Shalom Katzen
Fractional CIO & AI Implementation Consultant

Senior tech leadership.
AI that actually sticks.

I help growing businesses adopt AI tools and build the operational infrastructure to make them stick — from first prompt to organisation-wide rollout.

Trusted by teams at

Crunch Media
BLOK
Brand Influence
fluent
Technobok
Gambula Consulting
CoralSky
Emporium
KLAPPIT

Fifteen years in technology.
Six of them running it globally.

Before consulting, I spent six years as Global Head of IT & Operations at a US-listed SaaS company, with technology responsibility for a platform serving 450+ retailers across 85 countries.

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Two ways I can help

Senior technology leadership and hands-on AI implementation, available without a full-time hire.

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Fractional CIO

Strategic IT leadership, on demand.

Companies that need a senior technology voice in the room, without the cost of a full-time executive. I step in as your CIO, align technology with business goals, and build the foundations for scale.

  • A costed technology roadmap your board can sign off on
  • Vendor contracts renegotiated: less spend, better terms
  • An IT team structured to scale, right people in the right seats
  • A security posture that survives client due diligence
  • Legacy systems replaced without disrupting trading
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AI Implementation Consultant

From concept to daily use.

I take generative AI out of the pilot phase and into real workflows. That means finding where AI creates genuine leverage, building the tools and processes around it, and getting your team confident using it every day.

  • A ranked list of automation opportunities, with hours and cost attached
  • A prompt library your team actually uses, built on your own work
  • AI running inside the tools your team already opens every day
  • Teams using AI without being asked to
  • A rollout plan with guardrails, owners and adoption metrics

Practical, not theoretical

I focus on outcomes that show up in your operations — not slide decks that gather dust.

1

Understand

I start by mapping your current operations, tech stack, and where the real friction lives — before recommending anything.

2

Build

I design and implement the strategy, tools, or workflows — hands-on, not delegated — so things actually get done.

3

Embed

I make sure your team can own and sustain what we've built, so the value outlasts the engagement.

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