Perspective
The AI ROI conversation, and why CFOs are driving it
AI governance
The window for AI experimentation without accountability is closing. Boards and CFOs who approved exploratory AI budgets in 2024 and 2025 are now asking for measurable outcomes. Organizations that treated AI as a standalone initiative separate from operations are struggling to show returns. The ones that are succeeding embedded AI into specific workflows, measured impact against defined baselines, and treated governance as a precondition rather than an afterthought. The CFO conversation about AI is not going away. Having a clear answer to what you are measuring and how is no longer optional.
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This is the kind of problem I help companies work through.
If AI is spreading across the company faster than anyone is governing it, that is the conversation.
I work as a fractional CIO or CTO for companies that need senior technology leadership without a full-time hire.