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Fractional C-Level Leadership

The operator's edge for AI-native companies.

Startups and mid-market companies transforming through AI need senior operators they can't yet hire. We are those operators — paired, embedded, and equipped with the networks your stage requires.

Established 2026
Toronto · Charlotte · Global
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Where We've Operated
Microsoft
101st Airborne Division
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
U.S. Army Special Operations
BlackBerry
Cornell University
West Point
Amazon
DXC Technology
Parsons Corporation
Meta
U.S. Naval War College
INTRIA-HP
Athabasca University
Microsoft
101st Airborne Division
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
U.S. Army Special Operations
BlackBerry
Cornell University
West Point
Amazon
DXC Technology
Parsons Corporation
Meta
U.S. Naval War College
INTRIA-HP
Athabasca University

Every company is in transition. Few have the operators to lead it.

AI is reshaping the operations, workforce, and economics of every business it touches. The companies that navigate this transition well will pull ahead for a decade. The ones that don't will spend years recovering.

Doing it right requires senior operators who have actually led transformations at scale — workforce, infrastructure, governance, and change. That talent exists inside hyperscalers, Fortune 500s, and senior military command. It does not exist on the open market at a price startups and mid-market companies can pay.

We are the alternative.

"Hire the people who have already done it — before you can afford to hire them full-time."

Two ways to engage. Both built around senior operators on your side of the table.

i. — Ongoing

Fractional C-Level Engagement

We embed as fractional executives — Chief Operating Officer, Chief AI Officer, or Chief Strategy Advisor — for six to twelve months. Defined scope, real accountability, executive presence in the seat while you scale or recruit.

Monthly Retainer Equity-Aligned 6–12 Month Term
ii. — Defined

AI Transformation Sprint

A ninety-day engagement for companies that need senior leadership to assess, plan, and kick off their AI transformation. Deliverables: roadmap, workforce impact analysis, governance framework, and a twelve-month execution plan.

Fixed Fee 90-Day Sprint Defined Deliverables
How an engagement begins
i
Diagnostic Call

Thirty-minute conversation to understand stage, gaps, and ambition. Not a sales pitch.

ii
Engagement Design

We propose scope, cadence, and structure tailored to where you are and where you're going.

iii
Embed

Onboarding, key stakeholder access, and the first strategic deliverable within thirty days.

iv
Operate

Monthly working sessions, red-team reviews, network leverage, and accountability throughout.

What the first ninety days looks like.

Days 1–30 · Embed

Understand the Operating Reality

  • Stakeholder interviews across leadership, operations, and engineering
  • Diagnostic of current state — workflows, workforce, infrastructure, governance
  • Identification of the three areas of greatest transformation leverage
  • Initial board and investor materials review
Days 31–60 · Design

Build the Operating Plan

  • Twelve-month roadmap with sequenced milestones and ownership
  • Workforce impact analysis and change management approach
  • Governance, risk, and AI adoption framework tailored to your stage
  • Network introductions begin — investors, partners, talent, customers
Days 61–90 · Execute

Move From Plan to Motion

  • First transformation initiative shipped or piloted with measurable outcome
  • Senior hires identified, recruited, and onboarded under our guidance
  • Board, investor, or buyer presentation delivered with our co-authorship
  • Quarterly operating rhythm established with clear metrics

Companies for which AI is the defining transformation — and which can't yet hire executives like us full-time.

i.
AI-Native Startups
Pre-seed through Series B. Technical founders building genuinely ambitious AI products who need operator credibility for their next raise and senior leadership for what comes after.
ii.
Mid-Market in Transition
Established businesses being reshaped by AI — operations, workforce, customer experience, cost structure. CEOs who know the change is coming and need senior counsel to lead it without breaking what works.
iii.
AI Infrastructure & Compute
Neoclouds, GPU platforms, AI data center developers, and specialized compute operators scaling hyperscale infrastructure for the first time.
iv.
Government, Defense & Critical Infrastructure
Federal agencies, defense primes, sovereign AI programs, and critical infrastructure operators adopting AI capabilities under regulatory, security, and operational constraints most advisors have never navigated.

Two careers, mapped. Complementary by design.

Capability
Principal I
Principal II
AI Adoption & Workforce Transformation
Lead
Support
Hyperscale Operations & Deployment
Lead
Support
Government, Defense & Federal Channels
Support
Lead
Enterprise Sales & Strategic Partnerships
Support
Lead
Operational Governance & Risk
Lead
Lead
Security, Compliance & Critical Infrastructure
Support
Lead
M&A, Capture & Capital Strategy
Support
Lead
Program & Portfolio Management at Scale
Lead
Lead
Executive Communications & Board Engagement
Lead
Lead
Lead Capability Supporting Capability

Two careers of operating experience. One engagement.

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Years of combined operating leadership across hyperscale tech and military command
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AI clusters deployed at scale across the Americas
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Data centers operated and modernized worldwide
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In programs directly managed across enterprise and government portfolios
01

Operator Credentials

Not consulting credentials. Not investing credentials. We have run the operations our clients are building toward — at hyperscale, under fire, and at the executive level.

02

Cost Arbitrage

A full-time senior executive with our background costs over $500K fully loaded. We are a fraction of that, available within weeks, and structured around outcomes that justify the spend before our first month is complete.

03

Investor & Buyer Signal

Adding our names to your leadership materials sends a real signal to investors, enterprise customers, and government buyers. Credibility transfers. The pitch lands differently.

04

Speed to Value

A typical senior executive search takes six months and often fails. We start within weeks. By the time your search would have concluded, we have already delivered.

Operating perspectives from inside the transformation.

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AI Adoption Forthcoming

The Adoption Curve No One Talks About

Why most enterprise AI deployments stall at month four — and the operational pattern that separates the companies that ship from the ones that quietly retreat.

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Infrastructure Forthcoming

From Site to Scale

The gap between securing power-ready capacity and operating production AI workloads is where most infrastructure deals quietly die. What it actually takes to bridge it.

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Leadership Forthcoming

The Fractional Premium

Why companies pay full-time prices for fractional executives — and the structural reasons the senior talent your stage needs simply will not take the role full-time yet.

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Two operators. Complementary by design.

Rossetta Sornabala
Toronto · ON
AI Transformation · Hyperscale Operations

Three decades of operations leadership across Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and BlackBerry. Built and led the AI Adoption and Transformation program at Microsoft's Americas Data Center Operations — a 6,000-person workforce across engineering, technician, and management functions. Architect of the DCOps AI Adoption Framework and the program model behind the deployment of 5,000+ AI clusters supporting frontier model training and inference.

  • Director, AI Adoption & Transformation — Microsoft Americas Data Centers
  • MBA · PMP · Doctorate in Education (in progress)
  • Associate Faculty, Conestoga College and Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Published co-author, Agile Project Management for Mobile Application Development
AI Adoption Hyperscale Ops Transformation Program Management
Dominic J. Caraccilo
Charlotte · NC
Strategic Operations · Government & Enterprise

Senior operations and strategy executive with leadership experience across Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Parsons Corporation. Former U.S. Army Brigadier General selectee with 65+ months of combat command, including service as Deputy Commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Directed international programs from $250M to $1B with full P&L accountability. Partner at MDM Group, operating at the intersection of AI compute and infrastructure capacity. TS/SCI clearance.

  • Former Senior Director, Data Center Operations — Microsoft Americas (230+ sites)
  • DBA · MEng (Cornell) · MA, U.S. Naval War College · BS, West Point
  • Contributing Faculty, Walden University — Risk, Innovation, IT Strategy
  • Published author of nine books on leadership, strategy, and operations
Government & Defense Enterprise Sales M&A Security & Risk
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The senior operators you can't yet hire. Available now.

Tell us where you are in your AI transformation, what your next twelve months look like, and where the operating gap is keeping you up at night. The first conversation is a diagnostic — not a sales pitch.