Harvey Petersen, founder. Mensor is a one-person practice — when you engage Mensor, you engage me.
About
A one-person practice. By design.
What I do
Mensor is a small Adelaide practice run by Harvey Petersen. I work with small and medium businesses on AI projects worth measuring — defining the outcome before the engagement, and reporting the number at the end. The mix is roughly half advisory (roadmaps, second opinions, vendor reviews) and half build (automations, integrations, internal AI tools).
What I refuse to do
I don't sell pilots that go nowhere. I don't bill by the hour. I don't recommend tools I haven't used. I don't take engagements where the outcome can't be measured. If the brief is "explore AI", I'll tell you that's not an engagement, and I'll help you find one inside it that is.
Why "Mensor"
Mensor is Latin for "the one who measures" — the surveyor. The name fits the practice's promise: every engagement ends with a measured number, not a slide deck. It's also short, pronounceable, and not yet owned by another AI consultancy in Australia, which mattered.
Background
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechatronics, and Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences — a double degree from the University of Adelaide. Seven years at HMG Group, progressing from junior engineer to Director. Mensor is my own practice — where the operator's lens meets the AI advisory market.
A note on scale
Mensor will stay small.
The model only works because the person writing the proposal is also the person doing the work. Scaling means hiring, which means juniors doing the thinking. Mensor doesn't do that. If demand outstrips supply, the answer is a waitlist, not a junior.