Prasanthi Ballada — Fractional AI Strategist
Prasanthi Ballada Enterprises LLC · Austin, TX

I help companies
lead with AI —
not catch up to it.

Fractional AI Strategist with 18 years Fortune 500 leadership. I embed in your team, build your AI roadmap, and create the internal capability your competitors are still planning.

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Fractional AI Strategist CareerOS Founder V²P² Method™ 18 Yrs Emerson Fortune 500 Jay Shetty Certified Coach Austin, TX
18+
Years Fortune 500
3
AI Products Built
6,000+
ERG Members Led
100+
Global ERG Chapters
4
Continents Served
Prasanthi Ballada
Credentials
  • Fractional AI Strategist · Available Now
  • Global Portfolio Leader, Emerson Automation (18 yrs)
  • DeltaV · Industrial AI · OT/IT Convergence
  • Founder, CareerOS AI Platform
  • Founder, Santhi Wellness App
  • Jay Shetty Certified Life Coach
  • AI Mastery Bootcamp Instructor
My Story

I didn't just pivot.
I built something
from the wreckage.

The day my 18-year corporate career came to an abrupt end, I had a choice. Grieve the title. Or build what I always knew was possible.

"Enterprise leadership taught me how to think at scale. AI taught me how to build at speed. That gap is exactly what I bring to fractional clients."
— Prasanthi Ballada

18 years as a Global Portfolio Leader at Emerson Automation Solutions — leading DeltaV product strategy across four continents. Then I built CareerOS from scratch in under a week using AI. Now I help companies close the same gap: enterprise thinking meets AI execution speed.

Let's talk → LinkedIn →
Proprietary Methodology

The V²P² Method™ &
Authentic Influence Framework

The system behind CareerOS — and the lens I use to position professionals, teams, and organizations for AI-era leadership. Built from 18 years in the field, not a textbook.

V
Pillar 1
Value
Identify and articulate your unique contribution — what you bring that no one else does. Most professionals are sitting on unrealized value they can't see.
  • Strengths mapping beyond job description
  • Invisible asset identification
  • Value-to-market alignment
V
Pillar 2
Visibility
Strategic presence-building so the right people see your value — in the room, on LinkedIn, in your industry. Being great is not enough if no one knows it.
  • Executive presence development
  • Thought leadership positioning
  • Strategic relationship building
P
Pillar 3
Positioning
Own a specific lane. Generalists get overlooked. Specialists get hired, promoted, and sought out. This pillar makes you the obvious choice in your category.
  • Career archetype identification
  • Niche authority strategy
  • Competitive differentiation
P
Pillar 4
Presence
How you show up — in meetings, in negotiations, in leadership moments. Presence is the multiplier that makes Value, Visibility, and Positioning land.
  • Authentic communication style
  • Influence without authority
  • Confidence under pressure
6
Career Archetypes
CareerOS uses the V²P² Method™ to assign you one of six Career Archetypes — each with a tailored direction, income model, and 7-day action plan. No generic advice. Ever.
∞
Authentic Influence Framework
The leadership layer on top of V²P². Built for professionals navigating AI-era organizations — where influence, not title, is the real currency of advancement.
Work With Me

Six ways I can
move your needle.

Fractional AI leadership for companies. Bootcamp and coaching for professionals. All of it grounded in 18 years of doing it at enterprise scale.

01
Fractional AI Strategist · Primary
AI Strategy &
Implementation
I embed in your team part-time and build your AI roadmap, tools, and capability — without the cost or risk of a full-time hire.
  • AI readiness assessment & gap analysis
  • Custom roadmap & use case prioritization
  • Vendor evaluation & tool selection
  • Internal AI capability building
  • Executive AI advisory
Custom · Retainer or project
Book discovery call →
02
AI Bootcamp · 4-Week Cohort
AI Mastery —
real skills, fast.
Hands-on cohort that takes professionals from AI-curious to AI-capable. Built by someone who built three AI products — not a trainer who read about them.
  • Week 1: AI foundations & mindset
  • Week 2: Prompt engineering & automation
  • Week 3: AI tools for your role
  • Week 4: Build your AI-powered workflow
  • Live cohort + replay access
$97 – $197 · Per cohort
Join next cohort →
03
AI Career Platform · Most Popular
CareerOS —
your career map.
AI-powered career assessment built on the V²P² Method™. Your archetype, direction, income model, and 7-day action plan in 30 minutes.
  • 30-min AI assessment
  • One of 6 Career Archetypes assigned
  • Personalized direction & income modeling
  • Custom 7-day action plan
  • Instant access · No fluff
$97 · One-time
Try CareerOS →
04
1:1 Coaching · Jay Shetty Certified
Life & Career
Coaching.
Deep 1:1 coaching for ambitious women who want more — and need a strategic partner who has been in the room, on the stage, and in the trenches.
  • Career transition & promotion strategy
  • Visibility, influence & leadership
  • Work-life harmony for working moms
  • Burnout recovery & boundaries
  • Mindset & confidence coaching
$500 – $1,500 / month
Book free discovery call →
05
Speaking & ERG Consulting
Keynotes &
ERG Leadership.
Keynotes on AI and women in leadership. ERG program design at scale. I grew a network from 20 to 6,000+ across 100+ chapters — I know how to build communities that move careers.
  • AI for the modern professional keynote
  • Women in STEM & leadership talks
  • ERG program design & consulting
  • DEI strategy & executive advisory
Custom · Inquiry-based
Discuss your event →
06
Industrial AI · DeltaV Expert
Industrial AI &
Automation Strategy.
18 years leading DeltaV and industrial automation product strategy at Emerson. If your team sits at the OT/IT convergence — I have lived this problem.
  • DeltaV product strategy & roadmap
  • Industrial AI use case development
  • OT/IT convergence advisory
  • Fractional PM for industrial software
Custom · Project or retainer
Let's talk →
CareerOS · AI Career Platform

Your career map
in 30 minutes.

Built on the V²P² Method™. Assigns you one of six Career Archetypes. Delivers your personalized direction, income model, and 7-day action plan — instantly. No generic advice. No guessing.

$97
One-time · Instant access
30-min assessment · 7-day plan included
01
Tell CareerOS about you
Values, experience, goals, what you truly want next. Takes about 10 minutes.
02
V²P² analysis assigns your archetype
Value, Visibility, Positioning, Presence — your unique pattern identified.
03
Receive your complete career map
Archetype, direction, income modeling, and a 7-day action plan built for you.
Try CareerOS — $97 → Ask me first
AI Mastery Bootcamp · 4-Week Cohort

Real AI skills.
Not another course
you forget.

I built CareerOS using AI in under a week. This bootcamp teaches the same approach — think clearly, prompt precisely, build fast. For working professionals who need to actually use AI starting day one.

1
AI foundations & the right mindset
How AI works, where it fails, how to think like an AI-native professional.
2
Prompt engineering & automation
Advanced prompting, chaining tasks, automating repetitive work.
3
AI tools built for your role
Curated tools for PMs, strategists, coaches, marketers — hands-on labs.
4
Build your AI-powered workflow
Walk away with a working system you'll use every week. Not a certificate — a capability.
$97–$197
Per cohort · Live sessions + replays
4 weeks · Small group · Real feedback
Join the next cohort →
What you walk away with
4
Live weeks
20+
AI tools
1
Working system built
∞
Replay access
Tools you'll actually use
ChatGPTClaudeGemini PerplexityMidjourneyZapier AI Notion AIMake.comManus AIElevenLabs
Who this is for
  • Professionals who want to stop being left behind on AI
  • Founders and solopreneurs building with AI
  • PMs, strategists, and operators who want an edge
  • Mid-career women pivoting into AI-adjacent roles
Real Impact

What happens when
people work with Prasanthi.

Book your call →
"

Prasanthi doesn't just coach you — she sees exactly where you're stuck and gives you the precise tools to break through. I got promoted within 6 months of working with her.

→ Promoted within 6 months
SM
Sarah M.
Senior Manager → Director · Tech Industry
"

I was invisible at work for years despite being the most prepared person in every room. After 3 months with Prasanthi, I had the language, the strategy, and the confidence to own my value. I negotiated a $28K raise.

→ $28,000 salary increase
ID
Isabel Davila
Career Pivot · $28K Raise
"

CareerOS gave me clarity I couldn't get from 2 years of soul-searching. In 30 minutes I finally knew what direction to go — and had a real plan to get there.

→ Clarity in 30 minutes
RJ
Reena J.
Mid-Career Professional · CareerOS User
Community leadership
6,000+
Women in the Impact Network
100+
Chapters Built
4
Continents
10+
Years of Impact
20→6K
Members Grown
Leadership Legacy

I've built communities
that change careers.

As a founding member and leader of the Women's Impact Network ERG at Emerson, I helped grow a community from 20 people to over 6,000 members across 100+ chapters worldwide. This is what community-led leadership looks like at scale.

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Santhi · Wellness App · Coming Soon

I built the tool
I wish I had.

After 18 years in corporate — as a leader, a mother, holding everything together — I burned out. For months I told myself I was fine. I wasn't.

The signals were all there. No tool connected the dots before it was too late.

"Burnout doesn't arrive suddenly. It builds quietly — for weeks — before you feel it."

So I built Santhi — a daily wellbeing score that spots burnout patterns early, before they become a crisis. Built by a woman who lived it.

TODAY
Your Santhi Score
74 /100
Flourishing
MOOD
80
SLEEP
70
STRESS
65
ENERGY
78
Pattern Signal · 14 days
Early burnout signals detected.
Stress elevated 9 days · energy declining. This pattern matters.
10 seconds
Daily check-in
Two questions. Everything else pulled automatically from Apple Health.
0–100 score
One clear number
Mood, sleep, stress, energy synthesized into a single Santhi Score every day.
After 14 days
Burnout signal
Santhi spots the pattern at week 2 — not week 6 when it's too late.
Santhi · Free for founding members

Spot burnout before you feel it.

Built by a woman who lived burnout. For the women living it right now. Free forever for founding members.

Let's talk

Your next chapter
starts with one conversation.

No pressure. No pitch. Just 30 minutes to explore where you are, where you want to go, and whether I'm the right person to help.

Free · 30 min
AI Strategy Discovery
For companies exploring fractional AI leadership · No obligation
Bootcamp · Next Cohort
AI Mastery Bootcamp
$97–$197 · 4 weeks · Live + replays · Real skills
AI Platform
CareerOS Assessment
$97 · Instant access · 30-min · 7-day plan included
Coaching · 1:1
Life & Career Coaching
$500–$1,500/mo · 3–6 month packages · Jay Shetty certified
Book Your Free Call Now →
prasanthi@prasanthiballada.com  ·  (512) 694-8040  ·  LinkedIn