AI consultant · Franklin & Nashville, Tennessee
I help owner-led businesses in Middle Tennessee find where AI really saves time and money, set it up safely, and get their people using it. Plain English, fixed prices, no hype.
The problem
I work on the unglamorous part, as an engineer, so the plan comes with a working first tool, not a deck.
Everyone tries something on their own, and nothing sticks because no one is responsible for it.
Staff paste client information into free chatbots because nobody has written down what's allowed.
A vendor demo looked great and fit nothing the team actually does day to day.
A tool was bought, nobody was trained, and the seats sit idle.
of legal professionals said their firm had no formal AI policy and no plans for one, in a 2026 survey of more than 1,300 people. 54% said no responsible-AI training was offered.Source: NC Bar summary. Other professional-services fields look similar.
Services
Fixed scope, fixed price, and a written deliverable for every starting point. You know what you're getting before anything starts.
From $3,500
Two weeks. I interview your team, map the workflows, and rank where AI pays off, with a risk review and a 90-day plan. Written report plus a readout call.
What's included →From $1,500
A 75-minute lunch session from $1,500, or a three-hour on-site workshop from $3,500. Built around your team's real tasks, with a one-page AI-use policy.
Workshop details →From $8,000
One working automation or assistant in about 30 days, scoped from the audit: intake summaries, document drafting, internal search or reporting. You own it.
From $3,000/mo
A monthly working session, policy upkeep, tool and vendor questions, and review of what your team is building. Month to month, 30 days' notice.
Not ready to talk? Try the free AI readiness check or the AI-use policy template.
How it works
You tell me how the business runs and where the busywork is. I tell you whether AI can help, and what it would cost.
Two weeks of interviews and workflow mapping. A ranked list, a risk review, an AI-use policy draft and a 90-day plan.
I build or roll out the first tool, test it with your people, and write down who owns it and how it's reviewed.
Hands-on training for your team, and optional monthly advising so it keeps working as tools and rules change.
Fit
I'll tell you this on the first call, not after you've paid.
About
I still read and review code, and I use AI tools every day. That's why my AI advice comes with a build plan and a price.
I co-founded Twin Sun, a software development agency, and led teams building products for other companies. I later ran a small agency of my own. For the past four years I've been at Dash Solutions, a fintech company, where data handling, vendor review and audit trails are part of the job. I bring those habits to your AI setup.
I'm not a lawyer, a compliance officer or a data scientist, and I won't pretend to be. When your situation needs one, I'll tell you and work alongside them.
I built Juxtah solo. It finds the places mentioned in social posts and alerts you when you're near one, using AI to read captions and watch video. Shipping it end to end is how I know what AI is good for, what breaks, and what it costs to run.
Also
A fixed-price, five-day review of an existing app's security, store compliance and upgrade risk, with a fix-or-rebuild verdict.
Got a Lovable, Bolt or Replit app stuck before the App Store or Google Play? I'll get it approved.
Google Play and Apple raise requirements every year. I bring older apps up to date, then keep them there.
An AI consultant finds where AI can save your business time or money, sets it up safely, and gets your people to use it.
In practice that means mapping how work actually gets done, ranking the best AI uses by payback, writing a simple AI-use policy, building or rolling out the first one or two tools, and training the team. I do that as a working engineer, so recommendations come with a build plan, not a slide deck.
My fixed prices start at $1,500 for a lunch-and-learn and $3,500 for a two-week AI Opportunity Audit.
An AI pilot build starts at $8,000 and an ongoing advisor retainer at $3,000 a month. Most local firms don't publish prices. Published guides put small-business AI readiness assessments at roughly $1,000 to $5,000 and mid-market retainers at $3,000 to $15,000 a month, but those are vendor estimates, so treat them as rough ranges and ask for a written quote.
A two-week review of how your team works, ending in a ranked list of where AI will pay off, what could go wrong, and a 90-day plan.
I interview four to six people who do the work, map the workflows, score each AI use by hours saved, risk and effort, and flag where your data or your clients' data needs protection. You get a written report and a readout call. See exactly what's included.
Not without a written policy and the right plan and settings, and never for regulated data without checking the rules that apply to you.
Free consumer plans and business plans handle your inputs differently, and vendor terms change, so verify the current terms for each tool you use. For attorney-client, health or financial data, involve your counsel or compliance advisor. I help you write an AI-use policy and set up approved tools, but I am not a lawyer and I will tell you where legal review is needed. Start with my free AI-use policy template.
Yes. I run hands-on workshops on-site in Middle Tennessee or virtually, built around your team's real tasks.
A 75-minute lunch session starts at $1,500. A three-hour on-site workshop for up to 25 people starts at $3,500. Staff leave with working prompts and setups for their own jobs, plus a one-page AI-use policy. See the workshop details.
Whichever fits the tools and data rules you already have. I'm vendor-neutral and take no commissions.
If you live in Microsoft 365, Copilot may be the easiest start. Others do better with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. The audit compares options against your real tasks, security needs and budget before you buy anything.
Yes, with supervision, confidentiality rules and a policy, and many already do.
A 2026 survey of more than 1,300 legal professionals found 43% said their firm had no formal AI policy and no plans for one, and 54% said it offered no responsible-AI training (NC Bar Association summary of the 8am report). That gap is where I start. More for professional-services firms.
A first useful tool can be running within about 30 days of the audit; broad team adoption takes a few months.
Quick wins like meeting summaries, first drafts and intake triage show up in weeks. The harder part is habits and review rules, which is why training and a simple policy are part of the work, not an extra.
Both. I build small, focused tools myself and lead larger builds.
I built and shipped Juxtah, an iOS app that reads captions and video to pull out places. For a client, a typical pilot is one automation or assistant, such as intake summaries, document drafting or internal search, delivered in about 30 days and owned by you.
Possibly. Tennessee's Incumbent Worker Training program can reimburse part of employee training costs for eligible employers.
Eligibility rules apply, including employer size and tenure, and I can't promise approval. Ask your local American Job Center and I'll provide the training outline they ask for.
Yes. About half of this work is remote, and on-site work in Middle Tennessee carries no travel charge.
I serve Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Cool Springs, Spring Hill, Murfreesboro and the surrounding counties in person, and clients elsewhere in the United States by video.
Free, no deck, no pitch. Tell me what your business does and where the busywork is. I'll tell you whether AI can help, what it would cost, and if I'm not the right person, who is.
Prefer to talk? Call (615) 605-4528. I reply to every email within two business days.