I don't advise on AI — I operate businesses with it. 100+ agents in production. Healthcare. Enterprise. Startups. Every industry.
You bought the tools.
You ran the pilots.
And six months later, your team is back to spreadsheets.
The strategy deck sits in a shared drive nobody opens.
The vendor's "AI solution" needs 6 months of customization you weren't told about.
Your board is asking why the $4M investment hasn't moved the needle.
Nobody owns governance. Nobody owns compliance. Nobody owns outcomes.
This isn't an AI problem.
It's an operations problem.
Not prototypes. Not demos.
Production systems. Real outcomes.
ED wait times averaging 3+ hours. Patient satisfaction plummeting. Staff burnout accelerating.
Workflow redesign + AI-driven triage + operational intelligence. 90-day sprint. Operators building, not consultants observing.
Wait times to 15 minutes. 130,000 patients/year served faster. Emergency Care Innovation of the Year.
Fleet Ops Manager running ~20 locations and ~20,000 vehicles, drowning in manual reports. Utilization, pricing, staffing, and demand all lived in spreadsheets.
Built a full AI operating system: 12-expert agentic panel covering fleet optimization, competitive pricing, NPS intelligence, workforce scheduling, and demand forecasting.
82% of scheduling automated. Competitive pricing monitored across 4 rivals. One person now operates with the intelligence of an entire management team.
“We went from a 3-hour daily reporting process to 15 minutes. The ROI paid for the entire engagement in the first month.”
“One manager now operates with the intelligence of an entire management team. We didn't think that was possible in 30 days.”
IntOps: Intelligence Operations
Five layers. One operating system. This is what separates a tool from a business function.
of enterprise AI projects stall in buying or implementation
average sunk cost per failed AI pilot
head start early AI operators have over competitors
The question isn't whether you can afford an operator.
It's whether you can afford another quarter without one.
Pick your outcome.
Every engagement ends with a system that runs — not a strategy deck that sits. Published pricing. Guaranteed outcomes. Start anywhere.
AI Opportunity Report
We audit your operations and hand you a plain-English report showing exactly where AI will save you time and money. No jargon. No 50-page deck. Just your top 3 opportunities with dollar estimates — and the first step to capture each one.
Perfect for: Any business. Dispensaries, law firms, restaurants, agencies, contractors — anyone wondering where AI saves real money.
Colorado AI Law Risk Check
Colorado’s SB 24-205 takes effect June 30, 2026. If you use AI in any consumer-facing decision, you may be liable for $20K per violation per consumer. We inventory every AI system you use, classify your risk, and give you a compliance roadmap — in one week.
Perfect for: Any Colorado business using AI tools — chatbots, hiring software, scheduling, customer service, or analytics.
Process Automation Audit
A focused audit of your highest-volume manual workflows. We map them, rank them by automation ROI, and deliver a 90-day execution plan.
Perfect for: Ops leaders and founders who know they're wasting headcount on work that should be automated.
One Workflow, Automated
Pick your biggest operational headache. We automate it with AI in 2–3 weeks. You own the system when we’re done — no subscriptions, no lock-in. If it doesn’t work in production, you don’t pay.
Perfect for: Any business with a manual process eating hours every week. Invoicing, reporting, scheduling, data entry, compliance tracking — you name it.
Agent Build Pack
You’ve got 3–5 processes that need to stop being manual. We build them all in one sprint — deployed, integrated with your existing systems, monitored, and documented. Your team owns everything.
Perfect for: Businesses ready to automate multiple workflows at once. Sales teams, ops teams, back-office functions, multi-location operations.
IntOps Program Director
Full-time embedded program leadership for your AI transformation. Owns the roadmap, manages vendors, runs the governance committee, and reports to the C-suite.
Perfect for: Mid-market companies running multiple AI initiatives who need someone to own the program end-to-end.
Fractional AI Operator
I embed 2–3 days per week. I build your AI systems, deploy them to production, set up governance, and train your team to own it. Not advisory. Not strategy decks. Operator.
Perfect for: Growing companies that need AI leadership but aren’t ready to hire a $400K Chief AI Officer. You get the operator, the builder, and the trainer — in one.
Enterprise AI Build
Multi-department AI deployment. Enterprise knowledge systems. Workflow automation suites. AI governance platform. Training for 100+ people. Everything built, deployed, and handed off.
Perfect for: Companies with 500+ employees ready for multi-department AI deployment, enterprise knowledge systems, and organization-wide training.
Portfolio AI Partner
For private equity. One relationship covers AI due diligence on new acquisitions, standardized audits across your portfolio, and rapid deployment sprints for each holding. EBITDA-tied guarantee.
Perfect for: PE firms and portfolio companies. One relationship covers AI due diligence, standardized audits, and rapid deployment across holdings.
Portfolio AI Transformation
A coordinated AI transformation program across multiple portfolio companies. One engagement delivers consistent methodology, shared learnings, and portfolio-wide reporting.
Perfect for: PE firms and holding companies with 3+ portfolio companies who want consistent AI execution across holdings.
Enterprise IntOps Program
End-to-end AI operations transformation for large enterprises. Includes program governance, capability building, change management, and production deployment at scale.
Perfect for: Enterprise organizations with complex AI ambitions, multiple stakeholders, and a need for rigorous program management.
Industry AI Operating Model
An AI operating model designed specifically for your industry's regulatory requirements, competitive dynamics, and workflow patterns. Healthcare, construction, or fleet management — built from the ground up.
Perfect for: Industry leaders who need AI that works within their specific regulatory and operational constraints.
AI Center of Excellence
Build a world-class AI Center of Excellence inside your organization. Includes hiring strategy, capability building, governance design, and a library of reusable AI assets your team can own forever.
Perfect for: Enterprise organizations committed to building a long-term AI competitive advantage with internal ownership.
I don't optimize your old process.
I build what replaces it.
95% of AI pilots fail. Not because the tech doesn't work — because companies bolt AI tools onto broken processes. They make individuals faster at the same old work. That's not transformation. That's a faster treadmill.
20 years redesigning the system underneath. Built a 30-person innovation subsidiary from nothing at Aurora Healthcare — four domains, each with their own startups, revenue engines, and M&A pipeline. Built a competitive intelligence OS that replaced the need for outside consultants.
Now I apply that playbook with AI. I call it Intelligence Operations — IntOps. Your AI systems, your proprietary data, and your expert talent — virtual and human — operating as one system. Not a pilot. A new operating model.
100+ agentic systems in production across healthcare, fleet management, enterprise SaaS, and startups.
I'm Mike Rodgers. I'm an AI Operator.
Straight answers.
“Can we really afford this?”+
“We should just hire someone full-time.”+
“We've tried consultants before and it didn't work.”+
“Can't we just use ChatGPT / Copilot?”+
“What if it doesn't work?”+
“What about data security and compliance?”+
Ready to stop piloting
and start operating?
No pitch deck. No obligation. Just a direct conversation about what's broken and the fastest credible next move.
If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you. And I'll tell you who is.