Applied AI · Agentic Deployment Talent

Most companies say they do AI.Very few actually DO it.

The gap between AI ambition and AI reality isn't a technology problem. It's a talent problem. We place the people who close it.

agent — deployment loop

production

not a mockup of work · the kind of person we place, at work

The gap we close

The AI market is full of people who can talk about use cases.

We place the ones who ship them.

diff — talk.md → production.log

@@ pilot → production @@

-ai_strategy_v7_FINAL_final.pptx
-"transformation committee" · 14 members, zero ships
-chatbot pilot, paused after the demo
-another prompt-engineering workshop
+invoice-agent v1.4 live in production
+eval suite green · 47 cases
+monitoring, fallbacks, on-call runbook
+board report: payback in 11 weeks

Coverage

AI that works in production is built by people most firms have never met.

model: ai-deployment-architect

v1 · prod

class

Individual contributor · Mid to senior

system

The hands-on operator who owns the full deployment journey. Technically deep, commercially fluent, obsessed with what ships, not what demos. Sits with the CFO in the morning, ships production code in the afternoon.

tools

[cfo_meetings, production_code, evals, change_mgmt]

also shipped as

AI Deployment Architect · Applied AI Lead · Agentic Systems Architect · LLM Deployment Lead

model: principal-deployment-architect

v1 · prod

class

Senior executive · Leads at scale

system

Runs the function. Sets the framework. Scales AI deployment across the organisation. Presents to the board, manages the team, still gets in the weeds when it matters. Turns pilots into a programme.

tools

[board_decks, org_design, frameworks, hiring]

also shipped as

Head of AI Deployment · VP AI · Principal AI Architect · Chief AI Officer

model: lead-ai-product-architect

v1 · prod

class

Business · Engineering · Design

system

The entire sprint team in one person. Defines what gets built and why, can read the code, and understands what good looks like before it exists. Owns the roadmap, runs the delivery, and ships a product, not a feature list.

tools

[roadmap, code_review, delivery, gtm]

also shipped as

Lead AI Product Architect · Head of AI Product · AI Product Lead · VP AI Product

Industries we cover

Financial servicesBanking & capital marketsInsuranceEnterprise technologyProfessional servicesLegal & complianceHealthcare & life sciencesLogistics & supply chainRetail & commerceSaaS & cloud platformsAI-native startupsGovernment & public sectorTelecommunicationsManufacturingEducation & edtechFinancial servicesBanking & capital marketsInsuranceEnterprise technologyProfessional servicesLegal & complianceHealthcare & life sciencesLogistics & supply chainRetail & commerceSaaS & cloud platformsAI-native startupsGovernment & public sectorTelecommunicationsManufacturingEducation & edtech

The Firm

Built by operators. Run with intelligence.

100+

AI profiles placed

19

Locations covered

<2 wks

Average time to hire

5 yrs

Building AI teams

The POC graveyard is full. We place the people who empty it.

If your AI is stuck in pilot, we should talk.

VAULT· Applied AI

AI Deployment Talent · Global

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