Governance architecture that holds under scrutiny
Every engagement is built to answer one question: where must human authority remain non-delegable as AI scales? The deliverable is documented, board-ready governance infrastructure your leadership team owns from day one.
Architecture Engagement
Full governance infrastructure in 12 weeks
The foundational engagement. Falkovia conducts a complete governance diagnostic, designs your institution's AI decision authority map, human authority structures, and oversight architecture, and delivers a documented, board-ready governance infrastructure your leadership team owns and operates.
Deliverables
Shadow AI audit and exposure assessment. Decision authority map across all institutional domains. Human authority line documentation. Override and escalation protocols. Board-ready governance charter. Regulatory and accreditation alignment documentation. Implementation roadmap with accountability assignments.
Best for
Institutions adopting AI across multiple domains that need comprehensive governance architecture before regulatory, accreditation, or patient/student safety events force the question.
Fixed-scope. Investment scoped to institutional size and complexity.
Fractional CAIO
Ongoing governance leadership without a full-time hire
For institutions that need sustained AI governance leadership but are not ready, or do not need, a full-time Chief AI Officer. Dr. Masson serves as your fractional CAIO, providing ongoing governance oversight, board reporting, and architectural refinement as AI adoption evolves.
Deliverables
Monthly governance review and risk assessment. Board reporting and committee advisory. Decision authority updates as AI tools change. Regulatory monitoring and compliance alignment. Leadership team coaching and governance training. Incident response protocol management.
Best for
Institutions with active AI adoption that need ongoing governance leadership, board-level reporting, and architectural oversight without committing to a full-time executive hire.
Retained engagement. Scoped to institutional needs and complexity.
Board Advisory
Fiduciary-grade AI governance oversight
Designed for boards of trustees and directors who need to exercise fiduciary oversight of AI adoption without operational visibility into how AI is actually being used across the institution. Falkovia provides board-level governance assessment, risk framing, and oversight architecture.
Deliverables
Board-ready AI governance risk assessment. Fiduciary oversight framework and committee structure. Management reporting requirements and KPIs. Governance policy review and gap analysis. Board education session on AI governance obligations. Ongoing quarterly advisory (optional).
Best for
Boards that recognize AI adoption is a fiduciary matter and need governance architecture to exercise meaningful oversight, not just management presentations about AI initiatives.
Fixed-scope initial engagement. Quarterly advisory available on retainer.
Investment Due Diligence
AI governance risk assessment for acquisitions
The AI risk in a portfolio company is not in the model. It is in the human governance architecture that standard technical diligence never examines. Falkovia works with private equity and venture capital firms, providing pre-acquisition governance due diligence and post-acquisition governance architecture for portfolio companies in regulated sectors.
Deliverables
Pre-acquisition AI governance risk assessment. Shadow AI exposure audit. Decision authority and human oversight gap analysis. Regulatory and compliance risk mapping. Post-acquisition governance architecture roadmap. Integration governance framework for portfolio companies.
Best for
VC and PE firms acquiring or managing portfolio companies in healthcare, education, or other regulated sectors where AI governance gaps create regulatory, reputational, and valuation exposure.
Fixed-scope. Scoped to deal complexity. Post-acquisition architecture priced separately.
Weeks 1-3
Diagnose
Comprehensive governance diagnostic. Shadow AI audit. Stakeholder interviews across leadership, clinical/academic, operational, and compliance lines. Regulatory and accreditation exposure mapping.
Weeks 4-6
Design
Decision authority mapping across all institutional domains. Human authority line design. Override and escalation protocol architecture. Board oversight structure.
Weeks 7-9
Build
Full documentation of governance infrastructure. Policy drafting. Role and accountability assignments. Board charter and reporting frameworks. Regulatory and accreditation alignment documentation.
Weeks 10-12
Deliver
Leadership team walkthrough and adoption. Board presentation preparation. Implementation roadmap with accountability assignments and milestones. Transition to internal ownership.
Complete picture of where AI is being used, who approved it, and where governance gaps create institutional risk.
Governance architecture blueprint your leadership team reviews, challenges, and refines.
Complete, documented governance infrastructure ready for leadership adoption.
Governance infrastructure your leadership team owns, operates, and can defend under scrutiny.
Most institutions start with the Architecture Engagement
The 12-week Architecture Engagement is the foundation. It produces the governance infrastructure that every other engagement model builds on. Most clients begin here, then transition to Fractional CAIO or Board Advisory for ongoing oversight as AI adoption evolves.
If you are unsure which engagement model fits, start the conversation. Every engagement begins with a confidential scoping call to understand your institution's specific needs, complexity, and timeline.
Most AI advisory firms start with technology: models, vendors, platforms, implementation. Falkovia starts with the human governance architecture that determines whether any of that technology actually works without creating institutional risk. The work is not about AI tools. It is about decision authority, human oversight structures, and governance that holds under scrutiny.
No. Falkovia does not sell, recommend, or implement AI technology. The practice is focused entirely on governance architecture: the decision rights, human authority structures, and oversight frameworks that must be in place regardless of which tools you adopt. Tool selection is a technology decision. Governance architecture is a leadership decision.
It means every deliverable is documented, structured, and presented at the level your board of trustees or directors needs to exercise fiduciary oversight. No jargon. No technical abstractions. Clear authority structures, accountability assignments, and governance frameworks that a board can review, approve, and hold leadership accountable to.
The Architecture Engagement is designed to produce complete governance infrastructure in 12 weeks. Board Advisory engagements are typically 6-8 weeks for the initial assessment and framework. Investment Due Diligence is scoped to acquisition timelines, typically 4-6 weeks. The Fractional CAIO is an ongoing retainer.
Falkovia works at the executive level: CEOs, presidents, provosts, COOs, general counsel, and board committees. The work requires institutional authority to design and implement governance architecture. Engagements that start below the executive level rarely produce architecture that holds.
Yes. Every engagement is fully confidential. Falkovia does not publish client names, case studies, or institutional details without explicit written permission. Many clients in healthcare and higher education require this, and it is standard practice for every engagement.
Most institutions do. The question is whether that committee has documented decision authority, clear governance architecture, and the structural capacity to provide meaningful oversight, or whether it is a discussion forum without teeth. Falkovia's diagnostic will assess what exists and design architecture that gives your committee the authority structure it needs to actually govern.
Yes. Falkovia regularly works alongside institutional legal counsel, compliance teams, and other advisors. The governance architecture is designed to complement and strengthen existing advisory relationships, not replace them.
All engagements are fixed-scope with investment structured to institutional size, complexity, and current AI exposure. Every engagement begins with a confidential scoping conversation that produces a clear recommendation and investment range. There is no standardized pricing because no two institutions have the same governance landscape.
The governance architecture your institution needs exists.
Start with a confidential scoping call. No commitment. No sales process. Just a conversation about what your institution needs.
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