Fractional Chief AI Officer

Move from AI ambition to execution - without hiring a full-time executive.

Give your AI project a valid agenda.

Valid Agenda provides fractional Chief AI Officer leadership for owners and senior leaders who need AI strategy, capability decisions and delivery cadence tied to real business goals.

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01 / AI AMBITION

You can see the signal. The agenda is still missing.

Your team can see AI should matter. Tools, pilots and vendor ideas are already arriving. The question is not whether AI has potential, but who owns the sequence from ambition to useful change.

  • AI matters
  • The opportunity is real
  • The operating agenda is still unclear
02 / UNOWNED AMBITION

Without ownership, AI becomes theatre.

Agencies, contractors and internal champions can all help, but they cannot replace a clear accountable agenda. Unowned ambition creates disconnected pilots, unclear spend and work that never becomes everyday capability.

  • Pilots without owners
  • Tools before workflow
  • Busy teams with no execution cadence
03 / SENIOR GUIDE

David brings senior technical judgement into commercial decisions.

As Director, Solutions at Salesforce, David Pengelley built and led a regional cross-functional team from 3 to 17 across engineering, design, strategy and production. He translates technical capability into decisions senior leaders can act on.

  • Salesforce Director experience
  • 3-to-17 cross-functional team
  • US patent for a chatbot integration interface
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04 / FRACTIONAL CAIO

Right-sized AI leadership before you hire too early or outsource too much.

Valid Agenda helps decide whether you need fractional leadership, an internal hire, a specialist partner, a smaller workshop or a deliberate pause. The role is senior direction, not hands-on SEO, paid media or ROAS management, data entry, process administration or unlimited specialist delivery.

  • Define the role
  • Choose the capability mix
  • Direct agencies and technical leaders
05 / OPERATING PORTFOLIO

The proof is companies under operation, not a slide deck.

Valid Agenda is the holding company and operating layer behind brands David actually runs. Syllogism for high-stakes advisory, Chart Reporter as shipped SaaS, and AI Operators as public operator proof. This is not agency theatre. It is a portfolio that has to work in the market.

06 / NEXT STEP

Thirty minutes. Clear next step.

In 30 minutes we will decide whether your AI agenda needs fractional leadership, a specialist partner, an internal hire, a smaller workshop or a deliberate pause.

  • No theatre
  • No public price fiction
  • No pressure to over-scope

FAQ

Straight answers

A fractional Chief AI Officer is a senior AI leadership role that helps a business define the right agenda, choose the right capability mix and keep execution owned without adding a permanent executive too early.

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