You've shipped an AI pilot or two, but nobody owns what happens next. A Fractional Chief AI Officer takes ownership of your AI roadmap, decides what gets built, and keeps last quarter's win from quietly stalling out. Senior AI leadership, without the full-time hire.
Part of Netrix Global's Artificial Intelligence practice, the same team that builds the roadmap, runs the workflows, and ships the agents this role oversees.
The role covers what a full-time Chief AI Officer would own, sized to the hours you actually need.
Keeps prioritizing AI initiatives against real business impact, not whichever demo got the most attention last quarter.
Weighs in on what to build, buy, or skip, so your team isn't piloting every new AI product that lands in an inbox.
Makes sure new AI work clears your data security and compliance bar before it ships, not after.
Tracks what's live, what needs a rebuild, and what should get sunset, so nothing quietly rots in production.
Translates AI activity into numbers your board or leadership team can actually use.
Not a monthly check-in from an outside advisor. Ongoing ownership that fits around the IT leadership you already have.
A Fractional CAIO from Netrix sits in on the same planning conversations your team already has, reviews what's in flight, and makes the call on what's next. Time commitment flexes with what's actually happening: heavier when something new is getting scoped, lighter once it's running smoothly and just needs watching.
Most mid-market CIOs and VPs of IT already own infrastructure, security, the help desk, and a dozen other fires. A Fractional CAIO doesn't replace your IT leadership. It covers the one thing they don't have hours for: someone whose only job is making sure AI keeps moving instead of stalling after the first pilot.
Usually last, though it runs the whole time rather than starting on a fixed date. Strategy and prioritization is where you decide what's worth building. Workflow and automation and agent buildouts and integration are where it gets built. User adoption and training makes sure people actually use it. A Fractional CAIO owns all of that going forward, revisiting priorities as the business changes and keeping the AI practice moving instead of stalling out after the first project. Haven't done a formal strategy engagement yet? That's usually the first conversation, and a Fractional CAIO picks up from there.
A few signs it's time to bring in senior AI leadership.
Talk to a Fractional CAIO about what's live, what's stalled, and what should happen next.
Talk to a Fractional CAIO about your roadmapNo pitch deck. Just a conversation about what's on your roadmap and what's stalling it.