# Edge8

> Edge8 helps organizations become Tech-Forward through AI Leadership, AI Programs, and global AI talent — achieving 8x efficiency. Founded by Dave Hajdu, Edge8 provides fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) leadership, enterprise AI programs, AI Officer certification, and AI talent staffing across the US and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia).

Edge8 organizes AI work around four offices — Revenue, Talent, Operations, and Innovation. The article index below is grouped the same way.

## Services
- [Your First AI Hire](https://www.edge8.ai/your-first-ai-hire/): Plan, build, and deploy your first production AI agent.
- [CAIO Leadership](https://www.edge8.ai/caio-leadership/): Fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) leadership to set AI strategy and drive adoption.
- [Global Staffing](https://www.edge8.ai/global-staffing/): Dedicated, AI-skilled global talent staffing across the US and Southeast Asia.
- [Training & Certification](https://www.edge8.ai/training-and-certification/): AI Officer certification and team training programs.

## Case Studies — AI Programs
- [AI Programs](https://www.edge8.ai/ai-programs/): Overview of enterprise AI programs Edge8 has delivered.
- [Kyungbang](https://www.edge8.ai/case-studies/kyungbang-ai-program/): AI-Powered Quality Platform for Global Textile Manufacturing
- [Veracity](https://www.edge8.ai/case-studies/veracity-ai-program/): Co-CEO AI Agent for EOS-Aligned Leadership
- [Wink Hotels (Travel Buddy)](https://www.edge8.ai/case-studies/wink-hotels-travel-buddy/): Redefining Guest Experience Through AI Travel Assistant
- [OnTarget (Abound Health)](https://www.edge8.ai/case-studies/ontarget-abound-health/): Engineering Excellence Across Platforms
- [EO APAC Region (HubSpot)](https://www.edge8.ai/case-studies/eo-apac-hubspot/): Scaling Membership Systems Across Asia-Pacific

## Company
- [About Edge8](https://www.edge8.ai/about/): Edge8's mission, approach, and the team behind it.
- [Blog](https://www.edge8.ai/blog/): Articles on AI leadership, programs, talent, and operations.
- [Careers](https://www.edge8.ai/careers/): Open roles and how to work with Edge8.
- [Contact](https://www.edge8.ai/contact/): Talk to Edge8 about AI leadership, programs, and staffing.

## Workflows
- [Workflows](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/): The operating workflows Edge8 runs on, documented end to end.
- [How We Design Workflows](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/method/): The Edge8 method: 5D program brief, seven workflow elements, the Centaur Map, the New Hire Test, and three stage gates.
- [The Biweekly 1-1 Coaching Cycle](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/one-on-one-coaching/): AI preps every 1-1, a human holds it, and AI drafts a two-tier recap that publishes only after the coach reviews it. Check-ins loop into the next prep, and monthly trends feed the coaching focus back in.
- [The Leadership Coach: AI Program Plan](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/leadership-coach-program/): The 5D program plan behind our coaching system: the problem, the data, the workflow design, the ROI, and the deployment, with two-tier privacy enforced in code instead of discipline.
- [How We Publish](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/blog-publishing/): The four-stage pipeline behind every post on this site. A human creates and approves, Claude builds and logs.
- [Monthly Invoicing](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/monthly-invoicing/): One billing cycle, four dates, zero chasing. Created on the 31st, dated to the 1st, due on the 20th, escalated after.
- [Contractor Hours + Payment](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/contractor-payments/): Every piece of contractor work moves through one loop: request, estimate, approval, delivery, and a monthly payment run.
- [Recruitment: Three Loops, One Pool](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/recruitment/): Not a pipeline: demand, sourcing, and selection run as continuous loops around one candidate pool that never forgets. Backward moves are normal, and every exit is a pool entry.
- [New Member Onboarding](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/new-member-onboarding/): A recruiter marks an applicant hired, and the new member walks themselves in: one form turns an applicant into an employee on probation with a portal account waiting.
- [Edge8 Onboarding Cycle](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/edge8-onboarding-cycle/): Every new hire moves through six stages on a kanban board that runs itself: the system chases the plan, sends the surveys, and flips the status. Managers make one decision, at Day 45.
- [Time Off](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/time-off/): Leave requests move from the team portal to an admin decision to an updated balance without a single chat message.
- [Event Registration](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/event-registration/): Admin creates an event, the public signs up, Stripe takes payment, a webhook confirms the seat. No human in the middle.
- [QuickBooks Invoice Sync](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/invoice-sync/): A weekly sync pulls every invoice out of QuickBooks and maps it to the CRM, so revenue truth lives in one place.
- [Monthly Expense Entry](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/monthly-expenses/): Bank transactions become a categorized finance sheet, the sheet becomes QuickBooks entries, and the P&L confirms the month. Every expense entered, every pass-through billed.
- [Monthly P&L](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/monthly-pnl/): Invoices and expenses sync from QuickBooks all month, then close into a published P&L days after month end.
- [Survey Collection](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/surveys/): Create a survey, share one link, and watch responses land in the admin in real time. Feedback without the spreadsheet.
- [Ideas Backlog](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/ideas-backlog/): Anyone on the team submits an idea through the 5D framework, AI turns it into a full product plan, and admins triage a ready backlog.
- [Lark Scheduler to CRM Updates](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/lark-scheduler-to-crm-updates/): Two scheduled agents bracket every sales call: bookings become CRM leads before the call, and recorded calls become complete CRM records, drafted follow-ups, and coaching notes after it.
- [Challenge-Based Certification](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/certification/): Certification earned through submitted proof of real work, challenge by challenge. Attendance proves nothing; artifacts do.
- [Client Work Requests](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/client-work-requests/): Clients brief a contractor in the portal, approve the estimate, and accept the finished work. The invoice sends itself the moment they do.
- [Lead Capture to CRM](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/lead-capture/): From a form submission to a customer record: a spam gate filters the noise, and every real inquiry becomes a tracked lead.
- [Infinite Leverage Retreats](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/infinite-leverage-retreats/): A founder ships real AI programs alongside the team in a few days. People run the room; the admin runs the money, capturing every cost live so profit is known the day the retreat ends.
- [How We Think About Speed](https://www.edge8.ai/workflows/performance/): When the product feels slow, we measure before we optimize and prove the win after. A human sets the target and owns the risk; AI finds the real bottleneck and adversarially verifies every fix before it ships.

## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://www.edge8.ai/sitemap.xml): Complete list of all indexed URLs.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edge8ai/): Edge8 on LinkedIn.