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A 45-minute call on how you actually run the business — the tasks you dread and where work piles up.
AI Tools Assessment · $999
Get 5 hours a week back — without handing your data to a tool you don't control.
I spent 25 years running enterprise technology at Ford. Now I help Michigan small businesses put AI to work and set it up so it doesn't leak.
One week • $999 • Data-safety review and one-tool implementation included
How This Works
Find → Build → Govern
Three stages, in order. Most businesses start at Find and stop whenever they've got what they need — there's no obligation to go further.
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Find
AI Tools Assessment • One week • $999
I find the repetitive work in your business and the specific AI tools that eliminate it — each one checked for where your data actually goes, with one-tool implementation included.
Build
Implementation & Automation • From $1,500
Configure and ship the workflows we picked — automations built and handed off, custom assistants trained on how you actually work, and your team enabled to use them.
Govern
Policies, controls, training, monitoring • Scoped after assessment
For businesses already deep in AI: a full usage inventory, a data exposure map, acceptable-use policy, and an accountable owner for every tool.
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The AI Tools Assessment
In one week, I identify the highest-value AI opportunities, check the recommended tools for data safety, and implement one selected tool with you. No hype, no 40-tab tech stack.
$999
Included
A practical report, data-safety checks, and one-tool implementation. Flat fee, one week, with final delivery during a 30-minute follow-up session.
AI Analysis
I surface the 5–7 highest-impact opportunities — the patterns a busy owner can't see from the inside.
The Report
Tool picks with a data-safety check on each, a 4-day quick-start plan, and the dollar impact.
Final Delivery + Tool Setup
We walk every recommendation, select one tool, and implement it together during the 30-minute session. More involved builds are scoped separately.
Why Me
Dan Blomquist
The reason I can promise both halves of that: I governed technology risk at Fortune 100 scale for 25 years before I ever sold an AI assessment.
AI Strategy, Transformation & Governance Advisor
Founder & creator of CLEAR-AI™ — Aegis AI Advisory, Michigan
I spent 25+ years leading enterprise technology — including as a global technology leader at Ford — before founding Aegis AI Advisory. I bring that Fortune 100 experience directly to small and mid-size businesses: enterprise-grade AI adoption and governance, tuned for teams without a large IT or compliance department.
My approach is rooted in the realities of operations, not theoretical frameworks that don't survive contact with daily work. I created the CLEAR-AI™ methodology to give leaders a practical path from adopting AI to governing it safely.
- 25+ years enterprise IT leadership
- Former Ford global technology leader
- AI governance specialist
- Creator of the CLEAR-AI™ framework
- Fortune 100 experience applied to SMBs
What I Check
Every tool I recommend gets a data-safety check.
Getting the time savings is the easy part. Getting them without quietly moving your customer data into a tool nobody vetted is the part most people skip — so it's built into the assessment rather than sold separately.
On every tool, I look at:
- What happens to anything you upload — retention, and whether it trains their model
- Whether it needs a business account instead of someone's personal login
- Which AI features are already switched on in software you pay for
- Browser extensions with more access to your data than anyone realizes
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Already Deep In AI?
Different problem, different engagement.
If AI is already woven through your business and the question is no longer "should we use it?" but "can we see and control it?" — that's the governance track. Pricing is scoped from the assessment findings and confirmed in a clear proposal before work begins.
See the Governance Track →Get your 5 hours a week back.
Not ready to commit? Start with a free, no-obligation 30-minute introductory discussion. We’ll talk about your business, where work is consuming time, and whether the $999 AI Tools Assessment is the right fit.
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