00 · About
Filip OrdevskiAI Consultant & Forward Deployed Engineer
I am an AI consultant and forward deployed engineer. I help organizations identify, design, implement and operationalize practical AI, and I take responsibility for getting it from the first idea into everyday work.
01 · Positioning
Most AI initiatives stall somewhere between the strategy deck and the daily work. That gap is where I work.
I combine consulting with hands-on delivery. I learn how your business actually runs, find where AI creates measurable value, and then build the solution with your team, from the first use case to a workflow people rely on every day.
- 01Strategy
- 02Implementation
- 03Automation
- 04Adoption
02 · Forward deployed
Consulting that ships.
A forward deployed engineer works inside the client’s business instead of at a distance. The role was made popular by technology companies that embed engineers with their customers to get products into real use.
I apply the same model to your company. I learn how the work is really done, build AI on your real data and systems, and stay until your people use it every day.
- Works fromClassic consulting: Workshops and slide decksForward deployed: Inside your tools and data
- DeliversClassic consulting: RecommendationsForward deployed: Working systems
- MeasuresClassic consulting: Hours spentForward deployed: Adoption and results
- Leaves behindClassic consulting: A reportForward deployed: A solution your team owns
03 · What I deliver
From opportunity to operation.
One accountable person across the whole chain, so nothing gets lost between the people who plan AI and the people who have to use it.
Step 1: Identify
Map processes, data and constraints with the people who do the work. Prioritize use cases by business impact, feasibility and risk.
ResultA short list of use cases worth building, with owners and KPIs.
Step 2: Design
Shape the solution end to end: workflow, tools and architecture, human review points, governance, and how success will be measured.
ResultA blueprint that leadership can approve and the team can build.
Step 3: Implement
Build and integrate AI agents, automations and knowledge assistants connected to your systems. Prove them in a focused pilot before scaling.
ResultA working solution on real data, not a prototype on a slide.
Step 4: Operationalize
Make it stick with training, adoption and change management, documentation and metrics, so the team owns the solution and keeps improving it.
ResultAdoption you can measure, and capability that stays in-house.
04 · Independent, with a network
My name on the work. A network behind it.
I work as an independent consultant and engineer. That keeps every engagement personal and accountable, and a network of trusted partners lets me take on work that would normally need a whole firm.
- 01
You work with me
Every engagement is led personally by me, from the first call to the handover. There are no account managers or layers between you and the work.
- 02
A tested method behind every project
Methods, templates, tools and digital products I have built over time, so every project starts from proven building blocks.
- 03
Partners provide the reach
Specialists in design, software, data, cloud and content join projects when they need it, under one agreement and to one standard.
- Web design & development
- Software engineering
- Data & integrations
- Cloud & security
- Content & brand
- Training & enablement
- Domain expertise
05 · Background
Built inside the work, not beside it.
Before starting my independent practice, I spent more than a decade in advisory, learning and development and government contracting across the GCC and EMEA. Results were measured in contracts won and capabilities delivered, and AI entered that work as a working tool, not a talking point.
- Advisory, L&D and contracting
- 11+years
- Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Kuwait and beyond
- GCC& EMEA
- Corporate, government and semi-government clients
- B2B& B2G
- English, Macedonian, Serbian/Croatian
- 3languages
Selected work
- 01AI-assisted contract intelligenceAutomated document review, compliance risk flagging and AI-generated tender drafts for complex government bids.
- 02Decision systemsAI-supported bid/no-bid frameworks and win-rate analytics that turn every outcome into structured competitive intelligence.
- 03Functions built from zeroAn end-to-end contracting function with qualification frameworks, governance and performance tracking, and the team to run it.
- 04Executive education and AI literacyExecutive programs co-designed with INSEAD, HEC Paris, London Business School, Harvard, UC Berkeley and Cranfield, and advice to CHROs on AI literacy.
- 05AI-ready knowledge systemsScattered documents turned into structured knowledge bases that AI tools can search, cite and reuse.
Path
- 2013Tender and IT Partnership OfficeMakedonski Telekom
- 2015Advisor to Senior Advisor, HR and Leadership ProgramsLEORON Institute
- 2018Senior to Head Advisor, Learning and DevelopmentLEORON Institute
- 2022Associate Director, Learning and DevelopmentLEORON Institute
- 2024Associate Director, Tenders and ContractsLEORON Institute
- 2025Director, ContractingLEORON Institute · Present
- NowAI Consultant & Forward Deployed EngineerIndependent, remote worldwide
Credentials
- AnthropicTeaching the AI Fluency Framework
- McKinsey.orgForward Program
- CSCMPProcurement Professional Certificate
06 · How I work
Four rules I hold every project to.
- 01Business case before model choice.We start from a process and a number worth moving. Tools come second.
- 02Small pilot, real data, clear metric.Proof in weeks on your own work, then a decision to scale or stop.
- 03People stay in the loop where it matters.Human review, guardrails and governance are designed in from the start.
- 04Your team owns it when I step back.Documentation, training and handover are part of the delivery, not an extra.
07 · Work together
Have an AI opportunity that needs an owner?
Tell me what you want to improve. We start with a short, free introductory call, then agree on the right first step.
- 01Diagnostic or workshop
- 02Focused pilot project
- 03Long-term advisory partnership
08 · Contact
Let’s build something that works.
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- Direct
- filip@ordevskifilip.com
- General
- info@ordevskifilip.com
- Availability
- Available for remote work globally
- Languages
- English, Macedonian, Serbian/Croatian