AI & Automation for Impact-Driven Companies
Stop losing hours to work your systems should do
I build automation and AI systems for mission-driven organisations — eliminating manual reporting, disconnected tools, and repetitive admin so your team can focus on the work that actually moves the mission forward.
No jargon. No hard sell. Just a conversation about your challenges.
Sound familiar?
Impact organisations face the same operational pain points. They're all solvable.
The spreadsheet held together with hope
Critical data lives in spreadsheets that break when anyone changes a formula — and the logic lives in one person's head.
The onboarding that takes two weeks
Chasing signatures via email, copying details into your CRM, hoping someone remembers to add them to Slack.
The tool stack nobody chose on purpose
Notion, Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Airtable — none connected. Staff copy-paste between them daily.
The AI question mark
Everyone's talking about AI but nobody's shown you what it would actually do for your specific operations.
What I build
Every project is different, but these are the systems impact organisations most commonly need.
Impact reporting pipelines
Pull from Salesforce, Airtable, and spreadsheets automatically — your team reviews a draft instead of assembling one.
Client and partner onboarding
CRM updates, emails send, tasks are created. A two-week process runs in minutes.
Supplier and compliance data processing
AI extracts and files incoming PDFs, forms, and emails — flagging only what needs a human.
Unified operations dashboards
One real-time view across your CRM, project tools, finance system, and spreadsheets.
AI-assisted communications
First drafts of grant reports and investor updates generated directly from your live data.
What a typical project looks like
The two most common engagement types. Every real project is different, but these give you a sense of what's involved.
Humanitarian technology NGO
15-person team, UK
The situation
The ops manager spent 2–3 days every month pulling data from Salesforce, Airtable, and a spreadsheet into a board report. It was always done under deadline pressure, frequently had errors, and required the same person every time.
What was built
An automated pipeline that pulls from all three sources on a schedule, formats the data consistently, and generates a structured draft ready for review and sign-off.
14 hrs
returned to the team every month
What took 2 days now takes an afternoon to review.
Community interest company
8-person team, regenerative food project
The situation
Getting a new volunteer through onboarding involved 4–5 emails back and forth, a manual CRM entry, and someone remembering to create the welcome tasks. It took up to two weeks and always fell to the same person.
What was built
An automated flow triggered by form submission: the CRM updates, a personalised welcome sequence sends, internal tasks are created, and the relevant team member is notified. No manual steps.
48 hrs
end-to-end, with zero manual input
Onboarding that previously took up to two weeks.
Why trust me with this?
LinkedIn ↗I work with impact-driven organisations in the 10–80 person range — big enough to have real operational complexity, but without a dedicated technical team to solve it. That's the work I want to do.
Humanitarian tech & regenerative communities
Designing AI implementation roadmaps for a humanitarian technology organisation and building operational systems for a regenerative community project.
Background in climate tech AI
Built AI-powered data tools inside climate technology startups — complex, multi-source data problems requiring both engineering capability and strategic thinking.
Full-stack engineering
LLM APIs (Claude, GPT), automation platforms (Make, n8n), API integrations, and full-stack development (Next.js, Python, databases).
How we work together
Simple, transparent, no surprises.
Discovery Call
A 30-minute conversation about your challenges and where your team loses the most time. No preparation needed.
Diagnosis & Proposal
I map your processes and send a clear written proposal with options at different price points. You decide whether to proceed.
Build & Hand Over
I build, test, and hand over with documentation your team can follow. Full ownership — no lock-in, no ongoing dependency.
Most projects complete in 2–4 weeks. Ongoing retainers available.
Is this a good fit?
Be honest with yourself — I will be too.
Good fit if...
- ✓Team between 10 and 80 people
- ✓Real operational complexity, no dedicated technical staff
- ✓At least one person finds the current setup genuinely painful
- ✓You want systems that run themselves
Probably not right if...
- ✕Pre-revenue or still figuring out your operation
- ✕You already have an in-house engineering team
- ✕You need someone embedded full-time as an employee
Common questions
Let's talk about your organisation
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll look at where your team is losing the most time, whether automation can help, and what that might look like in practice.
Prefer email? hello@andrewryan.consulting
Fixed price
Agreed upfront. No surprise invoices.
Phased delivery
You see working output at every stage.
Full ownership
All code and access is yours. No lock-in.
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