Work with DDI
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Speaking
Own Your Seat At the Table
5 Strategies to better manage yourself and work better with others
Recommended for Women in Leadership Groups and/or Minority Employee Resource Groups looking to empower and upskill their people.
From Chaos to Collaboration
3 Frameworks for High Growth Teams to Build Trust and Increase ROI
Recommended for Product and Cross Functional Teams.
From Graphs to Generative AI: Building Context That Pays
How tech stacks can increase both stakeholder and shareholder value
Recommended for: Any team curious about building with AI.
Workshops
In-Person, each capped at 32 seats
Owning Your Voice in the Technical World
$499 / seat
The Science of Product Market Fit
$599 / seat
From Graphs to Generative AI: Building Context That Pays
$899 / seat
Advisor / Retainers
Startup Technical Advisor
What's Included:
- 6 strategic sessions per quarter (90 minutes each)
- One founder strategy session per quarter (30 minutes)
- Emergency advisory calls (2 per quarter)
Bonus Support:
- Warm introductions to Denise's AWS, enterprise, and VC network
- Technical hiring guidance (CTO/engineering leadership)
- Board meeting support (deck review, technical validation)
Bringing FAANG-level expertise to ambitious early-stage companies
0.5-1% founder class stock
Ideal for: Seed to Series A companies building AI/ML products who want access to someone who's built AI at massive scale.
$15,000 / Quarter
2 Quarter minimumEnterprise-grade data and AI expertise, delivered 2x faster and with 10x more technical precision than traditional executive consulting.
Ideal for: Enterprises and late-stage companies where data is mission-critical, requiring guidance from someone who's architected AI systems serving millions.
$25,000/month
12-month minimum with quarterly renewalEnterprise AI Transformation Partner
What's Included:
- Weekly C-suite strategy sessions (60 minutes)
- Comprehensive quarterly AI strategy papers (6-10 dense pages), including but not limited to
- Enterprise tech maturity assessment
- Competitive differentiation opportunities
- Technical architecture and platform strategy
- Implementation roadmap with ROI projections
- Risk, governance, and compliance frameworks
- Team structure and capability building plans
- Direct daily access via Slack/Teams (business hours, Tues - Thurs)
- Quarterly team workshops (half-day, up to 32 participants)
Bonus Support:
- Warm introductions to Denise's AWS, enterprise, and VC network
- Review / Prep for monthly board/executive presentations
- Assist with Tech Vendor negotiations
- Assist with AI leadership hiring (participate in final interviews)
- Access to Denise's proprietary AI frameworks developed at AWS, DataStax, and ongoing research