Blue Heron is a fractional CTO firm that gives small and mid-sized businesses senior IT and AI leadership, backed by AI agents and industry experts. Blue Heron AI is where owner-run businesses come in: free education, the 8-week Accelerator, and the path to a fractional CTO.
| Brand | Job | Home |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Heron Companies | Parent: ownership and all ventures | blueheroncompanies.com |
| Blue Heron AI | Free education and the 8-week Accelerator | this site |
| Blue Heron CTO | Fractional CTO, IT and AI leadership | /cto/ |
| The Front Desk Company | Product: the AI receptionist | thefrontdeskcompany.com |
| EngageSuite360 | Product: the free industry CRM | engagesuite360.com |
| AgentWorks Studio | Product: industry AI agents | agentworksstudio.com |
| RookeryOS | Product: the content studio that records our education | rookeryos.com |
| Thomas Bedell | Founder, fractional CTO, media and speaking | thomasbedell.com |
The model is AI agent plus human expert. Agents do the 24/7 work at scale; industry ambassadors supply judgment, credibility and relationships; Thomas Bedell leads as the fractional CTO across all of it.
Our advisors and agents are AI, and are always labeled as AI. The people on this site are people. Agents are named and have industry expertise, and they say what they are in every conversation.