An AI engineer inside your team
A GDT engineer works inside your operation: understands the process from within, builds the AI automation on top of the systems you already use, and leaves it running in production.
What is a Forward-Deployed Engineer?
A Forward-Deployed Engineer is an engineer who works embedded in the client team instead of advising from the outside. At GDT, the FDE diagnoses the real process, builds the AI automation on top of the systems the company already uses, and leaves it running in production. It combines adoption consulting and implementation in a single person.
Capabilities
Our framework
Discover
We audit your operations, data, and organizational culture to identify where AI can generate the most value with the least friction.
Prioritize
We evaluate use cases by impact, technical feasibility, and data maturity. We deliver a roadmap with projected ROI.
Pilot
We build a scoped pilot in 4–8 weeks to validate hypotheses and demonstrate value before scaling. TRL 6+.
Scale
We convert the pilot to production with governance, monitoring, and a change management plan for sustained adoption.
Deliverables
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Frequently asked questions
What is a Forward-Deployed Engineer?
An engineer who works embedded in your team instead of advising from the outside. They diagnose the real process, build the AI automation on top of the systems you already use, and leave it running in production. Consulting and implementation in a single person.
How is this different from traditional AI consulting?
Consulting delivers a report and a roadmap; building it stays on your side. The FDE delivers the working system. The assessment and roadmap still exist, but they are the starting point for the engineer who then writes the code, not the final deliverable.
How does a GDT Forward-Deployed Engineer work?
With the Discover → Prioritize → Pilot → Scale framework. Audits your operations and data, scores use cases by impact and feasibility, builds a scoped pilot in 4–8 weeks, and takes it to production with governance, monitoring, and an adoption plan.
What happens when the engagement ends?
The system stays in production, documented, and in the hands of your team, which has worked alongside the FDE throughout. Training and the change management plan are part of the work, not a later add-on.
Ready to start?
Schedule a free assessment and we will evaluate together where an FDE creates the most value in your operation.
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