AI & Cloud Consulting

I help companies solve real business problems with AI — and I have the results to prove it works.

Cloud cost accountability. Developer velocity. AI governance. Fixed-scope sprints with measurable outcomes — built on Fortune 50 scale.

$30M Annual cloud run rate reduction
41 days → 2 hrs App provisioning at Best Buy
56% Incident impact reduction at Target
10x ROI on $9M governance investment

Built for CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and CDOs at 500–5,000 employee enterprises

If your cloud bill keeps growing, your engineers are using AI tools without a standard, or your platform team has become the bottleneck — you need an answer fast. Not a multi-year transformation. A clear diagnosis and an actionable roadmap.

The problems I solve

  • Cloud spend that's grown past what anyone can defend to the CFO
  • AI tools in use without a security sign-off or enterprise standard
  • Platform team is the bottleneck — developers wait for everything
  • New CTO role with inherited problems and board pressure
  • Leadership gap: open VP seat, headcount freeze, interim period

What I bring

  • 15 years at Fortune 50 scale — Best Buy and Target
  • $30M cloud run rate reduction, 10x ROI on governance investment
  • 70-person global platform org and $25M platform budget
  • AI governance framework adopted enterprise-wide before an incident forced the decision
  • Harvard MLA in Information Technology

Four sprints. Four to six weeks. Clear deliverable.

Each sprint is fixed scope and ends with a concrete deliverable — not a strategy deck. No retainer required.

AI Transformation Sprint

Move from AI pilot approval to org-wide adoption in 4–6 weeks

The pilot worked. Leadership bought in. Now teams aren't using the tools and ROI questions are getting harder to answer. Get an adoption maturity assessment, a change management plan, and a rollout playbook with real owners.

Proof: Copilot standardization + agentic development practices rolled out across a 70-person global engineering org at Best Buy.
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AI Governance Sprint

Build an enterprise AI operating model before the incident forces one

Engineers are using AI tools without a standard or security sign-off. Get ahead of the governance gap with a 60-day implementation roadmap.

Proof: 3-month structured bakeoff → Microsoft Copilot standardized across Best Buy before a security incident forced the decision.
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Platform Velocity Sprint

Find and fix the #1 platform constraint bottlenecking your developers

Your platform team is called a bottleneck by everyone except the platform team. Get a DORA benchmark and a 90-day improvement roadmap.

Proof: 41 days → 2 hours app provisioning at Best Buy by standardizing what "consistent" looked like and automating everything that followed.
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Cloud ROI Sprint

Quantify your cloud savings opportunity in 4 weeks

The CFO is asking hard questions about the cloud bill. Get the numbers — and the accountability model to make them stick.

Proof: $30M annual run rate reduction at Best Buy. 10x ROI on the governance investment.
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A practitioner, not a framework salesperson

Stephanie Culver

Fractional CTO & AI Strategy Consulting

I spent 15 years at Fortune 50 scale — leading the Strategic Cloud platform org at Best Buy and building the reliability systems at Target that delivered the first clean Thanksgiving in 30 years.

At Best Buy, I owned a $25M annual platform budget and a 70-person global engineering organization. We reduced annual cloud run rate by $30M, avoided $35M in capital expenditure, cut application provisioning from 41 days to 2 hours, and standardized enterprise AI tooling before a security incident forced the conversation.

I now work with CTOs and engineering leaders at mid-market and enterprise companies on the same problems — through fixed-scope sprints and fractional CTO engagements.

Best Buy — Director, Strategic Cloud Target — R3 Platform Engineering Harvard MLA in IT $30M Cloud Savings Fortune 50 Scale
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20 minutes to find out if there's a fit

If cloud costs, developer velocity, or AI standardization are live conversations at your company this quarter, this is the fastest path to an answer.

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