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Arfan Mahmood

AI Automation

AI Automation Tested on Your Real Data, Live in 21 Days

Lead response, qualification, routing or internal workflow automation, built into your systems and tested against your historical data and real edge cases before it touches a live decision. Live on the date promised for your tier, or your next revision round is free.

The problem and solution
The problem

Most AI automation looks great in a demo and falls apart on real, messy data. Leads get misrouted, qualification calls come back wrong, and your team spends its time correcting output instead of saving time. Nobody can tell you how accurate it really is, because it was never tested on your data.

Why it matters

Every misrouted lead is lost revenue, and every AI answer that needs manual correction is staff time spent undoing the automation. For high-stakes work, an untested automation is a liability. The cost of skipping testing arrives later, as errors your customers see.

The solution

I build AI-driven automation into your real systems and test it against your own historical data and edge cases before it goes live. Accuracy targets are set in writing up front, human-in-the-loop checkpoints match the risk of each decision, and you get documented test results, not promises.

Tech stack

Built with

WordPress
Node.js
React
PHP
MySQL
Vercel
Git
Tailwind CSS
Claude Code
What's included

What's included

What you get.

Strategy and scoping

  • Discovery and audit of the workflow to be automated
  • Accuracy and reliability targets defined in writing

Design

  • AI workflow design mapped to your systems and data
  • Risk level assessed, with human review points defined

Build and integration

  • Automation built into the systems the workflow touches
  • Secure connections and error handling

Real-data testing

  • Testing on your historical data, not synthetic or demo data
  • Systematic tests against real edge cases, not just the happy path

Safeguards

  • Human-in-the-loop checkpoints calibrated to the stakes
  • Fallbacks when the automation is unsure

Handoff and documentation

  • Documented accuracy and reliability results
  • Handoff documentation and a walkthrough for your team

Not included

  • Ongoing AI model or API usage costs
  • General-purpose chatbots or content generation
  • Guaranteed accuracy outside the tested scenarios
Business outcomes

Outcomes

What changes.

A working automation you can trust, with documented accuracy from real-data testing

Fewer misrouted or misqualified leads

Less staff time spent correcting AI output

Human review exactly where the risk is high, and nowhere else

Clear results in writing, so you know what it can and cannot do

How it works

Process

How it works.

Step 1

Discovery and audit

A short assessment of the workflow, your available data and its risk level. You get a launch date.

Step 2

Design and build

The workflow is designed with accuracy targets and built against your systems.

Step 3

Test on real data

Systematic testing on your historical data and edge cases, with results documented.

Step 4

Launch and monitor

The automation goes live with human-in-the-loop checkpoints and a plan for monitoring as real data drifts.

About Me

Why me

About Me.

I've spent my career at the intersection of software architecture and business strategy — leading engineering teams, rebuilding fragile systems into scalable platforms, and translating technical decisions into revenue, margin, and speed-to-market.

As a Fractional CTO, I embed with founders and leadership teams to bring senior technical judgment without the overhead of a full-time executive. That means honest audits, pragmatic roadmaps, and hands-on architecture — not just advice from the sidelines.

My focus is measurable outcomes: operations that run on autopilot, products that ship faster, and lead-generation systems that compound. If it doesn't move the business forward, it doesn't make the roadmap.

12+

Years in engineering leadership

30+

Founders & teams advised

20+

Platforms architected

8

Industries served

Testimonials

What our clients say.

Arfan didn't just advise us — he rebuilt our platform architecture and hired the team to run it. We shipped faster in six months than the previous two years combined.

Sarah Whitfield

CEO

We were drowning in manual dispatch and invoicing. Arfan automated it in weeks, not quarters, and our technicians finally have time back in their day.

Marcus Alden

Founder

As an agency, our margins live and die on process. The automation systems Arfan put in place let us take on more clients without adding headcount.

Priya Nathan

Managing Partner

Pricing

Pricing

Investment.

Price range: $6,500–$20,000, depending on how many workflows are in scope, the complexity and volume of data available for testing, and how much human review the risk level requires. Most teams start with the Multi-Workflow tier.

Single Workflow

$6,500

One workflow built and tested on your real historical data.

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  • 21-day delivery
  • 2 revision rounds
  • One workflow, end to end
  • Testing on your real data and edge cases
  • Documented accuracy results

Multi-Workflow

Recommended

$11,500

Two to three workflows, tested on real data, with 30 days of monitoring.

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  • 35-day delivery
  • 3 revision rounds
  • Everything in Single Workflow
  • 2 to 3 workflows
  • 30 days of post-launch monitoring

Enterprise System

$20,000

A multi-workflow production system with ongoing validation and quarterly re-testing.

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  • 60-day delivery
  • 4 revision rounds
  • Everything in Multi-Workflow
  • Multiple workflows and systems
  • Ongoing real-data validation and quarterly re-testing

Optional add-ons

Extra workflow

Add another workflow to your build, designed, integrated and tested on your data.

$3,000

Expedited delivery

Move your build to the front of the queue for a faster launch.

$1,000

Quarterly re-test

Re-run your test set on fresh data to confirm accuracy has not drifted.

$1,500

Monthly monitoring retainer

Ongoing monitoring, tuning and a short monthly review of automation performance.

$1,200/mo

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Common questions.

We already tried an AI tool and it didn't work. Why would this be different?

Most AI tools are never tested on real, messy production data, which is where they break. This offer tests on your own data before you trust it with anything live.

Why is this more expensive than a typical AI build?

The price reflects testing rigor, not extra scope. You are paying for an automation with documented accuracy, not a demo.

How is this different from a generic chatbot?

A chatbot answers questions. This automates a specific workflow inside your systems, such as lead response or routing, with defined accuracy targets and safeguards.

Can you guarantee accuracy?

No tool is perfect. What I guarantee is delivery by the promised date and documented results from testing on your data, so you know exactly how it performs and where it needs a human.

What data do you need access to?

Historical examples of the workflow, such as past leads, outcomes or tickets, plus access to the systems it will connect to. We agree the data scope on the first call.

Why does this take longer than a simple automation?

Testing on real data and edge cases is where the time goes. It is also what prevents costly errors after launch.

Do we need this if our workflow is small?

Possibly not. The Single Workflow tier is built for one narrow workflow. If a simple tool is enough, I'll tell you on the call.

What happens if the testing shows the automation isn't accurate enough?

We refine it, add human review where it is needed, or narrow the scope. You see the results either way, so decisions are based on evidence.

Which tier should I choose?

Most teams start with Multi-Workflow. Choose Single Workflow for one narrow workflow, and Enterprise System if several teams or systems depend on the automation.

Get started

Ready to See If Your Automation Would Hold Up on Real Data?

Tell me which workflow you want to automate and what systems it touches. In a short assessment call I'll recommend the right tier and give you a launch date.