Collier Road Consulting provides AI strategy and operations consulting to small and midsize businesses in Nashville and across the Southeast. It's run by Catherine Weems, a former Fortune 500 operations leader and technology-company VP — so you get AI guidance grounded in how a business actually runs, not a vendor trying to sell you software.
Nashville's economy leans heavily on healthcare and health services, music and entertainment, hospitality, and a fast-growing base of owner-led professional-services firms. Those are exactly the businesses where AI tends to pay off first — not in flashy customer-facing tools, but in the back office: scheduling, billing and claims, reporting, intake, and the repetitive coordination work that quietly eats a team's week.
The work starts with understanding your operation, then finding the one or two places AI earns its keep, building those workflows, and keeping people in the loop where judgment matters. It's the same operations-first approach whether you're a clinic, a creative studio, or a growing service company.
A prioritized roadmap for where AI fits in your business — what to do first and the expected impact.
Senior AI and operations leadership a few days a week, embedded enough to carry the plan into action.
Fixing clunky, costly, or fragile workflows — informed by where AI should run part of the process.
Standing up real, AI-assisted workflows your team can run on their own.
Most AI help falls into two camps: agencies selling a chatbot, or technical firms building machine-learning systems you don't need. I come at it as an operator. I spent years running operations and supply chains at scale, leading large teams and turning manual, repetitive work into automated workflows powered by AI, with people kept in the loop where judgment matters. That makes the role closer to a fractional COO who brings AI than a typical tech advisor — useful for a Nashville business that needs the work to actually change, not just a deck of recommendations.
Hourly help runs about $150–$350; build-outs commonly $1,500–$8,000 by scope; fractional retainers $5,000–$15,000/month. Full cost breakdown →
Finds where AI fits, builds the plan, and helps implement it. More on the role →
Usually one back-office process that's structured and measurable. How to start →
We track the leading metrics that predict performance, not just the lagging ones that report it. Leading vs lagging →
I work hands-on with Nashville clients and am based in Atlanta, serving the Southeast.
Let's figure out where AI and better operations fit in your business.
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