AI Consultant · Brisbane
AI CONSULTING
FROM A BRISBANE MICROSOFT MVP.
Frontrow Technology runs AI consulting for Brisbane mid-market businesses from Queen Street in the CBD. AI strategy, Copilot rollouts, Copilot Studio agents, Azure AI Foundry workloads, and the governance scaffolding to operate them on a continuing basis.
What Brisbane AI engagements look like
Strategy, build, governance.
Most Brisbane organisations engaging an AI consultant are between curiosity and a first production agent. The work breaks cleanly into three shapes.
Shape 1
AI strategy and readiness
Two to three weeks. Honest read of where AI fits the business now, what to ship in the next 90 days, and the data and identity gaps that will block it. Output is a board-ready plan, not a slide deck.
Shape 2
Copilot rollout or first production agent
8 to 14 weeks. Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout, Copilot Studio agent build, or Azure AI Foundry production workload. Always paired with the SharePoint hygiene and Purview labelling that makes it work.
Shape 3
AI governance program
Standing the Voluntary AI Safety Standard's ten guardrails up inside the organisation. AI policy, model register, human oversight, transparency notices, AI risk register. Ongoing assurance cadence on top.
Who you'll work with
A Microsoft MVP on the engagement, not on the brochure.
Frontrow's AI lead Daniel Brown is a 5× Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect. He leads the Adelaide Microsoft 365 and Copilot User Group. For Brisbane AI engagements he is the lead consultant on the work — not a sales engineer pitching a junior team. Modern Work delivery on Brisbane engagements is led by Simon Aspinall. Cyber and governance is led by Sam Williams (AICD-qualified, currently General Manager IT at an Australian payments company).
FAQ — Brisbane AI consulting
The questions Brisbane buyers ask before engaging an AI consultant.
- What does an AI consultant in Brisbane actually do for a mid-market business?
- Three things. First, an honest read on where AI fits in the business right now — not the demo, the workflow that earns its keep. Second, the build itself, whether that is a Copilot rollout, a Copilot Studio agent, or a heavier Azure AI Foundry workload. Third, the governance scaffolding (AI policy, model register, human oversight, transparency) so the business can scale the use without losing the audit trail.
- Is Frontrow a Microsoft-only AI consultancy?
- Mostly. The team is a Microsoft Partner with Modern Work and AI specialisations and the AI lead is a 5× Microsoft MVP. The default stack is Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry. Where Anthropic Claude or another model is the right answer for a specific workload — long-form reasoning, agentic coding, a non-Microsoft data source — Frontrow will say so and integrate it. The aim is the right answer, not the loudest brand.
- Where in Brisbane does Frontrow work from?
- Frontrow's head office is at Level 1, 355 Queen Street, in the Brisbane CBD. AI consulting work is led by Daniel Brown (5× Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect) with Modern Work and Cyber leads on the engagements that need them. On-site at Brisbane clients during pilots and milestones, remote between.
- What does an AI consulting engagement in Brisbane typically cost?
- Three common shapes. A focused AI Readiness Assessment is a fixed-scope engagement in the low five figures and lasts two to three weeks. A Copilot rollout for a Brisbane mid-market tenant is typically $60k–$180k excluding licences. A custom Copilot Studio or Foundry agent build is scoped against the specific workload — most first agents land between $40k and $120k.
- How does Frontrow approach AI governance for Brisbane clients?
- Against the Voluntary AI Safety Standard (the ten guardrails published by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources in August 2024) layered on the Essential Eight cyber baseline. The artefacts that come out of the engagement satisfy both the AI governance ask and the cyber posture conversation, run as one program rather than two.
Talk to a Brisbane AI consultant.
Level 1, 355 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD 4000. 30-minute strategy chat, honest answers on where AI fits the business right now and what to ship in the next 90 days.