Portrait of Tony Fatouros

AI Strategy & Governance  /  Enterprise Transformation

Tony
Fatouros

Trusted AI Governance & Adoption Leader|Author of “AI Ready”|Transformation Office Founder & Change Practitioner

“I wrote the book on scaling AI. Now I help companies actually do it.”

I build the governance, adoption strategy, and operating model that turn AI ambition into enterprise-wide results, partnering with C-suite leaders at global organizations to move from strategy to measurable outcomes.

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$1.5M+
Delivered in savings & cost avoidance
15,000+
Employees & contractors supported globally
9,000+
Employees trained on responsible AI use

The Approach

Strategy  →  Governance  →  Adoption

01

Govern

Designs AI Councils, intake and prioritization processes, and risk & compliance frameworks that give initiatives a clear, defensible path from idea to funded program.

02

Scale

Builds the operating model, training curricula, and communications strategy that carry a program past the pilot stage into sustained, organization-wide use.

03

Sustain

Partners with cross-functional leaders across the C-suite, HR, IT, Security, and Legal to keep adoption measurable, funded, and accountable long after the initial launch.

Programs Led

Selected Track Record

Cast & Crew
VP, Transformation
2025 – 2026
  • Co-chaired the AI Council and designed the enterprise intake and prioritization process for all AI initiatives.
  • Built the Transformation function from the ground up with the CTO, establishing governance, funding, and reporting structures.
  • Partnered with cross-functional leaders to shape AI policy, workforce strategy, and adoption frameworks.
  • Led transformations spanning Sales/GTM, Finance, and IT/AI.
Mattel, Inc.
Director, IT - Business Enablement & Change
2020 – 2025
  • Partnered to grow the enterprise Generative AI program from an early-stage Office of AI into an organization-wide initiative, winning top-down executive buy-in.
  • Led tool selection, prioritization, and ROI vetting across enterprise AI programs.
  • Built and deployed AI training for 9,000+ employees.
  • Delivered $460K+ in savings and cost avoidance across all technology programs.
  • Led change strategy for mission-critical programs including Workday deployment, Next Gen Finance transformation, and a Direct-to-Consumer business launch.
  • Owned the global Digital Workplace and learning platform strategy for 15,000+ employees and contractors.

Career

Consulting & In-House Leadership

2025 – 2026
Cast & Crew
VP, Transformation
2020 – 2025
Mattel, Inc.
Director, IT - Business Enablement & Change
2017 – 2020
CGI
Senior Consultant, Regional Practice Lead - Organizational Change
2013 – 2017
RGP
Lead Consultant, Fortune 500 advisory across ERP, CRM, and M&A

My Book

Published 2024

AI Ready book cover by Tony Fatouros

AI Ready: Scale Your Organization’s Generative AI Transformation Tomorrow With This No-Nonsense Guide Today

A practical playbook for leaders navigating Generative AI adoption at scale, grounded in the same governance and adoption approach I used to build enterprise AI programs from the ground up.

Named a Hot New Release & Best Seller during launch

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Credentials

Certifications & Community

Certifications & Education

  • Agentic AI, 2.5-Week Intensive - Harvard Data Science Review (Credential ID: FVTX-CTBC)
  • Certified Change Practitioner - Prosci
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
  • SAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC) - Scaled Agile
  • BBA, Finance - Seton Hall University
  • International Economics - Harvard University

Community & Recognition

  • Former Board Member, SIM South Florida
  • Former Board Member, ACMP Southern California
  • Former ACMP Global Digital Learning Committee
  • Speaker, PMI & ACMP events
  • ComputerWorld “Best Places to Work in IT” & IDC CIO 100 - contributing leadership