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Warren Bray

AI Transformation Coach | Enterprise AI Advisor | Operational Leadership Specialist

Locations

Primary Location

Australia

My Journey

Defining Moment

I help organisations move from AI curiosity to AI capability, safely and practically, at scale. My work sits at the intersection of leadership, operations, governance, and artificial intelligence. I partner with executive teams and business owners who want AI to deliver real operational leverage, not experimentation theatre, vendor hype, or disconnected tools.

I work best with:

  • CEOs, founders, and executive teams under pressure to “do something with AI”
  • Operations-heavy and service-based businesses
  • Regulated or risk-exposed environments (finance, property, health, government)
  • Organisations seeking AI that reduces load, improves decisions, and strengthens execution

Most AI advisors come from technology backgrounds. I come from command, operations, governance, and delivery.

Across a 26-year career in Defence and international operations, I was accountable for mission-critical decisions, high-risk environments, workforce capability, and systems that had to work every time. That experience shapes my approach to AI:

  • Outcome-driven, not tool-driven
  • Risk-aware, not fear-based
  • Human-centred, not tech-obsessed

I instinctively ask, “What happens when this system fails under pressure?”

I help organisations:

  • Design AI strategies grounded in business reality
  • Build executive-level AI literacy and decision confidence
  • Embed AI into real operational workflows
  • Automate administrative and decision-support processes
  • Establish AI governance, risk, and ethical guardrails

Alongside my operational background, I bring deep expertise in adult learning, training, and assessment across leadership, business, and governance domains. AI adoption challenges are rarely technical; they are cognitive and cultural. I treat AI with the same seriousness as finance, safety, and operational risk.

AI is not a technology problem. It is a leadership, decision-making, and execution challenge.

I help organisations meet that challenge with clarity, confidence, and control.

Professional Background

Previous Executive Roles

AI Transformation Coach & Enterprise Advisor

Independent / AI Coaches Network

Senior Logistics, Finance & Operations Leader

Australian Defence Force

Officer in Charge of Australian National Support Element to Sudan / Darfur

Australian Defence Force

Integrated Logistics Support Manager

Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)

Financial Adviser to Chief of Defence Force in Timor Leste

Australian Defence Force

Junior Logistics, Finance & Operations Leader

Australian Defence Force

Law Student

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Medical Student

Flinders University (NTMP)

Industry Expertise

BusinessOperationsStakeholder ManagementProduct Strategy & ExecutionChange ManagementAI Implementation