AI Strategy & Applied AI — Auckland, NZ

AI strategy that survives contact with reality.

I'm Avi de Silva, an AI strategy consultant helping organisations build the operating models, processes, and knowledge architecture that make AI work beyond the pilot.

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10: Years in enterprise systems
CIO50: Recognised technology leader
Oxford Saïd: Executive AI Diploma

01 — Capability

What I help organisations achieve

AI Strategy
AI Capability
AI Governance
AI Transformation

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02 — Work

Featured work

Helm WealthThe AI ProgrammeGoverned AI in production across four business units at a regulated wealth manager.Read the case study
Pathfinder Asset ManagementEnterprise CRM for Pathfinder Asset ManagementA full enterprise CRM serving 15,000+ clients, delivered in under 90 days and 30% under budget.Read the case study
Helm WealthCybersecurity ProgrammeFrom no formal posture to a CIS-aligned programme with continuous monitoring, tested DR and trained staff.Read the case study
Helm WealthData Platform and Reporting AutomationSnowflake and Power BI replaced hand-built Excel; frontline workload dropped 25% across four teams.Read the case study
Helm WealthFive Acquisition IntegrationsFive acquired businesses folded into one platform — identity, data, vendors — with no material disruption.Read the case study
Helm WealthVendor Reset and Service ResilienceIncident resolution went from five days to about 2.5 hours after the MSP was replaced and SLAs rewritten.Read the case study
Helm WealthTechnology Strategy and Board InvestmentThe board backed the strategy with a tenfold increase in technology investment.Read the case study
Be Intelligent (now part of PwC)Managed Services from ZeroA managed services practice built from scratch grew revenue 350% in five months to 25% of firm revenue.Read the case study
Fresh Direct GroupERP Rescope and Platform ModernisationA rescoped ERP saved $450K and national dispatch times shortened by more than 20 hours a day.Read the case study
DatacomDynamics 365 Implementations and the HR PracticeDynamics 365 go-lives plus an HR practice built with Microsoft, generating $2M in qualified pipeline.Read the case study

03 — Insights

Writing, as it happens

Notes on taking AI from prototype to production, written while doing exactly that.

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AI strategy that survives contact with reality.

What I help organisations achieve

AI Strategy

AI Capability

AI Governance

AI Transformation

Featured work

Writing, as it happens

Let's have coffee.