Brent MillikenMilliken Frontier Advisory
AI for small and mid-sized firms · Geneva and Vaud

AI that does real work in your firm.

I help firms of 20–300 people put AI to work, from first prototype to the team that runs it. I find where AI will save your team time, prove it on your own data, and lead the people who build it. Every result can be checked.

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Free. By video, or in person in Geneva and Vaud.
Brent MillikenFounder and operator, thirty years in business technology
Example: invoices checked by AI
Which supplier invoices don't match their orders this month?
7 of 412 invoices don't match: 5 have a price difference, 2 have no purchase order.
Where from
412 invoices and 389 purchase orders from the accounting system, 1–30 September
How
Matched on order number, amount and delivery date. 9 close calls checked by hand
Checked by
Finance lead · 2 Oct
Examples with invented data. Would you sign something you can't check?
Thirty years at Microsoft Orange Finastra Icertis Chainlink Imverse Qurus
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Recent work

A working prototype and a clickable demo.

Also in 2026: AI briefings for a foundation chair in Canada, a board adviser in Denmark and two tax professionals in Vaud.

For a museum

A regimental museum's collection, online and searchable.

For a regimental museum in Canada: a working prototype built from the museum's own records, with its collection searchable and story trails around the regiment's people.

Every soldier, place, object and source is linked. Pick a name to trace it. Each claim points to the page it comes from.

Reference on request.
Seaforth Highlanders · live knowledge graph · hover to tracetap to trace
One soldier, connected — and every claim sourced to the page.
Keel on a sample case: the firm's workspace answering the other side's filing point by point, with the client's phone adding records
For law firms

Keel, the case evidence app for law firms.

Your client adds their own emails, WhatsApp chats and bank statements; you get a dated timeline and a numbered exhibit list, every fact linked to its source.

I designed it and built a clickable demo on a sample case.

No client yet. Every name and figure on the screens is invented.
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What you can count on

Plain answers, proof first, no lock-in.

A straight answer
If AI won't pay off for you, I'll say so on the first call.
Proof before you spend
A working prototype on your own data before anyone commits to a big build.
Results you can check
Every answer shows where it came from and who checked it.
It's yours
You own what I make: the prototype, the plan and the documentation.

Your data stays in Europe, and in your own country if you need it. A prototype can start on invented data, so no client file is touched. How I handle your data →

Work with me

One path. You decide after each step.

Start with a Briefing, or go straight to a Review. The Review finds the work worth fixing and what it's worth to you. A prototype proves it on your data. Then I lead the build, with your team or partners I bring in. Either way, I stay accountable as lead.

Start
Frontier Briefing
1 hour

An hour with your team on the AI tools you already pay for, and what not to put into them.

Find
Frontier Review
1 week

Where AI will save time in your firm, what each fix is worth, and what to do first. You get a ranked plan by day five, with the first fix scoped.

What you give: two hours of a senior person on your side, one data export and a 30-minute read-out.

Fixed fee, confirmed in writing after the call.

Prove
Prototype & Pilot
1 week + 2–4 week pilot

A working prototype on your own data. Your team uses it, and we judge it on a result agreed first. The code and designs are yours.

Lead
Fractional AI Lead
2–4 days a month

Your part-time head of AI and innovation, leading the team that builds it across the firm. Month to month.

For boards: a briefing on what AI means for your firm, and the questions to put to management. Not a fit if you want a chatbot on your website, or a report nobody will build.

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How I work

I use AI every day, the way I'd set it up for you.

AI tools do the reading, the first drafts and a first check. I check the result, make the decisions and sign off. Typical first prototypes: new client onboarding, month-end reporting, checking contracts and files, order intake, and searching your own documents in plain language.

Brent Milliken
About

A founder and operator, hands-on with AI.

Thirty years in business technology: software, the cloud, blockchain and now AI. Former CEO of Imverse, a deep-tech start-up, and co-founder of Qurus, a technology consultancy. Today I design and prototype AI systems, and lead the teams that build them. I work in English, French and Dutch.

What thirty years taught me
Every new technology is oversold, then quietly works.
The demo is the easy part.
Trust is built in the details.
Full career on LinkedIn ↗
Research

A practical note every two weeks.

What works with AI in small and mid-sized firms, what doesn't, and what history tells us. Each note comes with a one-minute video.

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Written by me, researched with AI tools, every source linked.

Speaking. I talk to leadership teams and business events about AI, trust and what history tells us about both.

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Find the one job worth fixing first.

In 30 minutes we look at where your team loses time, I tell you honestly whether AI will help, and you leave with the next step.

Book a 30-minute call hello@brentmilliken.com