Independent technology consulting
I help organisations figure out what to build with AI and emerging technology, then I help them build it. Not theory. Not slides. Working output.
You work directly with me. Engagements run on fixed or capped fees, scoped upfront. When I'm done, I leave you stronger and more capable — not dependent on my continued involvement.
I set up Metis Point because I kept seeing the same pattern: organisations spending serious money on consultants who'd studied AI but never built with it. I've been the person who builds it — and I got tired of watching teams get sold confidence without substance.
My background is hands-on. PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Head of R&D at a $2B blockchain ecosystem, where I owned the AI strategy, led the research team, and shipped multi-agent systems that cut latency by 60% and costs by 80%. I managed strategic partner relationships with brands including Formula E, ESA, and BCG. Before that, I led product strategy at a blockchain IP firm, authored 10+ patents, and delivered enterprise proofs of concept across identity, compliance, and secure data.
I was the lead inventor on the technology behind AlphaGo (formerly Robotiz3d) — an autonomous road-maintenance robotics company that has since raised millions in funding and continues to operate today. Earlier, I led a 19-person robotics lab at UCL and co-authored a front-cover article in Nature.
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CFO, global industrial services group Multi-national listed group — separate advisory engagement“Alec’s work helped me cut through the fog around AI and understand what the right system stack could look like for finance over the next five years. It was very valuable time.”
Named engagements where I was the senior person on the work — not a deck farmed out to a junior team.
Board-approved in 2 weeks · scaling company-wide
Sole AI consultant for Altrad, a multi-billion-dollar industrial services group with 15,000+ employees. Board-approved AI strategy across three business units, with a multi-year roadmap covering operations, finance, HR, and client services. Now expanding to company-wide rollout.
Read the full storyLarge consulting firms charge premium rates for AI strategies built by teams who've never deployed an AI system. Here's how that typically plays out:
| What big firms do | What I do |
|---|---|
| Send a partner to win the work, then hand it to juniors | You work with me — start to finish |
| 12-week discovery phases before any output | Complete strategies and working prototypes in days |
| Generic frameworks adapted from other clients | First-principles thinking built around your organisation |
| Recommend tools they have partnerships with | Vendor-independent — I recommend what actually fits |
| Leave you with a deck and a dependency | Leave you with capability, knowledge, and momentum |
| Bill by the hour with no ceiling | Fixed or capped fees, scoped upfront |
Send a partner to win the work, then hand it to juniors
You work with me — start to finish
12-week discovery phases before any output
Complete strategies and working prototypes in days
Generic frameworks adapted from other clients
First-principles thinking built around your organisation
Recommend tools they have partnerships with
Vendor-independent — I recommend what actually fits
Leave you with a deck and a dependency
Leave you with capability, knowledge, and momentum
Bill by the hour with no ceiling
Fixed or capped fees, scoped upfront
I'm the creator and host of Untangling Web3 — one of the largest Web3 and emerging technology podcasts, with over 200,000 subscribers.
Each episode features conversations with industry leaders, founders, and technologists at the cutting edge of blockchain, AI, decentralised systems, and digital infrastructure. It gives me a network and perspective that directly informs my consulting work.
If you want a sense of how I think and who I talk to, this is the best place to start.
