Fractional CTO, full-spectrum product leadership, and hands-on innovation
Steyaert Consulting helps startups and growing companies architect, build, and scale products that matter. From early strategy to implementation, we provide hands-on support and leadership across product, design, research, and engineering. We have deep expertise in weaving AI into products and workflows—not as a gimmick, but as a thoughtful enhancement to user experience, efficiency, and value. Whether you need a partner to scope your MVP or a fractional CTO to align your tech with your vision, we can help.
In addition to consulting, we offer execution support via trusted researchers, designers, and developers—enabling us to both design and ship high-quality apps, platforms, and internal tools. Our AI practice helps teams explore, prototype, and deploy ML and LLM-powered solutions responsibly and effectively, with an emphasis on transparency and user benefit.
With more than 25 years of experience leading product and technology efforts at companies like Whole Foods Market, Emerson, frog, argodesign, Sapient, and early-stage startups, Ian brings a rare combination of hands-on technical expertise and strategic product vision. He's led engineering teams, built consumer apps, architected complex back-end systems, and helped companies partner with firms like Apple, Google, and Square. Ian has worked with robotics companies and worked with the team that helped bring IBM's Watson to life, giving him a uniquely grounded perspective on how AI can elevate—not replace—human decision-making and design.
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