Trusted for a systems-thinking approach

  • 2 AI Policies Authored
  • 30+ Systems Audited
  • 45% Faster Delivery
  • 2 Organizations Made AI-Ready
Portrait of Cailenys Leslie, AI governance and business systems consultant

About me

Hi there, I’m
Cailenys

Business systems strategist and AI governance specialist—turning operational complexity into practical, defensible systems.

  • Venezuelan-born engineer — I’ve worked in high-stakes, failure-matters environments since before AI was a boardroom conversation.
  • I’ve built AI governance frameworks inside real organizations — a provincial chamber-of-commerce association and a national engineering firm — and seen them through to board level.
  • Certified in Machine Learning at Amii, Canada’s national AI institute — I understand your systems at the data layer, not just the policy layer.
  • I build things too — 4 apps in production, full-stack certified, Claude Code fluent — which means I don’t just map your processes, I understand what it takes to change them.
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish — reaching a wider community of organizations, collaborators, and the people they serve.

Most organizations don’t have an AI problem — they have a systems problem. Disconnected tools, undocumented processes, and policies written by committee (or not at all). AI lands on top of that mess and amplifies it. My work is about fixing the foundation first, then building on it deliberately.

I came to Canada in 2017 and built my career from the ground up — a Full-Stack Development certification at the University of Alberta, a Machine Learning Technician certification through Amii, Google PM and Certified Scrum Master credentials, and a BEng in Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

At a national engineering firm I authored a corporate AI policy and got it through executive approval, alongside As-Is/To-Be workflow mapping. At a provincial chamber-of-commerce association I authored an org-wide AI policy, built a Process Library with 10+ SOPs, and completed an AI Readiness & Compliance Audit across 30+ systems — in under three months.

These weren’t internal passion projects — they were sponsored, approved, and implemented at the organizational level. I’d rather give you a straight answer in 30 minutes than watch you pay for a 60-page report that collects dust.

The metrics

  • 2Org-wide AI policies authored and approved
  • 30+Systems covered by a full AI readiness & compliance audit
  • 10+SOPs built from scratch into a live Process Library
  • 45%Faster delivery, measured in a documented AI build
  • 3 moFrom zero governance to executive report and roadmap
  • 4Apps built and running in production