AI consulting for businesses in Surrey and White Rock, BC.
Chase Bernier coaches the owners and leaders of Surrey firms to use AI in their daily work, then trains their teams to do the same. Sidekick Orchestration is a member of the Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade.
Surrey makes, moves and builds things.
The City of Surrey counts more than 1,100 local manufacturers, employing more than 24,000 full-time workers, and holds 22% of Metro Vancouver's industrial land. The city points logistics firms to Campbell Heights near the border, to Cloverdale and to the land around Fraser Surrey Docks. A third of the city's land is farmland. (Invest Surrey, checked October 29, 2026.)
In firms like these, the owner or a few senior people often carry the paperwork that sits between the shop floor and the customer. That paperwork is where AI helps first. Here are jobs leaders can hand to Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot in the first month.
A manufacturer or fabricator
Turning job notes into a quote, answering supplier and customer emails, summarizing a long spec or contract before you sign.A distributor or logistics firm
Drafting delay and exception emails, turning the day's notes into a dispatch summary, reading a tariff or trade update and listing what changes for your main products.A builder or trades firm
Writing up site meeting notes and next steps, drafting change-order letters, comparing two subcontractor quotes line by line.A farm or food processor
Drafting buyer and retailer emails, summarizing food-safety or program paperwork, keeping a plain record of decisions.
AI drafts and summarizes; a person checks it before it goes out. For customs, tariff or legal questions, AI can help you read the document and prepare your questions, and your customs broker or lawyer gives the answer.
More of what AI can do in a businessThe owner goes first.
We start with you and your senior people, one-on-one, until AI is part of how you work each week. Then we decide together which jobs it should do in the business and which it shouldn't. Only then do we train your teams, on the jobs they do every week.
Staff training that starts before the leaders use AI tends to stall, because no one senior can judge what good output looks like.
Local, south of the Fraser.
Chase lives in Tsawwassen and works with firms across Surrey, White Rock and Delta. Sidekick Orchestration joined the Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade in October 2026.
Chase meets at your office, or online if that's easier, and most of the coaching works either way.
Three ways to work with Chase
Solo, for you
One-on-one coaching for one leader, set up in Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot. By day 30 you hand it work every week without us. $1,800 CAD, paid once.
Solo for Execs, as a leader
Solo, plus the documents a leader needs: an AI position brief, a staff AI-use policy, talking points and a personal 90-day plan. $2,900 CAD, paid once.
Fractional, for your company
Chase leads your company's AI rollout part-time: first you, then your leaders, then your teams. From $6,000 CAD a month, 90-day minimum.
Questions Surrey owners ask first.
Is there an AI consultant in Surrey?
Yes. Sidekick Orchestration, a member of the Surrey & White Rock Board of Trade, coaches Surrey owners and leaders to use AI, then trains their teams. Our guide to choosing an AI consultant explains the other kinds of local AI help and what each costs.
Can AI help with tariff and trade paperwork?
It can help you read a notice, pull out what changed, and draft the emails to suppliers and customers. It can't tell you how a rule applies to your goods. Check that with your customs broker before you act.
Do you build custom software?
No. We help your people use Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot well. If you need software built, we'll tell you, and our guide to choosing an AI consultant explains the kinds of firms that build it.
Will you meet in Surrey?
Yes. Chase meets at your office in Surrey, White Rock or nearby, or online. You can mix the two.
What does it cost?
Solo, one-on-one coaching for one leader, is $1,800 CAD, paid once, over 30 days. Solo for Execs is $2,900 CAD. Fractional, for your company, starts at $6,000 CAD a month with a 90-day minimum. The first call is free.
How do you work with our IT provider?
We agree on access, security and systems with them before anything is set up. Your IT people keep control of your systems, and Chase never logs in to them.
Start with a 30‑minute fit call.
Chase will tell you plainly whether Sidekick can help.
Have a question first? Ask it here, text Chase at 778-999-0985, email, or connect on LinkedIn.