AI Strategy · Transformation · Governance
Are you leading the AI transformation?
Most AI rollouts stall — not because the tools failed, but because the organization wasn't led through the change. We fix that.
Book a Free Consulting SessionThe Problem
Most AI rollouts fail.
The numbers are brutal.
How we work
Three things that have to come before and alongside the transformation.
Most transformations fail in the gap between buying the tools and changing how the organization actually operates. We close that gap.
A strategy that's actually yours.
Not a generic AI roadmap. A clear decision about where AI creates the most leverage in your organization — your sales cycle, your operations, your team structure. Without this, every department chases different tools toward different goals.
Governance that enables, not restricts.
Most executives hear governance and think compliance. It's the opposite. Governance is the sandbox — the defined space where your people can move fast and experiment without fear. Without it, your best people slow down because they don't know what's allowed. With it, they run.
Change leadership that actually sticks.
This is where rollouts die. The tools work. The people don't change. Transformation has to be led — from the top, through every function. That means knowing how to communicate the shift, model it, and bring your teams along without losing the culture you've built.
Your partners
The people behind
the work.
Shahed Khalili
AI Strategy & Governance · Founder, Parallel79°
Twenty years as a technology product executive. At Galvanize, helped grow the company from a $400M to a $36B addressable market — reaching $100M in revenue and a $1B acquisition. At Boast AI, led the transformation to an AI-native engineering organization while building agentic automation that improved output quality and profit margins.
Shahed works with AI every day and translates that hands-on fluency into practical, executable strategy for executive teams who don't have time for theory.
Atta Emami
Transforming Leadership & Organizational Intelligence
Certified executive coach and Forbes Coaches Council member. Atta spent six and a half years at Shopify building leadership and culture programs that shaped how tens of thousands of employees worked. One of the few practitioners who works equally at the level of organizational systems and individual leadership behavior.
Atta has led change management initiatives across technology, banking, healthcare, energy, and public safety. His role is to ensure the human side of transformation actually delivers.
The conversation
starts here.
A 30-minute call to understand where you are, where you want to go, and whether we're the right fit to help you get there. No pitch. No obligation.
Book a Free Consulting Sessionshahed@parallel79.com · parallel79.com
