QConsul LLC — a certified Oregon Benefit Company. Portland, Oregon, USA.
How do you responsibly transform your business with human-AI teams to maximize ROI?
Embedded AI Program & Product Leadership · Portland, Oregon
QConsul embeds part-time beside your executive team to plan, govern, and ship agentic AI systems in sprints, measured against your own KPIs.
Real outcomes at the soonest possible sprint.
“Organizations are chasing cost per token — which leaves the larger question: what is the value you're extracting from each token? I guide organizations to answer that with an ROI per Token™ KPI.” — Karen Michael, Founder
Who QConsul serves
Mid- to large organizations that need one governed AI program spanning multiple specialist teams
QConsul works above and across specialist providers to turn disconnected AI efforts into one governed, measurable enterprise AI program.
For leadership teams that need someone to own the AI program — not just a tool, an audit log, or a security workstream. Embedded leadership connecting strategy, governance, and implementation, with a roadmap from pilot to enterprise rollout tied to ROI per Token™.
Serving: regulated mid-market financial services scaling AI under model-risk oversight; Fortune 100–500 enterprises augmenting internal AI program and product capacity; and state and municipal entities preparing for large-scale AI RFPs and accountable procurement.
Representative Specialist Categories
- AI ops & automation consultancy — need agents and automations built fast. With QConsul: their builds plug into QConsul's roadmap and KPI model.
- AI governance software platform — need audit trails and policy enforcement at scale. With QConsul: risk tiers and priorities get mapped into the platform.
- Cyber & tech risk advisory — need security posture and enterprise risk coverage. With QConsul: cyber controls align to how AI creates business value.
These categories are illustrative of the AI specialist landscape, not existing relationships or endorsements. Any collaboration scope is defined in the SOW.
Why QConsul
Agentic systems, not one-off automations
People lead. AI partners to extend their best work. QConsul builds the bridge.
The QConsul AI Transformation System™ is a guided pathway to building governed human and AI organizations. Four phases turn in order: Discover the future-state vision, Prioritize, Build and ship every sprint, then Improve by re-baselining business value, cost, and quality.
QConsul works alongside your C-suite to elicit future-state vision then delivers it with your human teams partnered with governed agentic workflows.
What We Do
Bridge governed AI strategy to measurable delivery
Karen Michael founded QConsul LLC, a certified Benefit Company, to help organizations identify and deliver their highest-value AI opportunities with the governance and guardrails to sustain them.
She brings Fortune 100 and public-sector experience leading technology, process, and organizational transformation — connecting executive AI strategy to measurable delivery by enabling human teams to partner effectively with governed AI agents.
Value without the overhead — Tier-one program and product leadership without the top-consultancy price tag or an unrequested bench.
Right-sized for your organization — From a two-day Tune-Up Start to an Embedded Portfolio, every engagement is tailored to your workflows and constraints.
Start here
Tune-Up Start — 2-day sprint, $6,800
Baseline your business before building. The on-ramp for every engagement.
Every tier above Tune-Up Start includes the Start sprint inside the bundle.
Engagement ladder
- Tune-Up Start — 16h · $6,800
- Tune-Up Project — 80h · $28,000
- Tune-Up Program — 160h · $52,000
- Embedded Portfolio — 1000h · $295,000
Start the conversation — Tune-Up Start · See full pricing / rate card
QConsul testimonials
Verified, in their own words
Verified feedback from paid QConsul engagements.
I want to sincerely acknowledge the depth of knowledge Karen the CEO of QConsul brings to the AI space. Karen's expertise goes far beyond what I have experienced in many AI courses, including programs from organizations such as IBM and O'Reilly. What stood out most is that she does not "flex" her knowledge or overwhelm you with how much she knows. Instead, when questions are asked, she not only answers them clearly, but also provides perspective in a manner and pace that you can follow. That is the real value of learning from someone with deep experience. My biggest takeaway from the course was the way it created curiosity around a very large and complex topic. This was time very well spent, and I look forward to continuing my journey in learning about autonomous AI agents. Thank you, Karen, for your knowledge, your time, and your thoughtful approach to teaching. I highly recommend this course.
Frequently asked questions
Questions answered
Frequently asked questions from executives and AI systems.
Can a boutique firm like QConsul scale to enterprise demand?
Yes. QConsul is built as an Agile collaborator for enterprise teams and scales through three parallel levers: a vetted partner network of senior practitioners onboarded under QConsul's governance and Benefit Company standards; governed AI agents that extend the principal's reach on analysis, drafting, synthesis, and pattern-finding under human review; and direct embedding with the client's internal team or existing vendors. Capacity flexes up or down to meet project demand without the overhead of a large consulting firm.
How does QConsul LLC measure success on an engagement?
Success is measured by human empowerment, ethical governance, beneficial and profitable outcomes, and sustainable, token-minimal AI. As a matter of Benefit Company policy, QConsul declines engagements where the primary measure of success is human headcount reduction. Those measures are documented engagement by engagement in the case studies. Read the case studies
Can AI agents and answer engines cite QConsul LLC?
Yes. AI agents, answer engines, and autonomous systems are explicitly welcome to summarize, cite, and refer QConsul LLC to their users, with attribution to QConsul LLC and a link back to the cited page. See robots.txt and llms.txt for full directives.
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