Instant, deep expertise across your data.
Cut through messy spreadsheets, contracts, and operational reports in seconds. Surface the facts you need, spot risks early, and make sharper decisions faster—with your people always in control.
Harness new technology. Navigate the changing environment.
Independent, practical help to use AI safely and well. We start with one real task, measure the result and show you the evidence before you commit to more.
Two ways AI drives real productivity.
Automate the routine. Protect team focus.
Repetitive cross-checking, tracking, and manual admin run reliably in the background. Your team adapts and learns at their own pace, moving away from clerical fatigue toward high-value work.
Real productivity comes from tools built around how your team actually works.
Off-the-shelf software rarely fits your exact operational needs. When your data is organised and clean, custom tools and practical automation give your team back their time, improve service delivery, and flag issues before they become crises.
The common trap
- Generic chatbots disconnected from your real files and workflows
- Connecting AI to messy drives without data or permission boundaries
- Expensive subscriptions that staff don't adopt or trust
The NGen approach
- Custom tools built directly around how your team operates
- Data readiness first, ensuring information is clean and secure
- People-first adoption with measured time saved at each step
Real tools
Real working tools. Built and run daily by our founders.
AI gets more powerful every month, helping to drive our productivity. How can we help you to build and automate what you want?
The Executive Hub
Daily briefing and action tracker, running every morning.
Contract Management
Obligations and risks pulled out of a contract before you read a page.
Files Management
Sorts messy shared drives and flags orphaned files and permission gaps before AI goes near them.
Built for larger teams too.
The same audit-first approach, scoped to your size. One accountable lead, one bounded workflow to start.
Governance and permissions
Clear rules on who can see and do what, agreed before anything is switched on.
Data readiness
We check your files and records first, so results can be trusted.
Prove benefits in your environment
Run inside your tenant, with your security settings.
Scale what works
Prove one pilot with measured results, then roll it across teams.
How it works
Three clear stages. Scoped to your organisation.
Every engagement starts with a free 20-minute call. We tailor the scope to your team, verifying measured results at each stage before you decide to move forward.
1
Data & AI Ops Audit
We study your data sources, permissions and one slow task to confirm readiness for AI and agents. Sometimes the honest answer is not yet.
What you get
- Map of the task and underlying data flow
- Audit of data hygiene, folder permissions and access boundaries
- Starting figure for time spent, cost and error rates
- Check of capabilities already included in your current software licences
- Agreed scope and milestones for Step 2, or a clear recommendation to pause
2
Data Prep & Initial Proof
We clean and organize the underlying data, secure permissions, and prove the concept by automating your first high-friction task.
What you get
- Data boundary protection and permission clean-up for the target task
- Initial automation configured directly inside your own environment
- Rigorous accuracy and privacy testing before staff use it
- Hands-on practice and clear prompt/action guides for your team
- Measured results proving time saved and error reduction
3
Custom Apps, Workflows & Insights
Turn proven data readiness into sustained organizational advantage: bespoke internal tools, connected workflows, and early warning insights.
What you get
- Custom in-house tools built to your exact operational procedures
- Multi-step automations that remove repetitive administration entirely
- Management dashboards and automated alerts flagging issues early
- Faster client response times and consistent output quality
Senior Leadership & Practice
Senior-led, practical and honest about what works.
NGen engagements are delivered directly by senior consultants with over 30 years of enterprise IT, operations, and architecture experience. No junior account handlers—you work directly with practitioners who have built and run mission-critical systems.
Chris Santilhano
Founder & Principal Consultant 30+ years in IT & operational transformationChris brings over 30 years in technology delivery and operational leadership—from major corporate programmes at British Airways, Sun Microsystems, TSB, and Lloyds Bank through to high-growth startup fintechs.
Hands-on across the full operational lifecycle as Systems Analyst, Project Manager, and Chief Operating Officer (COO), his delivery track record ranges from enterprise helpdesks and blockchain architecture to sales tracking platforms, executive dashboards, and intelligent document management tools.
Andrew Cunningham
Founder & Principal Consultant 30+ years in IT & enterprise architectureAndrew brings over 30 years of deep technology leadership—serving as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Programme Director, and Enterprise Architect across major international institutions.
With an extensive track record leading complex technology change projects at Reuters, British American Tobacco (BAT), and Deutsche Bank, he specialises in translating emerging technology into secure, robust, and scalable enterprise architectures.
Book a free 20-minute call.
Tell us which task is eating your team's time. We will say honestly whether we can help. There is no obligation.
Founder-led direct call
You speak directly with a founder, who leads and delivers the work.
Zero software commissions
Independent advice: if an audit is not worth doing, we tell you immediately.
Confidential by design
What you tell us stays confidential. Implementation stays inside your own systems.
Request your 20-minute call
No sales pressure. We will review your task and confirm if we can help.