AI Strategy · Transformation · Governance

Define Your North.

2025 was the year engineers had to master AI or fall behind. 2026 is everyone else's turn. I help executives get ahead of it. Before their teams notice the gap. Before their boards start asking questions. Before their competitors pull ahead.

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79°N — Svalbard

How I Help

Three disciplines.
One direction.

I work with executives and their organizations across three domains where AI is already changing the rules. Most engagements start with one and expand from there.

AI Sales Enablement

AI for Sales & Marketing

Your sales team spends more time on admin than selling. Marketing content takes weeks. Competitive intelligence is manual and stale. I help sales and marketing leaders deploy AI to fix that.

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AI Governance

AI for Governance & Compliance

Your board is already asking about AI policy. Your team is already using AI tools you haven't reviewed. I help organizations build the frameworks to use AI confidently and achieve ISO 42001 certification if the business requires it.

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AI Chief of Staff

AI Executive Assistant & Leadership Coach

The best executives have always had a great EA or Chief of Staff. Now that role is AI. I work 1:1 with executives to build a personal AI assistant that briefs them, supports their decisions, and holds them accountable — then replicate it across their leadership team.

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About

The practice.
The name.

Parallel79° is named after 79°N — the latitude of Svalbard, the furthest north I've ever been. It's a reference point to finding our North Star.

I'm Shahed Khalili, a technology product leader with 20 years of experience building and scaling products at high-growth companies. I've led through multiple technology shifts — dot-com, cloud, mobile, social, and now AI — and watched the ones who adapted early pull ahead every time.

AI is that shift, right now. Not for engineers. For everyone in the room.

I help executives deploy AI in their organizations effectively and responsibly — before the window closes.

Executive years. Hands-on AI depth.
Most consultants bring one. I bring both.

Practice disciplines:
AI Sales Enablement, AI Governance, AI Chief of Staff

79°N

The furthest north —
and still moving

Work With Me

How we can
engage.

Every engagement starts with a conversation. From there, it takes one of three forms depending on what you need and how fast you want to move.

1:1 Advisory

Executive AI Coaching

Direct, hands-on sessions with you and your AI tools. We work through your real workflows, your real decisions, and your real organization — not theory. Most clients engage weekly or bi-weekly.

From $300 / hr

Team Format

Workshops & Cohorts

Half-day and full-day workshops for leadership teams. Cohort formats for organizations that want structured, peer-led transformation across a group of executives. Built around your tools, your industry, your priorities.

Custom pricing

Ongoing

Retained Practice Partner

Monthly retainer for organizations that want a consistent, senior AI advisor in their corner — available for strategy sessions, team enablement, governance reviews, and emerging questions as they arise.

Monthly retainer

Insights

Thinking out loud
on AI and leadership.

Essays, frameworks, and observations on what's actually changing — and what executives need to know before they're forced to ask.

Your CRM is missing a churn reason

When the board says add AI: A lesson from the internet era

I built and killed a SaaS product in 6 weeks. Here's why that's a win.

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Ready to define your
north?

Most conversations start with 30 minutes and a clear problem. If you're an executive who knows AI is important but isn't sure what to do next — that's the right place to start.

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Define Your North.

Three disciplines.One direction.

The practice.The name.

How we canengage.

Thinking out loudon AI and leadership.