Carly Woods is an AI keynote speaker, operations expert and founder who helps organisations turn AI from an interesting idea into something people can use, govern and implement.
Carly spent 21 years inside operations before AI became the headline. Sixteen of those years were in automotive, followed by building and scaling her own financial services businesses.
She has seen technology from every angle: introducing it, selling it internally, governing it, building businesses around it and dealing with what happens when systems fail in the real world.
That is why her keynotes, workshops and consulting do not begin with tools. They begin with the operation, the people doing the work and the outcome the organisation actually needs.
Carly's authority in AI comes from more than learning the technology. It comes from decades of transformation, regulated operations, business building and communication.
Carly spent 16 years in automotive before building her own financial services business. She has worked from dealership floors to boardrooms and understands what happens when new technology meets real people, real processes and commercial pressure.
While working in Australian automotive finance, Carly helped move St.George Bank finance submissions from fax to email. Long before today's AI wave, she was already removing friction and changing how work moved through an operation.
Carly is RG146 accredited across five institutions and has held both an Australian Financial Services Licence and an Australian Credit Licence under ASIC. Her approach to AI is shaped by real accountability, governance and risk.
She scaled Get My Refund into an AFR Top 100 growth business and founded Remediation Alliance, combining consumer advocacy, financial services, automation and operational scale.
Today Carly leads Ethical Edge Solutions and is the lead industry partner on the national ARIA CRC-P AI research grant with Southern Cross University, connecting applied research with real operational implementation.
Carly has spoken to more than 100,000 people across her career, from resort stages overseas and automotive teams to corporate boardrooms. She created Automate to Dominate® to bring practical AI workshops directly into businesses.
Carly's businesses and AI work have been recognised for innovation, growth and practical impact.
2025
2026
AFR Top 100
CarlyWoods.ai is where organisations book Carly for AI keynotes, workshops, training and executive education. Ethical Edge Solutions is the AI operations consultancy for audits, governance, workflow design and implementation. Automate to Dominate® is Carly's practical workshop and education framework.
That structure means Carly does not leave an audience with inspiration alone. Organisations can move from understanding AI to identifying the right opportunity and implementing it responsibly.
Carly's sessions are designed for people who need to understand AI, make better decisions and use it responsibly inside real working environments.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Tailored AI education and practical training designed around the audience, maturity level, governance requirements and outcomes required.
Some teams are excited about AI. Others are overwhelmed by it. Carly meets people where they are and helps them move forward without jargon, hype or assumptions.
She has spoken to more than 100,000 people across her career, from overseas resort stages and dealership floors to workshops, conferences and boardrooms.
Participants leave informed, confident and ready to take action.
Before operations, finance and AI, Carly was a cabaret singer. Today she is also a mum, a business builder and currently trying to keep a mango tree alive. Her ability to connect with people is not a performance technique added later. It has been part of her entire career.
Carly works with organisations across Australia and internationally through keynotes, workshops, executive education and AI operations engagements.
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