Sixth City AI Consulting for Small Businesses in Northeast Ohio

Start small, prove value fast, and scale with confidence. Explore our services by role, function, package, or location.

Local AI Consulting

We’re hands-on in Northeast Ohio—showing up on-site when it matters and staying responsive between visits.

Areas: Cleveland • Summit • Portage • Stark • Medina
Best for: owners and teams who want a trusted, nearby partner to kickstart or steady their AI adoption.

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What We Do

A simple, phased process built for real businesses—no jargon, no fluff.

Assess & Align

Map workflows, clean data, define ethical boundaries.

Discover AI Opportunities

Identify repeatable, rules-based tasks ideal for automation.

Prepare People & Culture

Build trust, reduce fear, foster AI-curious mindsets.

Deploy & Adopt

Run pilots, integrate tools, train teams, track impact.

Optimize & Expand

Improve outputs, scale wins, establish smart governance.

Fractional Program Support

Ongoing help refining prompts, tools, and team confidence.

AI SERVICES OFFERED

Start small, prove value fast, and scale with confidence. Explore our services by role, function, package, or location.

LOCAL CONSULTING

AI Consulting for Northeast Ohio

We’re hands-on in Northeast Ohio—showing up on-site when it matters and staying responsive between visits.

Areas: Cleveland • Summit • Portage • Stark • Medina
Best for: owners and teams who want a trusted, nearby partner to kickstart or steady their AI adoption.

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Individual AI Services

AI Foundations for Individuals

One-to-one coaching to build daily AI habits, prompt craft, and tool fluency.

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Core AI Services

AI Strategy & Advisory

Roadmaps, use-case prioritization, ROI modeling, and vendor selection without hype.

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AI Implementation & Technical Services

Pilot builds, workflow automation, data prep, and secure integrations—done with an eye toward maintainability.

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AI Training & Cultural Enablement

Practical sessions that upskill staff, align leaders, and reduce risk through policy and guardrails

Training & Cultural Enablement

FUNCTIONAL FOCUS

AI Foundations for HR (HR Leadership in AI)

Use AI responsibly for recruiting, onboarding, policy, and internal comms—without tripping legal or ethical wires.

HR Foundations

AI Foundations for Leadership

Equip executives and managers to make smart, fast decisions about AI investments and change management.

Leadership Foundations

AI Foundations for Governance

Right-sized governance: risk assessment, role-based guardrails, acceptable use, and human-in-the-loop.

Governance Foundations

AI Workshops

Foundations for Teams

A fast, interactive workshop that gets everyone speaking the same AI language and producing safe, useful outputs.

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Enterprise AI Business Packages

Choose the starting line that matches your ambition and readiness. Every package includes lightweight governance and change support.

Start — Quick Win Package (AI Kick-Start)

Prove value with a tightly scoped pilot and measurable outcome in weeks.

Start Package

Growth — Pilot-to-Product Package (AI Accelerator)

Graduate from “cool demo” to a supported, documented internal tool.

Growth Package

Full Integration Package (AI Leadership)

Integrate with core systems, add monitoring & formalize support models.

Scale Package

Transition — Human Transition Package (AI Culture, Coaching & Transition)

Upskill leaders and teams, update workflows, and embed new operating rhythms.

Transition Package

We offer a Fractional AI Program Manager retainer Service

Many SMBs can’t hire a full-time AI-focus role; bundling roadmap governance, vendor coordination, and quarterly optimization reviews. That's where we can give you ongoing help.

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Our Culture & Talent Philosophy

We operate with lean, cross-functional squads. Each engagement team can design prompts in the morning, connect APIs by lunch, and lead adoption workshops by afternoon. We hire for curiosity, humility, and client empathy—skills that let technologists explain transformers in plain English.

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Employees fear being replaced by AI? We can help!

Sixth City AI's Change-management workshops leverage empathy and education to help reframe AI as a time-creation tool for work-life balance, a productivity force multiplier or creativity of thought. We train staff on prompt design, oversight, upskilling them as 'Agent-Bosses' and continuous improvement.

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Meet the Leadership Team

Our Cleveland, Akron and Kent Ohio roots ground us in Midwestern values: hard work, transparency, and community impact.

Edward Jacak

Founder & Principal AI Consultant, Sixth City AI

AI Evangelist and Consultant, Co-Founder of Alloy Intelligence, Inc., experienced leader in business operations and marketing; adept at strategy, process optimization, and aligning goals for growth and client satisfaction.

Melinda Stahl

AI Readiness and Discovery Lead, Sixth City AI

Former healthcare IT auditor turned AI strategist, Melinda pinpoints data gaps, surfaces high-impact use cases, and steers people-first change. She blends regulatory savvy with crisp, actionable guidance—helping clients shift from AI curiosity to confident, results-driven adoption.

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