Business Process & AI Consulting

We find where AI
pays for itself.

Most AI programmes fail on process, not on models. We map how your business actually runs, quantify where automation moves cost or revenue, then build the system — production-grade, measured, and handed to a team that can run it.

Stephane Gounari Alex Nyberg

Delivered by both founders directly — no juniors, no hand-offs.

  • 2 Founders on every engagement — strategy and engineering, same room
  • 15+ Years across McKinsey, C-suite leadership and industrial AI
  • 30 days From kick-off to a costed, ROI-ranked roadmap you can act on
  • 100% Engagements ending in something you own, not a slide deck
Experience from

01Services

Six ways we move the numbers that matter

We don't sell technology for its own sake. Every engagement starts from a business outcome — cost, revenue, cycle time — and works backwards to the right solution. Sometimes that solution isn't AI, and we say so.

AI Process Mapping

We map end-to-end workflows and pinpoint exactly where AI removes manual work, compresses cycle time and cuts operational cost.

  • Process discovery workshops
  • Automation opportunity scoring
  • ROI prioritisation matrix

Applied AI Implementation

Prototype to production. We design and deploy systems that integrate with your existing stack — not science experiments that never ship.

  • LLM & agent integration
  • Custom model pipelines
  • Deployment, evaluation & support

Cost Reduction Programmes

We find the highest-leverage places where automation compresses spend — procurement, operations, support and back-office throughput.

  • AI-assisted spend analysis
  • Workflow automation audits
  • Measurable savings roadmap

Revenue Growth Strategy

AI applied to pricing, personalisation, lead qualification and retention — the levers that move the top line, not just the dashboard.

  • Pricing & demand optimisation
  • AI-driven sales enablement
  • Churn prediction & retention

Change Management

Technology is half the equation. We get teams to adopt the new tools and ways of working, with structured enablement and clear ownership.

  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Training & enablement
  • Adoption tracking & KPIs

AI Strategy & Roadmap

A phased, costed plan for becoming an AI-enabled organisation — aligned to your goals, budget and risk appetite, not a vendor wishlist.

  • Capability assessment
  • Use-case prioritisation
  • 12–24 month roadmap

02Approach

A disciplined path from idea to impact

Four phases, each ending in something you could hand to your board. You can stop after any one of them — we would rather earn the next phase than lock you into it.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We immerse ourselves in the business — interviewing stakeholders, mapping workflows and auditing data infrastructure to find where value actually hides.

    DeliverableProcess map & opportunity longlist

  2. 02

    Analyse

    We quantify it: what the process costs today, what AI could save or generate, and what it takes to get there. Ranked by return, not by novelty.

    DeliverableROI-ranked roadmap & business case

  3. 03

    Build

    We design, prototype and deploy into your existing systems. Production-grade from day one, with evaluation built in so you can trust the output.

    DeliverableWorking system in production

  4. 04

    Scale

    We help teams adopt it, measure impact against the baseline set in phase two, and expand what works. The gains have to outlive the engagement.

    DeliverableAdoption plan & live KPI baseline

03Founders

Two perspectives. One mission.

Strategy and engineering, working together. That is what makes Gounari & Nyberg different — we see both the business case and the technical reality, and we hold ourselves accountable to both.

Stephane Gounari

Stephane Gounari

Founding Partner — Strategy & Process

  • Ex-McKinsey
  • Ex-CEO

Stephane brings a decade of strategy consulting and executive leadership to every engagement. At McKinsey he advised global organisations on operational transformation; as a CEO he led companies through growth, restructuring and market expansion. He works the human and process side of AI — making sure the technology lands in an organisation ready to absorb it.

Focus
  • Process Mapping
  • Change Management
  • Product Design
Alex Nyberg

Alex Nyberg

Founding Partner — AI & Engineering

  • Ex-Head of Engineering
  • Ex-HPE
  • Founder, Specatron

Alex is an applied AI engineer who has spent his career building systems that work outside the lab. As Head of Engineering Services at Davra he delivered software to industrial and enterprise customers, and he founded Specatron to push applied AI into specialised domains. He owns the technical reality — making sure what we recommend can be built, deployed and trusted.

Focus
  • Applied AI
  • Industrial IoT
  • Production Systems

04Engagements

Three ways to start

Scoped so you can prove value before committing to a programme. Every engagement ends with something you own.

2–3 weeks · fixed fee

AI Opportunity Sprint

A fast, focused look at one function or process. You leave knowing what is worth automating and what it is worth.

  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Opportunity scoring
  • Costed shortlist & next steps
Start here

8–16 weeks · milestone-based

Build Engagement

We take one high-value use case from prototype to production, with your team alongside us the whole way.

  • Solution design & architecture
  • Production deployment & evaluation
  • Handover, documentation & enablement
Scope a build

Monthly · rolling

Advisory Retainer

Ongoing access to both founders for teams building in-house who want a second pair of eyes that has seen it before.

  • Roadmap & architecture reviews
  • Vendor & build-vs-buy decisions
  • Team coaching
Talk it through

05Contact

Ready to find out what AI can do for your business?

Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will listen to your challenges, share initial ideas, and tell you honestly whether and how AI can help — even if the answer is "not yet."

Median first response: under one business day.

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