CIO-level advisory helping organisations move beyond transformation programmes to deliver measurable outcomes across platforms, AI, and operating models.
Trusted across Financial Services, Hospitality, Gaming, and Consumer sectors.
TechSense Advisory helps organisations maximise the return on their technology investment.
With over 25 years of CIO and transformation leadership experience across Financial Services, Consumer, Retail and Hospitality, we work with founders, boards and executive teams to turn complex technology landscapes into measurable commercial outcomes.
Technology should create advantage — not complexity.
Turning Technology Investment
into Real Business Value
What We Do
Strategic Technology Advisory
Technology strategy aligned to business objectives
Investment prioritisation and roadmap clarity
Board-level counsel and independent oversight
Vendor and platform evaluation
Transformation & Optimisation
Enterprise platform modernisation
Cloud and digital transformation
Operating model improvement
AI and automation enablement
Delivery & Assurance
SDLC strengthening and governance
End-to-end testing strategy
Programme recovery and stabilisation
Risk-based controls in regulated environments
Fractional & Interim Leadership
Fractional CIO / CTO
Transformation sponsorship
The TechSense Approach
Technology transformation rarely fails because of tools.
It fails due to unclear priorities, weak execution and lack of accountability.
TechSense Advisory applies a disciplined, common-sense framework:
Clarify the commercial objective
Assess reality with honesty
Simplify the roadmap
Execute with structure and governance
Independent. Vendor-neutral. Outcome-focused.
Industry Breadth
Financial Services
Payments, transaction banking, investment platforms, regulated environments, risk-based testing and operational resilience.
Consumer & Retail
Customer-centric digital platforms, omnichannel optimisation, performance marketing enablement and operational efficiency.
Hospitality & Integrated Resorts
Enterprise platform modernisation, PMS & POS integration, guest experience systems and multi-property governance.
Gaming
Casino management and gaming platform integrations. Revenue-critical, real-time environments where uptime, compliance and integration are non-negotiable. Technology performance directly impacts control, revenue and reputation.
Deep Enterprise Platform Experience
Significant hands-on executive experience maximising value from leading SaaS and enterprise platforms, including:
ServiceNow – workflow automation, enterprise service management, operating model alignment
Workday – HR transformation, finance systems, global rollout governance
Oracle Opera – hospitality property management modernisation
Agilysys – POS modernisation, guest experience platforms, integrated resort operations
Finastra – core banking and payments platforms
SimCorp – investment and asset management systems
The focus is never the software itself — it is ensuring these platforms deliver operational efficiency, control, customer experience improvement and measurable ROI.
Many organisations invest heavily in enterprise SaaS but under-realise value due to weak governance, fragmented ownership or unclear outcomes. TechSense Advisory bridges that gap.
About Us
TechSense Advisory was founded by Andy Donnelly, a senior international CIO and technology executive with leadership experience across Europe and Asia.
Andy has led large-scale enterprise modernisation programmes, AI enablement initiatives, cloud transformation and platform optimisation in highly regulated and operationally complex environments.
His advisory philosophy is simple:
Clarity. Structure. Commercial common sense.
