AI Service Leader & Fractional CAIO

Practical AI.No hype. No guessing.

I'm Marney Edwards. I bridge the gap between 30 years of ERP, Supply Chain, and Finance reality and tomorrow's Generative AI.

I didn't start in AI. I spent decades in the trenches of enterprise technology, serving as a Vice President at Genpact and Applied Materials, and a Director at PwC. Today, as the AI Service Leader at Ultra Consultants and a Fractional CAIO, I bring that deep operational pragmatism to Artificial Intelligence. I don't build shiny demos; I build solutions that remove friction, simplify processes, and deliver exponential value to the bottom line.

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Advisory Services
Strategic AI Leadership, Fractionalized.
Pillar 01

Fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

Stop guessing on AI strategy.

Most mid-market companies can't justify a full-time Chief AI Officer — but they're making million-dollar AI decisions without one. I provide end-to-end executive AI leadership on a fractional basis: governance frameworks, vendor evaluation, roadmap development, and board-level communication. You get a seasoned operator who has built and deployed AI in complex enterprise environments — without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.

This is for you if: You're spending on AI but have no coherent strategy tying it to business outcomes.
Pillar 02

AI Readiness & ERP Modernization

You can't deploy what your data can't support.

73% of enterprise data leaders cite data quality as the #1 barrier to AI success — above model accuracy, cost, and talent. I conduct a structured diagnostic of your ERP, HRIS, and core operational systems to assess AI readiness across data integrity, process maturity, integration architecture, and governance posture. You receive a scored readiness report and a prioritized remediation roadmap.

This is for you if: Your AI pilots keep stalling and you're not sure why.
Pillar 03

Education & Organizational Enablement

The technology isn't the problem. Adoption is.

Only 15% of U.S. employees say their organization has communicated a clear AI strategy. Without it, even well-built AI solutions die on the floor. I design and deliver targeted education programs across your organization — from boardroom briefings that cut through the noise to role-specific training that builds real fluency in the people doing the work.

  • Executive & board AI briefings
  • Departmental training programs
  • AI governance & policy workshops
  • Prompt literacy & adoption coaching
Applied AI In Action
Applied AI In Action.

I don't just advise on AI strategy; my body of work is built on executing it. From scaling proprietary assessment models to architecting secure enterprise knowledge bases.

GoGig | Talent Intelligence

The AI Smart Assessment (AiSA)

Built and managed the cross-functional team of data scientists and engineers to scale one of the first personality-analysis SaaS tools on the AWS Marketplace. Grounded in computational psychometrics and the Big Five Personality Model, the system leverages the LIWC-22 framework to evaluate 50+ traits through real-world communication. Successfully integrated RAG architectures and NLP into production workflows to deliver ethical, frictionless, AI-driven behavioral analysis and talent intelligence.

Ultra Consultants | RAG Architecture

SharePoint AI Knowledge Pipeline

Designed and deployed a production-grade knowledge ingestion engine that continuously synchronizes Ultra Consultants' entire SharePoint tenant (1,053 sites) into a semantically searchable Azure AI Search index. Built on a queue-based fan-out architecture with Azure Functions, the system extracts and chunks content from six file formats, generates 3,072-dimension vector embeddings using Azure OpenAI text-embedding-3-large, and writes 480,000+ indexed chunks into a unified retrieval layer — making every SOW, methodology asset, client deliverable, and process document available for AI-powered search.

Connected to the Ultra Knowledge Agent (Microsoft AI Foundry), enabling natural language queries against Ultra's full institutional knowledge base with real-time, citation-backed responses grounded in live SharePoint content.

8 Platforms | 150+ Processes

ERP AI Intelligence System

Developed and architected a proprietary knowledge engine enabling Ultra Consultants to deliver evidence-based ERP AI capability assessments across 8 platforms and 150+ business process friction points. Built on Azure AI Search, the system combines a structured capability index (~1,690 SCOR/APQC-classified assessments), a semantic document library (~953 vector-embedded chunks), and an automated ingestion pipeline that extracts and scores ERP AI features from vendor research using a multi-factor maturity model (Implementation Pattern x Feature Coverage x Evidence Quality).

Deployed a Microsoft Teams Copilot agent with six specialized child agents — surfacing real-time, citation-backed insights through natural language queries — positioning Ultra as the definitive AI x ERP advisory practice.

Zero-Trust Executive AI

Pansophy: Autonomous Personal AI

The Capabilities: Architected and deployed "Pansophy," a highly capable, autonomous personal AI agent that serves as a digital chief of staff. Integrated directly with a proprietary "Personal Brain" via Azure AI Search, the agent seamlessly retrieves and synthesizes decades of methodologies, articles, and private operational data. Capable of executing multi-step workflows including Azure infrastructure deployment, CI/CD pipeline management, DNS configuration, and automated psychometric API orchestration.

The Security Posture: Designed with a strict Zero-Trust architecture to securely manage private operational data. Operates exclusively over a private Tailscale VPN tunnel with zero public-facing inbound ports. The system is fundamentally isolated from public LLM training datasets, ensuring proprietary methodologies, credentials, and client data remain completely sovereign.

The Applied AI Briefing
The Applied AI Briefing.

No fluff. No sci-fi. Just practical frameworks, case studies, and field notes on integrating Artificial Intelligence into complex manufacturing and distribution environments.

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Winning with AI: What the Top 5% Are Doing Differently
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Rethinking ERP Evaluation Criteria in the Age of AI
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Not so fast Microsoft! Two Out of Four Ain't Readiness!
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The Fourth Way to Scale Expertise
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From Friction to Fit: Unlocking Soft Skills with GoGig AI
About
30 Years of Transformation.
Now Powering the AI Revolution.

95% of companies are buying AI hype and getting zero ROI. The other 5% are fundamentally changing how work gets done. I help mid-market and enterprise leaders across the Manufacturing, Transportation, Technology, Finance, and Semiconductor sectors join the 5% by deploying practical, governed, and high-impact AI solutions.

I've led multi-million dollar Workday and SAP deployments, architected complex supply chains, and built scalable finance operations. My focus isn't just on the models — it's on the adoption, the governance, and ensuring your core operational systems are actually ready for the intelligence you're trying to inject into them.

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Career Highlights

AI Service Leader
Ultra Consultants
Fractional CAIO
Independent Advisory
Vice President
Genpact
Vice President
Applied Materials
Director
PwC