About
Andrew Hill
Principal, Outrider Technology Consulting
"An independent and extremely resilient leader with exceptional problem-solving skills — a standout strategic thinker with an extraordinarily diverse knowledge foundation."
Twenty years of building and running complex technology businesses at scale gave Andrew one thing above all else: the ability to make independent judgements under pressure, in complex environments, without waiting to be told what to do next.
That's what Outrider clients get. Not a consultant who needs directing. A principal who absorbs the context, forms a view, and acts on it.
The background
An unusual path. A useful one.
Andrew's career has taken an unusual path — one that turns out to be directly useful for the work Outrider does.
He began as a consultant at Accenture, working across technology strategy, platform design and implementation for six years. Then he crossed to the other side of the table — spending a decade building and operating complex technology businesses at scale inside major Australian corporates. Teams of 350. Capital programs of $70 million a year. Technology platforms supporting billions in annual revenue. Multiple businesses built from the ground up in competitive domestic and international markets.
Then he came back to advisory — independently, without the overhead, the politics or the competing interests that come with a large firm. That arc matters. Andrew understands how consulting advice actually lands inside an organisation because he spent years on the receiving end of it. He knows what a board presentation needs to do because he has written them. He knows what a technology investment decision feels like when the consequences are real because he has made them.
What that experience gives you
Five capabilities. All grounded in consequence.
Independent judgement at pace
Andrew has operated in environments where decisions couldn't wait for committee consensus or partner review. That bias to action — calculated, not reckless — is one of the things Outrider clients consistently find most valuable.
Cross-domain range
Economics and systems engineering. Consulting and operations. Strategy and delivery. Finance and technology. Climate and sustainability. The ability to hold multiple domains simultaneously — and find the connections between them — is where the most useful thinking lives.
Scale without overhead
Andrew has managed technology operations supporting billions in revenue, built teams from scratch, negotiated complex commercial agreements, and launched businesses in international markets. That experience is available to Outrider clients without the overhead of the organisations that produced it.
Commercial and negotiation acumen
Andrew has managed capital programs of $70M annually, held P&L responsibility, and led complex commercial negotiations with vendors, regulators and international partners. The ability to hold the commercial and the technical simultaneously — and know which lens matters most in any given moment — is one of the less obvious but consistently valued aspects of working with Outrider.
Emerging technology perspective
Andrew has studied exponential and emerging technology at Singularity University and holds qualifications in AI Strategy and Design Thinking from RMIT. His approach to AI and emerging technology is the same as his approach to every technology question — start with the business problem, not the technology.
"Versatile thinking and a collaborative approach that helps you get clarity and perspective when seeking the best outcome in a complex, dynamic environment."
Education and training
A deliberately broad foundation.
Outside of work, Andrew draws, paints, reads widely, and spends time on the golf course and the water. He thinks visually — which turns out to be useful when the job is making complex problems legible to the people who need to act on them.