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AI Strategy
Enterprise AI initiatives succeed when guided by systematic planning and governance frameworks that align technology with business objectives. Catalant Experts blend hands-on Fortune 500 experience with premier consulting methodologies to create strategies that:
APPROACH
The Strategic AI Implementation System
01
Define vision & alignment
Partner with executive leadership to articulate an AI vision that drives competitive differentiation. Establish clear success metrics tied to business strategy and market positioning goals.
02
Assess readiness
Conduct comprehensive evaluation across data infrastructure, technical capabilities, talent maturity, and governance structures. Identify critical gaps and transformation prerequisites.
03
Map opportunities
Apply structured frameworks to evaluate AI use cases across the enterprise, prioritizing based on strategic impact, implementation feasibility, and resource requirements. Create balanced portfolios of quick wins and breakthrough innovations.
04
Design architecture
Establish cross-functional governance models with defined decision rights, ethical oversight mechanisms, and risk management protocols. Create scalable operating frameworks for sustainable AI deployment.
05
Build execution roadmap
Develop phased implementation plans with clear milestones, resource allocation, and value realization targets. Integrate change management strategies and capability-building initiatives for sustained adoption.
06
Enable systematic scaling
Create enterprise infrastructure for continuous AI innovation including machine learning operations, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, and performance measurement systems. Establish foundations for ongoing AI opportunity assessment, architecture development, and proof-of-concept execution.
WINNING TOGETHER
AI Strategy in Action
Problem
A successful AI startup with proven single-product market fit needed to evolve into a multi-product platform to capture vertical expansion opportunities worth $200M+ in addressable market. The organization faced fragmented data infrastructure, limited ML capability reuse across products, and lacked systematic innovation processes to sustain aggressive growth targets while maintaining product quality and compliance standards.
Action
Catalant Experts implemented a comprehensive strategic framework, defining AI vision aligned with market expansion, assessing organizational readiness, and prioritizing high-impact use cases. They established RACI-based governance with compliance roadmaps and built scalable infrastructure using Google Cloud and Vertex AI.
Results
- Launched two new AI products achieving 20% customer attach rate
- Unlocked $200M+ in new serviceable addressable market through platform expansion
- Established repeatable innovation processes improving execution speed and cross-functional alignment
Manufacturing AI Strategy
A global medical equipment manufacturer needed comprehensive AI strategy across 4,000 products and five continents. Catalant conducted organizational readiness assessment using a four-level data maturity framework, established AI governance protocols with human-in-the-loop monitoring and model drift detection, and developed systematic roadmap from data quality through predictive analytics with ERP integration. This enabled millions in captured revenue through strategic demand forecasting implementation.
Automotive Enterprise Planning
A car dealership chain facing competitive automation threats needed comprehensive AI strategy for market positioning and SaaS expansion across dealership networks. Catalant conducted enterprise readiness assessment mapping stakeholder interactions, established AI governance frameworks covering privacy compliance and regulatory protocols, and developed strategic roadmap for scalable AI deployment including customer engagement automation and AI-powered sales kiosks with human escalation controls.
Commercial Operations AI Strategy
A publicly traded healthcare manufacturer producing IV needles, tubes, and pumps for home therapy faced critical data infrastructure breakdown with analytics crashing systems and demand forecasting requiring days of manual effort per quarter. Catalant mapped data trust issues across leadership teams, established single source of truth for commercial operations, and built real-time dashboards reducing report wait times from days to seconds, delivering $5.2M in new revenue, $100K quarterly savings, and 18% YoY growth.
FEATURED EXPERTS
Featured AI Strategy Experts
Gaurav N.
Ex-Apple product and AI leader specializing in GenAI systems and enterprise strategy
Built scalable enterprise platforms and LLM-driven products across HealthTech, FinTech, and Fraud Detection with 15+ years at Apple and startups. Combines product leadership with technical expertise in model evaluation to guide comprehensive AI transformation plans.
Samer N.
Ex-BCG, CACI director and CTO specializing in AI transformation
Led AI incubator and developed AI-driven applications across multiple sectors with 35 years of software development, networking, and IT security experience. Establishes governance frameworks that align technology capabilities with business objectives for sustainable enterprise-wide AI adoption.
Tom C.
Fortune 500 and midmarket AI transformation specialist
Recovers troubled technology initiatives across manufacturing, financial services, and telecommunications with 20+ years of experience. Addresses organizational readiness and strategic alignment challenges, moving enterprises from AI confusion to confidence through practical implementation and governance frameworks.
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