Neocortex

Who we are

The humans behind the cortex.

Built by enterprise minds. Designed around the business. Neocortex brings technology, commercial reality and human judgement together.

How it started

A coffee machine. An MBA lecture. A much bigger question.

Peter Bardenhagen and Ash Yadav met over a coffee machine during a University of Queensland MBA lecture. Conversations about technology quickly became conversations about business performance, profitability, execution and the gap between what enterprises buy and what they are actually able to make work.

Peter brought more than two decades of enterprise architecture, digital transformation, cloud and AI experience, including Capgemini. Ash brought more than two decades of enterprise technology, commercial strategy and transformation experience, including Accenture. Together they began designing a first-to-market platform that starts with the business and uses technology in service of outcomes.

The ambition

An agentic AI MBA in your pocket. At all times.

Not another isolated chatbot. Not another three-year transformation program. A living enterprise cortex that understands the organisation and continuously turns knowledge into better decisions and execution.

The idea behind Personas

“If only I could clone Peter.”

Peter still remembers one of his first managers saying those words. A physical clone was impossible. The idea wasn't. A Neocortex Persona turns the knowledge, judgement, purpose, tools and trusted authority of a role into an agentic digital worker.

Who am I?

Persona

Role, purpose, identity and authorised responsibilities.

What do I know?

Second Brain

Organisational knowledge, decisions, context and memory.

What can I do?

Digital Workforce

Tools, workflows and specialist workers that turn intent into action.

A Persona never needs to sleep. It can coordinate multiple specialist workers in parallel while remaining bounded by identity, policy, permissions, risk and human accountability.

If only I could clone Peter.

Persona

Peter, Enterprise AI Architect

Two decades of enterprise knowledge, as a digital worker that never sleeps.

Leadership

Three disciplines. One business-first vision.

Peter Bardenhagen

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Peter Bardenhagen

Chief Enterprise Architect

20+ years

LinkedIn

Enterprise architect, solution architect and AI practitioner focused on turning complex transformation into secure, scalable, business-aligned platforms.

Career

  • Digital Response — Managing Director & AI Solution Architect, 2025–Present
  • Techlight — AI Solution Architect, Apr–Jun 2026
  • DappleOS — Product Lead, Feb–Mar 2026
  • Recusant — Senior Solution Architect, Mar 2025–Jan 2026
  • Capgemini — Senior Manager, Digital Delivery, Jan 2022–Jun 2024
  • Sonic Healthcare — Solution Architect / Delivery Lead, Dec 2018–Jan 2022

Qualifications & focus

  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Azure Developer Associate
  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure AI Engineer Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • PSPO-I / PSM-I
  • PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner
  • SAFe Agilist
  • MBA studies — The University of Queensland

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John Bardenhagen

Chief Financial Officer

Executive finance leadership

FCPA and Bachelor of Accounting, with CFO experience across technology startups and blue-chip organisations. John leads financial strategy, capital raising and corporate governance.

Career

  • CFO leadership across technology startups
  • Cadbury Schweppes — blue-chip commercial experience
  • Blundstone Footwear — blue-chip commercial experience
  • Australian Taxation Office — public-sector finance experience

Qualifications & focus

  • FCPA
  • Bachelor of Accounting
  • Financial strategy
  • Capital raising
  • Corporate governance

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Ash Yadav

Chief Revenue Officer

20+ years

LinkedIn

Enterprise technology and commercial leader with senior experience at Accenture and a career spanning technology ecosystems, strategic sales, industry transformation and customer growth.

Career

  • Accenture — Global Energy, Chemicals & Mining Industry Ecosystem Lead
  • Accenture — AAPAC Technology Ecosystem Lead
  • Accenture — ANZ Technology Sales Lead, Industry X.0
  • Tata Consultancy Services — Client Partner & Regional Business Manager
  • Tech Mahindra — Regional Business Development Manager
  • HCLTech — Country Manager, Qatar & Regional Business Manager
  • DXC Technology — Senior Business Development Manager
  • NTT DATA Business Solutions — Business Development Manager

Qualifications & focus

  • Executive MBA — The University of Queensland
  • SAP Certified Professional — Solution Architect, SAP BTP
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
  • AWS Cloud Solution Architect — Associate

Selected clients

Digital platforms for a few users, and for millions.

Boutique firms and global brands, public sector and private: the same discipline of architecture, delivery and judgement now sits behind Neocortex.

In their words

What colleagues say about the people behind the platform.

LinkedIn recommendations for Peter Bardenhagen, our Chief Enterprise Architect. Quoted as written.

  • “Peter is one of the fastest and most flexible web developers I have ever encountered - possessing a rare combination of acute business acumen and wide-ranging technical proficiency, as well as good interpersonal skills. Peter repeatedly delivered quality results within tight timeframes to a demanding customer base of real-estate franchise owners. I would recommend a conversation with Peter about any web-based venture.”
    David GreenNational Customer Success Manager (Au/NZ) at Quantum IT
  • “Peter has extensive and detailed knowledge of mobile/web technologies and SDLC. He shows steadfast commitment to delivering on time and on budget. He has managed successful development teams with confidence and aplomb whilst keeping one eye on strategic development. Peter is highly recommended for similar roles -- I hope that we get the opportunity to work together in the future.”
    James KempSoftware Engineer at Autograb.com.au
  • “Peter is an upbeat and positive manager and as capable a business problem solver as I have seen. As my direct supervisor over several education software maintenance and development projects, he showed confidence in me to get my work done to the highest standard and he provided resources and alternative pathways to solutions when the pressure was on and time and budget were tight. I am grateful for the mentoring and encouragement Peter has given me.”
    Owen McKennaDeveloper, Drupal, PHP
  • “I have had the pleasure of working with Peter Bardenhagen in Education Services Australia, and I must say it was a great learning experience. He has sound knowledge in his domain and is a master of it. His technical capability is exemplary, and he has extraordinary management skills, managing tough projects to meet strict deadlines. He leads his team by setting examples and motivation, creating an environment which helps his team members perform at the best of their abilities.”
    Neda FaisalProject Manager at Services Australia
  • “I worked with Peter at Sonic Healthcare where he lead the project for Sonic Clinical Services websites. Peter was excellent to work with, very responsive, proactive and approachable. During our time working together, I found that he would always do his best to think outside to find solutions that would benefit not only his team but other teams also. I would love to work with him again.”
    Jonah WigleyColleague at Sonic Healthcare
  • “Peter was part of my team at Quantum when I was Product Manager for InPlace. He fulfilled the role of bridging the Business Analysts with the Development team - a challenging role at times. He had the rare gift of comprehending the end users' needs and translating them into achievable robust problem solution specifications, and to ensure the solution met or exceeded the customer's expectations while being a supportive team player along the way. He was a valued member of my team.”
    Gregg BoalchProduct Manager, Quantum (InPlace)

The Enterprise AI Brain

We are building the operating layer that makes the enterprise intelligent.

Neocortex can start alongside the systems a business already owns. It does not require a three-year big-bang replacement. It can begin within weeks, continuously understand the estate, weed out technical debt and progressively become the operating system.

Read The Enterprise AI Brain