The first agent creates value.
Agentic AI training creates
lasting advantage.

The gap between a working agent and institutional capability is where
the value is. Our programs are designed to close that gap, in the
shape that fits your business best.

Build with us. Operate with us. Grow with us.

Real results

We have executed successful workshops today across arts & entertainment, international trade, technology/consulting, and financial services, engaging teams ranging from ~10 to 50 participants.

100+

team members trained on agentic AI

90%

of companies launch an agent within 1 day of workshop

$500K+

saved by employee-built AI agents

The complete training experience: Before, during, and after

Pre-training: Assessment and preparation

  • Readiness assessment: We evaluate your organization’s current state, technical infrastructure, and team preparedness. This identifies gaps, opportunities, and potential obstacles.
  • AI perception analysis: Understanding how your teams currently view AI helps us address concerns, correct misconceptions, and build on existing enthusiasm.
  • Goals and priorities workshop: We work with stakeholders to define specific objectives, success metrics, and priority use cases. This ensures training delivers immediate business value.
  • Customized curriculum design: Based on assessment findings, we create a training program tailored to your industry, roles, skill levels, and objectives.

Training event: Hands-on, practical, immediately applicable

  • Theory foundation: We show how agentic AI works and why it’s different from traditional software.
  • Prompting mastery. We provide extensive coverage of techniques, examples, do’s and don’ts, and live demonstrations showing the difference between effective and ineffective approaches.
  • Use case development: Guided exercises help teams identify and prioritize opportunities in their actual workflows. Not theoretical examples—real work they’ll tackle immediately.
  • Live demonstrations: Participants see agents in action across multiple scenarios and industries, showing what’s possible and how to achieve it.
  • Hands-on labs: Build actual agents with expert guidance. Participants create prototypes they can refine and deploy after training.
  • Q&A and troubleshooting: We help address specific challenges, concerns, and edge cases relevant to your team’s work.

Post-training: From skills to production agents

  • Follow-up sessions: We schedule check-ins with stakeholders to review progress, address obstacles, and maintain momentum.
  • Prototype to production support: Prowess trainers work with teams to refine workshop prototypes into production-ready agents, ensuring skills translate into business value.
  • Mentorship and office hours: Ongoing access to trainers for questions, guidance, and troubleshooting as teams apply new skills.
  • Success measurement: Tracking metrics defined during pre-training to demonstrate ROI and identify additional opportunities.

The Prowess training path: From foundation to mastery

We chart a three-tier progression that builds organizational AI capability systematically:

  • Tier 1: Simple, single-purpose agents

    Foundation training focuses on core concepts and basic agent development. Teams learn to build straightforward agents that automate individual tasks or workflows. Focus on immediate wins that build confidence and demonstrate value.

    Goal: Every team member can identify opportunities and build simple agents independently.
    This ensures every output is relevant, reliable, and aligned with real-world audience expectations.

  • Tier 2: Multi-purpose agents with integration

    Intermediate training covers more sophisticated agents that handle complex workflows, integrate multiple tools, and adapt to varied scenarios. Teams learn to build agents that deliver greater value across broader use cases.

    Goal: Teams can build production-grade agents that integrate with enterprise systems and handle sophisticated workflows.

  • Tier 3: Enterprise agent systems

    Advanced training addresses multi-agent architectures, governance frameworks, and strategic deployment. Teams learn to build and manage sophisticated agent systems that transform entire operations.

    Goal: Organizations gain the skills to independently build, deploy, and manage enterprise-level agentic AI, mentor others, and work with technical teams on complex projects.

Flexible training designed for your organization

Select one choice from each of the following dropdowns to build your customized training:

  • Half-day workshops (4 hours): Ideal for small teams with discrete objectives. Covers fundamentals, prompting techniques, and use case identification. Perfect for leadership briefings or department-specific introductions.
  • Full-day workshops (8 hours): Comprehensive training including theory, techniques, demos, and hands-on labs. Teams identify opportunities and build prototype agents. Most common format for functional teams.
  • Multi-day programs (2-5 days): Deep-dive training for larger organizations or expansive strategies. Includes advanced techniques, multiple hands-on sessions, customized use case development, and production agent deployment. Ideal for organization-wide rollouts.
  • Custom programs: We design training programs tailored to your specific timeline, objectives, and constraints. Whether you need ongoing workshops across departments or intensive programs for specific initiatives, we adapt to your needs.
  • In-person training (recommended): The most impactful format. Hands-on collaboration, real-time problem-solving, and immediate feedback create the strongest learning outcomes and team cohesion.
  • Virtual training: Effective remote training for distributed teams or when in-person isn’t feasible. Includes breakout sessions, screen sharing for demos, and virtual labs.
  • Hybrid training: Combines in-person and virtual elements to accommodate mixed teams or phased rollouts. Core sessions in-person with virtual follow-ups or department-specific virtual sessions after organization-wide in-person kickoff.
  • Small teams (5-10 people): Typical work group training. Highly interactive with extensive hands-on time. Maximum individual attention and customization to team workflows.
  • One-on-one executive coaching: Intensive, personalized training for leaders who need deep understanding quickly. Fully customized content and pace.
  • Larger groups (10-30 people): Department or cross-functional training. More structured format with breakout sessions for hands-on work. Good for building organizational alignment.
  • Organization-wide programs: Phased training across multiple departments with customized content for each group. Includes train-the-trainer components to build internal capability.

The training gap that’s costing you

Building your first AI agent is the easy part. We’ve seen people with no technical background go from “I don’t know what an agent is” to a working solution that saves hours each week—in just two sessions.

The real challenge is scaling beyond one agent. 95% of AI pilots fail because teams aren’t prepared to build, govern, secure, measure, and continuously improve AI effectively.

Our programs close that gap—helping teams move from one successful agent to an organizational AI capability that drives adoption, reduces risk, and delivers lasting value.

Three roles. One relationship.

Every organization we work with needs some combination of three things. Some clients use all three. Some use one. The mix shifts as the business grows. What stays constant is the relationship — we meet you where you are and we evolve with you, role by role, as your needs change.

We build

We design and deliver working agents around your real workflows: the four-hour task that should take four minutes, the report that takes a person a day, the customer interaction that requires too many systems. We do the work alongside your team so the knowledge stays with you. By the end of an engagement, you have agents in production and the technical confidence to build the next ones yourself.

We manage and operate

Not every AI workflow should become an internal capability. Running agents in production requires governance, monitoring, prompt tuning, and ongoing optimization. For many organizations, the better approach is Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE): we operate and continuously improve your AI systems so your team can stay focused on work that drives competitive advantage. As AI lowers the cost of routine operations, outsourcing those workflows becomes even more valuable—delivering higher throughput, greater consistency, and lower costs while keeping your strategic teams focused on what matters.

We mentor and support

Across every engagement, we transfer capability. Sometimes that means training teams to design, build, and improve AI agents. Other times, it means helping stakeholders understand, manage, and get the most from agents we operate. The goal is always the same: build the right knowledge for the right people, based on what each organization needs.

Two clients. Two relationships. Big wins in just 2 sessions.

BDPA: From training to a multi-role relationship

BDPA began with a training engagement. In just two sessions, a nontechnical staff member built an AI agent that reduced a four-hour task to 20 seconds. From there, our work expanded beyond training to building more agents, managing AI-powered operations, and mentoring their team. The relationship evolved from a single project into a long-term partnership—that’s the goal.

“After the workshop, I built my first agent in under an hour. I didn’t need a technical background or hand-holding. The training made it feel doable and even fun.”
Lainey Braatz
Senior Administrator, BD Performing Arts

GIC: Built to operate, then expanded

GIC, a family-owned food importer, needed a better way to process customer orders arriving as handwritten notes, PDFs, emails, and photos. We deployed an AI agent around their existing ERP—without changing their customers’ experience—cutting order entry from two hours to five minutes for about $20 per month. Since then, we’ve continued to expand and manage their AI program while mentoring their team as new opportunities emerge.

“We get orders so many ways. With traditional software, it wasn’t practical to automate. We can’t believe what’s possible with AI agents. It’s changing our business without changing our processes.”
Lawrence Hou
Director of Operations, Golden International Corporation
“The more capable your team becomes, the more sophisticated the work we can do together. We are here to unleash capability, not to create dependency.”
Aaron Suzuki
CEO, Prowess Consulting

The Prowess training difference: From theory to practice in hours

We train teams to build agents, not just understand them.

Agentic AI is fundamentally different from traditional software. Less technical workers can build complete solutions without developer or systems integrator support. Our training empowers your teams to do the work faster and more effectively, starting immediately.

What makes Prowess training different:

Data empowerment

Hands-on

We guide your teams through building actual agents they'll use in their work. Theory matters, but practice creates capability.

Knowledge

Current

Our training reflects the rapidly evolving landscape with accurate, complete, and up-to-date information, not last year's approaches.

Analytics Solutions

Customized

Every engagement is tailored to your industry, team roles, and specific objectives. Software developers get different content than knowledge workers. Your retail challenges get different examples than your healthcare workflows.

Specialized

Practical

Training is delivered by Prowess AI architect and developer leadership. They are practitioners who build production systems daily, not academics teaching theory. We focus on what actually saves people time.

Results

Complete

From AI fundamentals to advanced prompting techniques to live demos to hands-on labs, we cover the full spectrum your teams need to succeed.

Supported

Training doesn't end when the workshop does. We provide pre-training assessment and post-training follow-up to ensure skills translate into production agents.

Who delivers your training: Expert practitioners

The short answer: AI architects and developers who build production systems daily.

Prowess training is delivered by our AI architect and developer leadership team. These aren’t trainers who teach AI in theory. They’re practitioners who build production agentic AI systems for clients across industries.

What this means for your training:

  • Current expertise: They know what’s working now, not what worked last year.
  • Real examples: They use case studies and demonstrations from actual client implementations.
  • Practical focus: They teach techniques that work in production, not just in labs.
  • Problem-solving: They’ve encountered and solved the challenges your teams will face.
  • Passion: AI is their practice and their hobby—this deep engagement shows in training quality.

Strong systems background: Our trainers bring extensive experience in enterprise systems, understanding how agentic AI fits into complex technical environments and business processes.

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Julian Lancaster

CISO, Prowess Consulting
Lead of agentic AI practice

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Aaron Suzuki

CEO & Founder, Prowess Consulting
Strategic support of agentic AI practice

What your teams will learn: Core training components

Every Prowess training engagement includes foundational elements adapted to your team's needs:

Data and Visualization

AI theory & fundamentals

Understand how agentic AI actually works. Not buzzwords, but the core concepts that explain why certain approaches succeed and others fail. This foundation helps teams make smart decisions when building agents.

Brand Journalism

Effective prompting techiques

The difference between AI that delivers value and AI that frustrates users comes down to prompting. We teach proven techniques, common pitfalls, do's and don'ts, and provide extensive examples that translate directly to your workflows.

Collaboration

Use case identification

Learn to recognize where agentic AI delivers the highest impact. Your teams will develop the ability to spot opportunities that balance productivity gains with feasibility, focusing effort where it matters most.

Impressions

Live demonstrations

See AI agents in action to build your understanding and confidence. We demonstrate real agents solving real problems, showing what's possible and how to get there.

Prowess Team

Hands-on labs

Depending on duration and group size, teams build prototype agents during training. This isn't simulation—it's actual agent development guided by experts, creating immediate capability and momentum.

Training for every role: Customized content that delivers results

What they’ll gain:

  • Master prompting techniques that turn AI from frustrating to productive
  • Create a prioritized list of potential agents, balancing impact with feasibility
  • Identify workflows where AI agents eliminate bottlenecks and multiply capacity
  • Build prototype agents during training (when duration allows)
  • Understand do’s and don’ts that prevent common mistakes

Outcome: Knowledge workers leave training with the skills and confidence to build agents for their own workflows, eliminating bottlenecks without waiting for IT or developers.

What they’ll gain:

  • Learn systematic approaches to create multi-agent systems for development workflows
  • Master techniques that deliver massive time savings, especially in testing
  • Understand how to architect agents that work together to solve complex challenges
  • Build practical agents during training sessions
  • Apply AI to code review, documentation, debugging, and deployment pipelines

Outcome: Developers gain the ability to create agent systems that dramatically accelerate their work, with particular emphasis on testing workflows where AI delivers transformative time savings.

What they’ll gain:

  • Understand infrastructure requirements for agentic AI deployment
  • Learn security best practices and governance frameworks
  • Master techniques for scaling agents across the organization
  • Build operational monitoring and management capabilities
  • Navigate compliance and data protection requirements

Outcome: IT teams can confidently deploy and manage agentic AI infrastructure that’s secure, scalable, and aligned with organizational policies.

What they’ll gain:

  • Understand what agentic AI can and can’t do for your teams
  • Learn to identify high-impact opportunities in your operations
  • Develop skills to evaluate AI project proposals and results
  • Build capability to mentor teams adopting AI workflows
  • Navigate the cultural change required for AI transformation

Outcome: Managers can effectively lead AI adoption, make informed investment decisions, and guide their teams through the cultural shift that agentic AI requires.

What they’ll gain:

  • Understand the strategic implications of agentic AI for your industry
  • Learn to evaluate AI initiatives and vendor claims critically
  • Develop frameworks for balancing AI opportunity with risk
  • Build alignment across leadership on AI strategy and investment
  • Recognize competitive threats and opportunities

Outcome: Executives gain the knowledge to make confident strategic decisions, ask the right questions, and ensure organizational AI initiatives deliver real business value.

Get started: Schedule your free assessment

Stop setting AI projects up to fail. Invest in training that transforms teams from uncertain to capable, from resistant to enthusiastic, from constrained to highly productive.

Here’s what happens next:

  • 1
    Schedule a free assessment

    We evaluate your readiness, understand your goals, and identify priority use cases.

  • 2
    Receive a customized training plan

    It includes tailored curriculum, format recommendations, and timeline based on your needs.

  • 3
    Launch training

    We conduct the hands-on workshops that build real capability with your actual workflows.

  • 4
    Deploy production agents

    Post-training support ensures skills translate into business results.

Don't be part of the 95% that fail. Join the 5% that succeed with training that makes the difference.

FAQ: The questions we hear most often

As long as it’s useful, and not a day longer. Our engagements are designed to transfer capability, not create dependency. Some clients work with us for years because the work keeps getting more interesting. Some work with us for six months and then run their own program with light advisory support. Either is a success.

Yes. Depending on duration and group size, teams build prototype agents during hands-on labs. With post-training support, these prototypes become production agents delivering real business value.

AI is our practice and our hobby. We’re building production systems daily, tracking developments closely, and continuously updating curriculum. You get what’s working now, not outdated approaches.

Every engagement is customized for your industry, workflows, and objectives. We incorporate your specific examples, constraints, and opportunities into training content.

Teams typically apply skills within days, building their first agents and showing measurable time savings. ROI compounds as capability spreads and more sophisticated agents deploy.

Absolutely. We deliver different content for developers, knowledge workers, IT teams, managers, and executives—all tailored to what each role needs to succeed with agentic AI.

Post-training includes follow-up sessions, prototype-to-production support, mentorship, and office hours. We ensure skills translate into business results, not just workshop exercises.

That’s a goal we actively support. Several of our clients have moved from heavy reliance on Prowess to running their own agentic programs with light advisory support from us. We’d rather you bring it in-house and ask us harder questions than keep you dependent on us for easy ones.

It depends on which roles you’re using us for. Build engagements are typically fixed-fee with defined deliverables. Managed operations are typically priced against the work being done — capacity, volume, or outcomes — not against our headcount. Mentorship and training are most often blended into one of the other two. We’ll walk you through the model that fits your situation on a call.

They will. That’s the point. Our engagements are structured to flex — you can shift the mix of build, manage, and mentor as your priorities evolve. We’ve never had a programmatic relationship that ended in the same shape it started. That’s how it should be.

Yes, to the extent you want them to. Some clients want us to teach broadly across their organization. Some want us to teach a small core team. Some want us to teach the operational stakeholders who interface with agent-driven work without learning to build agents themselves. The capability we transfer is calibrated to who needs it and what they need it for.

Learn more: Free training to get started

Watch our free Agentic AI video training series, led by Julian Lancaster, CISO at Prowess Consulting. Learn the essentials, see real examples, and understand how agentic AI can transform your organization.

This foundational series gives you a preview of what comprehensive Prowess training delivers.

Learn more about our approach

Ready to deploy agentic AI responsibly?

Schedule a free AI assessment: To learn more about how Prowess can help you adopt agentic AI with speed and strategic control, schedule a free agentic AI assessment here.

If you're a professional services firm, this is also about you

Some of our most exciting work is with firms delivering outsourced services—accounting, legal, compliance, marketing, and customer operations. Your clients are asking what AI means for the future of your services. We help you answer that.

We bring the agentic expertise; you bring the relationships, domain knowledge, and accountability. Together, we make your services smarter, more efficient, and more valuable, while giving your firm a story your competitors can’t tell.

Transform your teams. Transform your business.

The 95% of organizations with failing AI projects have one thing in common: untrained teams. Join the 5% that succeed with training that builds real capability, delivers measurable results, and creates competitive advantage.

Schedule your free assessment today and discover what trained teams can accomplish.

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Aaron Suzuki

Aaron Suzuki

CEO

As founder and CEO of Prowess, Aaron Suzuki has led the organization to become a thriving business filling the important space between technology development and marketing teams with technology, applications, content, and analytics.

Aaron was also the founder and CEO of SmartDeploy, a Seattle-based IT management software company. SmartDeploy simplified the secure configuration and management of business computing endpoints for thousands of customers globally.

Earlier in his career, Aaron served as Director of Business Development at Entirenet, a Seattle-based technical services firm. Before moving to Seattle, Aaron was President of Inetz Media Group, a web application development company based in Salt Lake City.

Aaron holds a B.S. from Brigham Young University and a M.S. from the University of Iowa. An avid cyclist and passionate skier, he also serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Devils Performing Arts, a youth performing arts non-profit.