I build value-driven AI programs grounded in governance, rigor, and measurable ROI.
I am an AI executive, founder, and operator who translates technical possibility into business leverage. My work sits at the intersection of AI strategy, systems architecture, executive communication, and commercial execution.
I work best where the stakes are real: when a company needs more than a prototype, when leadership needs a roadmap they can trust, and when delivery teams need systems that actually survive contact with production.
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$10M+ influenced in new contract value through AI architecture, technical pre-sales, and strategic delivery |
30+ client engagements led across consulting, automation, data products, and AI transformation work |
20+ practitioners scaled inside Deloitte's NLP Center of Excellence |
50% delivery acceleration achieved through reusable deployment infrastructure |
| Platform | Role | What It Means |
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| Shake Dewan | Personal platform | My home base for case studies, positioning, essays, speaking, and executive track record. |
| AI Forward | Founder & CEO | Production AI systems, automations, and strategic advisory for serious operators and SMBs. |
| Canadian Funding | CEO | Growth capital, grants, and funding strategy to help companies scale with leverage. |
Design AI strategy that leadership can act on
Build production-grade NLP, LLM, and automation systems
Lead fractional CAIO and CTO mandates
Bridge executive messaging with technical execution
Train teams so adoption sticks after delivery
Connect technology decisions to ROI, speed, and operating leverage
- Built and scaled AI Forward from the ground up, securing 30+ client engagements through full-cycle business development and delivery.
- Led Deloitte's NLP Center of Excellence nationally, scaling the capability to 20+ practitioners in under 18 months.
- Contributed to more than $10M in new NLP contract value through technical pre-sales, solution architecture, and strategic POV delivery.
- Architected the end-to-end data platform at Paperstack during expansion to $10M ARR.
- Presented AI product innovations to Peter Norvig and received direct endorsement.
- Built public-sector analytics systems for Statistics Canada and applied ML systems using LiDAR and GIS data at PFES.
- Executive-first communication without losing technical depth
- Commercial discipline over AI theater
- Strong on ambiguous problems that need both strategy and implementation
- Hands-on enough to build, senior enough to steer
- Founder & CEO, AI Forward
- Fractional Chief AI Officer, Hexona Systems
- AI Consultant and NLP Lead, Deloitte
- Fractional Chief AI Officer, Paperstack
- Data Scientist, Statistics Canada
- BA (Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics, Mount Allison University
- BSc Cognitive Science, Mount Allison University
- Stanford Machine Learning Specialization
- Google Cloud Data Engineering Specialization
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Tableau Iron Viz Global Top 10