20 years of consequential work.
A chronological view of the transformations, analytics platforms and applied AI initiatives that shaped the work, from a music publishing business in the early 2000s, through Lean Six Sigma in Australian and Irish banks, to global People Analytics at Dell, AI governance at Workday and applied AI education today.
- 2000–2004
Built a music publishing and production business to £1M ARR.
Founder & Producer · Music Production
Transformation£1MARR built4 yrsFrom zero to exit - 2004–2006
Entered tech coaching performance across Dell's European sales floor.
GTM Sales Performance Coach · Dell
Transformation1Entry into techEMEACoverage - 2006
Sales process improvement inside a major UK publishing group.
Business Process Consultant · Trader Media Group
Transformation1Sales process redesignedLeanDiagnostic toolkit - 2006–2008
TQM, SOX controls and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at AIB.
Process Improvement Manager · AIB
TransformationBlack BeltLean Six SigmaSOX / ISOControls aligned
- 2008
Migrated Accounts Payable to Parramatta and rebuilt CBA's print supply chain.
Process Excellence Manager · Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Transformation2AP streams migrated1Print supply chain remediated - 2008–2009
Found CommSec customers were using a trading account like a savings account, and redesigned the experience.
Process Excellence Manager · CommSec (CBA)
TransformationMulti-$M AUDTrading & deposits uplift1Demo account introduced - 2009–2011
Lean Six Sigma in highly regulated industries, financial services and pharma.
Senior Management Consultant · McLaw Law & Associates
Transformation35%+Efficiency improvements3–6 moFaster oncology trials
- 2011–2014
Re-engineered sales enablement for 20,000+ Dell reps.
Senior Leader, GTM Enablement · Dell Technologies
TransformationAnalytics2.2 moFaster new-hire ramp$14KPer rep / month unlocked - 2014–2019
Built Dell's first global People Analytics function from scratch.
Director, HR Technology, Data & Analytics · Dell Technologies
AnalyticsTransformationApplied AI$10M+Workforce efficiency delivered6,500+Self-serve analytics users - 2019–2020
Founded GigInside, the Social Skills Cloud for internal talent flow.
Co-Founder · GigInside
Applied AIAnalyticsLEO grantFeasibility funding awardedEI HPSUHigh Potential Start-Up engagement
- 2020–2022
Redesigned the global HR operating model across 80,000 employees and 150+ countries.
Director, HR Technology, Data & People Operations · TE Connectivity
TransformationAnalytics$9M+Cost savings96.6%Critical data quality - 2022–2024
Replaced an over-customised CRM with a scalable, governed GTM architecture.
Senior Leader, GTM Operations & Strategy · Indeed
TransformationAnalytics20+Data sources unified-60%Decision latency - 2024–2025
Stood up Workday's AI Centre of Excellence and a new Asia innovation centre.
Chief of Staff, SVP Product Engineering & QA · Workday
Applied AITransformation2,500Engineers in scope1AI CoE established
- 2025–Present
One senior practice across enterprise AI strategy, executive education and applied AI.
Senior AI Advisory, Faculty & Founder · Independent Practice
Applied AITransformation3 modesAdvisory · Faculty · FounderMulti-sectorEnterprise + SMB + education - 2025–PresentEngagement
Practical AI education that creates real capability, not just awareness.
Founder · Future Academy
Applied AI180+TY students taught5Winning teams pitched - 2025–PresentEngagement
Fractional CAIO across a portfolio of SMB AI engagements.
Fractional Chief AI Officer · Clarity Diagnostic
Applied AITransformationAnalytics7+Fractional engagementsMulti-sectorFitness, recruitment, energy, SMB - 2025Sub-engagement
Replaced static recruitment surveys with conversational AI.
Client engagement (Clarity Diagnostic) · Hurdley.ai · Clarity Diagnostic client
Applied AI3xHigher response rate85%Completion rate - 2025Sub-engagement
Consolidated 7 fitness tools into one operating system.
Client engagement (Clarity Diagnostic) · InCourage · Clarity Diagnostic client
Applied AITransformation30–60%Software cost reduction5–10 hrsSaved weekly per owner - 2025Sub-engagement
Saved Elite Gym €22K a year by fixing the wrong-customer problem.
Diagnostic Lead · Elite Gym · Clarity Diagnostic client
TransformationAnalytics€22KAnnual savings1ICP redefined - 2026Engagement
Designed IMI's flagship 'Leading the Human-AI Workforce' executive programme.
Programme Director & Faculty · Irish Management Institute
Applied AI2 daysImmersive in-person3Concrete outputs per leader - 2026Engagement
Built a specialist subsea contractor's central operating layer, Mission Control, as a Lovable + Claude + MCP stack.
Lead Architect · AI Operating Model · Confidential client
Applied AITransformation5 weeksPhase 1 deliveryFixed scopeDiscovery-gated build
From process discipline to digital workers.
The thread is the same across twenty years: take fragmented work, find the model underneath, and rebuild it so people, and now machines, can do their best work inside it.
Lean Six Sigma taught the discipline. Global analytics taught the scale. AI is teaching us all to lead differently.
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