Tony Winyard: AI & Automation Specialist
I help small business owners and solopreneurs save 10+ hours per week through practical AI automation. Based in Berkshire, UK. I build tools that actually work, not theoretical systems that sound impressive at conferences.
What I Actually Do
Most AI consultants sell the dream. I build the reality. That means starting with what your business actually needs, not with what sounds impressive on a slide deck.
I offer Power Hour consultations (£99) where we identify specific automation opportunities in your business. No jargon, no upselling, just a clear picture of where AI could help and what it would take to get there.
For businesses ready to implement, I build custom apps and automations (£300 to £6,000+) that solve specific problems. The portfolio shows what that looks like in practice.
What Clients Say
“Tony has a gift for explaining complex AI concepts in accessible terms.”
Why I Work This Way
Simple beats clever.
A tool that does one thing well is worth more than a system that theoretically does everything. The best automation is invisible; when it works properly, you just notice you have more time.
Honest beats impressive.
I'd rather tell you something isn't worth automating than sell you a solution to a problem you don't have. That's not a marketing line; it's just how I work.
Building beats talking.
The portfolio exists. The tools work. That matters more than credentials.
Background
40 years as a DJ and MC. Thousands of events. Award-winning (UK Wedding DJ of the Year, among others). This taught me to read situations, adapt in real-time, and deliver under pressure. You can't fake reliability when you're responsible for someone's wedding.
Certified health coach. Deep study of behaviour change, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. 400+ books on health, psychology, and human behaviour. This taught me to translate complex information into practical action that people actually take.
Podcast host, 300+ episodes. Toastmasters for 8 years. Public speaking to audiences of 300. This taught me to explain things clearly without hiding behind jargon.
AI since around 2010. When most people still thought it was science fiction. The pattern is always the same: curiosity leads to obsession, obsession leads to competence, competence leads to wanting to help others.
What I've Built with AI
Since March 2025, I've been building with AI every single day. Not experimenting. Building. Production apps, client websites, automation systems, and tools that people actually use.
The industry calls it vibe coding: describing what you want in plain English, then working with AI to build it. Companies like Lovable now hire full-time "Vibe Coding Engineers." I've been doing it daily for eleven months across every major platform.
Platforms I've worked with
Claude Code (primary tool, 3+ months daily), Cursor, Replit, Windsurf, Lovable, Google AI Studio, plus Bolt, Manus, and others. The breadth matters because it means I know which tool fits which problem, not just how to use one of them.
What that produced
- 12+ production web apps and tools (see the portfolio)
- A client music planning app (Next.js, Supabase, Spotify API, Claude Haiku for AI-assisted suggestions)
- Complete restructuring of a 26,000-note Obsidian knowledge base: wiki-linking, metadata standardisation, and automated cross-referencing
- Multiple client websites built from scratch
- Workflow automations across N8N, Make, and Google Apps Script
- A reusable business toolkit template (66 files, 10 AI skills) for client onboarding
- This website
The skill isn't typing code. It's knowing what to build, describing it clearly, and making good decisions when things go sideways. Twenty-five years of reading rooms and solving problems in real-time turns out to be surprisingly good preparation for that.
“There are a lot of people who claim to be AI experts. Tony makes no claims, but he is an expert!”
What I'm Not
I don't have a computer science degree. I've never worked at a tech company. I don't know what enterprise procurement processes look like.
Turns out, that's becoming less of a limitation and more of an advantage. In AI-first development, the bottleneck is no longer whether you can write code. It's whether you can describe what needs building with enough clarity and judgment to get a good result. That's a skill built from decades of understanding people and processes, not from a degree.
If you need someone who can work with corporate IT departments or sit through months of committee meetings, I'm not your person.
If you need someone who can actually build things, explain them clearly, and deliver something genuinely useful, we should talk.
Tools I Use
Daily AI Tools
Development Stack
Automation Platforms
Currently Exploring
Ready to Talk?
Start with a Power Hour (£99) to get a clear picture of where AI could help your business. No obligation to continue. If we do work together, the fee gets credited toward your first project.