Strategy, AI and systems that work.

Consulting for startups and leadership teams. I help decide what matters, test the case for AI and turn the right idea into a practical next move.

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01Strategy for startupsFounder decisions, growth and operating models 02AI consultingOpportunity, risk, workflow and governance 03AI system design and buildPrice on application

Focused sessions

Start with the decision.

Both sessions are 90 minutes, with advance review and a concise written direction afterwards.

90 minutes£1,250

Strategy for Startups

A 90-minute session to work through a decision about your business: what to focus on, what to test and what can wait.

A question we might work through
We have three directions we could take the business. Which should we test first?

A sharper definition of the decision and commercial opportunity
A realistic route across product, operations, people and AI
A short written summary with priorities and next steps after the session

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A short decision note

An illustrative example of the written follow-up, not a client result.

The decision: choose which customer problem to investigate first.
The missing evidence: whether those customers will pay to solve it.
The next step: test the assumption with a small group before commissioning the build.

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90 minutes£1,250

AI Consulting

A 90-minute session to examine one possible use of AI: what it would change, where it could go wrong and how to test whether it helps.

A question we might work through
Could AI help with our research, and how would we know whether to trust the result?

A clear view of the opportunity, dependencies and constraints
Practical controls for evidence quality, risk and human oversight
A short written recommendation with the decisions and next steps

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A short recommendation for an AI trial

An illustrative example of the written follow-up, not a client result.

The task: draft a summary from an agreed set of sources.
The checks: trace each claim to its source and keep a person responsible for review.
The decision: compare the time spent checking the output with the current way of working before expanding the trial.

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Before and after the conversation.

Send me the decision you are facing, the options you have considered and any background you want me to read. I review that material before we meet. You do not need a polished presentation.

The fee covers that preparation, our 90-minute session and a short written follow-up with the main decisions, open questions and next steps. A software build or a continuing advisory engagement would be scoped separately.

If you are unsure which session fits, tell me what you are trying to work out before booking.

Technical breadth

Experience across several generations of technology.

Before COVID, my technical work concentrated on computer vision. Since then I have built across web products, iOS, automation, data, finance and applied AI. The breadth matters because useful AI systems rarely fail at the model alone; they fail where technology meets evidence, workflow, incentives and management.

I now specialise in agentic research factories: coordinated systems that find sources, extract evidence, challenge conclusions, evaluate quality, preserve an audit trail and improve the next research cycle.

I am interested in how this approach could help in finance, medicine, pharmaceutical research and other fields where evidence needs careful review. An application in a new field would need its own expertise and validation.

Current focus

Research factories.

A research factory is not one clever answer. It is a managed system for producing stronger, traceable answers repeatedly.

01Find
Gather relevant sources and preserve where every claim came from.
02Challenge
Use specialist agents to test conclusions and expose gaps.
03Evaluate
Measure coverage, confidence and failure before accepting output.
04Improve
Route weak work back through a better next research cycle.

Design and build

AI system design and build

Price on application

For organisations that need more than advice: a scoped engagement to design, prototype and build an AI system around a real operating or research problem.

Agentic research factories and autonomous evidence pipelines
Finance, medicine and pharmaceutical research workflows
Industry, market and competitive-intelligence systems
Evaluation, quality gates, provenance and human-review design
Operational AI prototypes that can be tested before wider commitment

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Non-executive roles

Independent judgement at board level.

I am open to a small number of non-executive director and advisory positions where technology, growth, inclusion or complex decisions matter to the board.

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Independent challenge grounded in operational responsibility
Clear oversight of AI, technology and data
Strategy, finance and risk viewed as one connected system
Governance experience from pre-opening through organisational growth
A strong interest in inclusion, accessibility and evidence quality

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Choose the conversation you need.

Payment is taken securely through Boyce Property Services Ltd. I review the material you provide, arrange the exact time personally and send concise written direction after the session.

Strategy for Startups, £1,250 AI Consulting, £1,250

Prices include VAT where applicable. Bookings are subject to the consulting terms.

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