Prove your AI controls work.
Then keep them working.
One operator, a small number of clients. Start with a fixed-fee assessment, then keep the gains with ongoing support. Fully remote, invoiced B2B through a US LLC.
One operator. No bench, no juniors.
Live where it counts
Working sessions and exec reviews run in your business hours. The live overlap is agreed in writing before we start, so nobody is guessing which calls are covered.
Async by default
Findings, control maps and fix plans arrive as documents your team can act on without waiting for a call. Meetings are for decisions, not status.
Three ways to engage
Choose your depth.
Every engagement starts with the assessment. The difference is how much of the fix Darius owns afterwards.
AI Governance Readiness · Start here
4 to 6 weeks · scoped on the call
Find out if your AI controls are real.
- ✓AI inventory, including vendor AI
- ✓Risk tiers applied to real changes
- ✓Control map across intake, review, testing and release
- ✓Evidence gaps: asserted vs provable
- ✓Costed fix plan with named owners
- ✓Live readout plus written assessment
AI Delivery Governance Advisor
Month to month after the first quarter
Keep the controls honest after the readout.
- ✓2 strategy calls a month
- ✓Async access between calls
- ✓Monthly evidence review: are the controls still running?
- ✓Help answering customer and audit questions about AI
- ✓You run the fix. Darius keeps it honest.
Fractional Delivery Leader
3-month minimum · scoped to the assessment
Embedded. Owns the fix.
- ✓2 to 3 days a week equivalent
- ✓Builds the fix plan into intake, review and release
- ✓Leadership alignment and exec reporting
- ✓Fully remote, live overlap agreed to your hours
- ✓Maximum 2 clients at a time
Not ready for an engagement? Take the free Readiness Check →
The process
Assess. Fix. Keep it working.
Assess
Inventory, risk tiers, control map and evidence test. No recommendations until the gaps are proven. 4 to 6 weeks.
Fix
Close the gaps that carry the most exposure first. Controls go into the workflow your teams already use, not a new process on top.
Keep it working
Evidence is kept automatically, reviewed monthly and holds up when tools or models change. The exit test: it runs without Darius in it.
This is for you if
- ✓You are a CTO, CPO, VP of Engineering or Head of Engineering at a fintech or SaaS company, roughly 50 to 500 engineers.
- ✓Your teams write code with AI, and your controls were written before that.
- ✓An audit, SOC 2 renewal, enterprise deal or EU customer is asking about AI.
- ✓You want proof, not another policy document.
- ✓You can name an executive sponsor.
This is not for you if
- ✗You want a policy written with no engineering involvement.
- ✗You need legal advice or a certification.
- ✗You want agile coaching or ceremonies training.
- ✗Nobody at the executive level owns AI risk.
- ✗You need someone on site five days a week. That is a hire.
Operator track record
Results from prior delivery roles.
increase in high-quality product delivery in a single quarter, during a multi-team platform migration
person enterprise domain stabilized in global financial services. Leadership moved from reactive to proactive.
net-new product teams stood up from scratch, reaching 70 to 85% productivity inside two quarters
From delivery leadership roles held before The Agility Doctor was founded. Organizations unnamed.
Background
PMP · CSP-SM · CSPO · Agile Certified Facilitator · Kanban System Design · MS, Management Information Systems, Sullivan University
Fintech · payroll and HR technology · SaaS · regulated financial services
Questions
Asked before every engagement.
Do I need the Readiness Check first?
No. It helps, because it gives us both a starting point, but you can go straight to a scoping call.
Why only 2 clients at a time?
Because embedded means embedded. Past two clients this turns into drive-by consulting. The number is the quality control.
Is this compliance consulting?
It’s delivery work with a governance lens. We map controls and test the evidence inside your workflow. We don’t certify, and nothing we produce is legal advice.
Do you need our code or customer data?
No. Configuration, documentation and, with your OK, work item history (dates and statuses, not ticket text).
How does contracting work?
Invoiced B2B through a US LLC on standard contractor terms. The assessment is 50% on signature and 50% at readout. Ongoing work is billed monthly.
What happens after the readout?
You take the plan and run it yourself, keep Darius on as Advisor, or bring him in as Fractional to own the fix. Your call.
Request a scoping call
A few fields. One business day to a reply.
Then a 30-minute call. No pitch deck on either side.