Practitioners.
Advisors.
Authors.
Don and Larisa Sykes lead Sykesystem, a practice that puts AI to work in the parts of a business that run on records: jobs, inventory, equipment, orders, and invoices. The goal is to fix specific pain points, raising quality while cutting cost and time. Their first book was published by Sykesystem Publishing in October 2026.
The work
AI integration in small and midsize businesses
Closing resource and capability gaps so a small operation can compete beyond its headcount. Practical adoption of AI into the workflows already carrying the business, without a rebuild and without a new engineering team to maintain.
Records that hold up when someone checks
For operations that answer to a CPA, a lender, an insurer, or a regulator. Controls, model use policy, and integration design so AI-assisted records match what happened on the ground, in commercial and state and local environments.
Operational-system modernization
ERP, CMMS, and adjacent operational systems reworked with AI-integrated workflows. Multi-site and international operations where AI is part of the operating model, not a bolt-on. The book covers one application of the methodology; the practice covers the pattern.
AI belongs where the record has to hold up. Sykesystem Advisory
Advisory
Sykesystem Advisory delivers AI integration work beginning with a two-week Readiness Assessment. Larger operations start with a Diagnostic. Both lead to Design and Deploy, with training and ongoing advisory available. Remote-first.
See advisory →Don Sykes
Principal. Twenty years of operations and program leadership across commercial work, consulting, and international contracts. MBA, PMP, CFM, CPPM, Six Sigma Black Belt, Purdue post-graduate AI/ML.
About Don →Larisa Sykes
Partner. Senior Program Property Manager with international experience carrying billion-dollar property records to full audit readiness. CPPA, ISO 9001 Internal Auditor, ACTFL Superior.
About Larisa →