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OutpaceOps is a boutique consultancy for asset-heavy operators. We compress the gap between what AI can now do and what real operations actually capture from it. Services-first. Outcome-led. Senior on every engagement.

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Cristian Lopez, Managing Director

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Copper uplift. Prescriptive ML on a Tier-1 copper producer, 3 months

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Combined CAPEX/OPEX portfolio managed at a global diversified miner

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Disciplines built from zero across two majors

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Founding data, digital, and AI capabilities inside two majors

Why OutpaceOps

Three things competitors don't combine.

There are three things competitors don't combine, and that's where we work.

Operational fluency. Most AI consultancies have never run a control room or stood inside a flotation circuit. We have. The recommendations match how operations actually run, not how they look on a slide.
Architecture-to-adoption. Strategy without delivery is a deck. Delivery without strategy is a pilot that dies. We connect target architecture, data model, workflow, dashboards, automation, and value tracking in one coherent thread.
Senior on every engagement. No junior bench. No five-layer org chart between the buyer and the person solving the problem. The Managing Director runs the work. Specialists are added as needed.

How we work

Five stages, end to end.

Engagements move left to right: clarify the value case, build what matters, hard-wire it into the operating cadence, and verify the impact.

Diagnose. Rapid discovery. Process walk-throughs, data lineage, pain quantification. Outcome: shared problem definition and value case.
Design. Target architecture, use-case selection, control model, build approach, vendor and platform choices. Outcome: actionable roadmap.
Pilot. Thin-slice deployment. Measurable KPI baseline. User testing and hardening. Outcome: working proof of value.
Scale. Template rollout, standard operating procedures, training, governance, cyber controls, support model. Outcome: enterprise deployment.
Optimise. Benefit tracking, model tuning, workflow redesign, continuous improvement. Outcome: sustained value capture.

Brisbane-based. Working globally.

Working with operators across Australia, Latin America, and Africa. Reach Cristian directly.

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