Twenty years operating at the intersection of engineering rigour and senior commercial leadership. Physics, then Big 4 consulting, then institutional strategy execution at a Global Top 150 university. Sagentivum is the synthesis.
Experimental physics at research level, then safety engineering for defence-adjacent platforms where the consequences of structural failure are not recoverable. That background produced a particular way of thinking: not about people and processes, but about structures with properties that can be tested and improved before something goes wrong.
Management consulting — EY in the UK, Advisian, Deloitte in Australia — working on complex transformation programmes across infrastructure, government, and higher education. Those years built commercial range: strategy development, operating model design, investment planning, and executive stakeholder navigation across sectors.
As Executive Director of Strategy Implementation at Macquarie University, a Global Top 150 institution, responsible for translating board-level commitments into operational delivery across a large, complex, multi-stakeholder organisation. The WorkLattice methodology was first developed in practice here: trying to understand why well-designed strategies stall in execution, and what the structural conditions are that either support or prevent delivery.
Sagentivum is the product of that combination. The practice applies structural methods to the problems organisations face when strategy, transformation, and AI deployment collide with how the organisation actually operates.
Analysis of how authority, accountability, and execution actually flow through an organisation — distinct from how governance documents describe it. Applied to AI deployment pre-qualification, operating model review, and structural assessment before significant change initiatives. The WorkLattice methodology underpins this work.
Senior advisory on the gap between strategic intent and operational delivery. Investment planning, portfolio alignment, programme design, and executive-level stakeholder navigation for complex transformation in commercial, government, and institutional settings.
Design and build of AI-assisted tools grounded in structural methodology. Current products: WorkLattice, a decision architecture diagnostic, and TactiPath, a game theory strategy assistant. Development work using Anthropic, Google, and open-source APIs.
The right first step is usually a thirty-minute conversation. It establishes whether the practice is the right fit for your situation, the structural questions worth answering, and how an engagement would be scoped.
