Tristella Advisors
Fractional CTO · Salesforce & AI · Healthcare IT

Get AI into production without betting the company on hype.

Tristella Advisors provides fractional CTO leadership, AI governance, Salesforce Agentforce architecture, and healthcare IT advisory for organizations that need AI to be useful, safe, integrated, and board-defensible.

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For boards & C-suite

AI Governance Gap Assessment

"We need AI governance before this gets risky." For boards and C-suite.

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Polaris AI Risk Management Framework

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Polaris AI Governance Framework

A practical six-pillar AI risk framework for SMBs. Download free.

AI Implementation AdvisoryFractional CTO LeadershipAI Model GovernanceSalesforce Agentforce ArchitectureHealthcare IT and HIPAA ComplianceAI Production ObservabilityBoard-Defensible AI Governance

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AI Governance Gap Assessment AI Stack Readiness Assessment Salesforce Agentforce Readiness Assessment Healthcare AI Adoption Scorecard

Three senior advisors. One implementation path.

CTO-level architecture, Salesforce Agentforce expertise, and healthcare operations and change management — without junior consultants, bloated teams, or theater. Every engagement is led by a partner.

We are not here to produce an AI strategy deck that dies in committee. We help you choose, govern, integrate, and operationalize AI systems that can survive production traffic, compliance scrutiny, and board questions.

WHAT WE DO

Named for the outcome you need, not our org chart.

All services

01

Fractional CTO Services

Senior technology leadership on retainer. Architecture, hiring, AI, and board reporting, without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.

02

Deploy Salesforce Agentforce

Architecture, implementation, and AI agent governance for orgs already running on Salesforce — with data readiness, identity, permissions, and change management included, not bolted on.

03

Get AI Into Production

From prompt prototype to production system, with the right model selection, observability, rate limit handling, and cost controls in place from day one. Not just a demo that breaks at scale.

04

Healthcare IT Consulting

Healthcare IT consulting and advisory for health systems, health tech startups, payers, and life sciences organizations. EHR strategy, HIPAA-aware AI deployment, Salesforce Health Cloud, and the clinical change management that determines whether a technology initiative actually lands.

Who we work with

Best for

Funded startups, SMBs, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and Salesforce-heavy teams that already believe AI matters but need senior judgment to implement it safely, without enterprise consulting overhead.

Not for

Companies looking for generic chatbot demos, low-cost staff augmentation, or strategy decks without implementation accountability.

CAPABILITY PROOF

What the first 90 days looks like.

A fixed-scope engagement that ends with something running in your stack, not a slide deck. Targets we hold ourselves to:

9 wks

From kickoff to a system serving real production traffic.

1

Named owner on your side, trained to run it without us.

$0

Net-new headcount required to keep it running.

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FREE ASSESSMENTS

Where are you stuck?

Each assessment takes minutes, scores your current position, and emails you a personalized report. Pick the one that matches where you are right now.

For boards & C-suite

AI Governance Gap Assessment

"We need AI governance before this gets risky." For boards and C-suite.

Instant download · no quiz required

For engineering & product

AI Stack Readiness Assessment

"We need to know if our AI architecture will hold up at scale." For technical founders.

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For Salesforce admins & architects

Salesforce Agentforce Readiness Assessment

Most Salesforce orgs are not as ready for Agentforce as they look in a demo. This assessment tells you exactly where the gaps are before you start building, so you're not troubleshooting in production.

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For health system CTOs & VPs

Healthcare AI Adoption Scorecard

"We are a healthcare org and need HIPAA-aware AI." For health system leaders.

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For engineering & product

AI Production Readiness Assessment

"We have an AI pilot but cannot get it into production." For engineering and product.

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