deAutomation

Implementing better data,technology & AI.

We help companies improve how they operate through data analysis, connected systems, practical software and AI implementation. Based in Adelaide, we combine corporate experience with hands-on delivery.

Corporate engineering experience.
Hands-on software and data delivery.

Adelaide-based consulting. Digital implementation for companies across Australia.

Operational consulting experience

Experience meets implementation.

deAutomation combines corporate engineering and business improvement experience with hands-on software development.

Benjamin’s background spans corporate roles in energy and resources, construction consulting and practical coding. We work with finance, engineering and operational teams to understand what needs improving and implement the systems that support it.

  • 7 years engineering in an international oil major, including project delivery and production optimisation.
  • 7 years of business improvement and project delivery in a leading Australian mining major.
  • Recent construction consulting across project controls, finance, quality, safety and productivity data.
  • 15 years of hands-on coding applied to real operational problems.
  • Experience spanning Power BI, ETL, APIs, cloud platforms and bespoke internal software.
  • MicrosoftMicrosoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) • MicrosoftMicrosoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) • Google CloudGoogle Cloud Professional Cloud Developer.

Where work gets difficult.

Disconnected systems. Reporting that takes days. Repeated administration. An improvement identified, but still waiting to happen.

We work with your team to turn these problems into practical, scoped improvements. Based in Adelaide, we bring business understanding and technical delivery together.

Improve everyday workflows.

Simplify handovers, reduce repeated administration and implement better ways of working.

Connect your systems.

Bring existing platforms and data together through integrations, internal tools and practical digital infrastructure.

Make performance visible.

Build reporting and business intelligence that help teams understand results, investigate exceptions and act.

We implement automation and AI where they can improve the workflow, supported by process redesign, data integration and custom software.

From problem to solution.

An improvement needs to work for the people using it.

  1. Understand the work.

    Review the process with your team, including the systems, constraints and desired outcome.

  2. Agree the improvement.

    Choose a practical starting point, define the scope and agree how success is assessed.

  3. Build and test.

    Implement the process changes, integrations or tools, and test them with the people who use them.

  4. Put it into use.

    Support adoption, document the solution and agree ownership and ongoing responsibilities.

Improvements in practice.

Selected work from Benjamin’s corporate and consulting experience.

Connected operational reporting.

Finance, engineering and quality information held across different platforms.

Implementation: Delivered company-wide pipelines connecting Jobpac Finance and Aconex to Power BI and internal reporting systems.

Outcome: Connected source data for company-wide reporting.

Commercial visibility.

Receivables and process-control weaknesses within construction-project transactions.

Implementation: Forensic analysis of more than $200M in transactions.

Outcome: Identified approximately $1M in additional profit opportunities.

Practical operational tools.

Room management across a 3,300-room accommodation operation.

Implementation: A barcode and API-connected room-management system.

Outcome: Delivered $400K+ annual efficiency savings, approximately $2M over five years.

Further experience includes national HammerTech safety and productivity KPI boards and accommodation insight technology associated with $5.5M in avoided cost.

Client outcomes in Adelaide and Australian industry

What Clients Say.

"You are our innovation team now." Construction MD
"No one has ever done this with our API before." Australian safety software SaaS provider
"1.5 weeks of labour into 10 minutes." Construction GM
Consulting KPI dashboard in office

Start with one problem.

A reporting process that takes too long. Systems that don’t connect. An improvement your team needs help implementing.

Tell us what is getting in the way. We can help assess the problem and scope a practical next step.

Discuss an improvement
Benjamin Duivesteyn, Director at deAutomation

Benjamin Duivesteyn

Director

0490 501 761

deAutomation | Adelaide SA

GPO Box 1710, Adelaide SA, 5001

hi@deautomation.co

Adelaide-based business improvement and digital implementation. Start with a scoped assessment of the process, systems and data, with a practical improvement plan and implementation estimate.