Michael StoutAI Consultancy for Executive Leadership
About

No time for bullshit, politics or fluff.
I’m a straight shooter, and a good shot.

Michael Stout with the Alan Turing memorial in Sackville Gardens, Manchester
With Alan Turing, Sackville Gardens, ManchesterFor everyone who thinks machines can be taught.

Core Beliefs

  1. Proprietary data is an asset waiting to be tapped, exploit it.
  2. Domain knowledge transforms into a superpower when executives couple their experience with AI systems.
  3. For an organization to become AI Native, their non-technical leadership must master AI.
  4. AI serves an organization best when the people who drive organizational change manage the strategy.
  5. Rapid deployment is an asset when security is engineered from day one, otherwise, it’s a risk.
  6. All AI investments need to move a number and produce a ROI.

I’m hands on and lead from the front. Having spent my career on the technical side of the table, primarily at the executive level in information and cybersecurity, I started hacking in 1982 and explored machine learning in 1994; I made the jump to full-time AI in 2020 and haven’t looked back. I don’t just talk about AI—I build it: training models, data pipelines, RAG implementations, edge systems, and agentic workflows.

I hold an MSc in Information Technology with a specialization in Information Security (my dissertation focused on cyber-warfare defense), supported by postgraduate credentials in AI and machine learning from the London School of Economics, MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford. I hold active UK security clearance and am a contractor with the UK MoD.

My goal is to align people and AI so they can turn their organizations into AI-native powerhouses.

As a senior executive, you can lead, follow, or get out of the way. I’m here to help you maintain your edge.

Let’s do GREAT things.

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