Sewell Consulting helps small business owners integrate AI into the way their businesses actually operate. I work directly with owners on AI strategy, business process improvement, and practical implementation—finding where AI can save time, improve customer service, reduce repetitive work, and help the business run better. No junior consultants, no reports that collect dust. Large firms bring frameworks and methodologies. I bring something different: decades of experience actually owning and operating businesses, combined with time spent understanding how yours really works.
Bennett Sewell — engineer, MBA, and owner-operator across four countries. I started Sewell Consulting because I wanted to put that experience to work for other owners.
Less putting out fires. More running your business
About Bennett Sewell
I'm a civil engineer by training, an MBA by education, and a small business owner by choice — for most of my adult life.
After six years practicing engineering in Dallas and Boston, I traded the drafting table for something harder and more interesting. I co-owned a furniture factory in Romania that exported to the US, UK, Germany and the Netherlands. I ran a technology company there selling hardware and ERP software. Then Argentina called.
I spent 19 years in the Argentine wine industry — six of them living in Mendoza. I founded El Gaucho Winery in the Texas Hill Country, where I poured my Argentine wines, served Argentine-style food cooked over an open fire, and built a business from scratch that I eventually sold on my own terms.
Along the way I learned what most business owners learn the hard way: the problems are usually the same regardless of the industry. Cash flow, operations, marketing, time. And the owner is almost always too close to see them clearly.
Today, I bring that operating experience to AI Integration & Strategy—helping small business owners determine where AI can genuinely improve the business and where it can't.
I started Sewell Consulting to work directly with small business owners — not as an outside expert with a clipboard, but as someone who has sat in your chair, felt the pressure you feel, and found a way through it.
I'm based in Austin, Texas and work with clients anywhere.
AI Integration & Business Consulting
AI Strategy & Opportunity Assessment
Not every business problem needs AI. I work with owners to understand how the business operates, identify where AI can create measurable value, and prioritize the opportunities worth pursuing.
AI Integration & Implementation
I help small businesses put AI to work in practical ways—from improving customer communications and internal workflows to automating repetitive tasks and connecting AI with the systems the business already uses.
Business Strategy & Operations
AI works best when it solves a real business problem. I work directly with owners on strategy, operations, processes, and financial performance so that technology supports the business rather than becoming another complication.
Who I Work With
I work with owner-run businesses where the business is running the owner instead of the other way around.
My roots are in food, beverage, and hospitality: 19 years in the wine industry, including running my own winery in Austin with production in Argentina. I know what it’s like to juggle suppliers across borders, production, staff, customers, and cash flow all at once. Wineries, breweries, restaurants, and hospitality businesses are where I’m most at home.
But I don’t need to be an expert in your industry to help you. Every business runs on processes: how orders come in, how work gets scheduled, how customers get followed up, how the numbers get tracked. My job is to understand how you and your team actually do those things, find where time and money are leaking, and fix it, with AI where it makes sense and without it where it doesn’t.
You’re a good fit if:
You’re doing too much of the work yourself, and the business stalls when you step away
Your team relies on workarounds, spreadsheets, or “the way we’ve always done it”
You know AI could help but aren’t sure where to start
You’re thinking about selling or stepping back in the next 3–5 years and want the business to run without you
Let's Talk About Your Business
The first conversation is straightforward—no pitch, no pressure. I want to understand your business, what's working, what's getting in the way, and where AI or better processes might help. If there's a fit, we'll talk about what working together looks like. If there isn't, I'll tell you that too.
Thirty minutes. No obligation.
Before we talk, take a look at how I think
The best client relationships start with alignment — not just on the problem, but on how to approach it. The pieces below represent my point of view on business, leadership, and what actually gets in the way of growth. If they resonate, we're probably a good fit. Choose any of the articles below to read more.
What to Expect
First call: 30 minutes, no agenda but yours
Proposal within one week if there's a fit
You work with me directly — start to finish
Reach Me Directly
Bennett Sewell
Bennett@sewellconsultingatx.com
(512) 699-7499
Austin, TX