A senior AI executive on your leadership team
Fractional Chief AI Officer. For CEOs and general managers of companies with 100 or more employees.
For 12 months, I run your company's AI program with your leadership and your IT team. We decide together where AI saves time and money, I build the first tools with your people, and I report to you every month.
Roger Simões, CTO of Timberstone and ConstruLabs
- Price
- From US$7,000 per month. The final price depends on the size of your company
- 12-month contract
- You can end it after month 3
- One week at your office every 3 months
- Travel paid by your company
Sound familiar?
Everyone talks about AI, but no one is in charge of it.
You get one person in charge of the AI program, working with your IT team and reporting to you every month.
Your staff already put company data into ChatGPT.
Within 3 months, you have clear rules on which AI tools staff can use and what data they can share.
Vendors pitch AI tools every week, and you can't tell which ones are worth it.
I check each tool against your needs and budget before you buy.
AI projects start, then stall before anyone uses them.
I build the first tools with your people and measure the results before you roll them out.
A full-time head of AI is hard to find and expensive.
You get senior AI experience for a monthly fee, without a full-time hire.
Your first year, month by month
What happens each quarter, and what you receive.
Understand and plan (Months 1 to 3)
- A list of where AI can save time or money, ranked by impact
- A check of your data and systems
- Rules for using AI safely at work
- A one-year plan with budget and owners, ready for your board
Build the first tools (Months 4 to 6)
- First AI tools working in one or two teams
- What each tool costs to run
- Advice on which AI vendors and products to buy
- Training for the people who use the tools
Measure and expand (Months 7 to 9)
- Results for each tool: time saved, cost and how many people use it
- Hands-on help for the teams using the new tools
- AI tools for the next teams
- A mid-year review with your leadership team
Roll out and hand over (Months 10 to 12)
- A plan to use AI across the company
- Job descriptions and interview help to hire your own AI team
- A review of AI rules, risks and vendor contracts
- A plan and budget for next year
- Monthly report to you
- One week at your office every 3 months
- Update for your board
Your options
Hire full time
- What you pay
- A senior salary, after a long search
- Who builds the tools
- A team you still need to hire
- How long they stay
- As long as the person stays
- What you keep
- Depends on the person
Large consulting firm
- What you pay
- A fee per project, often plus a separate contract to build
- Who builds the tools
- Usually another team or vendor
- How long they stay
- Until the project ends
- What you keep
- Reports and recommendations
Work with me
- What you pay
- One monthly fee
- Who builds the tools
- I build them with your IT team
- How long they stay
- 12 months, and you can stop after month 3
- What you keep
- Working tools, trained staff and a plan to hire your own AI team
What you can count on
Your IT team stays in charge
They keep control of systems and security. I work with them from the first week.
You own what we build
Tools, code, prompts and documents made during the contract belong to your company.
Your data stays with you
Your data stays in your own systems and accounts. I sign your confidentiality agreement before we start.
Advice without hidden interests
If I recommend a product I am linked to, such as AI+ Pro, I tell you first.
You can stop after 3 months
After the first 3 months, either side can end the contract with 30 days’ notice.
About me
I'm Roger Simões, CTO of Timberstone and of ConstruLabs, its AI company for construction in Ecuador. My teams work inside our clients' operations, building AI systems that run every day. I've led technology and product teams for more than 15 years, and I work in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Recent work
- Timberstone: AI systems running in live operations for clients in steel, cable manufacturing, construction, logistics, seafood processing and cold chain, with efficiency gains above 300%.
- Roeye: nine years leading a real-time retail analytics platform that ran on stores' existing cameras, for enterprise clients in Brazil and abroad.
- Reboot Work (2026): my book on how AI changes the way companies are managed.
Price
From US$7,000 per month
The monthly fee depends on your company's size, how many teams are involved and how many tools we build at the same time. We agree on it after our first call.
- Contract
- 12 months
- Ending early
- After month 3, either side can end the contract with 30 days’ notice
- How we work
- Online every week, plus one week at your office every 3 months
- Travel
- Your company pays flights, hotel and local costs at their actual price
- Billing
- I invoice as a contractor, or through an employer-of-record company if you prefer
- Languages
- Spanish, English and Portuguese
- First step
- Tell me about your company in the form below. I reply within 48 hours.
Tell me about your company
A few lines are enough: what your company does, where you think AI could help, and any deadline. I reply within 48 hours.
- Email
- contact@rogersimoes.com
- LinkedIn
- rogermsc
- X
- @rogersimoesai
- Based in
- Aracaju, Brazil