About us

Making AI Practical for Project Businesses

Most AI stalls in pilot phase. GeckoAi embeds AI directly into workflows that run project businesses-reporting, contracts, bid preparation, finance operations.

Our goal: reduce friction, expose risk earlier, and give professionals their time back

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Our Story
GeckoAi was founded by Damien Pares and Neal McClelland after decades inside infrastructure, engineering, and consulting businesses.

We kept seeing talented professionals spending 40% of their time on admin work that added zero value.

GeckoAi was created to bridge that gap. We apply AI and automation in practical, grounded ways that fit real operating environments, reducing friction, improving flow and helping teams work smarter
We started with a simple observation: project-based businesses are weighed down by manual processes, disconnected data and siloed systems.

Having worked inside these environments, we’ve seen how much time is lost to admin, reporting and duplicated effort.

GeckoAI was created to change that, applying practical AI and automation that reduces friction and helps teams focus on delivery.
Our team

Meet the Humans Behind the AI

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Damien Pares
Co-Founder & Director
Civil Engineer & Infrastructure Delivery Specialist

Damien built his career as a civil engineer and consultant delivering major infrastructure and advisory projects, working closely with project directors, commercial teams and clients. He's seen first-hand how much time gets lost to manual reporting, contract reviews and commercial administration—and how it pulls talented professionals away from delivery work.

At GeckoAi, Damien brings that inside perspective to every deployment—helping project businesses eliminate administrative friction, expose risk earlier and give professionals their time back to design, solve and deliver..
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Neal McClelland
Co- Founder & Director
Talent & Workforce Strategy Leader

Neal built & led talent functions inside engineering and professional services organisations, working closely with project delivery, bid teams and leadership. He's seen first-hand how much time gets lost to poor hiring decisions, manual reporting and resource coordination.

At GeckoAi, Neal brings that inside perspective to every deployment—helping businesses redesign workflows, eliminate admin friction and give professionals their time back to design, solve and deliver..
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Mission - AI Curiosity to AI Capability

Our mission is to help project businesses move from AI curiosity to embedded capability. We focus on workflows where AI delivers measurable improvement: reducing admin time by 60-80%, exposing commercial risk weeks earlier, and protecting margins that manual processes miss.

No hype. No experimentation for its own sake. No pilots that never see production. Just practical AI that integrates with your existing systems and improves how work actually gets done.

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Vision - AI as Invisible Infrastructure

We believe the best AI is invisible. It should work quietly in the background—reducing admin, surfacing insights, and protecting margin—without requiring teams to change how they work.

Our vision is simple: project professionals should spend their time on design, problem-solving, and delivery. Not formatting reports, chasing data, or updating spreadsheets. AI should be the operating system that makes meaningful work possible, not another tool to learn or system to manage.

Why us

Why GeckoAi?

Like the gecko—adaptable, precise, and able to see what others miss!

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Built for Complex Environments

Like geckos that adapt to any surface, we build AI that fits your existing workflows, systems, and teams, not generic solutions that force you to change how you work.

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AI that adapts to you, not the other way around.
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Agile, Focused Delivery

Geckos move quickly and with precision. We deliver AI solutions in weeks, not quarters—with clear ROI from day one. No endless pilots. No scope creep.

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Value in weeks, not years.
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Clarity Where Others See Noise

Geckos have 350-degree vision and spot opportunities in darkness.

We identify AI opportunities buried in your existing workflows—the high-value, low-risk wins that others overlook.

We find the wins hiding in your workflow..
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