Stop wasting money on technology decisions built on broken foundations
Before you sign off on AI, a new platform, or your next transformation budget, find out exactly what is broken, exposed, and about to cost you significantly more than the fix.
Most businesses at your scale are sitting on 3 to 7 years of unresolved technical debt, ungoverned AI usage, and fragmented data. None of it is visible until it is expensive.
Zero-risk guarantee: five significant findings with clear business impact or your fee is refunded in full.
The cost of getting this wrong is not a technology problem.
It is a commercial one.
When technology decisions are made on broken foundations, the damage lands on the balance sheet, the board, and the people trying to deliver against your strategy.
AI investment that produces nothing
Six-figure AI budgets built on fragmented, inconsistent data produce the wrong answers faster. Most implementations that fail do so because nobody checked the foundations first.
Staff leaking sensitive data daily
Your team is already using AI tools. Without governance and training, client information, contracts, and internal IP are being pasted into public systems right now. No policy means no protection.
A system failure at the worst possible moment
Technical debt does not announce itself. It accumulates quietly until a growth event, a migration, or an audit triggers a failure that stops operations and ends up in front of the board.
Cloud spend nobody can account for
Unchecked SaaS subscriptions, idle compute, and duplicated tooling are bleeding budgets at every mid-market business. Most can recover 15 to 30 percent of their cloud spend within 90 days.
Enterprise experience. No salary overhead.
Tom Hudson
I built Dexlab to give UK mid-market businesses access to the kind of strategic technology oversight that previously only existed inside large enterprises. The name comes from my son Dexter. The work comes from two decades of operating in environments where failure has real consequences.
I have led enterprise architecture in the NHS, worked on defence-grade cloud infrastructure at Arcus Global for the Ministry of Defence, driven data automation at Play.com, and delivered digital transformation at Fensport. I have also designed and delivered responsible AI training programmes inside the NHS.
I am not a vendor. I do not take commissions. I tell you what I find.
The Dexlab 4D Framework.
Not a generic audit. A structured diagnostic.
Every engagement follows the same four-phase process. It is specific, repeatable, and built to surface problems that internal teams consistently miss.
Everything we cover.
What you actually get out of it.
The full DexLab 360 Audit applies the 4D Framework across six critical areas. Each deliverable is tied to a specific business outcome, not a consultant label.
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AI readiness assessmentTells you whether your AI investment is about to work or about to fail — before you commit the budget.£2,400
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AI governance and policy gap analysisIdentifies where uncontrolled AI usage is creating legal, reputational, and data protection exposure right now.£2,000
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Data architecture reviewExposes where fragmented or dirty data is corrupting reports, blocking automation, and making AI inputs unreliable.£2,200
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IT infrastructure and security postureIdentifies single points of failure, legacy risk, and security gaps most likely to cause operational disruption or a reportable incident.£2,000
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Cloud cost and licence auditSurfaces the immediate spending waste most businesses can cut within 90 days without impacting operations.£1,600
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Board-ready executive report and 12-month roadmapPlain language. Severity-ranked findings. Prioritised 90-day actions. Written for leadership, not IT teams.£2,000
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90-minute leadership briefing and 30-day reviewWalk through every finding in the room. Every question answered. A structured follow-up to track what has moved and what decisions remain.Included
Start where the most urgent problem is
Not every situation calls for the full 360. Choose the right entry point for where you are right now.
- 2-hour working session with your leadership team
- One clearly scoped question or decision
- Written summary of findings and recommendation
- Ideal before a procurement, platform, or AI decision
- One pillar: AI, data, security, cloud, or governance
- Written findings report
- 60-minute briefing
- 30-day follow-up call
- All six pillars via the 4D Framework
- Board-ready executive report
- Severity-ranked findings register
- 12-month technology roadmap
- 90-minute leadership briefing
- 30-day review session
- 2 days/month at £6,000 — or 4 days/month at £10,000
- Technology strategy and roadmap ownership
- Vendor and supplier oversight
- Board-level reporting
- Team capability development
Who this works for.
And who it does not.
- You are an MD, CEO, COO, or CFO of a business turning over £20M to £100M
- You are planning AI, platform, or transformation investment in the next 12 months
- You have never had an independent external review of your technology estate
- You need findings your board can act on, not a technical document your IT team can bury
- You are prepared to deal with uncomfortable findings
- You want strategic leadership without a £150,000 salary commitment
- You want your current approach validated rather than honestly assessed
- You need day-to-day IT support, helpdesk, or managed services
- Your business turns over less than £5M or has no near-term technology investment planned
- You are looking for the cheapest option in the market
- You are not in a position to act on what you find
Delay is not neutral.
It has a cost.
There are specific moments when the risk of unreviewed technology foundations becomes significantly more expensive. If any of these apply to you in the next six months, now is the right time.
- Before signing off on an AI, automation, or data platform investment
- Before migrating CRM, ERP, or core infrastructure to a new system
- Before the next board planning or budget cycle
- Before a significant growth event, acquisition, or new market entry
- Before a regulatory review, cyber insurance renewal, or external audit
- When leadership cannot get reliable data-backed answers to business questions
- When cloud or SaaS costs are growing without a clear explanation
The audit is a decision tool.
Not a report that gets filed away.
Every audit ends with a clear picture of the next steps. What you do with it is your choice. There is no default upsell and no pressure to continue.
Your internal team executes
Many clients take the prioritised roadmap and deliver it with their existing team. The report gives them the clarity and authority to act that they previously lacked.
Existing suppliers execute under guidance
Where specialist work is needed, the findings brief your existing suppliers more effectively. They know exactly what to build and why, reducing rework and wasted spend.
Dexlab stays on as fractional lead
Where ongoing strategic oversight makes sense, most clients discuss a fractional CTO or COO arrangement to lead remediation and inform ongoing technology decisions.
You should not have to take this on trust
I operate in environments where missing things has consequences. That standard applies here too.
Five significant findings with clear business impact — or you pay nothing
If the audit does not identify at least five significant risks, weaknesses, or missed opportunities with a clear and demonstrable business impact, the fee is refunded in full. No argument, no awkwardness, no paperwork.
In practice, audits at this level consistently surface between 12 and 22 findings. The guarantee exists so that the decision to proceed carries no financial risk on your side.
The questions you are probably thinking
Two slots per month.
One may still be yours.
A 30-minute fit call costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You will know by the end of it whether this is the right move.