Do you take Montreal clients in person?

Yes. Shawn Moore travels to Montreal quarterly for on-site executive sessions. Most engagements combine on-site working sessions in Greater Montreal with weekly video steering meetings between visits.

What does an engagement look like for a mid-market Montreal company?

The typical sequence is a 2–4 week paid AI Growth Audit ($15K–$35K range), followed by a fixed-scope 90-Day Execution Blueprint ($25K–$50K range). Most companies decide on the long-term advisory shape — fractional CAIO, internal hire, or quarterly cadence — only after one full 90-day cycle.

Do you work in French?

Executive sessions are conducted in English; written deliverables are produced in English and can be professionally translated into French on request. For Law 25 documentation destined for a Quebec privacy officer, we coordinate with a Quebec-qualified privacy counsel of the client's choosing.

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AI Consultant for Montreal and Greater Montreal Mid-Market CEOs

Q: How do you handle Quebec's Law 25?

Every engagement opens with a Law 25 data-flow review covering automated decision-making disclosure, cross-border transfer assessment, and privacy officer sign-off before any AI use case touches production data.

AI Savvy provides strategic AI advisory to Montreal and Greater Montreal CEOs of $10M–$250M companies. Engagements include the AI Growth Audit, the 90-Day Execution Blueprint, and ongoing fractional Chief AI Officer support. Shawn Moore travels to Montreal quarterly for on-site executive sessions.

Why Greater Montreal mid-market is at an AI inflection point

Montreal is Canada's second-largest AI research cluster and a global gravity well for deep learning, and its mid-market is in the middle of an uneven AI inflection. RSM's 2025 Middle Market AI Survey found 91% of mid-market organizations across the US and Canada now use generative AI in operations, while Microsoft's June 2025 Canadian SMB Report put national adoption at 71% — with 90% adoption among digital-native firms.

Montreal's AI density is unlike anywhere else in North America. Mila, the Université de Montréal, McGill, and HEC together anchor a research bench that produced Yoshua Bengio's foundational deep-learning work and continues to seed the city's AI-native companies. Statistics Canada's Q2 2025 AI adoption data confirms Quebec information and cultural industries lead Canadian adoption; the operating question in Montreal is not whether AI matters but how quickly the traditional Quebec mid-market can absorb it.

What we do for Montreal companies

Strategic Advisory →

Fractional CAIO retainers and 90-day blueprints with the operator in the room.

Keynote Speaking →

CEO-audience keynotes and board sessions on AI strategy and governance.

Executive Education →

Working-session programs that hand the methodology to your executive bench.

Quebec-specific considerations

Quebec's Law 25 (formerly Bill 64) sets a materially stricter privacy regime than the federal PIPEDA — automated decision-making disclosure, cross-border transfer assessments, and appointed privacy officers are now table stakes for any AI use case touching personal data. Every Montreal engagement starts with a Law 25 data-flow review before a model is chosen.

The paradox in Montreal is a world-class research bench and a persistent shortage of executive-layer operators who can translate that research into a $25M company's Q3 plan. Mid-market CEOs consistently over-index on technical hiring and under-index on the strategy and governance scaffolding required to deploy responsibly.

How we work with Montreal clients

Most Montreal engagements run on a hybrid cadence: on-site working sessions when scope warrants, weekly video steering meetings, and async document review between sessions. Shawn Moore travels to Montreal quarterly for on-site executive sessions. Engagements can be invoiced in CAD or USD; corporate accounts payable in either currency are routine.

Industries we focus on in Greater Montreal

AI-native and B2B SaaS

Post-seed Montreal AI companies scaling into the $10M–$80M ARR window where AI product decisions collide with governance and enterprise-buyer expectations.

Aerospace and advanced manufacturing

Greater Montreal's aerospace cluster — supply chain optimization, predictive maintenance, and ITAR/CGP-compliant AI workflows for manufacturers exporting into US primes.

Financial services and insurance

AMF-regulated financial institutions, Quebec-chartered credit unions (caisses populaires), and mutual insurers navigating both Law 25 and OSFI E-23 in parallel.

Foundational reading before we talk

The AI Savvy Readiness Framework — the six-pillar diagnostic used in every Montreal engagement.
The 90-Day AI Execution Blueprint — the four-phase methodology we run in Greater Montreal.
AI Consulting Cost Guide for Mid-Market CEOs (2026) — what an honest engagement should cost.

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