Practical AI Coaching & Consulting

Put AI to work.

Most of us already know AI matters. The harder question is where to begin.

I help individuals and teams start with something useful: a real piece of work, a real problem, or a real opportunity. We start small, get an early win, and build from there.

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You don't need an AI strategy, or even to know exactly what you need. Bring me a problem, and that's enough to start.

You don't need to become an AI expert

The goal isn't to learn everything about AI. It's to find where it can genuinely help you do your work better.

That might mean getting more from ChatGPT, setting up your first AI project, improving a recurring workflow, building a specialized assistant, or exploring how AI could support your whole team.

We begin where you are now, not where somebody thinks you ought to be.

How I can help

Every engagement starts with what you're trying to accomplish. From there, the work tends to fall into one of three areas.

For Individuals

AI Coaching

You want to feel more capable and confident using AI in your everyday work. We choose something real, like a recurring task, a report, or a decision you're facing, and work through it together instead of learning AI in the abstract.

For Teams

Team Coaching & Workshops

Your team needs to see where AI can be useful, spot the best opportunities, and start building it into everyday work. The focus is your team's actual work, not generic AI training.

For Organizations Ready to Go Further

AI Consulting & Projects

This could mean identifying where AI can help most, redesigning a workflow, building AI-assisted processes or specialized assistants, or leading a larger implementation.

None of this comes in a fixed package. We'll shape it around what you're trying to do.

Start with the work, not the technology.

AI is much easier to understand when you're using it for something that matters to you. So instead of a long technology assessment or a catalog of tools, we find a useful place to begin, work through it together, see what happens, and take the next step from there.

1

Start with the work

What are you trying to get done? What takes more time than it should, or what would you like to do better?

2

Find an opportunity

Together, we choose one useful place to begin, small enough to try right away.

3

Build something useful

A better way to prompt, a well-set-up project, a streamlined workflow, or an assistant built for a specific job. Something you'll actually use.

4

Learn

We look at what worked, what didn't, and why, so you understand it and not only the result.

5

Expand

Apply what you've learned to the next task, or bring it to a bigger part of your work or your team.

That's how I learned it myself, and it's the approach I bring to clients.

Let's find your starting point.

You don't need to have an AI strategy, or even know exactly what you need. Bring me a problem, a repetitive piece of work, or something you'd simply like to do better. That's enough to start.

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Credentials

Education & Certifications

Education

  • MS, Aeronautics & Astronautics – Stanford University
  • BS, Aerospace Engineering – USC, Cum Laude

Certifications & Fellowships

  • Nexus Fellow, Equity Lab
  • Coach Identity, Within Collaborative

Experience

  • 30 years executive & leadership experience
  • Nonprofit sector since 2007
  • Over $20 million raised
  • Founder, executive director, board chair