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Advisors.
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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 books cover bringing AI into a business safely, from everyday projects to regulated operations.
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 first 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 →