Engage

Two ways to work with me .

The question is simple: do you need an executive in the decision room, or a builder in the codebase? Both are senior. Both are me. Different roles, different cadences, different deliverables. Pick the lane that fits the problem, request a quote, and we will talk.

Track A

Fractional Executive

Erlon in the decision room. Structuring teams, setting strategy, advising, building organisations through the team.

Tier 1 · 2 weeks

Agentic AI Readiness Diagnostic

Who it's for

A CEO, COO, or CTO who knows they need to act on AI but does not know what to ship first or how exposed they are under the EU AI Act.

What you get

  • Mapped inventory of AI use cases already in flight (sanctioned and shadow)
  • EU AI Act risk classification of each
  • A 90-day action plan: what to kill, what to harden, what to pilot
  • A 30-minute presentation to the leadership team

Why it works

Low commitment, fast turnaround. The output naturally creates demand for Tier 2. Diagnostic-to-engagement pattern of the best fractional CAIOs.

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Tier 2 · 90-day sprint, renewable

Fractional Head of AI

Who it's for

A scale-up or mid-market company that needs an executive in the room two days a week to set strategy, hire the right people, ship the first production agentic workflow, and stand up MLOps and governance from day one.

What you get

  • Embedded leadership presence (defined cadence)
  • Strategy document and 90-day roadmap, owned end to end
  • One production-grade agentic workflow shipped
  • Governance scaffolding (data lineage, model cards, EU AI Act docs)
  • A trained internal lead by day 90: capability transfer is the deliverable

Why it works

Bread and butter. Where applied math, leadership chops, and Iarandu's delivery muscle compound. The 'trained successor' line settles consultant-lock-in concerns.

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Tier 3 · Monthly retainer

AI Operating Council

Who it's for

A board or exec team that already has AI capability but wants a senior independent voice in their quarterly cycle.

What you get

  • Monthly half-day strategy session
  • Async review of major decisions
  • Quarterly written outlook on regulation, vendor landscape, and team health

Why it works

Predictable monthly cadence, low time cost. Signals 'the kind of person companies retain' to anyone evaluating. Doubles as recruiter validation.

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Track B

Embedded Builder

Erlon in the codebase. Shipping production artifacts. Builder, shipper, executioner.

Tier 1 · 2 weeks

Technical Readiness Audit

Who it's for

A CTO, Head of Engineering, or VP Data who suspects technical debt is blocking AI or data ambitions.

What you get

  • Stack assessment (data infrastructure, AI/ML layer, compliance posture)
  • Bottleneck inventory: what hurts, what scales, what will break
  • A 60-day technical roadmap with the recommended sequence of builds
  • A 30-minute presentation to the technical leadership

Why it works

Low-commitment proof of competence. Output generates Tier 2 demand. The technical mirror of the Diagnostic in the Fractional track.

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Tier 2 · 8 to 12 weeks, renewable

Embedded Builder Sprint

Who it's for

A team that needs a senior practitioner hands-on to ship a specific production artifact: an agentic workflow, a data architecture refactor, an MLOps platform, a compliance framework, or a critical data engineering pipeline.

What you get

  • Code shipped to production: the artifact IS the deliverable
  • Architecture documentation
  • One internal team member trained as owner
  • Repo handed off with tests and CI/CD ready

Why it works

Pure shipping mode. 3 days a week in the codebase. Capability transfer through the trained owner. The technical mirror of the Fractional Head of AI's 'trained successor'.

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Tier 3 · Monthly

Architecture Retainer

Who it's for

A technical team that wants ongoing senior architectural review without re-engagement overhead.

What you get

  • Bi-weekly architecture office hours (1 hour)
  • Async review of major designs and PRs (48-hour turnaround)
  • Quarterly stack health review (written and sync)

Why it works

Predictable cash, low time cost. The 'senior architect on call' signal. Renewable monthly.

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