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Warren Kilian

I'm Warren Kilian. I help business owners across New Zealand and Australia see what's actually making them money, and what's quietly losing it, by turning their scattered numbers into one view they can trust. Twenty years doing it, not just talking about it.

Auckland-based, working wherever you are · 20 years turning messy data into clear decisions · certified Databox partner
Sound familiar?

You're growing, but you're flying half-blind.

Everything runs through you, and it's getting harder to see the whole picture.
Your numbers live in a dozen different tools, so the big calls get made on gut feel.
You don't really know what's making money, and what's quietly losing it, until the accountant tells you months later.

None of that means you're doing it wrong. It means you've outgrown gut feel. The businesses that push through the next stage don't work harder. They get a clear view of what's really going on, and act on it fast.

What I do

It starts with your data.

Get your numbers into one place you can trust, and everything else follows: sharper decisions, AI you can actually use, real growth. That's where we begin.

The foundation

One trusted view of your whole business.

I pull your numbers out of all those separate tools (accounting, jobs, sales, operations) into one clear, live picture you can rely on. So you finally see what's actually making you money and what's quietly losing it, in real time, instead of finding out months later from your accountant. It's also what makes AI trustworthy instead of a guess: the foundation everything else is built on.

Built on Databox · set up for you, managed monthly · live in about a week
Then: AI

Put it to work.

With trustworthy data underneath, AI runs on your real numbers instead of guessing. Ask questions in plain English and get straight answers. Let the routine reports write themselves. And increasingly, hand the recurring work over entirely, AI that doesn't just answer but acts, what people are calling agentic, on numbers you can trust. This is what the foundation unlocks.

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Who I work with

Made for traditional, hands-on industries.

Established small-to-medium businesses across New Zealand and Australia, the kind technology has mostly passed by, with real room to transform.

Construction Trades & services Manufacturing Wholesale & distribution Field services Transport & logistics Engineering Property & facilities
You've built something solid, and you're serious about growing it, not just ticking over.
You're ready to actually put things in place, not collect advice and sit on it.
You'd rather invest once and do it properly than patch it cheap and redo it later.

If you're after a quick hack or a report to file away, I'm not your person. If you want to build something that lasts, I am.

What you get

What changes when we work together.

A clear view
One place to see your whole business live, instead of ten spreadsheets and a gut feeling.
Sharper decisions
Backed by your real numbers, and made in minutes instead of dragging on for weeks.
Time back
No more manual reports or chasing figures at month-end. The routine stuff runs itself.
Room to grow
Your energy pointed at the few things that actually move the needle, not everything at once.
How I work

From scattered to clear, end to end.

Not a menu to pick from. One journey I take you through, so you're never left with a strategy nobody builds or a dashboard nobody explains. I do the whole thing.

01

Strategy

We work out which numbers actually matter for your business, and what good looks like. The plan before the build.

02

Design

We shape your one clear view: the handful of metrics, dashboards and reports you'll genuinely use, not a wall of charts nobody looks at.

03

Development

I build it. Connecting your systems and getting messy data clean and consolidated into one trusted foundation, with one agreed definition for every number, including the hard custom integrations most people can't do. Delivered on Databox, where I'm a certified partner.

04

Analysis

Turning the view into answers: what's making money, what's quietly bleeding, and why. This is where AI comes in, grounded in your real numbers so it works from fact instead of guessing, and increasingly doing the recurring work itself, not just answering.

05

Management

I keep it running and current, so it stays useful instead of going stale. An ongoing relationship, not a report you file and forget.

Data and AI, start to finish. The foundation always comes first.

How

I don't just advise. I build it.

Real, working tools, not slide decks that gather dust. The method I use to find and fix the one thing is what I've spent 20 years refining; that part, we'll walk through together when we talk.

The free diagnostic on this page is one of mine, start to finish. See Ollie →   I'm a certified Databox partner. I build the custom data integrations most people can't, and I connect your numbers to AI tools like Claude, so the AI works from your real, governed data instead of guessing.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

What does Warren Kilian do?
Warren is a data, AI and strategy consultant based in Auckland, working with business owners across New Zealand and Australia. He connects your scattered numbers into one trusted view, sets up AI that runs on your real data, and helps you find the one thing holding your growth back.
What does “AI-ready data” actually mean?
AI is only as reliable as the data behind it. “AI-ready” means your numbers are pulled into one place and standardised, so an AI tool works from your real business reality instead of guessing. Getting your data trustworthy first is what makes AI you can actually rely on.
Do you actually build it, or just advise?
I build it. I connect your data sources, including the hard custom integrations most people can't, into one governed foundation with one agreed definition for every number. Then the AI layer goes on top, grounded in your real data, and where it helps, AI that runs the recurring work itself. I'm a certified Databox partner and I run this exact setup myself.
Do you only work with businesses in Auckland?
No. Warren is Auckland-based, but all the work is done online, so he works with established businesses right across New Zealand and Australia.
Which industries do you work with?
Established small-to-medium businesses in traditional, hands-on industries — construction, trades, manufacturing, wholesale, field services, transport, engineering and property — that have real room to modernise.
How do we get started, and what does it cost?
You can book a free 30-minute consult, or start with the free online diagnostic, which finds the one thing worth fixing first in about eight minutes. There’s no cost or obligation to begin.
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We'll find the one thing worth fixing first. No pitch, no obligation. Just a straight, useful read on where you are and what would actually help you grow.