Meet the people who lead Sovata — a senior core team based in Auckland, New Zealand. There's no handoff between the people you meet in discovery and the people who design, build and operate your private AI deployment — they're the same people.
Private AI deployments succeed or fail on two things: whether the governance boundaries were set correctly at the start, and whether the people who set them are still involved when something needs adjusting six months later.
A senior core team means the person who scoped your deployment in discovery is the same person who's accountable for it in production — not a name that gets replaced after the contract is signed.
Between them, Sovata’s core team brings:
That combination — business leadership, governance expertise, and technical delivery — is deliberately not a generalist AI consultancy stack. It's built for organisations that need both the technical system and the governance conversation done properly.
Award-winning business leader and pioneer in responsible AI. Alan combines enterprise leadership with deep technical expertise, helping organisations adopt AI safely, strategically, and at scale. He previously trained at IBM and co-founded Mission Ready and Wonderbean.
Tracey specialises in responsible AI, public sector engagement, and community leadership. With 16 years at Kiwibank and extensive experience across Pacific communities, she helps organisations implement AI that is ethical, inclusive, and trusted.
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