I train people to actually use the tools their company already pays for — then build the parts they shouldn't have to do by hand. Practitioner, not theorist. Every system documented, handed off, and owned by you.
We bought the AI licenses. Nobody uses them.
Copilot, ChatGPT, whatever the company rolled out — sitting there while everyone works the way they always have.
The same report gets rebuilt by hand every week.
Copy, paste, reformat, send. Four hours that nobody has, repeated until someone burns out or makes a mistake.
The consultant left and nothing works.
No documentation, no handoff, no way to change it without calling them back. That is not how I work.
Most people who teach AI can't build it. Most people who build it can't teach. I do both — which is why the training tends to end in working systems.
$3,500 – $75,000
Practical, hands-on training built on your workflows — not generic examples. Your team practices on the work they actually do, using the tools you already license. From a single half-day through an eight-week supervisor program.
$1,500 audit · $4,000 – $35,000+ build
Fixed scope, fixed price. I map where the time is going, build the system, test it, document it, and hand it over. It runs on your accounts and you own every line of it.
Limited availability
A reserved block of hours each month with priority on my calendar, for teams with a running list rather than one project. I keep only a small number of these so the work stays good.
By conversation
Private, bespoke systems for family offices and their principals — built on your infrastructure, owned by you, with direct access to the person doing the work. Discretion assumed throughout.
Not pilots. Live systems doing real work every day for real businesses.
Residential Property Management
Twelve Properties · Four Phases Delivered
Unit turnover automation running daily across twelve properties. When a unit closes out, the system creates the work order in AppFolio, writes an AI maintenance briefing from the unit's repair history, prices the renovation tier and flooring, and dispatches the vendor by text. What used to be a spreadsheet and a phone call is now a system.
Commercial Roofing Contractor
Nervato Deployment · Live
Running on Nervato, the AI back-office platform I built — eight agents covering marketing, bookkeeping, operations, HR, reputation and more. Configured to how a roofing company actually operates, not a generic template.
Thirty minutes on what's actually slow, what you've already tried, and whether I'm the right person. If I'm not, I'll tell you.
I learn how your team really works — not how the org chart says it does. You get the problem written back in your own words to confirm I've got it right.
Training your team, building the system, or both. Fixed scope agreed in writing before anything starts. Nothing gets added silently.
Documentation in plain language, a working session with your team, and 30 days of support. Every script and configuration is yours to keep or hand to anyone else.
Every engagement gets scoped to your situation, so these are honest starting points rather than a menu.
A clear-eyed look at where your team's time goes and what's worth automating first. Best if you know there's a problem but want the map before committing to a build.
End-to-end design and build on a fixed scope and a fixed price. Best when you know what needs to exist and want it delivered, documented and handed off.
A reserved block of hours each month with priority scheduling. I keep only a small number of these so the work stays good — ask to be told when one opens.
Every automation build includes the option of an ongoing service retainer — upkeep, small enhancements, priority response and a quarterly review, so the system you paid for keeps working as your tools change around it. Family office engagements are scoped privately; start here instead.
An AI back office for small businesses — eight agents covering marketing, bookkeeping, operations, HR, the executive assistant work, your website, reputation and business strategy. Built for owners, not engineers. It lives on its own site.
Erika Stroik
Founder · Stroik Ops LLC
I started out as an implementation specialist at a small Madison software company — the person who actually got clients' data in and their teams running. Then customer success at the same company, where I learned that you cannot help anyone until you understand how they really work.
For the last five years I ran systems and data at a family office, and for the final stretch of it I integrated AI across the firm's operations and trained the entire team on it. That is where Stroik Ops came from: I kept meeting small businesses in exactly the same position, needing this help with nobody to provide it.
I have a mathematics degree, which mostly means I think in systems and get uncomfortable when something works but nobody can explain why. I am not an AI hype machine. I am a practitioner who makes things work and then shows you how they work.
Everything I build is documented, handed off, and yours. If I disappeared tomorrow your systems would keep running, and another developer could pick them up.
Documented, handed off, and yours.
Practical Over Flashy
The unglamorous automation that saves four hours a week beats the impressive demo that nobody uses.
Built for Small Teams
No enterprise overhead, no committee, no six-month discovery phase. You talk to me and I do the work.
You Own It
Every system, script and configuration is yours to keep, change, or hand to another developer.
Boutique by Design
I take a small number of clients on purpose. It is the only way the quality holds.
Tell me a little about your business and what you're looking to solve. I read every submission and follow up with a short questionnaire before we schedule a call — it helps me come prepared and make sure I'm the right fit for you.
After you submit, I'll send a short questionnaire to learn more before we talk. Have a look at the pricing above first so we're starting from the same place.