Creative Ground is a Chicago firm that gives midsize US companies independent AI consulting, from the plan to the live system. Each of us owns one part of your engagement, and Gaurav takes your first call.
The team
Every role here exists for a reason. Strategy and analytics size your problem in real numbers before anything is bought or built. An architect with years of bringing AI into major industries designs the solution. Engineers who have built these systems themselves check that it will hold up. And a dedicated implementation lead makes sure your people can use it.
Managing Director
Gaurav founded Creative Ground in 2014. He spent years in healthcare technology working with enterprise clients, where he owned the customer success process and designed workflows that put AI to work on real problems. He owns pricing and our relationships with clients and partners, and he gives final approval on every engagement. He takes your free 15 minute intro call and joins you at each major milestone after it.
Director of AI Business Implementation
Dr. Jean makes sure what gets built gets used. She leads governance, which means your AI use policies and compliance steps, and the training plan for your people. She runs training and workshops on site with your team so the system fits how they already work.
AI Solutions Architect/Strategist
Tyler has years of experience bringing AI solutions into major industries. He leads your Executive AI Briefing, designs the solution that fits your problem, and reviews every verdict we give. His rule is to pick the narrowest design that moves your number.
Director of AI Business Strategy & Analytics
Giancarlo turns your business goals into the numbers an AI project is judged by: your starting baseline, the KPIs to watch and the ROI plan. After launch he leads the follow up calls that check those numbers against your baseline, so you can see what changed.
Senior AI Engineer
Rohit specializes in AI automation, retrieval augmented generation and scalable backend architecture. He has delivered production AI systems that connect business data, cloud services and everyday tools. On an engagement he digs into how a system was built, or should be, and finds where it breaks. We don’t build AI for clients; his build experience is how we know what to look for.
AI Engineer
Shubham has built AI agents, chatbots and automations that connect to the systems a business already runs on, such as the CRM, the scheduler, and phone and email tools. On an engagement he tests each build, checks it works as described and verifies its integrations, alongside Rohit.
Creative Ground has worked with businesses in Chicago and across the US since 2014. We launched our AI advisory practice in 2026, with a team whose engineers have built AI agents for many companies. That is how we know where builds break. A sample Blueprint, on a clearly labeled fictional company, is coming soon.
Gaurav Malhotra founded Creative Ground and takes your free 15 minute intro call.
Strategy, governance, engineering and measurement each have an owner, so you always know who to ask.
They have built AI agents for many companies. We don’t build AI for clients; that experience shapes our advice.
Six specialists. Gaurav Malhotra takes your first call and gives final approval. Tyler Brangman leads your briefing and reviews every verdict. Giancarlo DiBonaventi, Dr. Jean Hess, Rohit K and Shubham Limbachiya each lead one part of the work.
Tyler Brangman reviews every verdict, and Gaurav Malhotra gives final approval. If someone else built your system, they get a written right of reply before our findings are final.
Yes, in Chicagoland. We serve US clients nationwide and remotely, and in person in Chicagoland. Dr. Jean runs training and workshops on site with your team.
Creative Ground has been in business since 2014. As an independent AI advice practice we’re new, and our engineers have built AI agents for many companies; that’s how we know where builds break.
That’s every detail. Questions left? Ask us in person.
Start with a free 15 minute intro call with our managing director. If it’s a fit, we book a 60 minute briefing with your leadership for another day. Within 7 business days of it, you get up to three fixed fee options, ours marked, and ‘not yet’ if that’s the honest answer.