CIAO as a Service

Fractional Chief AI Officer for strategy, governance, and delivery.

What you get

  • Executive leadership for AI strategy and portfolio
  • Risk-based governance aligned to NIST AI RMF & ISO/IEC 23894
  • Policies, guardrails, and operating model (HITL, reviews, approvals)
  • Hands-on delivery support across product, data, security and legal

Scope

  • AI roadmap & portfolio management
  • Governance board and approval workflows
  • Vendor & model selection (build vs. buy, due diligence)
  • KPIs, cost & value tracking (OKRs, ROI, adoption)

Operating model

  • RACI for product, engineering, security, and legal
  • Design reviews (privacy, safety, robustness, evals)
  • Change control for prompts, models and datasets
  • Release gates with evidence (eval reports & sign-offs)

Deliverables

  • AI Policy & Acceptable Use, Model Risk Standard
  • Secure SDLC guardrails for AI (OWASP-aligned)
  • DPIA / MRA templates and evaluation checklists
  • Governance board charter, decision records and cadence

Outcomes

  • Faster delivery with fewer reworks and audit-ready evidence
  • Lower risk exposure (privacy, IP, hallucinations, abuse)
  • Clear ownership and accountability across teams
  • Measurable impact: adoption, cost, quality and time-to-value

Engagement models

Start small, scale as needed.

  • Starter (4–6 weeks): current-state review, policy pack, guardrails
  • Run (quarterly): portfolio reviews, eval baselines, release gates
  • Lead (fractional): ongoing CIAO, governance board & roadmap

Tech & stack coverage

  • Application: React/Next.js, Node.js/NestJS
  • Data/ML: vector stores, RAG patterns, eval harnesses
  • Cloud/DevOps: Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Vercel/AWS/GCP/Azure
  • Security: SSO, secrets, threat modeling, monitoring & incident playbooks

FAQ

  • Do you replace the CDO/CISO? → No. We partner with them and bridge product, data and security.
  • Can you help with audits? → Yes. We prepare evidence packs and walk auditors through controls.
  • Do you implement? → Yes. We co-deliver guardrails, evals, and reference architectures.
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