Chachula Group · Dallas, TX

AI strategy from a CIO who has actually shipped it.

Most AI consultants have never owned a P&L, sat in a boardroom, or lived through an implementation that had to work. Michael Chachula has done all three — across global restaurant, retail, and financial services brands. Chachula Group turns AI from a buzzword on your board deck into measurable operating advantage.

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Michael Chachula
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Technology leadership at: Propelled Brands · FAT Brands · The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf · Dine Brands / IHOP · HSBC Best-selling author · The Chachula Method™ series MBA, Kellogg School of Management
Three ways to work together

One advisor. Three doors.

"Every executive team I meet is asking the same question: where do we even start with AI? The answer isn't a tool. It's a method — and it starts with the business, not the technology."
— Michael Chachula, Founder & CEO, Chachula Group
The engagement model

Simple to start. Built to compound.

Assess

A fixed-scope AI Readiness Audit maps your opportunity landscape, ranks use cases by ROI and risk, and gives your leadership team a shared language in two weeks.

Architect

We design the roadmap, sequence the initiatives, select the vendors, and build the business case your board will actually approve.

Accelerate

Ongoing advisory keeps momentum through implementation — governance, change management, and a seasoned voice in the room when decisions get hard.

Why clients choose Chachula Group

Operator, not theorist

Advice from a sitting Chief Information Officer who is implementing AI in a multi-brand franchise organization right now — not recycling a slide deck from 2023.

Franchise & multi-unit DNA

Deep, lived expertise in franchise economics, POS ecosystems, multi-unit scalability, and the realities of rolling out technology across hundreds of locations.

A published method

Engagements follow The Chachula Method™ — a documented, repeatable framework refined across a best-selling book series, not improvised project by project.

Next step

Bring clarity to your AI strategy in one conversation.

A 30-minute call. No pitch deck. You'll leave with at least one idea you can use whether or not we ever work together.

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