Fractional strategy, enablement and engineering
Helikona works alongside tech companies launching or growing in Asia Pacific who need to ramp faster than their own team has time for, and enterprises putting AI to work without a forward-deployed engineer of their own.
Who we work with
For tech companies launching or growing in Asia Pacific
Growing or launching an Australia or Asia Pacific presence and need to ramp faster? We design the enablement, run the team workshops, convene the customer events and executive roundtables, and tune the messaging until it lands with the buyers here — on a quarterly retainer, so it keeps happening. We've done this for many new products at Salesforce and Slack, and for cutting-edge AI companies.
How it works →For enterprise buyers of AI
Don't have a forward-deployed engineer? Borrow ours. We evaluate the technology against your real systems, build the proof of concept, and take a production pilot live with your team — decades of advising enterprise buyers on fast-tracking adoption, made hands-on.
How it works →"Most organisations aren't struggling because technology is too hard. They're struggling because no one has translated it into language and evidence that makes the organisation feel informed and empowered. The technology is available. The strategy is knowable. The gap is clarity — and that's exactly where I work."— Derek Laney, Founder
Our approach
We spend time inside your organisation before we advise. No pre-packaged frameworks — just honest assessment of where you are and what's actually possible.
We co-create strategy with your teams, not for them. The result is a plan your people believe in and know how to execute.
Prototypes turn strategy into real code — fast, contestable, learnable. You see what holds up before scaling, what doesn't, and what needs to change. Production stays with the team who'll run it.
We come back when the strategy needs a refresh — when the landscape has shifted and the original plan no longer fits. Engagements are short and focused: in, recalibrate, out. Day-to-day stays with your team.
About the name
In Greek mythology, Mount Helicon was the home of the nine Muses — the mountain people came to when they needed inspiration, clarity, and the kind of thinking that moves things forward. It's where ideas took shape.
Helikona is an independent consulting practice built on that same spirit. It's a place to come when you're working through something important: a strategic decision, a new direction, a problem that keeps resisting easy answers. The work is about developing your thinking, testing your ideas against evidence, and arriving at a plan you genuinely believe in.
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