AI
Consultant
& Architect
Applied AI Consultant — bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI and real-world business impact, from PoC to production.
About Me
Highly Commended MCA Technology Consultant of the Year 2025 — recognised for bridging complex AI engineering and executive-level business value.
AI Consultant with 8+ years driving enterprise AI transformation — from identifying high-impact opportunities to building and deploying production-ready solutions with measurable business outcomes.
Proven track record leading multidisciplinary teams of up to 15 to deliver Generative AI, LLM, and agentic solutions for major UK Government and Enterprise clients — including £350m in cost efficiency and 50% reductions in processing time.
Skilled at engaging stakeholders at all levels — from frontline engineering teams to C-suite executives — through technical workshops, solution discovery, and clear business communication.
Full-stack AI engineering capability: Python with LLM integration (LangChain, RAG pipelines, agentic architectures), React/Next.js frontends, CI/CD, and cloud deployment across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Strong product leadership — owning the end-to-end product lifecycle, translating AI capabilities into business value propositions, securing £5M+ in executive investment, and driving 90%+ user adoption through iterative design.
Cloud-certified across AWS, Azure, and GCP:
- Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
- Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service · Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
Skills
Capabilities
Generative AI & LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs)
LangChain / Agentic Frameworks
RAG Pipelines
Prompt Engineering
Machine Learning
Deep Learning / Neural Networks
AI Safety & Governance
Engineering & Cloud
Python
React / Next.js
TypeScript / JavaScript
AWS / Azure / GCP
FastAPI / REST APIs
CI/CD Pipelines
Database Design
Product & GTM
AI Product Strategy
End-to-End Product Lifecycle
Agile / SCRUM
User Research & Design Thinking
Roadmap Development
Go-to-Market Strategy
Stakeholder Management
Consulting & Leadership
Enterprise Client Engagement
C-Suite Communication
Workshop Facilitation
Team Leadership & Mentoring
Operating Model Design
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Multi-Sector Experience
Work Experience
Capgemini Invent| Senior Managing AI Consultant — Data Science & AI Products
UK Government — Innovation Lab
£350m Cost Efficiency • 14 Solutions Designed & Deployed • 50+ Reusable Assets • 4 Solutions Operationalised • 30+ Technologies Explored
Led client engagement and a multidisciplinary team of 15 in developing user-centric AI solutions for UK Government, delivering state-of-the-art PoCs using Generative AI and advanced analytics that proved production viability
Architected and led development of a Generative AI-powered app enabling real-time document analysis, vulnerability detection, and RAG-based Q&A from policy documents — improving both user and customer outcomes
Established and scaled a Generative AI Centre of Excellence (CoE), running knowledge-sharing sessions, capturing department-wide use cases, and building reusable GenAI assets adopted across multiple teams
Collaborated with AWS, Azure, and GCP to integrate cloud AI offerings into PoCs, accelerating multi-cloud development and briefing senior stakeholders up to C-suite level
Managed full project lifecycle for multiple concurrent prototypes — timelines, budgets, risk mitigation — regularly building trust with executive sponsors to secure continued investment
Developed and implemented the operating model for repeatedly identifying business opportunities, delivering MVPs, and scaling solutions cross-functionally from concept to production
UK Government — AI Safety Institute
Technology Strategy • Enterprise Governance • Data-Driven Insights
Led a strategic engagement defining the technology strategy and operating model for a national AI Safety Institute, establishing enterprise governance frameworks to improve cross-departmental alignment
Architected a data strategy delivering financial and talent management insights through advanced analytics, enabling data-driven decision-making at scale
Designed testing protocols and evaluation frameworks for assessing the societal impacts of advanced AI systems across diverse demographics
UK Police Forces
50% Processing Time Reduction • £250K Annual Cost Savings • Production AI Deployment
Led design and delivery of an AI-enabled FOI response accelerator, reducing processing time by 50% and delivering up to £250K in annual cost savings, mitigating statutory non-compliance risk amid rising request volumes
Developed strategy to deliver multiple AI products enhancing operational decision-making, improving efficiency and resilience across policing
Led end-to-end product development of an AI solution with geofencing, providing frontline officers with real-time patrol intelligence
AI Innovation Product Lead & GenAI GTM
12 PoCs Developed • 10 Clients Engaged (Public & Private) • £5M+ Investment Secured
Founded and led GenAI capability, establishing the delivery model across three workstreams: knowledge dissemination, L&D, and client-specific product development to support go-to-market growth
Oversaw end-to-end product lifecycle management with 100% on-time delivery of major features, translating AI capabilities into business value propositions for C-suite stakeholders
Secured £5M+ in AI initiative funding by articulating LLM solutions as strategic business value to executive sponsors
Implemented CI/CD pipelines, opportunity tracking, and reusable asset management to support simultaneous multi-client development at scale
PA Consulting| Data Science Consultant
Delivered data science solutions across Healthcare, Public Sector, Consumer, Energy & Utilities, and Financial Services — translating complex analyses into actionable insights and user-friendly tools for clients.
Led a team of 5 data scientists to develop a machine learning model predicting elderly patient fall risk, deployed as a web application enabling easy access to predictive insights for healthcare end-users
Improved hospital theatre scheduling through data-driven patient workflow analysis and forecasting, increasing utilisation, reducing wait times, and optimising resource allocation
Designed a cloud-based text analytics pipeline using AWS and NLP (text classification, summarisation) to digitise unstructured government documents into a searchable knowledge base
Applied advanced ML methods (Random Forests, LSTM neural networks) to optimise energy sector operations — predicting equipment failures and enabling preventative maintenance to reduce downtime and costs
SAV| Technical Manager and R&D
Developed a software application for a thermal disconnect billing system, enabling a new service offering and facilitating a joint venture partnership
Managed R&D projects and daily operations, coordinating engineering teams and stakeholders to deliver innovative energy-efficiency solutions on schedule
Awards and Certifications
- Highly Commended MCA Technology Consultant of the Year 2025
- Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
- AWS Partner: Generative AI Essentials
- Microsoft: Develop Generative AI Solutions with Azure OpenAI Service
- Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals
- Professional Scrum Product Owner™ (PSPO I)
- Professional Scrum Master™ (PSM I)
Stellenbosch University
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Honours)
Dean's Merit (Top 10% of the class)
Golden Key member (Top 15% in all of Engineering)
1st Class
Get in Touch
Open to senior AI consulting, solutions architecture, and AI product leadership roles. If you're building something ambitious with AI — or looking for someone to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world business impact — let's talk.