Contact

The best way to reach me.

Direct email is reliably read. I keep a presence on LinkedIn and X but treat them as public squares — for anything substantive, write.

Email · Preferred

mark@skycot.com

The first place anything substantive should go. Long emails welcome — I read all of them and reply to most.

linkedin.com/in/mark-hallam

Use for connection requests with context. I do not check inbox messages daily — email is faster.

@MarkHallam

Mostly short notes on whatever I am thinking about. Replies and DMs are read intermittently.

YouTube

@markhallam-ai

Longer-form video — talks, walk-throughs, and the occasional essay-on-camera.

What I am best placed to talk to about.

Good fit

Executive AI strategy that needs to survive contact with the org chart
Pilot-to-production playbooks for enterprise teams
Operating-model design for businesses adopting AI agents
Advisory board roles for AI-adjacent companies in Australia or APAC
Speaking engagements on AI and operations (selective)
Press, podcasts, journalists working on AI policy or enterprise adoption

Less good fit

Vendor pitches for AI tooling — I rarely change my stack on cold outreach
Investment pitches — Skycot is not a fund, and I do not angel-invest in AI startups
Generic “could we collaborate” emails with no specific question
Hiring requests — Skycot’s job openings are at skycot.com/jobs
Free strategic consulting framed as a “quick coffee”
Resume reviews or career advice for people I do not know

How I respond

Most emails get a reply within a week. I write replies in batches, usually on Friday afternoons in Melbourne, which is why a Tuesday email may sit until Friday before a response.

If your message is time-sensitive, say so in the subject line — that bumps it out of the Friday batch and into the same day. If it is genuinely urgent and you are an existing client, you have my phone number.

If a week passes and you have not heard from me, the email was lost or buried and a polite follow-up is welcome. It is never an intentional silence.