Fractional CAIO

Today’s executives face a common challenge:

You know AI is critical to future growth, yet talent scarcity, governance complexity, and execution risk stall momentum and success.

Business Challenge

  • AI projects stuck in experimentation
  • Lack of clarity on ROI or data readiness
  • Unclear AI governance or compliance gaps
  • Talent gaps across data, ML, and cloud
  • Slow decision cycles, no measurable KPIs

Fractional CAIO Solution

  • Executive alignment and a 90-day pilot roadmap
  • AI Value Framework + Data Maturity Assessment
  • Responsible AI Policy Toolkit
  • Curated ecosystem of certified AI partners
  • Real-time AI Ops Dashboard with business KPIs
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About Gerald J. Leonard

Educational & Professional Foundations

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Program — University of Chicago

  • Completed an 8-month executive program focused on strategic AI leadership, data infrastructure, deployment at scale, and AI governance.

  • Specialized in AI Transformation Strategy, Enterprise Governance, and C-Suite Leadership — including advanced training in board communication and organizational change.

  • Coursework included:

    • From Business Strategy to AI Strategy — aligning AI initiatives with corporate objectives.

    • AI Governance — establishing compliance frameworks and policy portfolios.

    • Leading AI Transformation — building enterprise AI capability with measurable KPIs.

    • Leadership within the C-Suite — executive presence, adaptive leadership, and stakeholder engagement.

Additional Academic Roots

  • Master of Music — Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
    Developed the discipline and systems thinking skills later applied to AI operations and team design.

  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile Practitioner – expertise in AI program execution and governance.

Professional Credibility

  • Architect of the CAIO Agentic Advisory Council, a multi-agent framework used by enterprises to align AI initiatives with governance and KPIs.

  • Experienced in operationalizing AI guardrails, compliance auditing, and Six Sigma-aligned AI Ops metrics.

AI and Leadership Educational Partners

Our Fractional CAIO Service provides board-level AI leadership on demand, aligning AI strategy with business value while maintaining risk and compliance oversight.

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What You Get

1. AI Strategy & Roadmap

  • Align AI initiatives directly to P&L drivers and board objectives.

  • Identify 3 high-impact use cases within 30 days.

  • Quantify expected ROI using Turnberry Premiere’s proprietary AI Economics Engine.

2. AI Governance & Compliance

  • Deploy a unified governance framework integrating GDPR, EEOC, and PIPL standards.

  • Automated escalation workflows route P1 incidents to Legal & Risk within minutes.

  • Gain a defensible audit trail and bias-minimization scorecard.

3. Execution Enablement

  • Cross-functional “Pilot Pods” staffed by fractional experts (Advisor, Auditor, Analyst).

  • Decision latency < 24 hours; zero P1 incidents target.

  • Live KPI monitoring and Six Sigma performance validation.

4. Continuous AI Operations

 

  • Weekly Ops Dashboard: Precision, Decision Velocity, Incident Rate.

  • Quarterly governance reviews and model performance re-baselining.

  • Optional “CAIO-as-a-Service” retainer for sustained oversight.

Thought Leadership

A Symphony of Choices

The Right Way to Sunset a Project

Harvard Business Review Article

AI and Sustainability: 5 Ways to Build a Future-Ready Business

AllBusiness.com Article

“We don’t sell AI tools — we install AI leadership.”

Our methodology blends strategic advisory and technical execution through the CAIO Agentic Model, which integrates human oversight with agentic automation.
Every engagement includes:

  1. Strategic Alignment Workshop (Week 1)

  2. Pilot Pod Activation (Weeks 2-4)

  3. Operational Dashboard Setup (Weeks 5-6)

  4. Governance and Audit Validation (Week 8)

Each phase is logged in a secure CAIO database with versioned agent states and policy-as-code guardrails.

Results You Can Expect

  • AI Initiatives approved within 30 days.

  • 90-day pilot ROI visibility.

  • ≥ 4.5 Sigma process stability on decision accuracy.

  • Fully auditable AI Governance Framework for regulators and boards.

Let’s Redefine AI Leadership

 

Bring fractional C-suite AI leadership to your organization today.
Schedule a strategy session with Gerald J. Leonard, CAIO, Turnberry Premiere.

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