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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.
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We chart a three-tier progression that builds organizational AI capability systematically:
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.
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.
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.
Select one choice from each of the following dropdowns to build your customized training:
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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:

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.
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:
Strong systems background: Our trainers bring extensive experience in enterprise systems, understanding how agentic AI fits into complex technical environments and business processes.
CISO, Prowess Consulting
Lead of agentic AI practice
CEO & Founder, Prowess Consulting
Strategic support of agentic AI practice
Every Prowess training engagement includes foundational elements adapted to your team's needs:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
What they’ll gain:
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:
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:
Outcome: IT teams can confidently deploy and manage agentic AI infrastructure that’s secure, scalable, and aligned with organizational policies.
What they’ll gain:
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:
Outcome: Executives gain the knowledge to make confident strategic decisions, ask the right questions, and ensure organizational AI initiatives deliver real business value.
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:
We evaluate your readiness, understand your goals, and identify priority use cases.
It includes tailored curriculum, format recommendations, and timeline based on your needs.
We conduct the hands-on workshops that build real capability with your actual workflows.
Post-training support ensures skills translate into business results.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Industry Frameworks & Standards:
Google Secure AI Framework (SAIF) – Securing AI systems across the full lifecycle, addressing risk, resilience, and operational safeguards
Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) – For safely scaling advanced AI systems through defined safeguards and deployment thresholds
OpenAI Preparedness Framework 2.0 – For assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks associated with increasingly capable AI systems
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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.