Bast is focused on healthcare. That is where we are building the product, concentrating the company, and choosing the institutions we can serve deeply.
I reserve limited, premium advisory capacity for executives and boards in other high-integrity industries. You get a trusted translator between technical reality and the boardroom—without turning Bast into a general-purpose consultancy.
Bast Advisory is the front door. It exposes the real problem, earns institutional trust, and determines whether a Bast deployment is warranted—and whether the organization and Bast are the right fit for one another. If the answer is no, the advisory still stands on its own.
The Executive AI Sounding Board
Direct, high-touch access for CEOs and boards navigating Q3/Q4 results and strategic planning. I serve as your executive secret weapon. I translate technical noise into board clarity and evaluate vendor claims before you sign.
Limited capacity: to ensure deep, high-touch focus for every client, Stage 01 advisory is strictly capped at 3 executive retainer seats total.
The AI-enabled board
Every board is asked two questions at once. How do we govern AI? And how do we use it ourselves? Most get advice on the first and nothing on the second. Meanwhile, the directors reviewing the AI strategy still read 300-page board books the night before.
Keynotes, briefings, and cohorts
Executive briefings that leave your C-suite answering three questions in the same words: where AI puts you at risk, where it gives you an edge, and what you're changing versus installing. Keynotes on explainable AI, agentic systems, and the societal gap. Leadership cohorts that train your people on systems where every answer has a receipt.
Speaking is selective. The CEO chair comes first, so I take only engagements that justify stepping away from the company. Tell me the date and the ask.
Turn your expertise into models that show their work
When advisory surfaces a healthcare problem worth solving—and proves the institution is ready—a Sponsor Customer partnership turns institutional knowledge into reusable, explainable models. Every answer traces back to the page it came from. Two are already in operation.
Put it into operation
For the right healthcare client, Bast goes live in your environment, grounded only in sources you approve, every answer traceable to where it came from. By this stage, the problem, boundaries, readiness, and mutual fit are already understood.
I built AI at the scale most boards only worry about: Chief Data Officer of IBM's $34B services division, a $450M AI P&L grown 20% in six months, IBM Distinguished Engineer, 30+ patents and publications, and an early leader in trustworthy AI. I trained as an archaeologist, so I read where a system came from and how it reached its answer. You want someone who has shipped AI at scale and will tell you the truth about yours.
Tell me what you're facing.
The first conversation is a straight read on where you stand and whether I'm the right person for it.
Full CV · Selected engagements. Details and availability on request.