# About Tomas Panak

Source: https://sparemindai.com.au/about

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About

# I'm Tomas Panak.

I'm a Chartered Chemical Process Engineer with 19 years in engineering and infrastructure: the first decade hands-on and technical, the last in project, commercial and contract leadership on major projects.

I started Spare Mind AI because every owner I know wishes they had a spare mind to take the tenders, the quotes, the reporting and the follow-ups off their plate. That is what I build.

## Why an engineer

I think in systems and root causes. Before I build anything I want to know where the time actually goes, measured, not guessed. I build with checks between the steps and a fallback if something fails, because that is how plant is designed to run safely. And I prove the result with the same measurement, so you never have to take my word for it.

The commercial side matters too. I have spent years on contracts, pricing and risk, so every price is fixed and every scope is written down before work starts.

## What I've built

In my engineering career I built an automated approvals process on Microsoft Forms, Teams, SharePoint and Power Automate to replace email chains for signatures and timesheets, and a risk contingency tool that was adopted across a business unit.

Since then I've built a complete media business that runs on Claude: research, scripting, packaging, a website that publishes itself and the checks in between. [Read the case study](https://sparemindai.com.au/case-studies/content-system).

## Qualifications

CEng, IChemE

### Chartered Engineer

Institution of Chemical Engineers

Degree

### Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

First Class Honours

Degree

### Bachelor of Commerce

Management

Postgraduate

### Master of Finance

With Distinction

### How I work

I teach your team how the system works, not only hand it over. You should understand what you're paying for and be able to judge it yourself.

### Where I am

I'm moving to Perth in January 2027, where Spare Mind AI is based. Calls are by video until then, and in person from January.

## Let's talk about your business.

[Book a free 30-minute call](https://sparemindai.com.au/book) [Take the free scorecard](https://sparemindai.com.au/scorecard)