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Apex CTO Apex CTO George Viaud — Fractional CTO
AI Adoption for Established Businesses

Get more done with the team you already have

AI that takes the busywork off your people - without breaking how your business runs. I find where it pays, prove it small, and scale what works.

Experience
25+ Years
As a CTO
11 Years
Approach
Find → Prove → Scale
Status
Accepting 2027 Clients
The Problem

Your business works. That's exactly why AI feels risky.

You keep hearing that AI can give your people hours back. You've probably also seen the demos that never reach real work, and the big "transformations" that tie a company in knots for months.

Most established businesses aren't short of ideas. They're short of a safe way to try them on the work that actually pays the bills. That's what I do.

How It Works

Find the wins. Prove them small. Scale what works.

Step 1 · Find the wins

A fixed-price diagnostic

A short, fixed-scope look at where your people lose hours to repetitive work, and where AI would actually pay. You get written, ranked recommendations you can act on with or without me.

Step 2 · Prove them small

One pilot, built alongside

We pick the best win and build it next to how you work today. Your team keeps the old way running until the new one has proven itself on real work.

Step 3 · Scale what works

Roll out, then keep it running

Extend what worked one piece at a time. Then I keep it healthy - monitoring, tuning, model upgrades - on a simple monthly arrangement, or hand it to your team.

Nothing gets switched off until the new way is working. No rip-and-replace, no big switch-over day, no betting the business on a demo.

What I Do

Where AI takes the busywork off your people

Assistants

AI assistants for your staff

Let non-technical people get things done that used to need a developer, just by asking. I have assistants like this in daily use by non-engineers today.

Automation

Busywork, handled

Reports, follow-ups, data entry and routine decisions done automatically - with a person signing off wherever it matters.

Insight

Answers from your own data

Find out where money and time are actually going, in plain numbers, without waiting on a report someone has to build by hand.

Guardrails

Safe by design

Clear rules for what data AI may see, so customer information and contracts stay put. Your compliance owner sets the rules and signs off.

Your Team

People who can do it themselves

Coaching your staff to use and build with AI. Some of the best results I've seen came from a motivated non-engineer with the right help.

Leadership

A CTO when you need one

Architecture, hands-on build, vendor and hiring calls - fractional, without the cost of a full-time hire. Alongside your existing tech lead if you have one.

Recent Work

Real work, not demos

Online lead marketplace

Setup by asking, with brakes

Setting up a new buyer used to mean manual work across several admin screens. Now staff can tell an AI assistant what they need and it does the setup - and refuses anything that would change money or live traffic without a person signing off.

Performance-marketing company

Web pages without a developer

The content team builds and updates site sections by asking an AI assistant instead of waiting in the engineering queue.

Profile

I'm George Viaud. I've spent over 25 years building and leading technology across hardware, software and digital platforms - from electrical engineer and firmware developer to systems architect and CTO.

I spent 11 years as CTO of an AdTech and performance-marketing company, building the platform from the first line of code and running it at scale. I've also run my own consultancy across industries, and co-founded and scaled a sustainable-food startup, so I know what it's like to run a business, not just its technology.

These days most of my work is putting AI into businesses that already run - and keeping it running. I'm currently accepting new clients for 2027.

FAQ

What to expect

How do we start?

With a short fit call. If there's a match, we begin with the diagnostic: fixed scope, a fixed price agreed up front, and written recommendations at the end that are yours to keep.

Do we have to replace our systems?

No. The new piece is built alongside what you already run, and nothing gets switched off until the new way is working. If something doesn't earn its place, it doesn't stay.

We're not a tech company. Is this for us?

Yes - that's who it's for. If your people spend hours on work that feels like it should be automatic, there's usually a win worth proving. You don't need a tech team to benefit.

We already have a CTO or tech team.

Great. I work alongside them, adding AI experience and extra hands for a defined project. Not a replacement for anyone.

What about our data and compliance?

Your compliance or legal owner is the gate. I help you meet the rules they set and build the guardrails to enforce them, but I don't write or own regulatory policy.

Do you build it, or just advise?

Both. I design and build the solution hands-on, and coach your team so they're not dependent on me.

What happens after the pilot?

If it worked, we roll it out piece by piece. After that I can keep it running on a simple monthly arrangement, or hand it over to your team. Your call.

Who This Is For

Established businesses that already work

Owner-led and mid-sized companies, PE-backed businesses, and teams with a tech lead who's stretched thin - anyone who wants AI to pay off on real work, not in a demo. If your people are buried in work that feels like it should be automatic, let's talk.

Now Accepting Clients for 2027

Where does your team lose the most hours?

Book a fit call. We'll find out together whether there's a quick win worth proving.

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