AI multiplies. Culture differentiates.

Clear decisions on AI, automation, and robotics

Overwhelmed by AI? Not sure where to start, who to trust, how to get the most out of it for your business, or whether now is even the right time?

Zeno Global answers those questions: where AI, automation, and robotics are worth the investment, which gaps stand in the way, and how to implement with governance built in. We work as advisors, fractional leaders, or hands-on builders, whichever your team needs.

What we help you do

Decide whether and when to invest in AI and new technology
Find the gaps and build the plan to close them
Implement with clear controls and milestones
Govern AI to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act
Lead your program until your own team owns it, or help build new teams that deliver
Recover projects that have stalled or underperformed

Based in Charleston, South Carolina, working across the United States, Europe, and South America.

Modernize without losing who you are

We design technology and organizational change around your strategy, your culture, and the national and regional contexts in which your teams operate. The goal is to improve how your organization works without flattening what makes it yours.

Your people bring a distinctive mix of judgment, experience, and ways of solving problems. Let it be your differentiator and let AI and automation be the multiplier.

Business cultures tool

Services

Start here

AI Readiness Snapshot

From $1,000 · typically 1 to 2 weeks

A focused working session and a brief written summary: where AI is likely to pay off, the biggest risks and gaps, and the first steps to take.

Credited toward a full assessment if you continue within 30 days.

Schedule a call to get started

Go deeper

Assessment and plan

Scoped to your situation

Readiness and gap assessments
Governance and AI management systems
Vendor, project, and capital reviews
AI roadmap with budget and owners

Scale up

Programs and leadership

Scoped to the size of the program

Fractional or interim leadership
Implementation and build
Benefit tracking after go-live
Recovery of stalled projects

For work that runs for months and spans multiple teams, backed by our network of specialists.

Fractional leadership retainers typically range from $5,000 to $20,000 a month, depending on hours and the complexity of the program. Full-time interim engagements are scoped individually.

Ways to engage

Fractional executive

Senior ownership of AI strategy, governance, and vendor decisions without a full-time hire.

Owns your AI roadmap and governance
Leads vendor selection and contracts
Reports to your leadership and board
Builds your internal AI talent until your team owns the program

Advisory

Expert input when you need it, on a decision, a policy, or a plan.

Strategy and governance advice
Process improvement reviews
Vendor and proposal reviews
Ad hoc or prepaid blocks of hours
Technology assessment and validating existing plans
Technology strategy and capital planning (CAPEX and OPEX)
AI governance to NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and the EU AI Act

Build and implementation

Hands-on delivery of the systems on your roadmap, with controls built in from day one.

Process improvement, then automation where it pays
Workflow automation, agentic AI, and RAG-based assistants
Integration with systems you already run
Testing, documentation, and team handoff
Physical AI and smart manufacturing: machine vision, predictive maintenance, digital twins, autonomous robots
Operational excellence with Lean and Six Sigma

Independent review

For investors, acquirers, and boards who need an unbiased read on AI.

AI audits and technical due diligence
Board and executive briefings
Written findings with a clear risk rating

About

Jeremy D. Clawson

Nearly two decades leading and growing multiple engineering teams and programs in aerospace and defense, metals and advanced materials, and software development, working with everyone from Fortune 100 companies to solo startups.

MS, Artificial Intelligence, Arizona State University. BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo. AIGP (Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional), IAPP. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Professional Scrum Master, Scrum.org.

Sample deliverables

Basic examples of the artifacts we create, built around fictional companies and simulated data so you can see the format and depth before we talk.

Vendor selection, robotics

Robotic machine-tending cell

Three vendor quotes for a robotic cell at a fictional machine shop, put on the same footing: total cost, what each option means for the company, its programs and its people, and a clear recommendation.

Open sample AI governance, register

AI System Register

Every AI system at a fictional insurer in one place, each with an accountable owner, risk tier, EU AI Act category, evidence status, review date, and audit trail.

Open sample AI risk and impact assessment, example 1

Aluminum annealing optimization

An AI impact assessment and risk assessment for one connected system with four decision points at a fictional aluminum rolling plant, from severity scales to a worked scenario and decision.

Open sample AI risk and impact assessment, example 2

Furnace digital twin

The same method applied to a vendor-supplied digital twin with embedded AI, used for maintenance and quality decisions on the plant's annealing furnaces.

Open sample

Research

Research and tools on how people, data, and AI actually interact inside a business.

White paper, PDF

Start with a 30-minute conversation

Bring the decision you're weighing. We'll take it from there.

Schedule an introductory call or email jclawson@zenoglobal.io