Technology Strategy & Advisory
Clear choices, priorities and roadmaps grounded in organisational reality.
Spencer Welch
AI Innovation, Governance & Transformation Leader
Senior technology adviser and consultant who turns ambiguous or emerging technology opportunities into clear strategy, practical programmes and executable delivery—bridging executives, clients, commercial teams, product and engineering.
Open to selected consulting, advisory and speaking opportunities.
How I help
Advisory and leadership for consequential technology change.
Spencer does not advise at a distance. He translates uncertain technology ideas into decisions, architectures, programmes, products and delivery.
AI Strategy & Governance
Responsible AI direction, proportionate controls and practical readiness.
Digital Transformation
Alignment across operating change, data, cloud, governance and delivery.
Art of the Possible
Exploring what technology can realistically enable, identifying the strongest options and turning promising ideas into practical solutions.
Interim / Fractional Leadership
Senior direction and traction through change, transition or capability-building.
Client & Stakeholder Leadership
Shared direction across executives, clients, commercial teams and delivery.
Complex Technology Delivery
Momentum across multidisciplinary teams, suppliers, risk and constraints.
Product / Start‑up Advisory
Connecting proposition, product, architecture, funding and team capability.
AI governance in practice
Turning governance into something organisations can use.
Founder of AI Act Ready and creator of an AI-governance delivery platform designed to support assessment, risk classification, evidence tracking and implementation planning.
The work demonstrates how Spencer connects regulatory and management-system requirements with practical workflows, product thinking and accountable delivery.
Explore the platform case study
Real product screen · Readiness command centreSelected client & leadership experience
Phillips 66Balfour BeattyBMWBlackBerryJaguar Land RoverCapgeminiNHSAddison Lee
20+Years across technology and transformation
3Fluent European languages
25Participants in Phillips 66 immersive training
12+Person multidisciplinary AI/XR programme directed at NURA XR
Enterprise transformation proof
Addison Lee Group
Head of Technical Delivery
Led cross-functional technical delivery across an approximately £1.5m enterprise programme, meeting the fixed GDPR deadline and strengthening privacy, security, governance and cloud delivery.
- Engagement
- Oct 2017 — Feb 2019
- Programme context
- Approximately £1.5m
- Scope
- GDPR · Cloud · ISMS foundations · ISO 27001 readiness
Selected work
Advisory decisions, made real through delivery.
Selected programmes showing how Spencer shaped client needs, technology direction, stakeholder alignment and execution.
Energy · Digital twin
SEaB Energy
A nine-month PC/VR digital-twin project delivered to specification, on time and on budget.
- 9 monthsStructured delivery programme
- FortnightlyClient demonstrations and reviews
Construction · Digital twin
Balfour Beatty
A multi-user digital twin bringing remote teams into a shared view of site conditions and plans.
- SharedMulti-user collaborative planning
- LiDARDrone and site capture
Industrial · HSE training
Phillips 66 Humber Refinery
A large-scale immersive HSE training facility designed for groups of up to 25 participants.
- 25Participants simultaneously
- 123 m³Tracking volume
Health technology · AI/XR strategy
NURA XR · NuraVerse
An early AI/XR proposition developed into a structured product programme with architecture, a 24-month roadmap, multiple working prototypes and a 12+ person multidisciplinary team.
- 24Month product and technology roadmap
- 12+Person multidisciplinary programme
Current venture
AI Act Ready
Spencer’s specialist AI governance venture, helping organisations move from regulatory uncertainty to practical, proportionate readiness. AI Act Ready is a distinct business brand.
How Spencer works
Senior perspective without distance.
A client-facing technology leader who translates between executive, commercial, product and engineering teams—bringing clarity without flattening the complexity.
More than 20 years across enterprise transformation, technology strategy, cybersecurity, emerging technology and product leadership. Fluent in French, Italian and Spanish.
About SpencerA complex challenge?