AVAYLA CONSULTING GROUP

Avayla is a pioneering consulting and infrastructure advisory firm dedicated to transforming digital architecture for the artificial intelligence era. Operating at the intersection of AI workloads, deep engineering, and enterprise growth, we help organizations convert technical complexity into durable market advantage.

Our advisory model bridges the entire ecosystem—unifying advanced infrastructure strategies like precision liquid cooling and high-density workload scaling with rigorous financial modeling, cost-performance governance, and global go-to-market execution. By aligning silicon, power, and strategy, Avayla empowers enterprises to scale sustainably, slash operating costs, and meet the intensive demands of next-generation computing.

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Meet the Team

  • Dr. Kelley Mullick

    Founder & CEO

    Founded by Dr. Kelley Mullick, AVAYLA LLC is led by a visionary with nearly two decades of experience in hyperscaler enterprise and edge industries. As Chair of the Industry Liaison Team for the Open Compute Project (OCP), Dr. Mullick collaborates with industry leaders to set standards for next-generation data centers. Her immersion and cold plate liquid cooling expertise has positioned AVAYLA at the forefront of sustainable datacenter solutions.

  • Celina Kennedy

    Chief Operating Officer

    Celina Kennedy is COO at Avayla, a boutique datacenter consulting firm, where she brings 23 years of financial and sales operations leadership from her career at Intel. At Intel, she led pricing, strategy, revenue, and operations for multi-billion-dollar businesses including Global Channel, Retail Marketing, and Datacenter & AI. She holds an MBA and a BS/MS in Environmental Science from the University of Rochester, fueling a lasting passion for sustainability and environmental issues.

  • Jon Syrstad

    AI & HPC Infrastructure Strategist

    Jon Syrstad brings over two decades of international business and finance expertise to AI and data center infrastructure strategy. Following a 22-year career at Intel—where he progressed from finance and credit leadership into data center pricing and AI/HPC strategic planning—he now operates independently as a data center market modeling consultant. Jon holds a degree in intellectual history from the University of Gothenburg, where his research examined the intellectual history of AI, focusing on how the field’s future and trajectory were envisioned during its foundational decades.

  • Sandhya Dua

    Strategic Growth & Technical Consultant

    Sandhya Dua is a technology consultant and digital strategist with expertise in technical operations support and brand growth. Leveraging a solid engineering foundation, she translates complex technical systems into scalable digital marketing initiatives. Sandhya works alongside technology leaders to optimise internal workflows, strengthen digital footprints, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

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