Why me
Most people who run AI training days have read a lot about AI. I have built with it, across multiple businesses, for the past several years. That is a different thing.
I spent fifteen years in digital marketing, built and exited a digital agency, and now run four businesses simultaneously. I built Orca because nothing available did what I needed. Every tool I tried required me to change how I worked to fit the software. So I connected the actual systems myself: Microsoft 365, meeting transcription, contact intelligence, CRM, task management. That is the kind of AI advice I give: grounded in what actually changes when you build something real under genuine operational pressure.
I wrote the integrations. I own the infrastructure. I maintain it every week. When something breaks, I fix it. When a client's workflow changes, I reconfigure it. That is what a managed service means.
The EdTech platform, Skills Hub, is now used by teachers across the UK to build commercial awareness in students who will enter a workforce increasingly shaped by AI. I have thought about what AI does to work, not just as a tool user but as someone building for a generation that will have to navigate it.
I am a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs and Chair of its Communications Committee, a City of London livery company whose membership is made up of founders, investors, and senior executives. I know the room you are in.
I spend a lot of time in rooms with founders, executives, and investors. I understand the pressures you are navigating and what AI actually means to a business that runs on relationships rather than transactions.
None of this makes me the right person for every business. But if you want someone who has built real AI systems under genuine operational pressure, from a fundraising EdTech startup to a managed assistant for time-poor executives, then the conversation is probably worth having.
