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The Certified
Chief AI Officer
Program

A 6-week executive accelerator that gives leaders a repeatable framework for turning business challenges into executable, fundable, governed AI-native initiatives — validated by the World AI Council.

Executives are joining the program from elite organizations
Nestlé
Accenture
Worldline
QNB
South State Bank
Adobe
Cayman Islands Government
Government of Canada
5,000+
Executives since 2018
700+
Initiatives
12+
Sectors and domains
Dual-accredited by
World AI Council
Professional Development Institute
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Why now

AI has changed the corporate operating model — forever.

For decades, software sped up each step of the work — a person still did it. AI can now perform the step itself, so organizations can scale, improve quality, cut cost, and personalize service without growing headcount the old way.

Before — a person did every step
Review Draft Analyze Classify Route Monitor Serve Customers
Decide Approve
Now — AI does most of it
Review Draft Analyze Classify Route Monitor Serve Customers
Decide Approve
Where the AI/human line in knowledge work has moved — green is a step AI performs, red is a step a human still does.
AI now does the work Operations must be redesigned around AI Every redesign starts as an AI initiative
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The method gap

Companies are trying to transform with methods built for the old world.

Every enterprise reaching for AI relies on one of three playbooks — and each one breaks before the work is done.

How enterprises try today — and where it breaks
Workshops & Spreadsheets

Ideas surface. Little gets validated with evidence or ownership.

A fragmented chain

Business, finance, tech, and risk get built separately — never as one case.

Traditional Consulting

Thorough, but slow, bespoke, and hard to repeat in-house.

A pace too slow to keep up

Months of work — by the time it's ready, priorities have moved on.

Technology-First Pilots

Tools get picked before the underlying work is redesigned.

A workflow left untouched

AI gets bolted onto the old process instead of redesigning it.

The result: AI initiatives stay hard to fund, hard to govern, and hard to implement.
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About the program

Introducing the Chief AI Officer Program.

A live, practical, highly personalized six-week program preparing a new breed of AI-native leaders. You'll build a fundable, governed AI initiative ready for implementation, keep a framework you can reuse in any organization — and have your work validated by the World AI Council.

Join the Program
6
Weeks
One focused executive sprint — not a semester.
4h
Per week
Two live sessions, designed around your calendar.
Live
On Zoom
No travel. A global cohort in the room.
8–10
Per cohort
Deliberately small — every voice at the table.
100%
Expert-led
Operators who run AI transformation in the field.
1:1
Coaching
Private sessions on your initiative, throughout.
Live session schedule Live on Zoom
Every
Monday
Every
Thursday
Program time
6:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern Europe (EET)

Between sessions: one-on-one coaching on your initiative, whenever you need it.

The program covers all sectors and domains
Financial Services Healthcare Government & Public Sector Defense & Security Energy & Utilities Manufacturing Retail & Consumer Education
Marketing Cybersecurity Finance & Accounting Human Resources Operations Customer Experience Legal & Compliance Data & Analytics
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The role

What a Chief AI Officer owns.

01
Owns the AI agenda
One accountable executive for strategy, priorities, and results.
02
Redesigns the work
Rebuilds workflows around AI instead of bolting tools onto broken processes.
03
Builds the business case
Sized value, clear owners, and funding logic the CFO can sign.
04
Governs the risk
Bias, security, explainability and oversight — resolved before launch.
05
Leads the execution
Build, buy, pilot, scale, or stop — and answers to the board.
Who should join this program
C-Level Executives & Transformation Leaders

You answer for AI results. Leave with a working method — not another vendor demo.

Lead the agenda
Department Heads & Product Owners

You run a team, a budget or a product — and want to be the one who makes AI real inside it.

Own the initiative
Policy & Regulatory Decision-Makers

You set the rules others follow — govern AI from real understanding, not briefings.

Govern with depth
Consultants & Domain Experts

Your expertise is the product. Add a proven method — and the credential to lead AI work for clients.

Advise with proof
Good to know
No technical background needed
You don't need to code, or come from engineering, to succeed here.
Not a coding program
No programming involved — the focus is strategy, governance, and execution.
You don't need to be a CAIO
Dept. managers and domain experts transforming a legacy operation belong here.
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The curriculum

Every stage builds toward one capstone: your AI initiative.

Across the six weeks below, you'll run the framework on a real challenge from your own organization — the same steps a CAIO uses to turn a legacy operation into an executable, fundable, governed AI-native initiative, validated over two years with 100+ industry experts. Keep the AI Transformation OS afterward to build evidence-based initiatives across other departments and value streams.

Wk Stage What you do Key focus areas
01
Foundations & Context Build real AI fluency and find where the value hides in your own domain.
TerminologiesFoundationsMarket Signals
02
Tools & Agents Get hands-on with AI tools, prompt engineering, and agentic workflows.
AI ToolsPrompt & Context EngineeringAgentic AI
03
Opportunity Diagnosis & Business Modelling Redesign a legacy workflow AI-native and build the value case that wins buy-in.
Workflow DiagnosticsProblem & Value CaseBusiness Model Canvas
04
Solution, Readiness & Financial Case Set the solution strategy and back it with a financial case your CFO can't dismiss.
Solution StrategyReadiness ReviewFinancial Case
05
Governance & Risk Modelling Wrap your initiative in board-grade governance and responsible-AI practice.
Governance & RiskRegulatory ComplianceResponsible AI
06
Final Initiative Pitch & CAIO CertificationCapstone
Present your initiative to the World AI Council and graduate as a certified CAIO.
Final PresentationInitiative RoadmapCAIO Certification
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What you walk out with

Proof, not a certificate of attendance.

The certification PDI–WAIX CAIO Certificate

Reviewed by a World AI Council committee. Awarded on approval — a credential backed by evidence.

A validated AI initiative
A real, governed use case — validated by the World AI Council.
The CAIO credential
Awarded on evidence, verifiable anywhere.
A reusable toolkit
Diagnosis, business case, readiness, governance.
Sharp AI judgment
Know what to automate, fund, govern, and scale.
A leadership network
Lifetime access to the World AI Council community.
Your path to the CAIO seat
Step forward as CAIO, lead, or trusted advisor.
5,000+
Executives since 2018
700+
Initiatives
12+
Sectors & domains
100+
Council experts
Accredited by
World AI Council
Professional Development Institute
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Experts

By industry experts, for industry experts.

The program is delivered and shaped by experts who run AI transformation in the field — and pressure-tested by the 200+ experts of the World AI Council.

Sam Obeidat, MGM 🇨🇦
President & CAIO
World AI X Ventures
Dr. Mohd Jamal 🇦🇪
Head of Strategy
World AI X Ventures
Eng. Martin Cortes 🇧🇪
Head of Industrialization
Worldline Merchant Services
Eric Salveggio 🇺🇸
Privacy & Security Consultant
Kivu Consulting
Declan Burke 🇳🇿
Head of Information Technology
AoFrio
Eng. Ulises Martins 🇦🇷
Product Manager; CAIO
DialPad · UTN FRBA
Neda Parnian, PhD 🇨🇦
VP Innovation & Digital Transformation
Summit Interconnect
Dr. Fabrizio Degni 🇮🇹
Chief of AI
webuild
Eng. Elier Cruz 🇲🇽
Global Enterprise Security Architect
Check Point Software
Shekhar Kachole 🇳🇱
Chief Technology Officer
Confidential · Netherlands
Thomas C. Grow II 🇺🇸
Co-founder & CEO
ThinkRack
Kuntal Malia 🇮🇳
Chief Data & Insights Officer
Metro Brands Limited, India
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What members say

Loved by AI-native leaders.

Executives and consultants from 12+ sectors — on what changed after six weeks.

Praveen Sachdev
Sr. Advisor, Banking & Digital Transformation

"I went from using AI for fun to leading serious, business-focused AI. I now drive AI initiatives in banking with confidence."

Eric Berdan
Sr. Director, Business Optimization · Nestlé

"AI doesn't fix problems — it amplifies them. I learned to apply AI responsibly. It exceeded all my expectations."

Nicole Oladuji
Chief AI Officer · Praktikertjänst AB

"Highly valuable and practical. I've already implemented the frameworks with real success — the governance work especially."

Ghassan Kebbe
Executive Director & Board Member

"It structured my thinking end-to-end — from problem definition to governance. A real mindset shift."

Karine Megerdoomian
Founder & AI Scientist · Zurna Technology

"I joined for a systematic approach to AI strategy — and that's exactly what I got. Extremely valuable governance models."

Nadin Allahham
Chief Specialist · Dubai Media Office

"It simplified AI and gave me a clear structure to apply it practically and responsibly."

Eric Salveggio
Lead U.S. GRC, Privacy & Security · Kivu

"It gave me the structure and confidence to step into AI leadership — already opening high-level opportunities."

Madonna Ghanem
Founder & Data Scientist · Biosphere SPA

"It bridged AI and business for me. I built solutions before but couldn't present them — now I can."

Martin Cortes
Head of Industrialization · Worldline

"It exposed me to agentic AI frameworks — and helped me evolve my project using real tools and platforms."

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Featured use cases

Real initiatives, built by leaders like you.

Maritime
AI Maritime Command Center

Brings vessel, port, and weather data together into one live operating picture for maritime teams.

Samer Yamak
Sr. Director, Consulting Services
Public Safety
Emergency Dispatch Intelligent Assistant

Triages emergency calls in seconds and guides dispatchers toward a faster, safer response.

Muttaz Alshahrani
IT & Digital Transformation Mgr.
Payments
AI-Powered Merchant Onboarding

Merchant onboarding, minus the friction — KYC and risk checks guided end to end.

Ravikiran Karanam
Head of IT Transformation · Corpay
Manufacturing
Frictionless Manufacturing System

Senses operational friction across manufacturing and clears it before production feels it.

Eric Berdan
Sr. Director, Business Optimization · Nestlé
Corp. Governance
AI Board Co-Pilot

Turns board governance into audit-ready, execution-driven decision-making.

Ghassan Kebbe
Board Advisor & Mgmt. Consultant
Marketing
MarketHack.ai

Campaigns run end to end through agentic AI — people set strategy, the platform executes.

Thomas C. Grow II
Principal Consultant · MindSlate
Education
Accreditation & Change Review Assistant

Accreditation and major-change reviews that once meant months of paperwork now move through one structured assistant.

Dr. Eman Al Naamani
Director, Institutional Quality Assurance · OAQA
AI Governance
AI Governance Intake Advisor (AGIA)

Every proposed AI use case passes through AGIA, which weighs its risk and routes it down the right governance path.

Donna Ward
Global VP, InfoSec & AI Governance · BCD Travel
Fin. Regulation
CIMA Supervisory Risk Copilot

A copilot for financial regulators surfaces supervisory risk signals and ranks where attention is needed first.

Srikanth Valluru
Enterprise Architect · Cayman Islands Gov.
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The investment

Straightforward pricing. Everything included.

One payment covers more than one cohort — once you're in, you can join any cohort that runs in the next 12 months, as many times as you'd like.

Pay in full8–10 seats / cohort
US$ 4,500/ seat

One payment. The full six weeks, coaching, council review, and certification.

3-month plan
$1,650/ month × 3

The same program and certification — spread over three payments.

Every seat includes
6-week live executive program
Executable, governed AI-native initiative — ready for implementation
CAIO credential — WAIC + PDI accredited
One-on-one coaching sessions
Validated frameworks & operating system
Exclusive access to our Executive Community
Only 8–10 seats accepted per cohort, from applicants around the world.
For Enterprises
Host a private cohort — a full AI transformation for your leadership.
Executives and department managers, prepared together
An AI operating model, implemented
A portfolio of AI initiatives with a roadmap, ready to implement after the program
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Now enrolling

Bring one real challenge.
Leave with an AI initiative you can act on.

Whether you're leading your own AI initiative, advising clients, or scaling AI across an enterprise — we'll help you move from interest to an evidence-based, executable, fundable, governed AI business case that's ready for implementation.

Apply to the Next Cohort → Book a Call
Accredited by World AI Council
Professional Development Institute
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FAQ

Questions, answered.

01
Do I need a technical background?
No. The program is built for business and domain leaders — strategy, governance, business modelling, and leadership, not code. No programming experience is required.
02
How much time does it take?
Four hours a week for six weeks: two live 2-hour sessions on Zoom (Mondays and Thursdays), plus optional one-on-one coaching scheduled around your calendar.
03
What do I actually build during the program?
One real initiative — from your organization, a client's if you consult, or your own venture if you're a founder. Week by week you take it through use-case discovery, business modelling, readiness and governance — and finish with a complete AI strategy presented to the World AI Council.
04
What if I miss a live session?
Every session is recorded, and your one-on-one coaching keeps your initiative on track. The program is designed for full executive calendars.
05
Who certifies the credential?
Your final initiative is reviewed by a World AI Council committee, and certification is awarded on approval. The CAIO credential is accredited by the World AI Council (WAIC) and the Professional Development Institute (PDI).
06
What is included in the $4,500 fee?
Everything: the six-week live program, one-on-one coaching, all frameworks and templates, the council review of your initiative, the CAIO credential, and lifetime access to the community.
07
Can I enroll my team?
Yes. Private team cohorts run at US$35,000 for up to 12 seats — one sector, shared initiative — or as a custom enterprise engagement with multiple cohorts per year.
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