Jules Borghardt
Co-founder & CEO
Jules Borghardt, a U.S. military veteran, has nearly thirty years of experience in information technology spanning startups, mid-market and Fortune 100 companies like Dell and Amazon.
Full bio01 / About AIFIN
Practical AI advisory, built around how work actually gets done.
AIFIN Advisors works alongside leaders and teams to turn AI interest into useful, responsible operating change. We bring business, delivery, technology, and security perspectives together so the work is grounded from the start.
Experienced operators and advisors
A founder-led team with backgrounds spanning business operations, enterprise technology, program delivery, and security.
Organizations exploring where AI can make a practical difference
We work with growing businesses, functional teams, leadership groups, and professional-services organizations that are just getting started as well as those already experimenting. Clients do not need to arrive with AI expertise, a defined use case, or a finished strategy.
Move from interest to owned action
Some clients come to us with a clear priority. Others need help understanding where to begin. We help define a practical AI strategy tied to business priorities, identify the right opportunities, design a path forward, and create assets and accountability the client owns.
02 / The operating gap
AI tools are available. Operating value is still uneven.
Organizations are investing in AI, but many still face the same backlogs, manual handoffs, inconsistent quality, and unclear ownership. AIFIN starts with the work itself: where performance is constrained, what improvement would matter, and what must be true for AI-enabled change to be safe and useful.
- AI activity without clear business ownership
- High-friction workflows that have not materially improved
- Tool investments without measurable operating evidence
- Security, governance, or adoption concerns slowing action
03 / Our approach
Start with the work. Build the path together.
Some organizations need executive alignment before choosing where to invest. Others already know which function or workflow needs attention. AIFIN meets the business where it is and scopes the work around the priority, readiness, and resources available.
Start with operating reality
Identify where work slows down, where quality varies, and where better use of information or automation could matter.
Shape a practical path
Align the right people, evaluate options based on cost, fit, risk, and value, retain human judgment where it matters, and define a controlled way to move forward.
Create ownership and evidence
Translate the decision into owners, measures, reusable assets, and next steps the organization can sustain.
No business is too small, and no journey is too early. Some clients come to us with a defined priority. Others need help building a shared understanding of AI and where it could make a practical difference. We meet the organization where it is, shape the right starting point, and scale the work only when the value and readiness support it.
04 / Offerings
Different entry points. One practical method.
Evidence before enthusiasm. Workflows before tools. Ownership before scale. Each engagement turns an operating priority into decisions and assets your team can use.
For teams starting the journey
AI Foundations & Enablement Workshop
Build a shared understanding of AI, connect it to the organization's priorities, and identify practical areas to explore next.
For executive teams
Executive AI Catalyst
Turn fragmented activity and competing ideas into a prioritized opportunity portfolio with owners and an activation path.
For functional leaders
Functional Workflow Lab
Examine the work, redesign selected workflows, establish human and control points, and define a practical test.
For advisory firms
Advisor Practice Activation
Translate approved AI capabilities into useful workflows, clear boundaries, and an adoption plan that preserves professional judgment.
For continued progress
Activation & Ongoing Advisory
Support executive cadence, governance, cost and value measurement, and decisions as teams move from plan to practice.
05 / Proof of substance
Practical outputs, not another awareness session.
Evidence
Workflow facts, constraints, and value assumptions that can be challenged.
Decisions
Selected priorities, documented tradeoffs, and clear next steps.
Ownership
Named sponsors, process owners, measures, and decision rights.
Activation
Controlled tests, guardrails, playbooks, and practical roadmaps.
The exact outputs depend on the engagement. Examples may include opportunity portfolios, future-state workflows, playbooks, governance actions, pilot designs, and activation roadmaps.
06 / Where we work
Organized around business outcomes, not a fixed departmental catalog.
AIFIN focuses on work where operating friction, judgment, information, and repeatability intersect. These are examples, not packages.
- Finance and administration
- Operations and service delivery
- Sales and client growth
- People and organizational support
- Professional and advisory workflows
07 / Ownership
Advisory designed for client ownership
AIFIN helps clients diagnose opportunities, redesign workflows, establish controls, and maintain accountability. Clients own the resulting playbooks, roadmaps, and operating materials. Production software development, systems integration, and managed operations require separate scope.
08 / Who you work with
Three founders. A shared commitment to practical outcomes.
AIFIN brings business operations, program delivery, enterprise technology, and security perspectives into every engagement. Clients work with experienced leaders who remain accountable for the quality and usefulness of the work.
Ben Alfaro
Co-founder & COO
Ben designs and facilitates AIFIN's advisory engagements and leads the operating work that turns client priorities into practical, owned action.
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Rich Sanders
Co-founder & CTO
Richard Sanders, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has more than two decades of experience in information technology spanning federal and defense programs, technology firms like Palantir and Slalom, and the Fortune 500 clients they serve.
Full bio09 / Start here
Where is AI falling short of its operating potential?
Tell us what your team is trying to improve, or begin with a short assessment to understand where focused support could create the most value.
- First reply
- 1 day
- Intro call
- 30 min