Artificial intelligence is changing how organizations compete, innovate and grow. But identifying promising applications is only the beginning. The real challenge is translating AI potential into initiatives that deliver meaningful results.
During FIU’s AI Execution for Business Leaders: A Value-Driven Approach certificate program you will learn directly from AI leaders at Amazon and The Home Depot. Our instructors will guide you step-by-step to close the gap between AI strategy and execution. Through practical frameworks, two hands-on AI Labs, applied assignments, self-paced learning and live instructor-led sessions, learn to prioritize opportunities, develop feasible solutions, guide implementation, measure business value and plan for scale.
Why Enroll? Five Benefits That Make a Difference
- Identify high-value opportunities: Evaluate and prioritize AI use cases based on business value, feasibility, organizational readiness and risk.
- Make smarter solution decisions: Understand how to assess build, buy and reuse options while clarifying data needs, requirements and success criteria.
- Lead implementation with confidence: Align stakeholders, clarify responsibilities, address governance and plan iterative delivery.
- Demonstrate measurable business impact: Set baselines and success measures, assess adoption, and evaluate operational and financial outcomes.
- Build an actionable roadmap: Bring course work together in an executive AI transformation proposal and a 6–12-month implementation roadmap.
What You'll Walk Away With: Your Executive AI Transformation Roadmap
Turn your learning into action. Throughout the program, you'll develop the key components of an Executive AI Transformation Roadmap, culminating in a practical, executive-level capstone proposal.
Your roadmap will include:
- AI Opportunity Assessment: Identify and prioritize high-value business opportunities.
- AI Solution Blueprint: Develop a feasible, business-focused AI solution.
- Implementation Plan: Define key steps, resources and stakeholder responsibilities.
- Business Impact Plan: Establish metrics to measure success and ROI.
- 6–12-Month Roadmap: Outline a clear path from opportunity to execution.
The result? A practical, actionable proposal to help you champion AI initiatives and drive measurable business results within your organization.
Who Should Attend?
Designed for business managers, functional leaders, project and program managers, operations and strategy professionals, entrepreneurs and others responsible for turning technology opportunities into organizational results. No technical or coding background is required.
AI Tools Utilized
Include ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Gamma, Lovable, Otter.ai and other low-code/no-code platforms.
Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish strategic AI opportunities from technology-led experiments.
- Prioritize AI use cases based on value, feasibility and risk.
- Define feasible solution approaches and success criteria.
- Plan cross-functional implementation, governance and organizational adoption.
- Evaluate AI impact using baselines, metrics and business outcomes.
- Develop an executive-level AI transformation roadmap.
General Information/Custom Programs: FIU Business Executive Education can create custom training programs specific to the needs of your organization. Please connect with us by submitting the inquiry form below or contact us 305.348.4217 or fiuExecEd@fiu.edu.
Go from scattered ideas/tools to a focused AI roadmap that gets launched and moves key metrics.
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Schedule and Registration
Schedule: Mar. 8 to Apr. 12, 2027
Mondays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. ET
Hybrid: Self-paced with weekly instructor-led sessions over Zoom
Training/Contact Hours: 8
Program includes:
- Full suite of FIU proprietary educational materials
- Florida International University Certificate of Completion
Your Six-Week Learning Journey
Hybrid modality combines self-paced coursework with live, instructor-led Zoom sessions on Mondays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. ET. Two additional 1-hour instructor-led AI Strategy Labs immediately following weeks 2 and 3 provide further opportunities to discuss assignments, practical exercises, and capstone preparation.
March 08, 2027 | Strategy + Discover — Imperative and AI opportunity discovery
Learn to distinguish strategic AI opportunities from technology-led experiments. Explore the business case for AI transformation, assess organizational readiness and identify high-value problems. Participants elect and prioritize a business workflow or opportunity to develop throughout the program.
March 15, 2027 | Develop — Engineering viable AI solutions
Translate a prioritized use case into a feasible AI solution. Compare building, buying and reusing existing capabilities; define the user experience, data needs, model requirements, integration constraints and success criteria. See practical demonstrations of prompting and rapid prototyping, then test the key solution assumptions.
March 22, 2027 | Implement — Cross-functional leadership + Agile delivery
Move from a promising prototype to a credible implementation plan. Align cross-functional teams, clarify decision rights, define risk-based governance and plan iterative delivery, evaluation and change management. Apply practical tools for ownership, milestones and risk mitigation, with attention to security, privacy and human oversight.
March 29, 2027 | Validate — Business impact, ROI and measurement
Determine whether an AI initiative creates measurable business value. Set baselines and targets, design appropriate comparisons, assess quality and adoption, and quantify efficiency, revenue, risk and cost impacts. Learn to interpret mixed results and recommend whether to iterate, scale or stop.
April 05, 2027 | Evolve — Scale pilots into enterprise capabilities
Plan the transition from a validated pilot to a sustainable enterprise capability. Address rollout sequencing, employee adoption, ownership, monitoring, operating costs, governance and continuous improvement. Evaluate organizational readiness and the conditions required to replicate the solution across workflows or teams.
April 12, 2027 | Capstone — Executive AI transformation roadmap
Integrate course deliverables into a persuasive executive AI transformation proposal. Present a prioritized opportunity, solution approach, implementation plan, business case, success measures and 6–12-month roadmap. Respond to peer and instructor challenges about feasibility, risks, resourcing and evidence for further investment.
Program Faculty and Experts
Andrés Arias
Senior Solutions Manager, Amazon; Adjunct Lecturer, FIU College of Business, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
Anthony Hernandez
Senior Product Manager, The Home Depot
Financial Assistance & Discounts
FIU Executive and Professional Education certificate programs are noncredit and do not lead to an academic degree. As such, they generally do not qualify for traditional federal student financial aid (FAFSA). However, participants may explore Sallie Mae student loans, FIU discounts, employer-sponsored benefits, and external scholarships or workforce development assistance.
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Contact Information
Executive Education
11200 SW 8th Street, CBC 200
Miami, Fl 33199
Office: 305.348.4217
Email: fiuExecEd@fiu.edu
All Programs for Individuals
FIU Executive Education programs for individuals are delivered virtually by an instructor on evenings and weekends. The short programs, in such areas as human resources, project management, Lean Six Sigma, finance and more, can also be taken fully online at your own pace.