Practitioners.
Advisors.
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Don and Larisa Sykes lead Sykesystem, a practice that helps organizations implement AI safely and effectively in operations that have to work and have to be auditable. Their first book releases through 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.
Program governance in operations that get reviewed
Where AI has to produce an audit trail, not just an answer. Governance frameworks, model use policy, and integration design for operations under external review. Federal, state, and commercial environments where compliance is the constraint.
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 as three scoped engagements: Diagnostic, Design, and Deploy. Remote-first. Inbound only.
See advisory →Don Sykes
Principal. Seventeen years of program and portfolio leadership on federal 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 →