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.