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Independent advice · Armidale & New England

Good technology.
Sound judgement.
Local support.

Practical AI and IT leadership for New England businesses. A clear way forward, with someone local to help you put it into practice.

Find your starting point

Led personally by Tim McPhillips.

ROOTED IN NEW ENGLAND · LANDSCAPE STUDY
Armidale   /   Tamworth   /   Uralla   /   Guyra   /   New England
Clear advice. Practical help.

Make technology work
for the business you run.

01 / FIND THE RIGHT START

Practical AI advice

Work out where AI could help with the work your team does every week. Start with a clear plan and a small pilot.

02 / PUT IT TO WORK

Setup and ongoing care

Get the tools, processes and staff support in place. Keep them useful after the initial setup.

03 / SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE

Technology leadership

A few days a month of senior technology leadership for businesses without an IT manager. Help with direction, IT providers, software suppliers, security, budgets and renewals, so it doesn’t all fall to the owner.

Two practical places to start

A useful first step.
A clearer way forward.

01 / WHERE COULD AI HELP?

AI Discovery Workshop

The repeated admin. The documents waiting to be read. The same information entered twice.

A structured session to find two or three places AI could help with your working week, and what to do next.

Talk through a workshop
02 / WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION IN IT?

Technology Baseline

A software renewal is coming up. You’re chasing the IT provider. Another cyber insurance questionnaire has landed.

Start with a plain-English picture of the technology you have, what it costs and where the risks are. Then work out what needs attention first.

Talk through a baseline
Meet your adviser

Big-picture experience.
A local point of contact.

I’m Tim McPhillips. My technology career started in Armidale in 2004. I later spent 17 years with Dimension Data and NTT, most recently as Director of Alliances for Asia Pacific.

Working across the region taught me to start with a clear business problem, keep the first step small and bring people along.

My family and I moved back to Armidale in 2019. We’re raising our two boys here. This is home, and it’s where I want to do this work.

I work directly with owners and practice managers, including accountants, brokers and optometrists. Every engagement is led by me personally.

Tim McPhillips, Saumarez Advisory
Tim McPhillips Principal · Saumarez Advisory
A conversation is a good place to start

Happy to talk it through.

Start with one job that eats your time, or one IT worry. A free 30-minute chat is a simple way to work out whether I can help.

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