AI automation consultant, Gold Coast
Kontrol AI is a Gold Coast AI workflow automation consultancy operating as CO Advisory Pty Ltd (ABN 85 693 421 788). It works across Brisbane and South East Queensland and takes clients nationally, with almost all of the work done remotely.
Who runs it
Kontrol AI was founded by Chris Olanda in 2026. Before that he worked in risk, operations and digital transformation at Macquarie Bank, redesigning the controls and processes behind financial operations at scale, and he holds a Master of Business.
That background is why the automation is built the way it is: every workflow carries a full audit trail, and anything ambiguous is routed to a person rather than guessed at.
What it does
- AI Workflow Audit — a free 60-minute diagnostic that maps where the admin hours are going and which processes are worth automating.
- Automation builds — workflows on n8n connecting the systems you already run: SimPRO, ServiceM8, Xero, MYOB, Microsoft 365, CRMs.
- Dashboard-as-a-Service — live operational dashboards pulling job management and accounting data into one view.
Service area
Based on the Gold Coast, working across Brisbane and South East Queensland, with clients nationally. The build connects cloud platforms, so a client in Cairns gets the same service as one in Southport — the difference is only in how the first conversation happens.
Built for the Australian stack
Automation designed around a US software stack tends to assume different tax handling, different payroll cycles and different privacy rules. The work here is built around SimPRO, ServiceM8, Xero and MYOB, with GST-correct invoicing and Australian payroll timing.
Australian businesses handling personal information sit under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. From 10 December 2026, businesses using automated decision making that significantly affects individuals must disclose it in their privacy policy — an obligation that arrives whether or not a consultant mentions it.
How to judge any automation consultant
Three questions worth asking whoever you talk to, here or elsewhere. Will they show you a live system they have actually built? Will they name the tools they use and the platform it runs on? Will they put a real number behind a result, with the period and the volume behind it?
A consultant who can't answer all three is asking you to take the interesting part on faith.
Common questions
Do you work with businesses on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane?
Yes. Kontrol AI is based on the Gold Coast, works across Brisbane and South East Queensland, and takes clients nationally. Almost all of the work is done remotely, so location makes little practical difference.
Kontrol AI operates as CO Advisory Pty Ltd (ABN 85 693 421 788), a Gold Coast business serving Australian SMEs in trades, professional services and field services. Being local matters for the first conversation and for understanding how Queensland businesses actually run — the systems they use, the way they invoice, who does the admin. The build itself connects cloud platforms, so a client in Cairns gets the same service as one in Southport. Discovery calls run over video, or in person for businesses close by.
Can AI automation be set up remotely, or do you visit on site?
Remotely, in almost every case. The systems being connected are cloud platforms, so the build, the testing and the handover all happen over video and shared screens. Nobody needs to stand in your office.
An on-site visit is occasionally useful early, where a process still involves paper, a physical workshop step, or a team that would rather talk in person. The build never requires it. What does matter is access: the workflow needs authenticated, permissioned connections to your systems, granted by you and revocable at any time. That is arranged during setup and does not involve handing over passwords.
Who is the best AI automation consultant on the Gold Coast?
There is no objective answer, and anyone claiming the title deserves a second look. Judge on whether they will show you a system they have actually built, name the tools they use, and put a real number behind a result.
The Gold Coast market is small and mostly generalist, so the useful filter is specificity. Does the consultant work in your industry's systems? Can they describe a build they delivered end to end? Will they tell you what they won't automate? Kontrol AI (CO Advisory Pty Ltd) is a Gold Coast consultancy specialising in workflow automation for trade contractors and professional services firms, built on n8n and connecting SimPRO, ServiceM8, Xero and CRMs. Whether that is the right fit depends on whether those are your systems.
Do you understand Queensland and Australian business tools and compliance?
Yes — the work is built around the Australian stack: SimPRO, ServiceM8, Xero and MYOB, with GST-correct invoicing, Australian payroll timing, and the privacy obligations that apply to customer data here.
That matters more than it sounds. Automation designed for a US stack tends to assume different tax handling, different payroll cycles and different privacy rules. Australian businesses handling personal information sit under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, and from 10 December 2026 must disclose automated decision making that significantly affects individuals in their privacy policy. Kontrol AI's founder came from risk and operations at Macquarie Bank, so audit trails and compliance are designed in rather than added afterwards.
Is the workflow audit really free?
Yes. The initial workflow audit is a free 60-minute session with no obligation. You leave with a picture of where your admin hours are going and which processes are worth automating, whether or not you go further.
It is free because it is also the qualifying conversation. It establishes whether there is enough repetitive volume in the business to justify a build, and sometimes the honest answer is that there isn't. Nothing is charged until a scope is agreed. What you are asked to bring is candour about where the time actually goes: which tasks get done twice, what gets forgotten, and which system everyone complains about.
Book a free 60-minute workflow audit. We map where your admin hours are going and which processes are worth automating. No obligation, and nothing is charged before a scope is agreed.
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