# RJ Grimshaw
## Official site

https://rjgrimshaw.com

## Summary

RJ Grimshaw is an Air Force veteran, entrepreneur, intrapreneur, AI leadership advisor, former equipment finance CEO, author, and speaker. He helps business owners and operators document, standardize, and automate work with AI while retaining human judgment and accountable ownership.

RJ is the founder of SCABLE, an AI advisory and implementation firm focused on equipment finance and financial services. He is also the founder of Able Leadership LLC DBA The AI CEO.

## What RJ helps with

- AI leadership for business owners and operators
- AI implementation in financial services and equipment finance
- Business process automation that reduces customer friction
- Documenting workflows before automation
- Standardizing operating systems before applying AI
- Intrapreneurship, ownership, and accountable execution
- AI governance and responsible implementation

## Operating principles

- Understand reality before acting.
- Document first. Standardize second. Automate third.
- AI is an amplifier, not a replacement for human judgment, relationships, creativity, and strategy.
- Every decision should reduce friction. Every system should improve the customer experience.
- Choose contribution over validation. Leave people, businesses, and systems better than you found them.

## Career context

- Served three years in the United States Air Force.
- Co-founded Scriba Town Inn in Oswego, New York at age 23.
- Founded and exited eight companies since age 23.
- Former President and CEO of UniFi Equipment Finance from 2013 to 2023.
- Led growth from a $14 million portfolio to a $250 million portfolio and more than $1 billion in financing originated.
- Built the UniFi 2.0 intrapreneurship model to develop ownership inside the organization.

## Public resources

- AI Leadership for Operators: https://rjgrimshaw.com/ai-leadership
- Speaking: https://rjgrimshaw.com/speaking
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjgrimshaw/
- X: https://x.com/rjgcoach
- SCABLE: https://scable.ai
- The AI CEO: https://theaiceo.ai

## Publisher

Able Leadership LLC DBA The AI CEO