Week 1
Foundation and goal-setting
AI fundamentals in the context of your industry, selected platform orientation, workspace review, governance walkthrough, and Champion goals.
Internal AI Champion Program
Build the AI capability your business will rely on for the next decade.
ITECS trains one trusted employee to become the internal AI lead your organization needs. In 4 to 6 weeks, the Champion learns the platforms, governance practices, prompt libraries, and workflow habits that make AI useful across the business.
4-6
week curriculum
1:1
strategist coaching
90
day support window
Certificate of Completion
A formal record for the employee who completes the program.
Applied Learning
The Champion builds prompts, workflows, and training assets during the engagement.
Why This Exists
The wrong way to adopt AI is to stay dependent on outside consultants forever.
Across SMB and mid-market organizations, AI tools are rolling out quickly. The harder question is who owns AI after the first pilot, who keeps employees using it correctly, and who knows when a new use case is worth investment.
Without an internal champion, AI adoption often starts with excitement, slows after consultants leave, and turns into shadow AI usage as employees return to whatever tools they already know.
ITECS built this program to transfer prompt engineering, governance, training, and platform knowledge into one trusted employee, creating capability that compounds over time.
Program Fit
Three signs your organization is ready for an AI Champion.
This program is built for leadership teams that want AI adoption to become an internal capability, not a permanent external dependency.
Growing past the pilot
You have piloted Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or another AI tool in one team. Now leadership wants to expand AI across departments with an internal owner who can keep the work moving.
Building governance and trust
Legal, compliance, or security teams need clear rules for acceptable use, audit trails, vendor selection, and shadow AI controls without slowing practical adoption.
Reducing long-term consulting cost
Outside expertise still matters for strategy and complex builds, but routine prompt refinement, employee onboarding, and daily optimization should not consume senior consulting hours forever.
What You Get
A Champion who can lead practical adoption.
The outcome is not a generic course transcript. Your Champion leaves with usable assets, tested workflows, and a better operating rhythm for AI inside the business.
Lead AI platform adoption across multiple departments without constant external dependency.
Build, test, and refine production-grade prompts and prompt libraries for daily workflows.
Design and document AI-driven workflows employees can use without confusion.
Train new employees using a curriculum tailored to the organization's tools and policies.
Prioritize new AI use cases based on business impact, risk, cost, and feasibility.
Support an AI Acceptable Use Policy and identify shadow AI usage before it becomes a larger risk.
Compare Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and other tools without locking into one vendor.
Bring ITECS or another outside expert back in only when senior judgment is truly needed.
Curriculum
A structured 4 to 6 week curriculum, tailored to your business.
Every Champion's curriculum is customized to the AI platforms, industry, and use cases that matter to your organization. The six-week version is shown below. The four-week version compresses Weeks 5 and 6 into the existing cadence.
Each week includes about 3 to 5 hours of synchronous time with an ITECS AI Strategist plus 4 to 6 hours of applied work in your real environment.
Week 2
Real-work prompt engineering
The Champion shadows an ITECS AI Strategist and builds the first three production-quality prompts for a real workflow with testing and documentation.
Week 3
Workflow and library design
Organize source documents, structure project workspaces, and build reusable prompt libraries that scale by role, department, and process.
Week 4
Train-the-trainer
Practice onboarding new users, answering non-technical questions, preparing executive updates, and running a supervised training session.
Week 5
Expansion and measurement
For the six-week track, the Champion learns use-case prioritization, ROI measurement, and practical expansion planning for the next two quarters.
Week 6
Governance and sustainability
For the six-week track, the Champion learns shadow AI monitoring, vendor evaluation, tool review, and a clear 90-day handoff plan.
Deliverables
What walks out the door with your Champion.
The program creates working assets that stay with your organization after the coaching engagement ends.
Custom curriculum document tailored to your industry and selected AI platforms.
Prompt library with 10 to 15 production-quality prompts ready for rollout.
Internal training deck the Champion can use to onboard new employees.
AI Operations Playbook covering governance, escalation paths, and expansion process.
Documented 90-day expansion roadmap for the Champion's first quarter as internal AI lead.
90-day post-program support window with the assigned ITECS AI Strategist.
Certificate of Completion for the Champion's professional record.
Pricing
Two program lengths. One outcome.
Both options are designed to create durable in-house AI capability. The right fit depends on how mature your current AI deployment is.
AI Champion - Standard
4 weeks
$8,500
Investment
Best for
Organizations with an established AI deployment ready to formalize internal ownership.
Curriculum
Weeks 1-4 of the curriculum
Coaching
About 12-20 synchronous coaching hours
Deliverables
Full deliverable set
90-day support
Included
AI Champion - Extended
6 weeks
$12,000
Investment
Best for
Organizations early in their AI journey or expanding quickly across departments.
Curriculum
Full 6-week curriculum
Coaching
About 18-30 synchronous coaching hours
Deliverables
Full set plus expansion roadmap and governance playbook
90-day support
Included
Loyalty discount
Existing ITECS managed IT clients receive a 10% loyalty discount at the MSP Pro tier and 15% at the MSP Elite tier. The discount is applied at engagement.
What is not included
AI platform licensing, custom agent development, MCP development, full workforce training rollouts, and travel beyond a 20-mile radius from the Plano office are scoped separately.
How It Works
From kickoff to internal capability in under two months.
The engagement is structured, practical, and designed around the work your Champion will lead after the program ends.
01
Week 0
Discovery call
A 30-minute conversation with an ITECS AI Strategist to identify the Champion candidate and confirm fit.
02
Week 0-1
Kickoff
Engagement letter signed, curriculum customized, platform stack reviewed, and Champion goals confirmed.
03
Weeks 1-4 or 1-6
Program delivery
Weekly coaching, real-work shadowing, prompt building, workflow documentation, and applied learning.
04
Final week
Handoff and certification
The Champion runs the first internal training session, completes the handoff plan, and receives a Certificate of Completion.
05
Months 2-4
90-day support
The Champion has access to the assigned strategist for questions, refinement, and check-ins.
Why ITECS
A regional IT and security partner, not a faceless training platform.
ITECS has been a trusted IT and security partner to Dallas-Fort Worth businesses since 2002. Our AI consulting practice is led by strategists who work on real production rollouts, so the Champion learns from someone actively practicing the work.
Real strategist, not recorded content
Every program is delivered 1:1 by a senior ITECS AI Strategist. The Champion works with a person who is actively building and supporting AI rollouts for business clients.
Customized to your platform stack
Whether your team uses Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or several tools at once, the curriculum is built around the systems your employees actually use.
Grounded in real client work
The program is shaped by ITECS engagements across construction, healthcare, financial services, professional services, and manufacturing.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
These are the questions leadership teams usually ask before choosing an internal AI Champion.
What kind of employee should we nominate as our AI Champion?
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The strongest candidates combine curiosity, clear communication, and respect across the organization. A technical background helps, but it is not required. Operations managers, IT leads, executive assistants, project managers, and line-of-business power users can all be strong candidates.
How much time does the Champion need to commit?
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Plan on 7 to 11 hours per week during the program. About 3 to 5 hours are synchronous coaching and shadowing sessions. The remaining 4 to 6 hours are applied work such as building prompts, drafting documentation, and testing the week's workflow in your environment.
What if our Champion leaves the company after the program?
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The prompt libraries, training decks, operations playbook, governance documentation, and roadmap stay with your organization. Losing the Champion would still be disruptive, but the documented knowledge gives the next owner a clear starting point.
Which AI platform should we standardize on?
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ITECS is platform-agnostic. We work across Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and other commercial AI platforms. The right fit depends on your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace footprint, use cases, governance needs, and budget.
Can we run the program for more than one Champion at once?
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The program is designed as a 1:1 engagement so the coaching stays focused. For organizations that want to develop multiple internal leaders at the same time, ITECS can scope a parallel-track option during consultation.
Is the program delivered onsite or virtually?
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The program can be delivered virtually, onsite, or as a mix of both. Virtual delivery usually happens through Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Onsite sessions beyond a 20-mile radius from the Plano office may include travel costs.
How is this different from sending an employee to an online AI course?
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Online courses teach general concepts. This program teaches your Champion how to apply AI to your business, using your platforms, your workflows, and your risk controls. The deliverables are built for your environment, and the Champion has a 90-day support window after completion.
Build the AI capability your business will rely on.
The organizations that adopt AI most successfully are the ones that own their AI capability internally. A 30-minute consultation is the best next step to identify the right Champion candidate and confirm program fit.