Fractional CTO + AI Implementation

Scale revenue faster than headcount.

We help founder-led and growth-stage companies turn AI into operating leverage — setting the strategy, shipping the systems, and handing your team the keys. Senior operators only. No layers, no theater.

Trusted by operators who answer to a number

Growth-stage lender · 70% less manual effortInsurance platform · 4x faster throughputFintech operator · 35% lower run-rate cost
Adam Zeffer, Founder of ProdigiNET

Adam Zeffer

Founder, ProdigiNET

FounderCTOProduct LeaderAI Operator
Who you actually work with

Built by operators. Not consultants.

Most firms send a partner to win the work and a junior to do it. ProdigiNET sends the person who has actually built, shipped, and scaled the thing you're trying to do.

Adam Zeffer founded ProdigiNET after years inside the operator's seat — running engineering, product, and analytics, and putting AI into production where it had to perform, not impress. The recommendations you get are earned, not theorized.

Built & scaled

Technology organizations, from the ground up.

Stood up and led engineering, product, and analytics teams — not from an advisory seat, but with direct ownership of what shipped and what it returned.

In production

AI systems running inside real businesses.

Implemented AI where it touches revenue and operations — past the demo, integrated into the workflows that run the company.

In the room

Working directly with founders and investors.

Translated technology decisions into the language leaders actually fund — tradeoffs, risk, and the number on the other side.

Measured

Accountable to outcomes, not output.

Every engagement tied to a metric someone owned — margin, cycle time, revenue per head — and judged on whether it moved.

What we do

We sell outcomes, not deliverables.

Most firms hand you a deck or hand you code. We start from the result you're accountable to — then do whatever it takes to move it.

Fractional CTO

Technology Leadership Without Executive Overhead

Decision-grade technology leadership — build/buy calls, team direction, and architecture you can stand behind — without the cost or commitment of a permanent hire.

Business outcome

Senior decisions made faster, at a fraction of full-time cost.

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AI Consulting

Find Where AI Creates Leverage

A prioritized roadmap grounded in where AI actually moves your business — revenue, margin, and cycle time — not where the hype is loudest.

Business outcome

A funded plan tied to the numbers that move your business.

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AI Implementation

Move AI From Pilot to Production

We integrate AI into the workflows that run the business, then enable your team to own it — so it ships, sticks, and survives our exit.

Business outcome

Live systems in weeks, not another stalled proof of concept.

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Product Strategy

Bet on What Actually Drives Revenue

We pressure-test what to build, what to kill, and what sequence gets you to revenue soonest — turning a crowded roadmap into a sharp set of bets.

Business outcome

Fewer wrong builds and a faster path to monetized product.

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AI Workforce Transformation

Scale Output Without Scaling Headcount

We embed AI into how your people actually work, lifting output per employee instead of expanding the org chart to meet demand.

Business outcome

More throughput per head, without the next hiring wave.

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Not sure where to start?

Tell us the number you’re accountable to. We’ll tell you the fastest path to move it.

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Real business outcomes

The numbers that matter.

Executives don’t buy AI. They buy growth, efficiency, and leverage. These are the outcomes we’re hired to deliver.

10

planned hires avoided through AI-enabled operational workflows

Growth was achieved without adding the headcount originally projected by the business.

80%

of underwriting validation questions automated

AI agents complete the majority of first-pass document review before a human touches the file.

58 of 72

document review checks completed automatically

Structured AI workflows perform validation, classification, and recommendation tasks before human review.

$500M+

annual lending volume supported

Technology, automation, and AI initiatives helped support lending operations at significant scale.

Representative outcomes from leadership, advisory, and implementation engagements. Details anonymized where appropriate.

The Leverage Method

One method. Three moves. Revenue that outpaces headcount.

How we turn AI into operating leverage — the same three moves behind every engagement.

01

Pinpoint

Find the one or two places AI actually moves your revenue, margin, or output per head — and ignore the rest.

02

Productionize

Ship it into the workflow that runs the business. Live systems, integrated and accountable — not another pilot.

03

Propagate

Turn one win into a repeatable capability your team owns, so the leverage compounds after we hand it back.

What we believe

A few things we hold to be true.

  • 01

    Most companies don’t need more software. They need leverage.

  • 02

    Most AI projects fail before they create value. We start where it pays.

  • 03

    Headcount growth is not a strategy. Output per head is.

  • 04

    Technology should accelerate business outcomes. Not collect dust in a roadmap.

  • 05

    AI should improve economics. Not just productivity.

If that sounds obvious, good. It should be. Most of the industry just stopped acting like it.

Why ProdigiNET

Senior by default. Built to hand back.

You’re not buying a methodology. You’re buying judgment from people who have built, shipped, and scaled this before.

The person who scopes it solves it.

No junior hand-offs, no account managers between you and the work. You get the operator in the room.

Earned conviction, not theory.

Our recommendations come from having run the play — including in regulated, high-stakes environments where mistakes are expensive.

Every engagement ties to a number.

Pipeline, margin, cycle time, output per head. We start with the metric you’re accountable to and work backward.

Leverage that survives our exit.

We make your team independent. If the value disappears when we leave, it was never leverage.

Who we help

Built for companies that are scaling.

We don’t target companies by who funds them. We work with companies feeling the pressure of growth, complexity, and speed.

Founder-Led Companies

You need leverage, not more headcount.

We help founders identify operational bottlenecks, implement AI, and scale without adding layers of complexity.

Growth-Stage Organizations

Your systems should scale as fast as your revenue.

We help growing companies modernize technology, streamline operations, and build scalable operating models.

Product & Technology Teams

Turn AI ideas into production outcomes.

We help teams move from experimentation to implementation with practical, measurable AI solutions.

Financial Services & Fintech

Modernization without sacrificing reliability.

We bring deep experience in regulated environments where performance, compliance, and customer experience all matter.

We work with ambitious companies that need leverage—not just more people.

Tell us the number you’re accountable to.

The first conversation is substantive — a working session, not a sales pitch. You’ll talk to a senior operator who has done this before, not an SDR.

No decks. No discovery theater. Bring the constraint you’re stuck on.