AI consulting for Omaha businesses that build real things.

I've had a lot of conversations with business owners over the past two years about AI. And most of them start the same way: someone saw a demo, heard a podcast, watched a competitor post about ChatGPT, and now there's this pressure to "do something with AI" before they get left behind.

I get it. I felt that same pressure when I started exploring what AI could do for my own businesses and the clients I serve as a fractional CFO here in Omaha. But here's what I've learned from sitting in the seat myself: AI is a tool. A good one. But a tool without clarity is just another expense.

The business owners I work with in Omaha, the ones building real things in construction, services, agriculture, light manufacturing, they don't need a flashy AI strategy deck. They need someone who will sit down, look at their operations, and tell them honestly: here's where AI helps, here's where it doesn't, and here's what it'll actually cost in time and money to get it running.

What this looks like in practice

• AI readiness assessment. We look at your current operations and identify where AI creates real leverage, not theoretical value.
• Tool selection and implementation. There are hundreds of AI tools. Most of them aren't right for your business. We find the ones that are and get them working.
• Workflow integration. AI that lives in a silo is useless. We wire it into the way your team already works.
• Ongoing advisory. AI moves fast. Monthly check-ins to make sure what we built is still the right approach.

I'm not a vendor. I'm a builder who uses AI.

I run a fractional CFO firm called 1610 Advisory with my partner Mike Scheffert. I'm also head of finance at a construction company doing $3M to $5M a year. I built a farm. I run a mobile coffee bar. And I built an open-source AI marketing system called the AI CMO that manages content strategy across multiple clients.

I'm telling you this because when I talk about AI for your business, I'm not reciting what I read in a whitepaper. I'm telling you what I've done with my own hands, in my own businesses, with real money on the line.

Who this is for

Omaha business owners doing $250K to $10M in revenue who want to use AI to run more efficiently. Not to replace people, but to put the right tools in the seats that are draining your time. You're probably in construction, trades, professional services, agriculture, or manufacturing. You've heard about AI long enough. You want someone to sit down and show you what's real.