AI Consulting in Traverse City & Northern Michigan

I'm Rob Patterson, an AI consultant based in Traverse City, Michigan. I work hands-on with small and medium businesses across Northern Michigan - and remotely with clients nationwide - to put AI to work in the parts of the business that quietly eat the most time.

Being local matters. For Northern Michigan SMBs, I can be on-site: walking your floor, sitting in with your team, watching where the real friction is. That kind of context is hard to replicate over a video call, and it's where the best AI workflows come from.

Who I work with locally

Owner-led businesses and SMB leadership teams in Traverse City, Petoskey, Cadillac, Manistee, and across the wider Northern Michigan region. Manufacturing, professional services, healthcare, tourism and hospitality, trades, regional retail - anywhere a small team is wearing too many hats and AI can give hours back.

What "AI consultant Traverse City" actually means

I don't resell tools and I'm not an agency. You get one senior expert - 18+ years in SaaS product and UX, the last few years leading AI across systems generating $6B+ ARR - embedded with your team. No junior account managers, no inflated proposals.

Three ways to work together

• AI training for small business - hands-on AI education built around your team's real work.
• Fractional AI expert - senior AI expertise on retainer, without the full-time hire.
• AI automation Northern Michigan - built-for-you workflows that give your team their hours back.

See the kinds of outcomes this has produced on the results page.

AI consultant for Northern Michigan and beyond

Searching for an AI consultant in Northern Michigan, a workflow automation consultant in Michigan, or an AI workshop facilitator who can run an on-site session for your team? That's the work. On-site across the region, remote everywhere else.

Remote clients welcome

Northern Michigan is home base, but I also work remotely with clients across the United States. Same engagements, same hands-on approach - just a different commute.