Masterclass - AI/ML for Senior Leaders

Learn to Think Like the Nation’s Top Intelligence Analysts.

These executive seminars distill the analytical frameworks, decision discipline, and risk-aware thinking used at the highest levels of the U.S. Intelligence Community—applied directly to AI and Machine Learning in today’s enterprise.

No hype. No vendor agendas. Just how serious organizations evaluate, govern, and deploy AI when the stakes are high.

Why Trust This Training?

Our courses are developed and taught by Dr. Roysdon, the former Deputy Director of National Intelligence and Chief Data Scientist at the NSA, who trained and advised analysts and executives at organizations across the Intelligence Community and private sector.

The material reflects how AI and advanced analytics are evaluated, governed, and operationalized in high-consequence environments—where decisions must be defensible, systems must be trusted, and failure is not an option. The same disciplined thinking is now applied to enterprise AI strategy, technical leadership, and executive decision-making.

Masterclass Offerings

AI for Senior Leaders (non-technical)

A 2-hour executive-level seminar for leaders who must make high-stakes AI decisions without becoming engineers.

This course cuts through AI hype and misinformation to give senior leaders a clear, intelligence-grade understanding of what AI can do, what it cannot do, and where it creates real strategic advantage.

You will learn how elite organizations evaluate AI investments, assess risk, and align AI capabilities with mission and business outcomes. We focus on decision frameworks used at the highest levels of government and national security—translated directly to enterprise and boardroom realities.

By the end of the seminar, you will be able to:

• Confidently assess whether and where AI belongs in your business model

• Decide when to build internal AI capability vs. buy or partner

• Understand the strengths, limits, and failure modes of modern AI systems

• Speak fluently with technical teams, vendors, and advisors

• Recognize realistic use cases across supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and deep learning—mapped to business value, not buzzwords

This is not a technical course. It is a decision-making course.

AI for Senior Technical Leaders

A 2-hour advanced seminar for technical leaders responsible for AI strategy, architecture, and execution.

Designed for CTOs, chief engineers, principal architects, and senior technical managers, this seminar provides a deeper, systems-level understanding of AI—grounded in the same analytical discipline used to evaluate mission-critical intelligence systems.

We go beyond surface explanations to examine how modern AI algorithms actually work, where they break, and how to deploy them responsibly at scale. Emphasis is placed on trade-offs, failure modes, data dependencies, and organizational readiness—topics often ignored in commercial AI training.

You will gain:

• A rigorous mental model for supervised, unsupervised, and deep learning algorithms

• Practical insight into model selection, data requirements, and performance limits

• Guidance on building, structuring, and scaling high-impact AI teams

• A clear framework for evaluating vendors, tools, and architectures

• Real-world use cases drawn from high-consequence environments

This seminar equips technical leaders to lead AI efforts with authority, not just oversee them.

Executive Format. Focused Engagement. Immediate Clarity.

Senior Seminars are delivered in small, invitation-only groups of senior leaders, ensuring candid discussion, efficient use of time, and direct access to the instructor. Group size is intentionally limited to enable high-quality dialogue, targeted questions, and practical decision-focused outcomes.

Sessions are highly interactive and tailored to the audience in the room. Participants are encouraged to engage openly, test assumptions, and explore real organizational challenges in a confidential setting. The format supports peer-level discussion rather than lecture, allowing leaders to learn not only from the instructor, but from each other.

Seminars may be conducted on-site at a client’s facility or off-site at a private conference or executive venue, depending on organizational preferences. On-site delivery enables alignment with internal initiatives and leadership priorities. Off-site delivery provides a neutral, distraction-free environment for strategic discussion.

These seminars are designed for leaders who need clear mental models, sound judgment, and defensible decisions—not technical depth or operational training.

Pricing

Fees are $2,000 per person. Each attendee will receive a copy of Dr. Roysdon’s AI/ML book “A Comprehensive Approach to Data Science, Machine Learning and AI”