
About Noah
I'm Noah Stolmaker, a Portland-based fractional Chief AI Officer.
I work as an embedded AI partner for founder-led businesses: senior judgment, working solutions, and nothing for you to manage.
ex-CEO · ex-Director of Engineering · ex-Fortune 500
AI breakthroughs are moving so fast it can make you dizzy. I stay on top of the latest developments and think about how they apply to your specific business, so you don't have to.
Noah Stolmaker
How I Work
The Embedded AI Partnership
My fractional Chief AI Officer service is ideal for clients in need of technology strategic leadership but who can't justify a full-time C-Suite hire. I'll join your Slack, audit your L10s and strategy meetings, give guidance, and call out opportunities to leverage AI. I advise and build in the same seat.
I lead with ROI: the engagement starts by building one thing you need today, working and deployed in two weeks. This de-risks the engagement and gives me the opportunity to learn stakeholders' pain points and targets.
From there, the monthly engagement is based on a shared AI Opportunities roadmap that you steer; priorities picked together every two weeks.
Hands-On Workshops
Not ready for a full engagement? I offer half-day hands-on AI workshops where I teach AI basics to your team, followed by a working session where we solve one real problem in your business using AI, together.
Ideas
Looking for inspiration? Here's some ideas.
An Organized Knowledge Base
AI can organize your disordered knowledge base in minutes. And even resolve conflicting documents using modify dates.
Your AI + Your Data
A live data pipeline so AI can answer with up-to-date information from QuickBooks, Airtable, Google Docs/Sheets, your CRM, your ERP, all at once.
Your AI in Slack/Teams
An AI plugged into your databases able to answer questions, respond to customer service emails and sales inquiries, with the exchange visible in your Slack for visibility. You can give it feedback; it can learn.
Your AI with Your Voice
Distill email communication down to instructions for a custom AI that writes in your voice. No emojis and em-dashes.
Your AI Sales Coach
Want to improve your sales skills? Deploy my Sales Coworker, trained on Carnegie, Cialdini, Challenger, and pipe your meeting transcripts in for a personalized sales coach.
Industry Intel
Spawn an AI agent to keep tabs on competitors, news stories, and industry trends and tell you when something important happens.
Customer Attrition Warnings
An agentic AI can navigate your CRM, read Intercom/Front/Zendesk, consult QuickBooks, and automatically draft emails to customers with accounts in poor health.
KPI/Report Generation
Automate KPI scorecards or client reports and save yourself hours of repetitive work.
Background

Noah Stolmaker
Fractional Chief AI Officer
I spent twenty years building software before going independent: Staff Engineer and Director of Engineering roles, greenfield initiatives at Fortune 500 companies, and everything between enterprise and scrappy startup. I also spent ten years as CEO of Chromaplex, a software development company I scaled through the Entrepreneurs' Organization's Accelerator program.
The technology bug bit early. I taught myself HTML in the 6th grade, freelanced through college in San Francisco, and built through the startup scene of the 2010s. Some things don't wear off.
Personal

Lyra trusts me, and so should you!
When I'm not working with clients, you'll find me cooking, gardening, and hiking with my dog Lyra. I'm currently learning Spanish and woodworking, and I maintain an active interest in neuroscience research.
Have Questions?
Schedule a 30-minute call and tell me about your business's problems and I'll tell you how AI can help.
Or call me directly: (503) 214-8181