AI & Automation
Practical AI, built into the way your business actually runs.
- Custom AI agents
- Microsoft Copilot deployment
- Workflow automation
- Document intelligence
AI and automation,built by security experts.
We build AI and automation into how your business already runs, then secure it the same day we build it. One firm for Northwest & Central Ohio and Southeast Michigan.
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Built on
AI platforms your business can trust
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ChatGPTOpenAI
CopilotMicrosoft
Built to
Frameworks your auditors recognize
SOC 2
An independent audit of how you protect customer data — the report buyers and partners ask to see.
What we do
Two things we do well: AI and security.
We build AI and automation into how your business runs, and bring the security discipline that keeps it safe. One firm, one team, both sides covered.
Cybersecurity
Security advice you can act on, grounded in enterprise experience.
- Virtual CISO (vCISO)
- Security assessments
- Compliance program support
- Cloud security reviews
Where we fit
AI capability and security discipline under one roof.
Most growing businesses end up choosing between AI shops that move fast and security firms that slow them down. Ridgepoint brings both — without the handoffs.
Most firms in this lane…
MSPs and IT providers keep your IT running day to day, but aren't built to advise on AI strategy or security at the leadership level.
Ridgepoint
Strategic AI and security advisory, without trying to take over your IT.
Most firms in this lane…
Generalist consultants give broad advice and slide decks, but don't build or secure what they recommend.
Ridgepoint
AI built and secured by the same team that planned it — advice you can actually run.
Most firms in this lane…
AI and automation firms ship prototypes fast, but rarely think about governance, data risk, or what happens when it scales.
Ridgepoint
AI built with security governance and enterprise judgment from day one.
Most firms in this lane…
Cybersecurity advisory firms write reports and recommendations. Execution is on you.
Ridgepoint
Advisory and execution under one roof — we plan it and we build it.
We don’t pretend to do everything better than every specialist firm. We bring AI and security together under one team accountable for the result.
How we work
The same approach across every engagement.
A clear path from where your business is today to AI and security that actually fits.
01
Assess
We start by understanding where your business actually is today — current systems, workflows, security posture, and where AI or automation can move the needle. No generic playbooks.
02
Plan
We design a roadmap tailored to your business — what to build, what to integrate, what to secure first, and the order that makes sense. Written in plain English, not jargon.
03
Build
We deliver. AI agents, automation workflows, security programs — whatever the engagement requires, built in-house with security baked in from the first line of code.
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Support
We stay engaged after launch — security advisory and ongoing improvements as your business and the technology around it keep evolving.
Our Story
An AI-led firm, grounded in security.
Ridgepoint Technologies helps businesses put AI and automation to work — building custom AI agents and workflow automation, with cybersecurity discipline drawn from decades of leading security programs at enterprise scale built into every engagement.
We are an advisory and delivery firm, not a managed service provider or help desk. We build the systems, write the code, and sit across the table as a trusted advisor — combining hands-on engineering with the strategic security perspective most growing businesses can’t hire full-time.
Founded by a 25-year security leader
Built on enterprise experience leading security programs at a Fortune 500 brand and a publicly traded technology company — now focused on helping growing businesses adopt AI without inheriting new risk.
- Years in enterprise security
- 25+Years in enterprise security
- Firm for AI and cybersecurity
- 1Firm for AI and cybersecurity
- Pressure, ever
- 0Pressure, ever
AI and automation, built by security experts.
ridgepoint — capability mosaic
WORKFLOW
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BUILD & SHIP
✓agent build · 24s
✓tests · 142 passed
✓security scan · clean
✓secrets check · ok
→shipped to review
CYBERSECURITY
✓PII redacted before LLM call
✓Audit log signed
✓Sandboxed execution
✓API key vaulted
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What we do
- AI AGENTS
- AUTOMATE
- BUILD
- SECURE
- ASSESS
- ADVISE
Questions
Common questions
A few things people ask before they reach out. Have a different one? Just ask.
Ridgepoint is an AI and cybersecurity firm. We build practical AI agents and automation into how a business already runs, and we provide cybersecurity advisory grounded in 25+ years of enterprise security experience. The two work together: security is built into every AI project, not added later.
We serve businesses across Northwest and Central Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Much of the work is done remotely, so the region defines where we know the local landscape, not a hard limit on who we can help.
AI introduces real risk, so the people building it should understand security. When the same team builds your AI and reviews its security, you avoid the gaps that appear when one vendor builds and another is brought in to secure it afterward.
Engagements range from a one-time assessment or AI build to an ongoing fractional security retainer (vCISO). Cost depends on scope, so the best starting point is a short conversation about what you are trying to solve.
Contact
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Whether it’s putting AI to work in your business or getting a clear read on your security, every engagement starts with a conversation. No pitch, no pressure — just a working session to see if there’s a fit.
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Response Time
Less than 24 hours
Phone
419-574-4988Service Area
Northwest & Central Ohio and Southeast Michigan
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