Independent Data & AI Consultant

I help organisations make better decisions with data and AI

Practical, outcome-focused consulting for businesses that want to use data and AI to grow, compete, and operate more effectively.

20+
years in data, research & AI
200K+
users served by my platforms
Pre-Seed to Series C
across industries & stages

What I do

01

Data Strategy & Architecture

Define your data vision, design scalable architectures, and build the foundations for data-driven decision making.

02

Machine Learning & AI Systems

Build and deploy production ML systems that solve real business problems — from forecasting to classification to recommendation.

03

GenAI & LLM Integration

Integrate large language models and generative AI into your workflows — from prototyping to production, with guardrails built in.

04

Fractional Data Leadership

Get senior data leadership on a flexible basis. I embed with your team to set direction, hire, and deliver — without the full-time overhead.

Selected work

Series B Scaleup MLOps for Research Team Built an MLOps platform for researchers and ML Engineers to train models on over 1TB of data.
MLFlow Databricks DVC
Series A+ EdTech Scale-Up 10x faster reporting, 99.9% uptime Replaced a fragile daily cache with a proper data platform — unlocking self-serve analytics and reliable customer-facing dashboards for 100K+ users.
AWS Redshift dbt QuickSight
Series A+ Scaleup LLM-powered features for 250K+ users Developed LLM-powered writing tools to support and empower users at scale.
LLMs Writing Tools
Climate-Tech Startup AI roadmap from zero to funded Advisory board leadership shaping AI strategy, fundraising, and data culture for a water-quality startup using digital twin technologies.
Digital Twins ML Strategy AI Governance

What people say

“Chris joined our advisory board as ML advisor at a time when we had a strong environmental mission but no structured AI strategy. Over several years, he helped us build a credible AI/ML roadmap, shaped the technical narrative that resonated with impact-focused grant providers and investors, and guided us on everything from IP strategy to hiring our first data team. What set Chris apart was his ability to translate between the technical and the commercial — he made our AI story investable while keeping it grounded in what we could actually deliver. He also advocated for a data-first culture across the organisation that outlasted his direct involvement. I'd recommend Chris to any founder who needs senior AI leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.”

Paul Edmunds CEO, Aquascope

“When I founded AIDY Health, I was focused on the product: using Wi-Fi sensing to protect older adults from undetected falls. What I needed was someone who could help me think about the business around it too. Chris brought a rare combination of deep AI expertise and genuine commercial instinct. He helped us think clearly about where AI could create the most defensible value in our product, challenged our assumptions about hiring, and pushed us to make decisions with more rigour than a founding team typically applies. What I appreciated most was that Chris engaged with the specifics of our domain rather than applying a generic framework. He understood that healthcare AI carries real stakes, and he helped us think through the implications of that, technically and ethically. He asked the questions that a future investor or enterprise client would ask, long before they were in the room. If you are building something in healthcare AI and need someone who can operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, and real-world impact, Chris is exactly the kind of advisor you want in your corner.”

Henrik Grünfeld CEO, AIDY Health GmbH

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