AI Strategy & Automation

Making AI work
for your business,
not the other way around.

I help small businesses and startups cut through the noise — identifying where AI and process automation can reduce costs, reclaim time, and deliver measurable results. No hype. No fluff. Just systems that work.

David Power

David Power · Principal, XolutionLab

Strategy first.
Technology second.

Most businesses don't have an AI problem — they have a process problem. My job is to find where time and money are being lost, then choose the right tool to solve it. Sometimes that's an AI agent. Sometimes it's a cleaner workflow. Always it starts with asking the right question.

Through XolutionLab, I design, build, and deploy custom automation systems — flat fee, fixed timeline, clean handoff. No retainers. No lock-in.

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AI Readiness & Strategy

Assess where AI creates genuine ROI in your business — and where it doesn't. Clear recommendations, no vendor agendas.

Process Automation

Map inefficient workflows, eliminate manual steps, and build systems that run while you focus on growth.

Custom AI Agent Builds

Purpose-built agents connected to your actual tools and data — deployed, documented, and handed over completely.

Implementation & Integration

Hands-on technical execution across APIs, automations, CRMs, and data systems. I build it, you own it.

Decades of fixing
broken processes.

I'm David Power — a computer engineer, CFA charterholder, and 25-year veteran of banking and finance, including a decade leading operational change management at the senior level inside major financial institutions.

After years of reviewing how organizations waste time and money, I moved into independent consulting — helping SMBs integrate systems, automate workflows, and get their technology to actually work together. AI agents are the natural evolution of that work.

My approach is equal parts analytical and practical. I ask "what problem are we actually solving?" before I touch a single tool. The result is work that holds up — and doesn't require you to call me every week.

  • Computer Engineering degree — the technical foundation behind every build
  • CFA Charterholder — rigorous analytical training applied to every scoping and ROI framing
  • 25 years in banking & finance — including 10 years leading operational change management
  • 10+ years of independent consulting — systems integrations, marketing technology, and process automation

By the numbers

25+
Years in technology & finance
10+
Years independent consulting
3
Engagement tiers, flat fees, no retainers
0
Vendor relationships. Fully independent advice.

Real automations.
Real outcomes.

Full case studies →
01
EdTech Wellness

Migrating over a thousand students — with one click

Built a one-click migration flow for Effortless Mindfulness Institute moving its entire student base from a legacy LMS to a new mobile platform — invisible to students, zero manual work.

02
Executive Coaching Business Advisory

From invisible pipeline to automated qualification engine

Unified four lead sources into a single pipeline with a 14-automation micro-scoring engine — qualified leads routed automatically, warm leads nurtured, cold leads redirected gracefully.

03
Media & Entertainment

Automated audio pipeline for a Hollywood composer's media library

Designed and built a cloud asset system that ingests, processes, and organizes tens of thousands of music cues automatically — infrastructure a production team now depends on daily.

Let's figure out
what's actually worth building.

If you have a workflow that's costing you time and money, tell me about it. I'll be straight with you about whether automation is the right answer — and what it would take.

I work with a small number of clients at a time. If capacity is full, I'll let you know.