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.

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.