Jason Suriano
AI Strategist, Author & Director of AI & Data Services at Tantus Solutions Group.
The gap between what your organization is capable of isn't an AI problem, and it probably isn't a talent problem. It's a systems design problem. Bridging 20+ years of software execution with a Master of Arts in Digital Humanities, I help leaders design the human, data, and governance systems required to actually adopt AI.
As Director of AI & Data Services at Tantus Solutions Group, I help public and private sector leaders assess AI readiness, establish responsible governance, and turn strategy into measurable execution.
My first book Office Arcade is a guide to building high-engagement training systems at work. My upcoming book, Amplify, explores how organizations can bridge the systems-design gap in the age of AI.
Invite me to speak to your leadership team, board, or industry conference about practical AI adoption, systems design, and building an organization ready for what comes next.
I've spent the past twenty years helping organizations as a founder, product executive, and strategist, leading hundreds of web, mobile, and AI-powered implementations across government, healthcare, energy, finance, and retail.
Pair that execution history with a Master of Arts in Digital Humanities, the study of how human culture, language, and computing intersect, and one truth becomes clear: the gap between what organizations are capable of and what they actually produce isn't a technology problem. It's a systems design problem, and design problems have design solutions.
Hotrocket Studios was my first real test: building custom websites, learning objects, and digital platforms for enterprise clients before anyone called it digital transformation.
As COO, I led production on hundreds of digital projects and learned what it means to deliver at scale under pressure.
In 2008, Hotrocket was acquired by RED The Agency. My first exit.
I stayed on as Interactive Director to build their digital division from the ground up.
Rocketfuel Productions was built on a single bet: that the future of learning was mobile, interactive, and distributable at scale.
We built hundreds of applications for clients worldwide, developed our own LMS, and pioneered gamified learning before the industry had a name for it.
We secured a distribution deal with Discovery Communications, raised millions in Venture Capital, and proved that a small team with the right systems could compete on a global stage.
In 2017, I wrote Office Arcade. A guide to gamification, byte-size learning, and building HR and training systems that actually work.
It was the first time I put on paper what I'd spent a decade doing in practice.
The core argument: learning doesn't have to be painful to be effective. The best learning systems borrow from game design: challenge, feedback, progress, reward.
Organizations that understand this build workforces others can't replicate.
TIQ Software was ten years of building fun, interactive organizational learning.
We produced hundreds of applications for global clients across seven industries and built something that hadn't existed before: an AI platform that could generate complete, deployable eLearning from source material in minutes.
What we learned is that the technology was never the hard part.
The hard part was dropping powerful tools into organizations that weren't designed to absorb them.
Quickify was the AI product that made everything faster, and surfaced a problem nobody wanted to talk about.
My team and I built an AI engine that could do in four minutes what took instructional designers months. The executives in the room saw cost reduction. The designers saw the end of their careers.
Sitting at the head of that table, watching both sides of that divide in real time, is the moment I decided to write my second book Amplify.
The question wasn't whether the technology worked. It was whether the organization was designed to absorb what came next.
Today, as Director of AI & Data Services at Tantus Solutions Group, I bring two decades of product building and systems design to enterprise and public-sector transformation.
Working alongside our Data, Cybersecurity, and Management Consulting practices, I help organizations cut through vendor hype by assessing AI readiness, establishing defensible governance, and building roadmaps that organizations can actually absorb.
Whether you're looking to explore an enterprise AI readiness engagement through Tantus, get early access to my upcoming book Amplify, or book an executive briefing or keynote, I'd like to hear from you.