00 · UP FRONT
Prioritize
Decided with your team, then applied to everything new.
- Scored on cost, risk and expected value
- Today's cost measured, so day 90 has a baseline
AI portfolio management
Which of your AI initiatives are worth the money?
One standard. Every initiative, the ones running now and the ones that haven't started yet.
I score every AI initiative you have, build the system that keeps scoring the new ones, and stay long enough to check the value showed up.
Naanya doesn't build the AI. It brings one standard to what gets funded, gated, deferred or stopped.
What's actually going wrong?
Your best people are solving real problems. Your process just can't see it.
Large enterprises are already staffing this role. HP, eBay, Scotiabank and U.S. Bank, at $166K to $266K. Mid-market has the same problem, and it still needs answering.
The spend is visible. The hard part is the meeting where the CEO asks which of these is working, and nobody can answer.
Today, unmanaged
Lead-scoring model no owner
Sales-call summariser unapproved tool
Pricing-page copy unreviewed
Churn-prediction pilot no baseline
Support macro generator customer data?
Contract redline NDA?
Cross-repo search source egress
QBR deck builder financials
Resume screening PII risk
Onboarding email bot no owner
Renewal-risk scoring bias
CRM data cleanup stalled
Nobody can say which are working, who owns them, or what they cost.
With Naanya, one live portfolio
Data risk and funding are two different questions. Low risk is not a reason to keep something.
37tracked
20low risk
11medium
6high
IDInitiativeData riskDecision
A-01Lead-scoring modelLOWFunded
A-08Churn-prediction pilotMEDFunded · POC
A-19Contract redline assistantHIGHFunded · gated
A-05Support macro generatorLOWNot funded
A-22QBR deck builderMEDDeferred
A-40CRM data cleanupLOWStopped
14funded
18not funded, on purpose
5stopped
Day 90value measured
Owned, tiered, gated. Dead ones cut. Live ones proven at day 90.
An illustrative portfolio, not a past client. Your first call replaces it with yours.
An illustrative portfolio, not a past client. Your first call replaces it with yours.
Who you'd work with
Lakshmi Peri
Eighteen years running enterprise transformation and go-to-market program operations, most recently at Intuit. Portfolios where the decision was expensive and the deadline was real.
How does it work?
Nothing runs without an owner, a baseline, and a decision date.
A light layer around your AI work. Starts before a dollar is spent, stays long after launch. Risk boundaries stay with IT, Legal and Security. Naanya works inside them.
Prioritizescored
Prove valuetime-boxed
Implementgated
Runowned
Monitorvalue held
↻ repeats every quarter, and whenever something new arrives
That is the path every initiative takes. Below is the rhythm that keeps it moving.
01 · ONE-TIME
Implement
Nine core mechanisms, built to your org.
- Intake form, review criteria, risk tiering, POC scorecard
- Tool registry, readiness checklist, review workflow
- Exec reporting cadence, adoption loop
02 · WEEKLY
Running the flow
Every new initiative scored on entry.
- Intakes triaged, risk tier set, owners enforced
- No gate, no production
03 · MONTHLY + QUARTERLY
Running the cadences
Re-prioritized, not just reviewed.
- Graduate-or-close reviews
- Whole portfolio re-scored, not only the strugglers
If you already have a transformation lead, Naanya works for them. They own the portfolio and the room. I build the mechanism and run the cadence, so they are not doing it at 9pm. The mechanism stays with them.
Ninety days in: every initiative named and owned, the dead ones closed, the live ones measured against what the work cost before.
Why not software, or a hire?
Live in weeks. Decided with you. And still here after the gate.
What it costs to get to control
Do it internally
$166–266K
to hire, plus 3 to 6 months
Right answer if you can find them. You are bidding against HP and Scotiabank.
Governance software
$30–90K
per year, plus rollout
Inventories and flags. Deciding what to fund stays with you.
Fractional CAIO
$2–8K
per month, ongoing
Makes the call. Someone else still builds and runs it.
Naanya
Fixed fee
never hourly
Priced once scope is clear. Scored with your team, mechanism built, still here at day 90.
A Big 4 engagement runs $150K to $300K over 16+ weeks and ends with a roadmap. Figures are industry ballparks, not quotes.
I may be right about what is worth funding. I may be wrong. Either way I am still watching.
PrioritizeProve valueImplementRunMonitor
Software···◐●watches, never decides
Big 4●◐···decides for you, then leaves
Fractional CAIO●◐·●·decides, hands you the build
DIY◐●◐··stalls mid-build
Naanya●●◐●●gates it, your team builds
● owns it ◐ partly · not their job
Every row here does part of the job. Software watches without ever deciding. Big 4 and a fractional CAIO decide, then hand the build to someone else. Naanya doesn't build either, but it is the only row still there at Run and Monitor.
How do I know it worked?
If it doesn't return more time than it takes, kill it.
Judge it on hours returned to your team. If structure gives back less than it costs, it failed. I will hand you the metric to check.
Where do I start?
Where does your portfolio stand? Free, five minutes, and no email needed to see your score.
Twelve questions, four domains, scored the moment you finish. Your three most expensive gaps, ranked. A sample:
Take the 5-minute check →01When an initiative stalls, who decides whether it continues?
02Do you know which AI tools touch customer data?
03When two initiatives compete for the same budget, how is it decided?
04Once an initiative is live, who checks it hasn't drifted or lost its value?
The full 12-question check
Your top three gaps ranked. Results are yours to keep.