Do you take Washington clients in person?

Yes. Shawn Moore travels to Washington DC quarterly. Most engagements combine on-site working sessions in Washington DC Metropolitan Area with weekly video steering meetings between visits.

What does an engagement look like for a mid-market Washington 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.

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AI Consultant for Washington and Washington DC Metropolitan Area Mid-Market CEOs

AI Savvy provides strategic AI advisory to Washington and Washington DC Metropolitan Area 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 Washington DC quarterly.

Why Washington DC Metropolitan Area mid-market is at an AI inflection point

Washington is the US federal capital and one of the densest concentrations of regulated, government-adjacent mid-market companies in the country, 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, but the same survey flagged that governance maturity and internal expertise still lag adoption sharply across every US metro.

The DC metro's mid-market runs on federal contracting, defense, cybersecurity, professional services, and a growing digital-health cluster. Every meaningful AI use case here interacts with federal frameworks — the OMB M-24-10 memorandum, NIST AI RMF, FedRAMP, and the executive-order-driven federal AI governance stack.

What we do for Washington 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.

District of Columbia-specific considerations

OMB Memoranda M-24-10 (Advancing AI Governance) and M-24-18 (AI acquisition) govern federal agency AI use. NIST AI RMF sets the operating framework most federal buyers require in procurement. FedRAMP applies to any cloud-hosted AI system used by federal agencies.

DC's engineering bench inside government contractors is deep; the mid-market CEO-layer strategic ownership is often what's missing.

How we work with Washington clients

Most Washington 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 Washington DC quarterly. Engagements are invoiced in USD; Canadian entities of US clients can be billed in CAD on request.

Industries we focus on in Washington DC Metropolitan Area

Federal contractors and GovTech

Companies selling into US federal agencies under OMB M-24-10, NIST AI RMF, and FedRAMP.

Defense and cybersecurity

DC-area defense-tech and cybersecurity firms applying AI under ITAR/EAR and DoD procurement rules.

Professional services and health-tech

DC-area law, accounting, and digital-health firms serving federal buyers and regulated markets.

Foundational reading before we talk

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

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