Executive AI Management Training
For senior business leaders: understand what AI can do for your business, decide what to do first, and leave the course with an AI implementation roadmap suited to your own company.
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SHEPHARD FDE Academy: a hands-on bootcamp in enterprise AI engineering and delivery. From understanding the business problem to delivering enterprise AI systems that truly work.
Courses and enrollment
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Introductory workshopFDE Discovery Workshop
€349/ person
A two-day introduction: start from a business problem, learn how FDEs work, and build an AI solution prototype yourself.
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Professional BootcampFDE Professional Bootcamp
€1,490/ person
Master FDE project delivery in 8 weeks: AI engineering, enterprise systems integration, deployment, evaluation and acceptance.
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Custom in-house training for companiesEnterprise FDE Program
Quoted separately
Train your internal technical team on your company's existing systems and complete a scoped enterprise AI prototype.
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Prices are in euros.
What is an FDE?
FDE stands for Forward Deployed Engineer.
Unlike traditional software engineers who build features to a set specification, an FDE goes to where the business happens: identifying problems, designing solutions, writing software, connecting existing systems and driving adoption in real operations.
Four skills we develop
- 01Business skills
Able to talk with business owners and department managers and understand real business problems.
- 02Engineering skills
Able to build agents, APIs and database connectors, and integrate systems such as ERP, CRM and WMS.
- 03Delivery skills
Able to move from requirements discovery to prototype, testing, production deployment and acceptance.
- 04Commercial skills
Able to assess cost, risk and return on investment, and handle client communication and delivery management.
We don't just train people who can use AI. We train people who can turn AI into a company's real operating capability.
Course structure
- Level 1AI & FDE Foundations
For business leaders, students and career changers: build foundational understanding and prototyping skills.
- Level 2Forward Deployed Engineering
For technical professionals: master engineering, system integration and end-to-end project delivery.
- Level 3Enterprise AI Architecture & Delivery
For senior engineers, architects and technical leads: go deep into large-scale enterprise deployment, complex integration, reliability and delivery management.
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