Leonardo Viviani
AI Consultant & Founder · Applied Agency AI
I spent fifteen years watching what makes companies fast. It was never budget.
Most recently as Head of Sales at a global Tier-1 automotive supplier, selling to the procurement and engineering organizations of the world's largest automakers. The companies that moved quickly, whatever the size of the team, had routine work handled by a system instead of a person.
The tools that made those companies fast are now cheap enough for a 20-person firm.
The technology is ready. What's missing is someone who can fit it to how your business works, and who has run operations at a scale where getting it wrong was expensive.
That's the job. I apply enterprise operating discipline to the problems a Metro Detroit small business has, at a price that makes sense.
Start with the process, then choose the tool.
The AI projects I've watched stall started with a vendor demo. The ones that shipped started with someone mapping the workflow first.
If your team can't run it, it isn't done.
A system that only runs while I'm in the room is a dependency. Every engagement ends with your team owning what was built.
Small businesses deserve enterprise rigor.
The discipline I saw inside global automotive supply chains applies directly to a 30-person firm. The vocabulary changes, and the logic holds.
ROI is a number you can check.
We agree up front on what success looks like, whether that is hours reclaimed, leads answered, or errors removed. If we can't define it, I won't build it.
Experience
- Global Tier-1 Automotive Supplier
- Head of Sales — Automotive Lightweighting
- ~10 years · Operations across five continents
- MEMA Emerging Leadership Council
- Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association
- 2022–2023 · Two-year leadership development program
- International Career
- United States · Argentina · New Zealand
- 15+ years across global automotive markets
Education & certifications
- Finance & Business Administration
- University of Buenos Aires
- 6-year program · 2003–2009
- Digital Transformation
- University of Virginia + BCG
- Executive certification
- Introduction to Blockchain Technologies
- INSEAD
- Executive certification
- The Art of Negotiation
- IAE Business School
- Executive program
Start where the evidence is.
The $297 audit tells you which of your workflows are worth automating before you commit to building anything.
Tell us what's eating your week
Book a 30-minute call. We'll ask how the work gets done today and tell you whether an audit makes sense.
Connect locally
Metro Detroit, MIIn person for workshops and strategy sessions.