Anthony McCallum
Fractional Chief AI Officer | Founder, Leveragentic.AI | Enterprise AI Strategy & Execution 22 years enterprise ops. Helping mid-market and PE-backed companies turn AI ambition into enterprise value through embedded fractional CAIO advisory
"Helping mid-market leaders and PE firms operationalise AI for measurable enterprise value — not slide decks."
Locations
Primary Location
Australia
Travel Radius
local (within 50 miles)
Virtual Workshops
yes
Core Values
About Anthony
Anthony McCallum is a Certified AI Coach and Founder of Leveragentic.AI, a strategic AI advisory practice helping mid-market leaders across Australia and the Middle East turn AI ambition into measurable enterprise value.
With 22 years of enterprise operating experience — including managing a $200M P&L at Optus and leading transformation programs like Project Jaguar (fulfilment cycles cut from 90 to 19 days, on-time delivery lifted from 50% to 85%) — Anthony brings the operational credibility that leadership teams and PE operating partners demand.
Through Leveragentic.AI, Anthony works with firms of 300–2,000 employees to close the gap between AI ambition and AI-enabled execution. His five-stage methodology — Diagnose, Design, Deploy, Compound, Scale — is grounded in the frameworks from Untangling AI (Wiley, 2026), applied through hands-on embedded advisory as a fractional Chief AI Officer.
What sets the practice apart is its focus on enterprise value, not just efficiency. Anthony quantifies the productivity gains AI delivers — what Leveragentic calls the Agentic Dividend — and translates them into EBITDA impact and valuation uplift. For PE portfolio companies, that means a disciplined AI playbook that creates permanent structural value and commands premium multiples at exit.
Engagements range from AI Strategy Diagnostics and Agentic Roadmap Workshops through to 12-month fractional CAIO retainers, where Anthony embeds with leadership to drive execution from boardroom to front line.
Specialisations: Enterprise AI Strategy, Fractional CAIO, AI Mastery Workshops, PE Portfolio AI Playbooks
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My Journey
Defining Moment
After 22 years inside enterprise, leading large teams, managing $200M P&Ls, and delivering transformation programs like Project Jaguar that cut fulfilment from 90 days to 19, I asked a different question: what if the transformation itself could be intelligent?
That question became Leveragentic.AI. I stopped being the leader fixing broken processes and started helping other leaders build organisations where AI compounds enterprise value permanently.
Mission Statement
To convert the latent productivity trapped inside mid-market organisations into measurable enterprise value, aka the Agentic Dividend, through disciplined strategy, people-first change, and AI-enabled execution that compounds over time. Not just growth. Permanent structural value that changes what the business is worth.
Professional Background
Previous Executive Roles
Director Sales Technology
Optus
Director Voice Products and Access
Optus
Director Pre-Sales and Transformation
Optus
Director Consulting and Connect
Optus
Founder & Fractional Chief AI Officer
Leveragentic.AI
Industry Expertise
Service Areas
Australia
Newcastle
Untangling AI Framework Experience
I'm a certified AI Coach and am actively contributing to the development of the tools, processes and products supporting the frameworks in Untangling AI (Wiley, 2026). I actively deploy the Untangling AI frameworks with clients: the AI Agility Check for diagnostic, Unstoppable Company Game for Brainstorming, and DDDEEE for implementation sequencing. My business transformation experience gives a knack for identifying safe starting points, and my commercial experience anchors AI execution decisions to increasing enterprise valuation. I am current running multiple engagements using these frameworks, driving AI adoptions with clients anticipating 5-10x multiple increases
Client Testimonials
"I've been working with Ant for the last 6 months, and he has totally transformed my business. His breadth of knowledge has helped implement improvements from Sales to Operations. I would recommend Ant to anyone looking to implement AI to take their business to the next level"
— Peter Tricklebank Managing Director, All Fire Services Australia