Tom Altman
Fractional CTO
Tom Altman is a fractional CIO and CTO at Altus CXO, where he helps companies adopt technology that actually sticks. He runs ClearXO, Altus CXO's one-week operational assessment that maps how a business really works across people, process, systems and data, before anyone buys software or switches on AI. He lives in Iowa, rides motorcycles, and has a weakness for Volkswagens.
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Oct. 6, 2026
A Bad Process, Finished Quicker. What Leaders Miss Before They Add AI, with Tom Altman
Most AI efforts do not stall on the technology. They speed up a process nobody has looked at closely. Fractional CTO/CIO Tom Altman explains why AI takes a bad process and makes it finish quicker, why the trouble lives in the handoffs, and what leaders should tell their people about AI. TOPICS COVERED Why AI makes a bad process finish quicker Where data and process problems hide: the handoffs What AI can take off a staff accountant's desk today Why ERP and CRM come before new AI tools How ...
Guest: Tom Altman