Strategic AI & IT Solutions
Gabor Szentivanyi, Fractional CIO & Chief AI Officer
25 Years of Enterprise IT Leadership, On Demand, Worldwide
Empowering Your Digital Future Through Strategic AI & IT Solutions
We help manufacturers, PE-backed companies, startups, and higher-ed institutions adopt AI safely, modernize their IT, and drive measurable EBITDA impact.
Who we serve: startups, PE-backed companies, and companies whose boards are asking for AI but don’t know where to start.
Manufacturing, service providers, event organizers, people buried under repetitive tasks – book a free call and let’s figure it out!
AI Education & Enablement
- Comprehensive training programs
- AI literacy workshops
- Change management support
- Hands-on implementation guidance
Strategic AI Integration
- Custom AI solution development
- Industry-specific AI applications
- ROI-focused implementation
- AI Risk Management
Infrastructure & Security
- IT infrastructure assessment and upgrade
- Cybersecurity framework implementation
- Data governance solutions
- System integration services
Data & Analytics
- Data quality management
- Data warehouse optimization
- CRM integration
- Advanced analytics implementation
Why SSTRAIT?
Certified AI Consultant – Multiple certifications and multiple years of expertise in AI
Proven Methodology: Well-tested approach, visible results, repeatable, delivered
Comprehensive Expertise: Combined excellence in both AI and IT solutions
Client-Centric Approach: Tailored solutions for your specific needs
End-to-End Support: From strategy to implementation and beyond
SSTRAIT Blog
Thoughts, ideas, or just some helpful text from the AI and IT world through the eyes of a global senior leader
Blog categories
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The Most Dangerous Thing About AI Isn’t That It’s Wrong. It’s That It’s Convincingly Incomplete.
A few weeks ago, something happened that should have been routine. Two university students — one a triple major in political science, French, and international studies, the other a psychology major planning for medical school — needed help thinking through career paths. The kind of conversation families have…
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Building an AI Practice Inside an IT Services Company: The Playbook Nobody Wrote
There’s a question that should be keeping every IT services CEO up at night: When your clients ask about AI — and they’re all asking — who are you sending them to? If the answer is a Big Four consultancy, a boutique AI firm, or a vague “we’re…
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The First 90 Days Tell You Everything
“We’re ready for AI.” – That sentence gets said in boardrooms, campus leadership meetings, and manufacturing executive reviews hundreds of times a day. And within 48 hours of any serious AI engagement beginning, three things almost always surface:The data isn’t where anyone thinks it is. The processes aren’t…
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What’s the difference between someone who is good at prompting AI and someone who is qualified to lead AI?
There’s a question that too few organizations are asking:What’s the difference between someone who is good at prompting AI and someone who is qualified to lead AI?Because the gap between the two is where the most expensive mistakes hide.The motivated amateur can build a demo that wows the…
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Governing AI in Four Languages and Three Continents: Here’s What Changes and What Doesn’t.
Most AI governance frameworks are written in one language, in one country, by people who have deployed in one market. That’s fine — until the deployment crosses a border. I’ve spent 25 years building and managing IT operations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Factory floors in Germany.…
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The $2M spreadsheet
When I became the first CIO at a specialty materials manufacturer with 16 sites across three continents, I inherited 11 separate ERP systems.Every month, someone was manually stitching together a $2 million demand forecast in Excel. That spreadsheet was the most expensive application in the company — and…