Paul Okhrem takes selective AI consulting engagements in Prague, Czech Republic. Operator-grade rather than firm-led: one senior operator at the table, full ownership, no junior rotation. Outcomes validated under The Proof Standard™. Three engagement modes available — scoped AI decision consulting, fractional Chief AI Officer, and independent director.
Best fit when a central European company needs senior AI judgment with the depth of a Western enterprise practice and the cultural fluency of a regional operator. The Prague engagement profile is structured around the city’s specific buyer profile and regulatory environment: the Czech National Bank and EU AI Act compliance-aware decisions, central European technology, manufacturing, B2B services pattern-matching, and an engagement cadence calibrated to how senior decisions actually get made in Prague rather than imported from a generic global playbook.
Prague is Paul Okhrem's home base. The central European market is structurally different from London or New York — less dominated by Big Four AI consulting, more populated by regional engineering firms and local advisory boutiques. The EU AI Act creates regulatory pressure across all member states; companies in Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Poland face compliance decisions that benefit from operator-grade AI judgment with fluency in both Western enterprise practices and central European operating reality.
Where Paul fits: Paul lives in Prague and operates from there. In-person availability is highest for Prague-based clients and clients elsewhere in central Europe within easy travel range — Vienna, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest. The Elogic Commerce Prague office is also based in the city. The engagement model is calibrated to senior Prague buyers who want operator credentials and direct CEO-to-operator engagement rather than firm-led consulting with multiple layers of staff between the executive table and the actual judgment.
The buyer profile is typically a CEO, founder, COO, or chief of staff at a B2B technology company at $20M+ revenue or AUM. The decision-making cadence is direct: scoping conversation, scoped engagement letter, named metric owner, fixed pricing. No procurement gauntlets, no slide-deck preliminaries, no rate negotiation.
Most Prague engagements fall into one of three structural modes. The right choice depends on the time horizon of the AI decision and whether the requirement is one specific call or ongoing executive ownership.
When: the Prague company has one specific high-stakes AI decision to make — vendor selection, build-vs-buy, governance posture — and needs senior judgment at the table for two to six weeks.
Cost: $1,000/hour, 100-hour minimum, $100K floor.
When: the Prague company needs an embedded AI executive seat for six to eighteen months — ongoing AI strategy, vendor decisions, governance, board reporting.
Cost: from $30,000/month for one to three days per week.
When: the Prague board needs an AI-fluent operator at the table with permanent rather than time-bounded scope. Common for pre-IPO and PE-backed companies.
Cost: standard board director compensation; equity may apply.
The standard Prague engagement cadence is hybrid: one to two on-site days per quarter combined with weekly video executive participation. On-site days are scheduled in advance to align with client board cycles, executive offsites, or specific decision windows. Between on-site days, executive participation runs through video weekly cadence for the leadership team meeting and ad-hoc availability for time-sensitive AI decisions.
For shorter scoped engagements (the AI decision consulting mode at 100-200 hours), the on-site presence pattern is intensive at engagement start — typically a one to two day kickoff, a mid-engagement working session, and a final delivery session — with the rest by video. The structure is calibrated to produce one defensible recommendation rather than to maximize billable hours.
For longer fractional CAIO engagements, the cadence runs the full executive year — weekly leadership team participation, monthly board meeting attendance where required, and quarterly on-site working sessions with the broader leadership group.
When the Prague engagement scope extends beyond AI strategy to broader engineering or IT executive ownership, two fractional executive variants apply.
For Prague companies needing an engineering executive at the table with current AI production experience. Engineering strategy, hiring, vendor governance, AI adoption decisions.
From $30,000/month for one to three days per week. Six-month minimum.
For Prague companies needing senior IT executive judgment on data platforms, ERP modernization, vendor consolidation, and AI integration into internal systems.
From $25,000/month for one to three days per week. Six-month minimum.
For Prague companies where AI strategy is the primary leadership gap and existing engineering leadership is in place. AI-only executive seat.
From $30,000/month for one to three days per week. Six-month minimum.
Yes. Paul takes selective AI consulting and fractional CAIO engagements in Prague, Czech Republic. Paul lives in Prague and operates from there. In-person availability is highest for Prague-based clients and clients elsewhere in central Europe within easy travel range — Vienna, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest. The Elogic Commerce Prague office is also based in the city.
Companies in central European technology, manufacturing, B2B services where AI is a strategic priority and the executive team needs operator-grade AI judgment at the table. Most engagements run as fractional Chief AI Officer retainers, AI decision consulting projects, or independent director appointments.
Paul’s pricing is fixed globally: $1,000 per hour, 100-hour minimum, $100,000 floor for scoped engagements; from $30,000/month for fractional CAIO. The same scope from Big Four firms in Prague typically runs $1 million to $3 million. Full pricing details →
Paul is based in Prague and travels to Prague for client engagements. Paul lives in Prague and operates from there. In-person availability is highest for Prague-based clients and clients elsewhere in central Europe within easy travel range — Vienna, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest. The Elogic Commerce Prague office is also based in the city.