AI · Engineering · Security

AI Secured

AI · Engineering · Security

AI advisory, engineering and security.

Founded by ex-engineering & security leaders fromGoogle · Amazon · Westpac
47%of NZ execs are nervous about AI securityWe fix that.
AI · Engineering · Security

AI Secured

AI · Engineering · Security

AI advisory, engineering and security.

Founded by ex-engineering & security leaders fromGoogle · Amazon · Westpac
47%of NZ execs are nervous about AI securityWe fix that.
MillwaterConsulting
№ 03 · ANCHORED · 26

Security First,AI Second.

AI is only as safe as the data underneath it. We've run security at companies such as Google, Amazon & Westpac. We secure the foundations first — so adopting AI is safe, not scary. Enterprise-grade security for businesses of every size.

  • 01Trust Nothing
  • 02Detect Everything
  • 03Secure by Design
Book a free Security check up for your business today.
New Zealand · Australia · United States
Services

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MillwaterConsulting
№ 05 · PROVEN · 26
Advisors & Builders

Advisors who build.Builders who advise.

With the experience to back it up.

We're not AI tourists. For 20+ years we've engineered and run the compute, networks and security that real AI depends on — long before it was fashionable. Ex-big-tech, ex-financial-services, with the scars to prove it. Applied AI isn't a pivot for us — it's in our DNA.

Certified
Google Cloud Professional
Architect
Security
Google Cloud Foundational
Digital Leader x2
AWS Specialty
Database
Security
AWS Associate
Solutions Architect
Cisco Certified
CCNA
CCNP
+ Many more
Member
Google Cloud Partner
Advantage Network
AWS Partner Network
Network
New Zealand · Australia · United States
MillwaterConsulting
№ 04 · MODEL-AGNOSTIC · 26

AI Models Come & GoYour System Stays

We're AI vendor agnostic. No forward-deployed engineer to lock you into one AI vendor forever. We design systems that work with any AI model — the tooling, the security and your company's unique DNA are what we build. Models drop in and out. Sovereign AI included.

  • 01Your Tooling.
  • 02Your Security.
  • 03Your Company's DNA.
  • 04Sovereign enabled.
New Zealand · Australia · United States
MillwaterConsulting
№ 04 · MODEL-AGNOSTIC · 26

AI Models Come & GoYour System Stays

We're AI vendor agnostic. No forward-deployed engineer to lock you into one AI vendor forever. We design systems that work with any AI model — the tooling, the security and your company's unique DNA are what we build. Models drop in and out. Sovereign AI included by default.

  • 01Your Tooling.
  • 02Your Security.
  • 03Your Company's DNA.
  • 04Sovereign enabled.
New Zealand · Australia · United States
The people behind it

Meet the team

Founded by ex-Google, AWS, Atlassian and Goldman Sachs engineers — who got tired of consulting theatre. We bill outcomes, not hours.

Patrick SullivanView bio +

Patrick Sullivan

Founder & Managing Director
Patrick Sullivan
Founder & Managing Director

20+ years advising executive and investment-management teams on AI, cloud and cybersecurity strategy. Ex-Google, IBM & Westpac — turns complex technical landscapes into clear, actionable investment roadmaps.

It's an amazing time to be in tech and business — and a time where trust and personal relationships matter more than ever. We left big tech to put the people-led back into tech.

Andriy KidanovView bio +

Andriy Kidanov

Co-founder & Director of Consulting
Andriy Kidanov
Co-founder & Director of Consulting

20+ years at AWS and Atlassian building high-performance, scalable systems for millions of users. Partners with teams to modernise technical debt and architect robust, reliable full-stack solutions.

We're at the start of a tech super-cycle. The next 2–3 years will be massively formative — having a solid AI strategy now will determine the winners of tomorrow.

Bill BrownView bio +

Bill Brown

Head of Data & Engineering
Bill Brown
Head of Data & Engineering

40+ years at AWS, Goldman Sachs, Computer Associates and Amazon Ads. Expert in data engineering, pipelines and hyperscale cloud — bridging complex infrastructure and strategic business value.

Trust and confidence in your data — that it's accurate, safe, and available for AI to enable your teams and customers — is where we see the most value and the most opportunity.

The people behind it

Meet the team

Founded by ex-Google, AWS, Atlassian and Goldman Sachs engineers — who got tired of consulting theatre. We bill outcomes, not hours.

Patrick SullivanView bio +

Patrick Sullivan

Founder & Managing Director
Patrick Sullivan
Founder & Managing Director

20+ years advising executive and investment-management teams on AI, cloud and cybersecurity strategy. Ex-Google, IBM & Westpac — turns complex technical landscapes into clear, actionable investment roadmaps.

It's an amazing time to be in tech and business — and a time where trust and personal relationships matter more than ever. We left big tech to put the people-led back into tech.

Andriy KidanovView bio +

Andriy Kidanov

Co-founder & Director of Consulting
Andriy Kidanov
Co-founder & Director of Consulting

20+ years at AWS and Atlassian building high-performance, scalable systems for millions of users. Partners with teams to modernise technical debt and architect robust, reliable full-stack solutions.

We're at the start of a tech super-cycle. The next 2–3 years will be massively formative — having a solid AI strategy now will determine the winners of tomorrow.

Bill BrownView bio +

Bill Brown

Head of Data & Engineering
Bill Brown
Head of Data & Engineering

40+ years at AWS, Goldman Sachs, Computer Associates and Amazon Ads. Expert in data engineering, pipelines and hyperscale cloud — bridging complex infrastructure and strategic business value.

Trust and confidence in your data — that it's accurate, safe, and available for AI to enable your teams and customers — is where we see the most value and the most opportunity.

MillwaterConsulting
№ 05 · PROVEN · 26
Advisors & Builders

Advisors who build.Builders who advise.

With the experience to back it up.

We're not AI tourists. For 20+ years we've engineered and run the compute, networks and security that real AI depends on — long before it was fashionable. Ex-big-tech, ex-financial-services, with the scars to prove it. Applied AI isn't a pivot for us — it's in our DNA.

Certified
Google Cloud Professional
Architect
Security
Google Cloud Foundational
Digital Leader x2
AWS Specialty
Database
Security
AWS Associate
Solutions Architect
Cisco Certified
CCNA
CCNP
+ Many more
Member
Google Cloud Partner
Advantage Network
AWS Partner Network
Network
New Zealand · Australia · United States
Start here

Audit your AI readiness — and define your strategy.

Start here

Audit your AI readiness — and define your strategy.

Engage
Engage
Engage

How We Engage

How We Engage

01

Discover

We understand your objectives, culture, risk appetite, and the constraints in front of you.

05

Operate

We see it through to a stable handover. Report on the IC desk, agents in production, team trained. Stable before we step back.

06

Support

Engagements end. The relationship doesn't. Quarterly check-ins, follow-up questions, the long tail — we stay engaged.

02

Align

We present our findings, agree on priorities, and lock-in the way forward. Engagements drift here. Ours don't.

04

Execute

We deliver against the plan. Reports, code, agents, coaching — whatever the engagement requires.

03

Plan

We design the approach. Methodology, architecture, milestones — and the risks we've already spotted.

02

Align

We present our findings, agree on priorities, and lock-in the way forward. Engagements drift here. Ours don't.

05

Operate

We see it through to a stable handover. Report on the IC desk, agents in production, team trained. Stable before we step back.

06

Support

Engagements end. The relationship doesn't. Quarterly check-ins, follow-up questions, the long tail — we stay engaged.

01

Discover

We understand your objectives, culture, risk appetite, and the constraints in front of you.

04

Execute

We deliver against the plan. Reports, code, agents, coaching — whatever the engagement requires.

03

Plan

We design the approach. Methodology, architecture, milestones — and the risks we've already spotted.

01

Discover

We understand your objectives, culture, risk appetite, and the constraints in front of you.

03

Plan

We design the approach. Methodology, architecture, milestones — and the risks we've already spotted.

05

Operate

We see it through to a stable handover. Report on the IC desk, agents in production, team trained. Stable before we step back.

02

Align

We present our findings, agree on priorities, and lock-in the way forward. Engagements drift here. Ours don't.

04

Execute

We deliver against the plan. Reports, code, agents, coaching — whatever the engagement requires.

06

Support

Engagements end. The relationship doesn't. Quarterly check-ins, follow-up questions, the long tail — we stay engaged.

01
Discover

We understand your objectives, culture, risk appetite, and the constraints in front of you.

03
Plan

We design the approach. Methodology, architecture, milestones — and the risks we've already spotted.

05
Operate

We see it through to a stable handover. Report on the IC desk, agents in production, team trained. Stable before we step back.

02
Align

We present our findings, agree on priorities, and lock-in the way forward. Engagements drift here. Ours don't.

04
Execute

We deliver against the plan. Reports, code, agents, coaching — whatever the engagement requires.

06
Support

Engagements end. The relationship doesn't. Quarterly check-ins, follow-up questions, the long tail — we stay engaged.

Proof, not promises

Why clients choose us.

Testimonials tell you we're good. These tell you what changed — situation, what we did, and the number that matters.

Case study 01Prof Services · Legal

An 8-person AI team, live in 4 weeks — handing ~10 full-time roles' worth of time back to the staff.

Situation

Disjointed back-office operations — research, analysis, customer service and corporate admin spread across disconnected tools and eating senior staff time.

What we did

Stood up a secure tooling layer (MCP) over their corporate data, then deployed 8 agentic AI team members across Marketing, Development and Legal.

Outcome

In 4 weeks, agents were handling enquiries, research, expense/invoice admin and CRM — work that previously consumed 12–15 hours per employee, per week.

Impact
18,000 hours
/ year reclaimed — roughly 10 full-time roles of capacity.
60%
fewer manual back-office errors
<2 hrs
first response, from ~2 days
4 wks
live, vs 6+ months to build
Case study 02Private wealth · APAC

An Investment-Committee-grade report in 2 weeks — work that takes an analyst 8–12.

Situation

Unclear which neoclouds or hyperscalers to back across the AI-infrastructure cycle — a high-stakes capital-allocation call.

What we did

Deployed our proprietary in-house research agents — trained on the team's collective investment experience — to analyse each provider's strategy.

Outcome

Delivered an IC-grade report in 2 weeks — versus the 8–12 weeks an investment analyst would have needed.

Impact
6×
faster to a decision — 2 weeks, versus 8–12.
3–5 year capital-allocation call, unblocked
a committee decision they'd been unable to make — now made with confidence.
Proof, not promises

Why clients choose us.

Outcomes not slidedecks. What partners say when the engagement is done.

Case study 01Prof Services · Legal

An 8-person AI team, live in 4 weeks — handing ~10 full-time roles' worth of time back to the staff.

Situation

Disjointed back-office operations — research, analysis, customer service and corporate admin spread across disconnected tools and eating senior staff time.

What we did

Stood up a secure tooling layer (MCP) over their corporate data, then deployed 8 agentic AI team members across Marketing, Development and Legal.

Outcome

In 4 weeks, agents were handling enquiries, research, expense/invoice admin and CRM — work that previously consumed 12–15 hours per employee, per week.

Impact
18,000 hours
/ year reclaimed — roughly 10 full-time roles of capacity.
60%
fewer manual back-office errors
<2 hrs
first response, from ~2 days
4 wks
live, vs 6+ months to build
Case study 02Private wealth · APAC

An Investment-Committee-grade report in 2 weeks — work that takes an analyst 8–12.

Situation

Unclear which neoclouds or hyperscalers to back across the AI-infrastructure cycle — a high-stakes capital-allocation call.

What we did

Deployed our proprietary in-house research agents — trained on the team's collective investment experience — to analyse each provider's strategy.

Outcome

Delivered an IC-grade report in 2 weeks — versus the 8–12 weeks an investment analyst would have needed.

Impact
6×
faster to a decision — 2 weeks, versus 8–12.
3–5 year capital-allocation call, unblocked
a committee decision they'd been unable to make — now made with confidence.
In their words

In their words

Outcomes not slidedecks. What partners say when the engagement is done.

Got to a confident decision in weeks, not quarters.

Managing Partner · APAC Private Wealth

They handed our people their time back.

Chief Operating Officer · US Legal Services

Senior partners in the room — not an army of juniors.

Founder · Professional Services Firm

Transformational.

Maggie Carroll, MC Inc
FAQ
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

What types of businesses do you work with?

We work with organizations across various industries, from growing startups to established companies. Our approach is flexible and tailored to each client’s specific goals and challenges.

How does your consulting process begin?

Every engagement starts with a discovery phase where we learn about your business, objectives, and current challenges. This allows us to develop a strategy that aligns with your needs.

Whereabouts are you based?

We have consultants based in the US, Australia & New Zealand. We work with companies all around the world, however.

Do you work with internal teams?

Yes. Collaboration with internal teams is a key part of our approach. We work closely with stakeholders to ensure that strategies can be effectively implemented.

What industries do you specialize in?

Our experience spans multiple industries, including technology, professional services, and growing digital businesses.

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