Your industry is adopting AI.
The question is whether you lead it.
Strategy, training, and production-grade implementation for small and mid-size businesses, from a consultant who ships software, not slideware.
Serving the Portland–Vancouver metro area and beyond.
Services
How we help
Retainer
Fractional AI Leadership
Senior AI direction embedded in your business: roadmaps, vendor calls, build-vs-buy, team enablement. The full-time-CAIO outcome at a fraction of the cost.
Engagement
AI Strategy & Audits
Find the high-leverage AI opportunities hiding in your workflows, then sequence them into a roadmap your team can actually execute.
Training & Workshops
Hands-on sessions that get your team using AI effectively, from prompt engineering to workflow automation.
AI Implementation
Custom AI solutions built and deployed inside the workflows and systems you already run.
Custom Software & Web Apps
CRMs, portals, invoicing, and onboarding, built for the way your business actually works in a fraction of the usual time and cost.
Process
How it works
Discovery
A free consultation to understand your business and where AI can actually help.
Strategy
A custom AI roadmap, sequenced by impact and feasibility.
Implement
We build, integrate, and ship production software, not proofs of concept.
Support
Ongoing guidance as your team and the technology evolve.
About
Meet your consultant
Chris Goodbaudy
Founder, Fractional AI Officer & Consultant
Chris is an entrepreneur and 20-year software veteran who's launched three SaaS businesses: two consumer, one B2B, with a second B2B in development. After seeing firsthand what AI can do inside a development team, he founded Thought Spark AI to help small and mid-size businesses get oriented to AI and find the practical wins that move their work forward.
Proof of work
Built by Thought Spark
Products we've designed, built, and shipped ourselves. The same muscle we bring to your business.
Stack Ritual
LiveSupplement & wellness tracking with habit streaks and mood insights.
stackritual.com↗Client Platforms
In ProductionCustomer-specific web applications designed, built, and deployed for consulting clients. Private by design.
Free resources
Help yourself first
Useful on their own, no strings attached. If they save you an afternoon, imagine what a real engagement looks like.
Let's Talk AI
Ready to explore what AI can do for your business?
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