# The Digital Employee

> Founder-led AI consultancy. Ian Bell helps smaller businesses get a genuine, practical win with AI, starting with the job that is actually costing them time and money. No hype, no jargon. Based in Kenilworth, Warwickshire; works in person across the West Midlands and online across the UK and internationally.

Ian Bell is a software architect with 25+ years building production systems and the last few years deep in AI. The Digital Employee is aimed at smaller businesses rather than large enterprises, and favours a hands-on, no-jargon approach: start with one real problem, fix that first.

## Start here
- [AI Starting Line](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/ai-starting-line): A short quiz that gives a smaller business a clear, practical view of where to begin with AI, plus personalised next moves.
- [How I help](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/how-i-help): The main ways Ian works with businesses: getting started, automating a workflow, and training a team.
- [Book a call](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/contact): Free 30-minute call with Ian.
- [Send a message](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/message): Contact form for written enquiries.

## About
- [About Ian Bell](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/about): Founder story and background.
- [AI consultant in Warwickshire](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/local): Local AI consulting for Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
- [Case studies](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/case-studies): Examples of work.
- [Blog](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/blog): Build-in-public writing on practical AI for smaller businesses.

## Services
- Getting started with AI: practical first steps for businesses new to AI, focused on an early win.
- Automating a job or workflow: removing the task that is costing the most time and money.
- Training your team on AI: hands-on and jargon-free.

## Contact
- Email: hello@thedigitalemployee.ai
- LinkedIn (Ian Bell): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianbellprofile
- LinkedIn (company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-digital-employee
- Location: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2TD, United Kingdom

## More
- [Sitemap](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/sitemap.xml)
- [Structured data manifest](https://thedigitalemployee.ai/ai-site-manifest.json)