RMG Associates | AI Strategy for Mid-Market C-Suite
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AI Strategy & Transformation

AI Is Now the Core Operating System of Business.

We partner with leadership teams to redesign the company's operating model so that AI improves how decisions are made, work gets done faster, and performance scales.

The Strategic Pressures We Address

CEOs are navigating compounding business pressures that AI can directly address — if the implementation is led at the executive level.

Margin Compression

Manual workflows are eroding gross margins. AI-enabled operating models can reduce SG&A by 25–35% per revenue dollar — but only when led at the executive level with the right architecture.

Competitive Velocity

AI-enabled competitors are moving 3–5× faster on decision cycles, bid responses, and product development. Every quarter of inaction compounds the gap.

Execution Drift

Most AI initiatives stall not because the technology fails, but because there is no executive ownership, no defined operating model, and no accountability structure.

Valuation Risk

Strategic acquirers now conduct AI readiness audits as standard due diligence. Organizations without a clear AI integration strategy face valuation haircuts of 20–40%.

3–5×

Faster decision cycles for AI-enabled competitors

25–35%

SG&A reduction potential per revenue dollar

90 days

From diagnostic to measurable operating results

$18,500

Executive AI Operating Model Intensive

Our Approach

Senior Operators, Not Consultants

RMG Associates was founded by Roy Gatling, a senior operator with 30+ years of enterprise execution experience at Dell, Adobe, and Micron. We don't sell AI tools. We don't run workshops that produce slide decks. We work directly with executive teams to transform how your organization operates.

Our engagement model is structured around a single conviction: the gap between AI's potential and your organization's current performance is not a technology problem. It is an operating model problem. And operating model problems require operating model solutions — led at the C-suite level, with accountability, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

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Enterprise Operations

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Process Transformation

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Strategic Execution

About Roy Gatling
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Experience

30+ years of enterprise execution at Dell, Adobe & Micron

Our Engagements

A structured path from strategic clarity to measurable operating results.

Step 01

AI Strategy Planning Session

$8,500

A structured 4-hour online working session that produces a written AI strategy your leadership team can execute against.

  • Exposure Map
  • Strategic Position
  • Capability Roadmap
  • AI Strategy Brief
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Step 02

Executive AI Operating Model Intensive

$18,500

A 2-day executive engagement that produces board-ready clarity on your AI leverage and a 90-day acceleration roadmap.

  • AI Maturity Placement
  • Cost-of-Delay Modeling
  • 90-Day Acceleration Roadmap
  • Internal Communications Plan
  • Board-Ready Summary Presentation
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Step 03

90-Day AI Acceleration Program

$35K–$150K

Converts your roadmap into measurable operational results — 2–4 high-leverage workflows transformed from pilot to production.

  • 2–4 workflow transformations from pilot to production
  • Weekly executive steering cadence with defined agenda
  • Structured ROI tracking against Intensive-defined metrics
  • Production-ready AI operating model documentation
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AI Operating Maturity Model

Where does your organization stand?

Most mid-market firms are operating at Level 1 or 2 — not because they lack ambition, but because they lack the operating model to advance. The Intensive is designed to move you to Level 3 in 90 days.

01

Experimental

Individual tool use with no coordination, KPI alignment, or executive ownership.

02

Opportunistic

Pilot projects underway in select teams. Wins are localized; ROI is anecdotal.

03

StructuredTarget Entry Point

Executive sponsor assigned. 3–5 prioritized workflows with measurable ROI targets.

04

Integrated

AI embedded in the operating model. Workflow compression and margin impact measured.

05

Strategic Advantage

AI as infrastructure. Capital allocation informed by AI. Structural competitive edge.

The First Step

Executives don't buy hype. They buy decisions that deliver ROI.

The first step is a confidential discovery call — no pitch, no commitment. We'll discuss where your organization stands, where the highest leverage is, and whether an engagement makes sense.

Request a Discovery Call