Why It Matters
20+
Years of transformation leadership across 3 continents
$10M
Savings delivered in 12 months. First Quantum Minerals, Zambia.
70%
of digital transformations fail to deliver on their goals
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Core thesis: decisions not technology determine outcomes
Serving Global Clients
Our Point of View
Transformation
Is a Decisions Problem.
“Organizations across are deploying AI tools, cloud platforms, and automation systems and still failing to transform. The gap isn't in the technology. It's in the decisions being made above it.”
Data Sentinels was built on a single insight: digital transformation fails when leadership doesn't have the frameworks, governance, or decision architecture to make it stick.
We work above the implementation layer, advising the humans who decide which technology gets deployed, how, and why. That's not IT consulting. It's not data services. It's a fundamentally different kind of engagement and it's the one most Texas and global organizations are missing.
Three Ways to Engage
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Mining & Enterprise Transformation
Multi-year · Implementation-led
For mining operations and large enterprises that need more than advice. Data foundation, AI deployment, workforce capability building, and handover. Each phase tied to a measurable outcome.
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Data Foundation Audit and Integration
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AI models tied to savings mechanisms
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Workforce capability building
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Embed and handover, no dependency
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Advisory Engagements
Structured · Defined deliverables
For leadership teams who need a structured intervention. A diagnostic, a framework, or a roadmap without the commitment of an ongoing retainer. Defined scope. Clear deliverable. Board-ready output.
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AI Governance Diagnostic
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Transformation Readiness Assessment
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Decision Architecture Design
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Stalled Transformation Diagnosis
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Fractional CDO
Ongoing retainer · Senior leadership
Board-level data and transformation leadership without the full-time hire. Nono embedded in your strategy monthly, available when decisions need to be made. Prevents expensive mistakes before they happen.
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Monthly strategic sessions with Nono
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AI and vendor evaluation using the SPACE Test
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Quarterly board-ready reporting
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On-call access for time-sensitive decisions
Our Model
Lean Core. Enterprise Reach.
Data Sentinels operates with a deliberate model: a tight core team of senior strategists, supported by a vetted contractor network that activates for large-scale engagements. You get senior attention on every engagement not junior consultants with a senior name on the pitch deck.
When a project demands scale, we can deploy up to 15 specialists without compromising quality. Right-sized for your problem, not for our headcount.
Core Team
15
Max Deployed
Contractor Network
Vetted domain specialists — activated on demand for large-scale, complex client engagements across the USA and globally.
PROPRIETARY IP
Our Frameworks
Where We Win Work