Ven Iyer — Melbourne, Australia
I build the thing.
Others make decks about it.
AI systems consultant for Australian AEC and professional-services firms with messy workflows and ambitious automation goals. Twelve years of building, not advising.
19
offices, 9 countries
Bollinger Grohmann Knowledge Hub
62%
firm-wide adoption
in six months post-launch
4mo
zero to production
Knowledge Hub MVP
3+
products shipped 0→1
Imersian · EventScout · LYT
Services
What I actually do.
Audit & Strategy
Map the system first.
Most problems that look like technology problems are workflow problems. Before any tool gets touched, I map what is actually broken and where the leverage is.
Systems Build
Build the thing that ships.
RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, computational tools, data systems. Whatever the problem needs. Production-grade, documented, handed over running.
Fractional Operator
Run the whole thing if needed.
Product, engineering, operations. I have run all of it at once at Imersian. The fractional offer is for founders who need that without the equity conversation.
How I work
From ambiguity to an adopted system.
Understand the system
Constraints, workflows, people, incentives. Most technology problems are workflow problems wearing a costume.
Structure the information
Architecture, data relationships, flows. The map that makes the build obvious, and kills the wrong build early.
Build the system
Production-grade, documented, tested. Working software in weeks, not a roadmap deck in months.
Operationalise
Adoption, onboarding, analytics, handover. A system nobody uses is a deck with extra steps.
Selected Work
Things I've shipped.
Knowledge Hub
Bollinger GrohmannDocument-intelligence and semantic search across 19 offices. 62% adoption in six months. 70% reduction in time-to-find.
Imersian
Co-Founder & CPOAI-powered 3D visualisation for furniture retailers. Built the product, the pipeline, the pricing model, and the company.
Design Technology Function
HayballFounded and scaled the design technology team inside a 200-person Australian practice. Three offices, five people, computational tools in daily production use.
EventScout
Solo BuildAI sales intelligence for B2B teams. Built and shipped solo.
Writing
Thinking out loud.
Why AI Pilots in AEC Die in Month Two
The three failure patterns that kill internal AI pilots inside engineering firms, and the three practices that do not.
Why Generative Design Failed to Change Architecture
Grasshopper changed careers, not buildings. Four structural reasons, and why the next five years are different.
Work with me
I take a small number of engagements at a time.
Tell me what's broken.
Start with a free 30-minute fit call. If there is a real problem worth solving, the next step is a paid Diagnostic: A$2,200, credited in full against any engagement that follows.