AI Leadership · Technical Strategy · Executive Advisory
Voice agents, automation, fractional CTO work — those are the tools. Here's the work itself:
01AI Leadership
Dispel the myths holding teams back and bring people along through the change.
02Technical Strategy
Get engineering teams shipping faster with AI built into the workflow.
03Executive Advisory
Show executives where AI actually moves the needle — not where it just sounds good.
Currently
CEO · CTO · Co-Founder
Track record
6-mo exit · 18-mo consult
30 years building technology and leading teams. 16+ at iiNet (now Vodafone Australia). A decade founding agencies and exiting one in six months. Today, building AI businesses that ship — across Asia, Australia, and Europe.
How I help
Most engagements lean into one of three places: leading an organisation through the AI transition, integrating AI into a technical team, or advising executives on strategy. The fourth column is the work that comes out — the systems, agents and automation that follow from that work.
AI is dragging every team through a transition — and most leaders haven't navigated one like this before. Fear, uncertainty, and quiet resistance are real. I draw on 16+ years leading teams at scale to help organisations make the shift with confidence — calming concerns, building belief, and giving leaders a playbook to bring their people with them, not against them.
Where does AI actually move the needle for your business? I sit with executive teams to cut through the hype, map AI to real revenue, cost, and customer levers, and design a strategy you can act on this quarter — not a deck that lives in SharePoint.
Fractional CTO services — with AI baked into the development approach itself, not bolted on after. I use AI across recruitment, architecture, and delivery. At GroupFound, a senior team running 100% AI-first with zero traditional coding is shipping in a quarter of the conventional time. I don't just advise on AI — I run my teams with it.
The hands-on side: training staff at every level to use AI as an ally rather than a threat, plus building the systems that put AI to work — voice agents that call and qualify your leads, automation that handles comms, summaries, and reporting. Concrete tools, not theory.
“AI isn't just changing how we work — it's raising what's possible. Expectations of what teams can deliver are about to grow fast, and the businesses that move now will set the pace everyone else is chasing. Sit it out, and you'll spend the next decade trying to catch up.”
What I'm building
A portfolio spanning AI, marketing, voice, and social platforms. Each one is a working business — not a deck.
AI voice agent solutions for businesses. Intelligent conversational agents that handle calls, bookings, and customer interactions naturally.
Social networking platform for entrepreneurs, built fully AI-first. Zero traditional, line-by-line coding. Senior engineers facilitating AI-driven development — on track to deploy within three months of a March kickoff.
The technology and AI arm of Mindsheep. Building custom AI tools, automations, and solutions for businesses ready to work smarter and eliminate repetitive tasks.
AI automation consultancy and implementation. Helping businesses adopt AI practically — removing the tedious work so teams can focus on creative, strategic priorities.
The digital marketing and lead generation agency David founded in 2016. Now AI-transformed end-to-end — faster, smarter campaigns for Australian businesses across real estate, trades, retail, and professional services.
Proven Results
A snapshot of work across digital content marketing, AI transformation, voice agents, and community platforms.
Lead Generation / Multi-Industry
Every inbound lead phoned within minutes, every time. Natural conversations, objections handled, appointments booked — without growing the human team.
Read case study→Technology / Productivity
Reduced daily communications overhead from 2+ hours to 15 minutes — across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and email.
Read case study→Social Networking / AI-First Engineering
A platform on track to deploy within three months of a March kickoff — work that would conventionally take a team of six engineers six to seven months. Built with zero traditional, line-by-line coding.
Read case study→Global Reach
Most weeks involve a Sydney boardroom call before lunch, a build session with developers in Manila in the afternoon, and a Dubai or London client conversation by evening. The team is spread across the Philippines, Slovakia, Indonesia, and Australia.
Asia
Home base
Australia
Mindsheep HQ
Dubai
Client engagements
Europe & UK
Partnerships and active client base
Whether you're a CEO trying to figure out where AI fits, a founder who needs technical leadership, or a team leader who wants their people trained up — I'd love to hear what you're working on.