This is a high-level overview of my approach to consulting and the sort of problems I can help with. Feel free to contact me for more details.
Offerings
With my broad experience in data science, software engineering, and artificial intelligence, I can help in a variety of situations. My key offerings are:
- Short one-off advisory sessions to address specific challenges and questions (book paid call).
- Longer engagements to tackle data & AI problems (contact me to discuss). These have two components:
- Problem definition and strategic planning; and
- Help with implementation (if I don’t have the capacity to do it, I’ll connect you with the right people).
- Mid-to-long term engagements as a Fractional Chief Data & AI Officer for startups and scaleups.
Principles
When approaching consulting engagements, I aim to follow these key principles:
- Getting to know you and the root of your business problems.
- Iteratively implementing pragmatic solutions.
- Saying what I’ll do, doing what I said, and communicating if anything changes.
Examples
Examples of the above offerings:
- A short call to discuss an ongoing computer vision project, where the client was unsure the consultant they’ve retained was on the right path. I provided advice on where they should focus, based on my experience with best practices in such projects.
- An internal consulting project with Automattic, where the aim was to increase WordPress.com customer retention rates. Artefacts from this project are still in use by the company five years later.
- I served in data & AI leadership roles with multiple startups. While those weren’t fractional, a clear theme is that it’s hard for non-data people to make the first data hires and give them the right tasks. These are the sort of items I can help with fractionally.
Ideal clients and areas
My main interest these days is helping startups and scaleups within the climate tech and nature-positive sector. However, I’m happy to discuss any project that is likely to have a positive impact on humanity and our shared environment.
I have worked with large companies (Intel, Qualcomm, Google, and Commonwealth Bank), a unicorn scaleup (Automattic – WordPress.com), several startups (like Orkestra – renewable energy space, and Car Next Door – now Uber Carshare), and nonprofits (Reef Life Survey, GetUp!, and Work on Climate). As an independent consultant, I prefer working with stakeholders who have skin in the game, which typically means working with small-to-medium organisations in settings where it’s possible to quickly ship iterative solutions.
Next steps
Contact me if you’re interested in working together.