Dr. Victor von Wachter

publicIdentifier: victor-von-wachter

sourced_title: Senior AI Architect

headline: Senior AI Architect @BCG | PhD @KU | From AI strategy to implementation at scale. Passionate about AI, Blockchain, IT Architecture

about:
I am a Lead AI architect in regulated industries. Board strategy and production code are written in different languages, and most of the value diminishes in between. I have spent seven years on both sides of that translation: enough boardroom to shape the strategy, enough hands on the system to know when it will not hold.

What that looks like in practice:

- Agentic AI platform for 4+ core business processes for leading Insurance. From value case to architecture to hands-on implementation and live operation on Amazon Bedrock
- Requirement agents inside a EUR 60m+ annual programme with 1,500+ Epics. From value case to prototype to deployment leading a team of five
- Dark Software Factory harness: testing framework, evaluations, operating model. Architected it, then turned it into a BCG offering accumulating significant new business
- Enterprise-scale DevOps and CI/CD platform rollout for 5,000+ developers across 10+ countries
- EUR 300m data center tender: authored the target architecture with network and identified EUR 50m+ in savings

Before consulting I achieved a PhD in Computer Science. Prior I was technical product manager of a greenfield digital asset exchange and led 7 to 12 engineers to a live product.

Three habits stayed with me since: I build enough to keep my judgement honest, I start from the value case rather than the architecture, and I get deep in a new domain fast.

position: Senior AI Architect

company: BCG Platinion

description:
Agentic AI in production

- Agentic AI platform for core business processes at a leading insurer, from value case through architecture to hands-on implementation and live operation on Amazon Bedrock. Four processes designed, first one live
- Requirement agents across the software lifecycle of a large multi-year programme with 1,500+ epics, from value case to prototype to deployment, leading a team of five

Harness engineering and standards

- Lead architect for the Dark Software Factory harne

position: AI Architect

company: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

position: PHD

company: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen - DIKU

description:
- Pursued a Ph.D. by building and analyzing decentralized finance (DeFi) applications.
- Conceptualized and built financial applications such as payment services and tokenized assets on a blockchain.
- Assessment of different architectures and solutions.
- Developed algorithms to analyze systemic risks and user behavior in decentralized finance.
- Held lectures about blockchain engineering and data-driven finance.

position: Product Owner & Blockchain Engineer

company: SMART VALOR

description:
Product Owner and Blockchain Engineer of the Digital Asset Exchange
- Conceptualized critical services of the digital asset exchange. Services included the public API, retail-friendly (brokerage) and advanced trading, the customer database, and digital asset custody.
- Oversaw the implementation of these services; primary contact for 7-12 developers. Delivery of advanced software in an agile setup with modern practices (cloud-hosted microservices, CI/CD pipeline, DevOps).
- Productive operation

position: Technical Product Consultant

company: Motius

description:
Innovation consulting
- Technical advisor for innovation projects
- System architecture and software requirements

position: Executive Assistant to CEO

company: metoda GmbH

description:
Large-scale data scraping for eCommerce intelligence
- Strategic assistant establishing data reports for business and product development

position: Student Research Assistant

company: Fraunhofer FIT

content:
Software engineering is entering an age where the bottleneck is no longer writing code.

 🏗 I've spent the past months working with colleagues at BCG Platinion on a concept we call the Dark Software Factory. The idea: autonomous AI agents that build, test, and ship solutions around the clock. Humans set the direction and guardrails. Agents deliver the outcome.

🚀 Sounds futuristic? It's not. I'm

content: Just completed the AI Multiplier (L4) certification - the highest tier of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) AI certification program. The focus is on building AI systems at scale: agentic architectures, modular design and responsible AI stewardship.

evidence_experience: "Architected it, then turned it into a BCG offering accumulating significant new business" - this is a client-sold product, not internal firm knowledge reuse. All other bullets describe client engagements (insurer, EUR 60m+ programme, EUR 300m data center tender).


Amadally Hosseinbukus

publicIdentifier: amadally

sourced_title: Managing Director, Data, Analytics and AI

firm: RGP

headline: Practice Leader for Data, Analytics and AI

about:
Technology and Transformation leader with a 25 year track record of successful execution across Banking and Financial Markets. Change leader who is able to drive and manage complex, mission critical reengineering initiatives. Trusted advisor, able to work with senior executive management to realize revenue growth, manage risk and deliver cost savings. Hands on practitioner with a  versatile mix of Strategy, Technology and Execution.

Areas of expertise:
Technology Strategy & Implementation
Business Process Transformation
Intelligent Workflows using Automation using AI
Hybrid Cloud and Application Modernization
Regulatory Compliance and Controls
Trading, Sales and Client Systems
Financial Crimes and AML
Enterprise systems implementation
Investment Banking, Fixed Income Credit products, Corporate Banking
Application Rationalization & Total Cost of Ownership

company: RGP

end: Present

position: Managing Director, Head of AI and Innovation Delivery

company: Wells Fargo

position: Principal Client Engineering, US Strategic Accounts

company: IBM

description:
IBM Client Engineering Leader, responsible for working with multinational clients to scope, architect, design and implement AI, Automation and Hybrid Cloud solutions that drive business value.
Drive innovative client solutions across Banking, Insurance and Financial Services
Lead large scale transformations with AI driven Intelligent Workflows and Automation

position: Partner, Banking and Financial Markets

description:
Lead Account Partner and Practice Lead for Institutional Banking and Capital Markets
Trusted advisor to senior management and C-Suite
Experienced people manager able to attract, build and lead diverse, high performing delivery teams
Responsible for growing new business opportunities through creating new, innovative industry offerings through AI, Analytics, Intelligent workflows and the Hybrid Cloud

position: Head of Controls Technology, Institutional Banking

company: Deutsche Bank

description:
Formulated and delivered Technology Roadmap and Architecture for pan bank controls environment
Defined current and end state architecture with phased implementation.
Built out a high performance, cost effective Level 1 Controls delivery team of 150+
Build out of strategic platform to deliver on global regulatory commitments to the FSA, Fed, SEC, CFTC, BaFin, IRS
Delivered a number of mission critical controls for
Conduct, Communications and Trade Surveillance
Volcker controls
Trader Mandates
Dod

position: Head of Sales & Structuring Technology

description:
Formulated and delivered Sales Technology Roadmap and Architecture for 3000+ IB salesforce Delivered Scorpio Sales Dashboard – an industry award winning sales intelligence too
Built cutting edge Client Intelligence tools providing snapshot of client relationship and analytics to spot trends and drive new business opportunities

position: Head of Global Credit Technology

company: Credit Suisse

description:
Strategy and execution of the global technology platforms to service Fixed Income Credit, a multi billion dollar product line. Managed a team of 40 with a global portfolio of 20 platforms and user base of approx 500 internal users, and 3000 external clients.
- Front to Back Delivery of single trading platform for US Credit trading desks. Complex front to back execution.
- Successful delivery and execution of critical platforms for global Syndicate business - through very challenging business gro

position: Director & Technical Lead, Global Credit Technology

description: Lead Architect across Global Credit - Global Loans, High Grade/High Yield Trading, Syndication, Corporate Banking

content: Some thought provoking insights from Richard Toledo, RGP Risk and Compliance Lead on the changing risk landscape and challenges ahead as we move from AI concept to practice

content:
Exciting times at RGP as we continue to invest aggressively in the growth of our Data, Analytics & AI practice, and we're looking for exceptional leaders who want to help shape the next chapter.

We're looking for exceptional leaders who want to help build something special: a world-class team focused on helping clients accelerate transformation, unlock the value of their data, and reimagine criti

content:
I’m delighted to share that I’ve joined RGP as Managing Director of the Data, Analytics & AI Practice.

A big thank you to Roger Carlile, Scott Rottmann, Steve Hook, Alan Biegelman and Megan McMahon for their support and for welcoming me to this incredible team.

As our clients move beyond AI experimentation, the challenge is no longer just adopting the technology—it's embedding AI in the busines

disposition: DISQUALIFIED

internal_vs_external: external

band: clear

band_reasons: disqualified

evidence_experience: "a world-class team focused on helping clients accelerate transformation, unlock the value of their data, and reimagine critical business and technology processes through analytics and AI" and prior roles like "Lead Account Partner and Practice Lead... Responsible for growing new business opportunities" and "Head of Innovation and AI Delivery, Corporate and Investment Bank" - all client/business-line delivery, not internal firm knowledge governance.

resolved_account_name: RGP EMEA

in_612: yes

in_575: yes

suppressed: no


publicIdentifier: billgienke

name: Bill Gienke, CPA, CGMA, Integrated AI Professional

firm: Eliassen Group

headline: Managing Director, Risk and Regulatory Compliance Management at Eliassen Group

about:
Regulatory compliance and management consulting executive with proven record leading cross-functional initiatives, building high-trust, high-performing teams, and helping clients achieve results that matter.  I am known for guiding the journey when the path forward is unclear or uncertain.

I work with organizations that want to:
►Efficiently and effectively achieve REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, aligning Compliance Management Systems with business processes, products and services, third party providers, and technology
►Leverage MARKET INTELLIGENCE, anticipating regulatory, technological, and industry changes
► Strengthen PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, achieving results that matter while reducing risk and improving individual and collective capabilities
.
Key Competencies:
•	Operational Risk Management
•	Regulatory Compliance
•	Financial Crimes
•	FDIC 370
•	Regulatory Change Monitoring and Implementation
•	First- and Second-Line of Defense Program Enhancement and Optimization
•	Business Model and Process Design
•	Target Operating Model Design and Implementation
•	Program and Project Leadership (PMO)
•	Performance Management
•	Knowledge and Change Management
•	Servant Leadership

StrengthsFinder:
• Strategic
• Analytical
• Achiever
• Focus
• Responsibility

What Makes Me Unique:
My specific combination of strengths and skills allows me to think and act simultaneously at strategic/tactical and organizational/personal levels, openly exploring and testing different strategic choices, translating those options into concrete plans, taking ownership for execution and working to influence the organization. Early in my career, I attended a presentation focused on a set of questions people ask during every interaction: Can I TRUST you? Are you committed to EXCELLENCE? Do you CARE abo

company: Eliassen Group

description:
Currently leading Eliassen Group’s Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance Solutions team.   Focused on enhancing the design of, implementing changes to, and executing risk and regulatory compliance programs.

Currently leading initiative to implement roadmap that creates Financial Crimes Program efficiency and scalability across multiple recently acquired entities for a global payments firm.  Enhancing FDIC Part 370 program for top 20 U.S. bank, including efforts to integrate recently complet

position: Managing Principal

company: Capco

description:
Collaborates with banks and other financial institutions to deliver regulatory compliance consulting, training, monitoring, and risk assessment services and leads CMS Optimizer and CMS Enhancer offerings across the region, establishing and implementing comprehensive Compliance Management Systems.

Assisted a top U.S. Bank to assess its readiness to implement the FDIC’s new rule regarding Recordkeeping for Timely Deposit Insurance Determination.

position: Director, Risk Managed Services Center

company: FIS

description:
Led the creation of the Risk Managed Service Center (RMSC) in Milwaukee, WI.  The RMSC was created to provide risk and compliance services from a centralized location to optimize efficiency and effectiveness, improve performance, respond quickly to changing regulatory requirements, reduce risk, off-load routine tasks, support expanding product and market opportunities, and scale compliance efforts.

Led the implementation of a full BSA/AML monitoring program within the RMSC for a community ban

position: Financial Services Industry (FSI), National Practice Leader (Concurrent Responsibility)

company: Experis

description:
Led $60+ million firm-wide, Financial Services Industry consulting practice, providing Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance services to most of the top 20 U.S. Bank Holding Companies, regional and community banks, capital markets, credit card, money services business, insurance, payments and other non-bank financial institutions.

Doubled revenue and gross profit of FSI practice, ultimately representing 40%+ of firm’s revenues and 50%+ of gross profit

Led cross-functional team of 50+ sales, ma

position: Director, Product Management and Technical Market Intelligence

description: Monitored new and emerging legislation, regulations, competitive landscape and industry trends.  Developed overall product strategy. Identified market needs and defined client requirements and pain points.  Built investment business cases, established product revenue targets and supervised development budgets.  Led solution projects and initiatives, launched new products and managed solution portfolio across product lifecycle.  Created thought leadership and coordinated sales and marketing campa

position: Project Manager

company: CUNA Mutual Group

description: Led the design of a Human Resources Administration web application, providing benefit related self-service features to approximately 60,000 credit union employees that aligned the strategic direction and branding goals of the division with the desired customer experience and designed and facilitated voice of the customer/usability sessions

position: Director of Finance & Operations

company: Energy Center of Wisconsin

description:
Led all internal and external financial reporting, information technology and back office operations for 40+ individual non-profit consulting firm.

Designed and implemented strategic planning and budgeting processes linking corporate expenditures to key organizational goals, reducing management and general expenses 15% while enhancing ability to achieve organizational mission

Standardized and streamlined transaction and financial closing processes, redeploying 25% of accounting FTE’s to suppo

position: Senior Manager

company: Arthur Andersen

description:
Developed methodology for strategically assessing, designing and implementing supply chain management improvements for client organizations.  Leveraged activity-based management, strategic product costing, benchmarking and financial analysis tools.  Generated $20+ million in annual savings for clients and $9 million in revenue.

Created and implemented activity-based costing model supporting new product development at $150 million consumer products company.

Launched and led company’s Milwauke

content:
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
― Ferris Bueller

And it seems like the world is moving even faster now!

Horizon scanning can help you stop and look around to make sure you’re seeing emerging or rapidly evolving risks. Take a quick minute to read this post from my Eliassen Group colleague and consider what you could be missing.

content: Most clients I talk to are somewhere between tooling up and proving it! Let’s connect if you’d like to run through Eliassen’s Proprietary AI Readiness Diagnostic to confirm where you’re at and discuss next steps.

content:
Great conversation with Michael Rasmussen—it crystallizes something we've observed across our client base: building the foundation— solid risk framework, governance clarity, aligned data and technology, and well documented workflows and controls—supports AI initiatives, reduces compliance friction, and moves your business forward.

At Eliassen, we help leaders operationalize risk management and co

content: I will be at #ABARCC in Charlotte next week!  Please reach out if you'd like to connect in person. Find out more from the ABA: https://aba.social/3VUDitq

content: Tazi has been doing interesting work in developing a combined Machine Learning and Agentic AI platform that supports explainability.   Check out this post!

role_nature: other

evidence_experience: "Currently leading Eliassen Group's Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance Solutions team...Currently leading initiative to implement roadmap that creates Financial Crimes Program efficiency and scalability across multiple recently acquired entities for a global payments firm. Enhancing FDIC Part 370 program for top 20 U.S. bank"

resolved_account_name: SafeNet Consulting (now Eliassen Group)


Sara Jane Gonzalez

publicIdentifier: sarajanegonzalez

sourced_title: Head of Insights & Strategy

firm: PA Consulting

headline: Innovation & Design Strategist

about:
My purpose is to bridge design and business, so that we can turn ideas into solutions that generate a positive impact.

I believe in finding new problems worth solving and reframing existing ones. I enjoy coming up with novel ideas, evaluate and refine them. I also believe in the power of collaboration, and provide the context and encouragement necessary to move from abstract into practical solutions.

I have experience designing new products and services, uncovering and activating insights, leading innovation teams, defining strategies, and moving from early discovery to implementation.

I care deeply about the role of design in society, including our responsibility when designing the future, from the way humans interact with technology to the way design affects the planet. I'm committed to challenge myself and others to think beyond a problem-solving methodology, and the execution of ideas. I think design has a bigger role to play in decision making, embracing new mindsets, and making the world a better place.

position: Head of Insights & Strategy

company: PA Consulting

description:
I head up the Design Research & Strategy practice in Dublin. We find actionable insights rooted in deep understanding of humans & technology.

The PA Dublin team (formerly Design Partners) designs landmark products, services and experiences with leading consumer, healtcare and professional brands. We're part of a larger global organisation of researchers, designers, engineers, scientists, strategists, technologists and consultants.

position: Design Strategy & Innovation Lead | EY wavespace™

company: EY

description: Design lead of EY's co-creation capability where we bring people together to solve complex challenges and ideate future possibilities, mixing facilitation, technology and environment (physical, virtual or hybrid). I applied multiple methodologies, including design thinking, creative problem solving, scan-focus-act, agile, human-centered design, helping teams to define which approach is best for a giving client need or innovation opportunity.

position: Design Strategist

company: Accenture The Dock

description: I led the Design Strategy & Research practice as part of Nexus team at the Dock (Accenture's R&D & Innovation center), working on multiple Accenture's Innovation Network initiatives and projects. Our main goal was to growth Accenture innovation capability, bringing the best of each location to a global scale.

position: Design Lead

company: Fjord, Part of Accenture Interactive

description:
As part of the Design Leadership team at Fjord the Dock-Accenture's multidisciplinary research and incubation hub-my work as a Design Lead included multiple areas such as Business Design, Service & Systems Design, Design research.

I worked with different teams, designers (Service Design, Visual Design, Data Viz, UX/UI, etc.), and people from other areas (Software engineering, Data Analytics, Commercial team, Research, etc.) to bring new products and services to life. We tackled broad complex ch

position: Senior Business Designer

company: Designit

description: I led and supported projects at different stages, from design research, to solution design and implementation. I applied a design-driven approach and Creative Problem Solving CPS methodology to propose new business solutions, leveraging human insights and group ideation to solve complex challenges. As business designer, I brought client and design teams perspectives together to ensure effective realisation of a strategic vision, and to create and launch new products and services.

position: Executive PhD Research Fellow

company: DESMA

description:
I was one of 12 ESRs (Early Stage Researchers) studying Design Management across Europe. We investigated synergies between design and management, with a focus on bridging business and academia. I completed courses in the Executive PhD program of Polytechnic of Milan, Imperial College Business School- London, University of Gothenburg and Aalto University- Helsinki.

As part of DESMA I focused my research on user-driven innovation, understanding the role of users in both incremental and disruptiv

position: Business designer, Innovation and Design Management Researcher

company: Future Concept Lab

description: I supported multiple research projects where we used qualitative and quantitative approach to understand human behavior, generate insights and ultimate make strategic decisions. I also helped with Future Scenario design, trends spotting and updates of FCL main programs and offerings. I also delivered training on FCL methodologies to clients and other practitioners.

position: Brand Manager

company: C.I. HERMECO S.A.

description:
I co-developed and activated a 05 year business plan to introduce and growth the brand to the Mexican market. I supported business development and brand activation activities including training of sales assistance, building relationships with suppliers and retailers, finding retail spaces, promoting brand across different channels.

I was responsible of marketing, visual merchandising and retail strategy for stores in Colombia and Mexico.

evidence_experience: "The PA Dublin team...designs landmark products, services and experiences with leading consumer, healthcare and professional brands" and prior roles at EY wavespace, Accenture The Dock/Fjord, Designit all describe client project work and innovation consulting delivered to clients, not internal firm knowledge/AI ownership.

in_612: no

in_575: no

match_method: unresolved


Eric Niedling

publicIdentifier: ericniedling

sourced_title: Associate Partner and Innovation Center Lead - Data & Analytics

firm: KPS AG

headline: Helping Organizations Unlock Growth with Data Strategy & Analytics | 20+yrs Experience in IT and Leadership

about:
For over 20 years, I’ve helped leaders and organizations turn complex data into simple, actionable insights that drive real business growth.

Today, as Associate Partner at KPS AG, I lead our Data & Analytics practice — guiding companies across industries to unlock hidden opportunities, improve decision-making, and accelerate transformation through smarter data strategy.

My passion is building high-performing teams and delivering analytics solutions that don’t just look good in a dashboard — they create measurable impact.

📩 If you’re looking to align your data strategy with business goals or want to explore how advanced analytics can fuel growth, let’s connect.

company: KPS AG

description:
• Re-established and led the Data & Analytics Innovation Centre, defining strategic roadmaps across multiple service lines.
• Launched #SMARTRetailAnalytics, generating new pipeline opportunities for retail and consumer goods clients.
• Support client transitions to modern analytics architectures, enhancing advisory scope with cloud-native platforms.

position: Associate Partner - Data & Analytics

position: Domain Lead SAP

company: Positive Thinking Company

description:
My role is to further develop and expand the SAP Analytics consulting practice at Positive Thinking Company (previously mayato in Germany & Austria).

We are a team of more than 2,500 talented tech specialists on the ground in over 32 cities across Europe, USA, Asia, Australia, and Africa, we serve clients of all sizes.

Our services focus on a wide array of expertise including apps & platforms, security, cloud, data & analytics, hyper automation and digital workplace in the banking and financia

position: Consulting Director - SAP Data & Analytics

company: mayato

position: Director, Group Business Intelligence

company: DKSH

description:
Responsibilities
-	Implement global BI strategy with SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP BO and QlikView
-	Lead a team of over 15 BI/DW executive and 3 direct reports
-	Advise senior IT management on BI trends
-	Conduct PoCs to evaluate new technologies
-	Manage department budget
-	Responsible for service level of global support team
-	Host annual BI workshop to foster a global BI community

Achievements
Helped Business Units and Corporate Functions to achieve strategic goals and standardize proce

position: Head, Business Intelligence

position: Senior Projects and Solutions Manager - Business Intelligence

description:
Responsibilities
-	Technical project management and solution design
-	Train and coach BW team
-	Define SOPs for BW housekeeping to manage system growth and performance

Achievements
Successful delivery of BI projects:
-	Profitability Reporting Pilot for one Business Unit (BW)
-	Global Roll-out of Profitability reporting (BW)
-	Corporate Information Dashboard (QlikView)
-	Retail Analysis Dashboard for Fashion & Apparel business (QlikView)

position: Projects and Solutions Manager, Business Intelligence

content:
Stop Guessing, Start Specifying: How OpenSpec Transforms AI-Assisted Development 🚀

We've all been there: you prompt an AI coding assistant, get a burst of code, and suddenly realize the implementation drifted from your original vision. Context got lost, requirements lived only in chat history, and refactoring became a nightmare.
Enter Spec-Driven Development (SDD) with OpenSpec.
OpenSpec (by Fiss

content:
🎯 KI im Mittelstand – meine 5 wichtigsten Erkenntnisse von der diesjährigen Konferenz der Handelsblatt Media Group.

KI ist keine Zukunftsmusik mehr – sie ist Gegenwart. Wer jetzt nicht handelt, riskiert, den Anschluss zu verlieren. Aber wie gelingt Transformation wirklich? Hier sind meine 5 Kernthesen:

1⃣ 𝗞𝗜 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗳𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 – 𝗸𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗧-𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮
KI verändert Geschäftsmodelle, nicht nur Prozesse. Wer di

content:
This week I completed the Imperial College GenAI for Business Transformation programme — and I'm genuinely glad I made the time for it.

Amid the daily AI noise, it gave me something harder to find: structured thinking. The clearest takeaway being that GenAI only creates lasting value when paired with disciplined execution. Not a surprising insight — but the programme gave it real depth, working t

content:
Next week I'll be at the d:u Deep Dive in Berlin (11 June, Kraftwerk) organized by @data:unplugged — one of the more focused AI & data events in the city this year.

My personal interest: the space where data warehouse modernization meets GenAI — specifically what's actually working (and what isn't) when organisations want to leverage their SAP data estate for real business transformation.

If you

content:
Building Data Foundations for AI Impact

AI initiatives without solid data governance don't just underperform—they fail. I've spent the last few weeks deepening my understanding of data management frameworks and best practices, culminating in the DAMA CDMP Foundation certification.

This journey has reinforced what I've learned across 20+ years in SAP analytics: data maturity is the prerequisite f

evidence_experience: "Launched #SMARTRetailAnalytics, generating new pipeline opportunities for retail and consumer goods clients." and "guiding companies across industries to unlock hidden opportunities, improve decision-making, and accelerate transformation through smarter data strategy."


Nancy Jamison

publicIdentifier: najamison

sourced_title: Principal Analyst, Digital Transformation Practice

firm: Frost & Sullivan

headline: Founder & Principal Analyst

position: Founder & Principal Analyst

company: Jamison Consulting LLC

company: Frost & Sullivan

description: Principal Analyst covering all things in customer contact and digital transformation, including: inbound contact routing systems (ICR: including inbound, IVR/voice portal, outbound dialers, quality monitoring, workforce management, workforce optimization, social media,  contact center analytics) and speech technologies and others.

position: Senior Industry Director, ICT

position: Industry Director, Digital Transformation Practice at Frost & Sullivan

position: Principal Analyst

company: Jamison Consulting

description: Jamison Consulting provides custom consulting, marketing, and product planning services that focus on assessments of mature, as well as developing markets, product positioning and differentiation within those markets, branding, strategic planning and marketing.

position: UCStrategies Expert

position: VP of Marketing

company: SOFTEL

position: Associate

company: Univera

band: review

band_reasons: disqualified; company_concern

evidence_experience: "Principal Analyst covering all things in customer contact and digital transformation, including: inbound contact routing systems... and speech technologies and others."


Mickael Bernard

sourced_title: Consultant Cyber Risk & Security

firm: HeadMind Partners

headline: Vice President Cyber Risk & Security at HeadMind Partners

position: Consultant Cyber Risk & Security

company: HeadMind Partners

position: IT Consultant

company: Ernst&Young

position: IT ENGINEER - Web developper

company: Sopra Group

description:
Web developer
Web applications development for the Paris City Hall.

•	JAVA/J2EE, hibernate, JBoss, CVS, Eclipse, EJB, Oracle, Funcion Points, project Management...

evidence_experience: "IT Consultant and auditor in the RAS (Risk Advisory Services) service." and "Consultant Cyber Risk & Security @ HeadMind Partners" - purely client-delivery cyber risk consulting roles throughout career, no internal function ownership described.

resolved_account_name: HeadMind Partners


Hamza Abaab

sourced_title: Senior Data Consultant

firm: BearingPoint

headline: Data Lead IFS | Senior Data Consultant at Arcwide by BearingPoint | Data Migration | Governance & Data Strategy | MDM | SQL | Python | Process Mining

about: Engineer & Senior Data consultant driven by a passion for cutting-edge tech. I work on innovative projects across Data Science, Machine Learning, and ERPs

position: Data Lead | Senior Data Consultant

company: Arcwide

description:
- Leading Data Migration Projects.
- Implementing Data Governance frameworks to maintain high Data Quality standards.
- Managing end-to-end process of Data extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL).

position: Senior Data Consultant

company: BearingPoint

position: Consultant | Intelligent Industry

company: Capgemini Invent

description:
- Data Factory
- Data Governance
- Data Maturity Assessment

position: Consultant CIO Advisory

company: TNP Consultants

description:
- Process Mining with Celonis
- Data Transformation
- Data Science
- Machine Learning

position: Stagiaire

company: Aerial Deep Consulting

content:
Durant mes dernières vacances, j’ai eu l’opportunité d’animer une série de workshops auprès des étudiants du Master Data & IA de l’ITech University.

Ces sessions ont été l’occasion d’échanger autour de plusieurs thématiques clés de la Data Engineering et de l’implémentation des systèmes d’information :
📌Les architectures de données modernes : ETL, ELT et Medallion Architecture.
📌Les nouveaux patt

evidence_experience: "Leading Data Migration Projects. Implementing Data Governance frameworks to maintain high Data Quality standards. Managing end-to-end process of Data extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL)."

resolved_account_name: BearingPoint


Jan Kjær Heering

sourced_title: Partner - Digital Finance & Risk Management

firm: Implement Consulting Group

headline: Partner @ Implement Consulting | Digital Finance and Risk Management.

about:
Experienced and visionary partner at Implement Consulting Group. A Business Architect helping clients transforming Finance, Risk Management, Performance Management and end-to-end processes like OTC, PTP and RTR. Specializing in process optimization, insight generation and decision-making to maximize business efficiency, quality, compliance. Expert in visionary design of AI and data enabled digital solutions and advanced data management. I help automating the “running of the business” and shift to efficient ways of “continuous optimization of the business”, to stay agile, adaptive and relevant.
I inspire and advise senior management and work with both process, data and technical experts to design future ready business architecture. I design governance models

With nearly 30 years experience in Finance, Risk Management, Performance Management, Data and Analytics, I have deep domain knowledge and experience from multiple roles, both as consultant and from the client side. I have experience from living and working in multiple countries for large multinational enterprises.

company: Implement Consulting Group

position: Subject Master - Digital Finance & Risk Management

position: Subject Master - Digital Transformation

position: Senior Management Consultant - Digital Transformation

position: Senior Director - Head of Data & Analytics, Architechture & Methodology

company: ATP

position: Senior Director - Interim Head of Operational Reporting

position: Senior Director - Head of Data Management & Business Intelligence

position: Head of Global Business Intelligence

company: GN Group

evidence_experience: "A Business Architect helping clients transforming Finance, Risk Management, Performance Management and end-to-end processes like OTC, PTP and RTR." - client-facing consulting throughout current and prior consulting stints; earlier client-side Head of BI/Data roles (ATP, GN Group, ReSound, Saxo Bank) were operational data/BI leadership for those employers' own business functions, not knowledge-reuse/IP/AI governance functions, and are historical/not the current qualifying employer context.

resolved_account_name: Implement Consulting Group


Aurore Meilender

sourced_title: Consultante Transformation & accompagnement au changement

firm: Investance Partners

headline: Accompagnement au changement | Engagement RH & RSE | Agilisation des organisations

position: Consultante Transformation & RSE

company: Investance Partners

description:
Vie de l'entreprise (hors mission) :

- Coordination de la rédaction de la revue prospective annuelle Year Ahead pour 2025 et 2026
- Réalisation de formations internes et ateliers de découverte
- Implication régulière dans les activités RSE / Lab Diversité & Inclusion

company: BPCE Solutions informatiques

position: Mission : Scrum master / Team coach (SAFe)

company: Bpifrance

position: Mission : Coach Transformation et agilité

company: Transactis France

position: Scrum Master

company: Wemanity

description:
Vie de l'entreprise (hors mission) :

- Contribution à la création de l'offre "Agile HR" pour monter en compétence sur le coaching organisationnel
- Participation régulière aux sessions de partage de connaissances de la communauté Coaching pro de Wemanity, ainsi qu'aux ateliers d'entraide

position: Mission - Scrum Master / Coach agile

company: Ministère de la Justice

description:
CONTEXTE : Projet de dématérialisation engageant une dimension citoyenne importante. Cadre d'agilité à l'échelle.

MISSION : En binôme avec un autre Scrum Master, coordination de l'activité de 4 Product Owners et de 25 développeurs divisés en 3 à 4 squads selon les sprints, pour la réalisation des 2 produits.

- Animation des différentes cérémonies Scrum, et ponctuellement SAFe
- Suivi de l'activité dans un environnement exigeant en termes de résultat et de transparence
- Coordination régulière

position: Consultante SI : Scrum Master, Analyste fonctionnel, Change manager

company: ONEPOINT

position: Mission - Scrum Master

company: ENEDIS

description:
CONTEXTE : Refonte intégrale du référentiel clients de ENEDIS - Mise en place de l'agilité à l'échelle à la DSI par la pratique de SAFe entre 5 équipes Scrum réparties sur 2 produits.  Langue de travail : français

MISSION : Scrum Master de l'équipe en charge de la refonte de la base de données
- Responsabilité de la tenue des cérémonies Scrum et du respect des rituels
- Interface entre l'équipe et le dispositif SAFe sur les points d'organisation
- Élaboration et suivi des objectifs d'améliorat

content: Luc-Sorel Om #recrute. Connaissez-vous quelqu’un qui pourrait être intéressé ?

content:
Et c'est vrai. Les choses bougent, et elles bougent pour de bon.

Nous nous alignons tous sur un socle exigeant de connaissance, compréhension et appropriation de l'IA. Mais plus important encore : notre plateforme Paradoxe AI, aux mains des ingénieurs de notre BU AIF, nous confère un véritable laboratoire pour tester nos concepts et nos idées.

Bien sûr, nous n'omettons pas le reste : nous contin

content: Coaches agiles de mon réseau, dispo dès septembre pour une mission ?

content:
Nouveau croche-pied à la souveraineté de la France sur sa production, à la planète, à l'éthique, aux salariés et entrepreneurs qui montrent depuis des années qu'une autre prospérité est possible. Il y avait deux possibilités : résister, ou se coucher. Les représentants de nos institutions ont fait leur choix.

A 10 mois des élections, faisons savoir ce que nous attendons d'eux. Résistons, faisons-

content: Un projet passionnant autour des leviers de l'urbanisme face aux changements climatiques. On va voir l'expo ?

evidence_experience: "Mission : Stratégie de conduite du changement @ BPCE Solutions informatiques" and long list of client missions as Scrum Master/Change manager/AMOA at external client organisations; internal activity limited to "Coordination de la rédaction de la revue prospective annuelle Year Ahead" and "Réalisation de formations internes et ateliers de découverte" - no ownership of an internal knowledge/AI function.

resolved_account_name: Investance


Dr. Ir. Linda Kester

publicIdentifier: likester

sourced_title: Affiliated Researcher & Executive education

firm: KIN Center for Digital Innovation

headline: Founding Partner at JigsEye, Strategic Portfolio Management Experts

about:
Linda is an award-winning researcher, consultant,  and speaker with a PhD in strategic portfolio management. She has worked with numerous organizations across industries and in recent years specialized in IT and high-tech. Her work focuses on bridging from strategy to execution, particularly in the  contexts of strategic change, (radical) innovation, and digital transformation. Her work has received numerous (inter)national awards praising both the scientific excellence and business impact. She is a renowned speaker who knows how to engage people from all backgrounds.

People describe her as a strategic thinker, open minded, inspiring, and determined. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit she simply does what she loves to do and what she is best at. Linda is Founding Partner at JigsEye.

position: Founding Partner

company: JigsEye

description: We are strategy accelerators. We work with executives and their teams to build the anchor point for strategic transformation, while assuring the current business keeps running. Our scientific background delivers the data driven proof; our business experience makes that what we do actually works.

company: KIN Center for Digital Innovation

description: The KIN Center for Digital Innovation, School of Business & Economics at the VU Amsterdam, is the leading academic group when it comes to developing, managing, and implementing digital innovation and transformation in organizations. As an Affiliate I am proud to work with the KIN Center and connect academic research with the needs of  executives whose primary concern is to keep existing business running, while preparing for the future.

position: Lecturer ExecutiveMBA and Examiner MSc

company: Nyenrode Business Universiteit

description:
Lecturer for several Executive Programs, such as:
-NPDI: New Product Development & Innovation
-MIT: Technology Marketing & Innovation
-Marketing & Innovatie in de Publieke en Private sector

position: Lecturer Executive Master Program

company: EURIB

description: Lecturer for the EURIB Executive Master Program "Brand Leadership".

position: Advisory Board Member

company: Waterly

description: Waterly is an innovative social enterprise that brings to market a new category of flavored water for the premium business-to-business market. The drinks are not only healthy and refreshing, but also contain a message: clean drinking water for all. With every drink that is being sold, Waterly makes drinking water available in developing countries.

position: Owner at Sincer

company: Sincer

description: Sincer is founded on the ideology to build bridges between scientific research and business practice. We are committed to develop, share and implement knowledge that helps organizations build strong portfolios and improve their strategic decision making in the context of innovation.

position: Program Committee Member

description: The PDMA (Product Development Management Association) is worldwide the largest association for innovation professionals. As member of the PDMA-NL program committee I am responsible for the organization of PDMA.NL events, such as seminars and master classes.

position: Assistant Professor Strategic Marketing

company: TU Delft

description: Resonsible teacher for the Master course: New Product Economics. I developed this course to teach (international) master student how to develop business cases for new products and how to make effective strategic decisions about new product development projects.

content:
𝗡𝗮 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗮𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗸.
En terwijl ik mijn mailbox opende, moest ik denken aan een vraag die me de afgelopen weken veel heeft beziggehouden: wat gebeurt er met de koers van een organisatie wanneer de mensen die normaal gesproken richting geven er even niet zijn?

Want de organisatie staat natuurlijk niet stil. Klanten wachten niet, ontwikkelingen gaan door en er word

content:
𝗭𝗮𝗴 𝗷𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹? 𝗜𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗯 #𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗲𝗴𝗱 𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗷𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹.

We groeien bij JigsEye en daar kunnen we nog een paar hele goede mensen bij gebruiken. Zin in complexe portfoliovraagstukken, veel verantwoordelijkheid én een heel leuk team?

Lees hieronder meer of stuur me een bericht.

content:
De afgelopen tijd zijn Sonja en ik druk bezig geweest met het schrijven van ons boek. Mensen vragen ons regelmatig hoe het is om samen een boek te schrijven. Benieuwd hoe wij dat hebben ervaren? Lees ons verhaal hieronder. 👇

#strategischportfoliomanagement #strategischeportfoliosturing #leiderschap #boek #managementboek

content:
𝗪𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲ë𝗻?
Veel organisaties hebben geen gebrek aan ambitie. Sterker nog: de meeste strategieën zijn doordacht, zorgvuldig ontwikkeld en breed gedragen. Toch zien we keer op keer hetzelfde gebeuren.

Nieuwe initiatieven stapelen zich op. Prioriteiten verschuiven voortdurend. De dagelijkse operatie vraagt alle aandacht. En langzaam verdwijnt de samenhang.

Niet omdat bestuu

content:
𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗷𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗲𝗸? 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻.

Wel voor bestuurders die zich af en toe afvragen:
"Waarom lukt het ons wél om een heldere strategie te formuleren, maar niet om daar als organisatie consequent naar te handelen?"

Voor directieteams die merken dat iedereen hard werkt, maar de strategische beweging toch onvoldoende op gang komt.

Voor besluitvormers die steeds opnieuw moeten kiez

evidence_experience: "We are strategy accelerators. We work with executives and their teams to build the anchor point for strategic transformation, while assuring the current business keeps running." - describes client-facing consulting work, not internal knowledge ownership.


Grant Swonk

publicIdentifier: grant-swonk-likes-to-think

sourced_title: Design Research + Strategy, West Coast

headline: Design Research + Strategy

about: I work with teams developing emerging technologies to cultivate clarity about what and why they're building.

position: Design Research + Strategy, West Coast

company: Essential | Part of PA Consulting

description: Partnering with Astro Studios, Cooper Perkins, The Cambridge Group, and the grander PA ecosystem, I help teams understand customers, identify emerging use cases, and translate complex technology into new products and services across consumer, biomedical, and industrial sectors.

company: PA Consulting

description:
Design, engineering, & science capability
Specialty areas: medtech, industrial systems, high-tech platforms, trust & privacy, wearables

position: Design Research

position: Product

company: DataArt

position: Associate Product

position: Generalist

company: eo

evidence_experience: "I help teams understand customers, identify emerging use cases, and translate complex technology into new products and services across consumer, biomedical, and industrial sectors."


Jamey Loupe, CISA CCSK CISSP

publicIdentifier: jameyloupe

sourced_title: Principal - Risk Practice Leader

firm: Sikich

headline: USMC Veteran | Strategic Leadership | Risk Management | Cybersecurity | Data Privacy

about:
With over 20 years of experience in the field, I have developed a strong expertise in IT risk management, cybersecurity, vendor risk management, and data governance. I am also adept at assisting IT Management at client organizations in developing their strategy and budget priorities.

I hold a Master of Arts in Information Management Systems from Harvard Extension School and several certifications, including CISA, CCSK, and Cybersecurity from Harvard University. These qualifications enable me to provide high-quality services to my clients and contribute to the growth and innovation of the IT industry. My goal is to leverage my skills and knowledge to help organizations achieve their IT goals and mitigate potential risks.

position: Principal - Risk Practice Leader

company: Sikich

position: Assurance Principal, Data Risk & Controls

company: BDO USA

position: Assurance Market Leader, Data Risk & Controls

description:
•	Proven ability to lead IT teams through complex technical challenges and drive innovation.
•	Lead and manage a team of IT Risk Advisory personnel nationally, overseeing multiple IT risk, governance, and IT process efficiency engagements.
•	Adept at IT vendor management, contract negotiation, and ensuring cost-effective IT solutions.
•	Experience assisting IT Management at client organizations in developing their strategy and budget priorities.
•	Extensive experience in IT project management, f

position: Managing Director IT Risk Advisory Services

position: IT Security Manager

company: CB&I

description:
•	Manage the IT Security Risk Assessment team in the performance of their job duties.
•	Evaluate risk on new solutions and infrastructure or changes to existing solutions and infrastructure within the organization.
•	Partner with business and IT management to develop a control environment to mitigate risks identified through security evaluations.
•	Develop and maintain Security Awareness training program.
•	Plan annual Security Awareness conference that facilitates training for 100+ users within

position: IT Audit Manager

description:
•	Conduct periodic company wide risk assessments to identify areas of key risk and align IT audits with those risks.
•	Manage staff when conducting audits on IT applications and processes as identified on the annual audit plan.
•	Responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and end user support for all Internal Audit related applications and their supporting databases.
•	Build rapport and close relationships with IT management and business personnel through daily interaction and partnership.

position: Senior IT Auditor

company: Weatherford

description:
•	Upgraded Audit group of 21 personnel to Teammate R9.0.1 (from R8.0.2) and acted as Teammate subject matter expert.
•	Proficient in the use of CAATs (ACL and IDEA) to perform testing on large amounts of data.
•	Managed a team of three in conducting general computer control and application control reviews.
•	Developed rapport and meaningful work relationships with IA and business process personnel.
•	Managed the implementation and maintenance of an Internal Audit SharePoint site to facilitate co

position: Internal Auditor

company: Team Industrial Services

content:
Pleased to be featured in PLANSPONSOR discussing the evolving intersection of advanced AI and cybersecurity risk.

As regulators take a closer look at systems like the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), it’s clear the conversation is shifting beyond technology to governance, particularly around third-party risk, data handling, and accountability.

Appreciate the opportunity to contribute perspective

content:
You might be paying to prove PCI compliance on systems that shouldn't even be in scope. "Scope reduction" is the fix everyone talks about — and the one most people get wrong.
Join Sikich + Spreedly on Tuesday, June 16 (12–1 CDT) to learn what it actually means, when it works, and where to stop wasting effort.

Register 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4aShmqU

#PCIDSS #PaymentSecurity #Compliance

content: Excited to present on Managing Third Party Risk at the Northeast District Conference on October 1st. Come out for the event if you're in the area.

content: Remembering all the Marines and service men and women that gave all on this Memorial Day! Gone but never forgotten!

evidence_experience: "Adept at assisting IT Management at client organizations in developing their strategy and budget priorities" and "Lead and manage a team of IT Risk Advisory personnel nationally, overseeing multiple IT risk, governance, and IT process efficiency engagements" - describes selling and delivering risk advisory services to clients, not owning an internal knowledge/AI function

resolved_account_name: Sikich


Vatsal Nanawati

publicIdentifier: vatsalnanawati

sourced_title: AI Data Analyst @ Google DES Team

firm: Highspring

headline: Data @ Google | UC Davis MSBA | ex-KPMG | Driving Insights

about:
Namaste, Apa Kabar, Bonjour, Hello! I’m Vatsal, a data-driven problem solver with a passion for turning messy data into clear, actionable insights. Just completed my Master’s in Business Analytics at UC Davis, I bring over 3+ years of experience working at the intersection of business strategy, data analytics, and engineering.

Before grad school, I worked at KPMG where I developed and deployed automation and risk mitigation frameworks for telecom clients work that directly led to improved fraud detection and $300K+ in reduced billing discrepancies. Most recently, I’ve been building real-time dashboards, working on generative AI solutions, and optimizing operational strategy through analytics at Owens Corning.

What drives me? Blending curiosity with precision. I love diving deep into data to uncover insights that shape smarter decisions, whether it’s deploying SQL pipelines, fine-tuning a predictive model, or collaborating cross-functionally to deliver business value.

Outside of work, I’m an adrenaline junkie and motorbike enthusiast who’s always planning my next skydiving or scuba diving adventure.

Let’s connect, I’m always up for a chat about analytics, AI, or where to find the best trekking trails!

position: AI Data Analyst

company: Google

description:
- Evaluating Gemini-based AI workflows across product and business use cases, reviewing 1,000+ outputs for hallucinations, context drift, schema mismatches, and reliability gaps.
- Built structured evaluation workflows, QA documentation, and issue taxonomies to identify recurring model failure patterns and improve review consistency.
- Using AI-assisted tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and prompt-based workflows to accelerate analysis, documentation, Python scripting, and QA automati

position: Product Data Analyst

company: Interview Query

description:
- Built SQL/Python reporting workflows across 250K+ user sessions to analyze acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and conversion KPIs, identifying changes that improved trial sign-ups by 18%.
- Used GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted coding workflows to speed up Python scripting, data-cleaning logic, Streamlit report generation, and debugging for recurring product analytics tasks.
- Created a Streamlit automation tool that generated experiment reports, KPI summaries, and stakeholder-ready insights,

position: Data Analyst (Practicum Project)

company: Owens Corning

description:
- Built a Snowflake-backed AI analytics tool across 55M+ product, SKU, pricing, and partner records, enabling GTM teams to query operational data directly and improving decision speed by 30%.
- Validated 5M+ Snowflake records through anomaly checks, completeness audits, and reconciliation logic, improving data reliability for dashboards and downstream reporting by 40%.
- Built Tableau and Streamlit dashboards to track onboarding funnels, operational KPIs, and data quality issues, identifying 3

position: Graduate Student Analyst

company: University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management

description:
- Worked alongside the Careers & Admissions Department to analyse student demographics data, to identify key trends in current and alums, allowing the improvement in allocation of resources.
Some key trends I created:
- PowerBI dashboard for tracking progress of students who have passed out
- LinkedIn Scraping for data collection

position: Senior Data Analyst

company: KPMG

description:
- Provided audit support assurance to a Pan African company, ensuring the integrity of revenue streams by developing and implementing robust controls using advanced data analysis tools. Collaborated closely with audit teams to supply necessary documentation and support, guaranteeing thorough and accurate audit processes.

- Lead the drafting of multiple processes and SOPs across several business units like Enterprise Business, Sales, Finance, Wholesale business etc., for an International Telecom

position: Analyst

company: KPMG India

description:
- Fraud Detection: Led analytics initiatives using RAFM frameworks across Southeast Asia and the Middle East, reducing fraud by 18% and safeguarding $1M+ in annual revenue.

- ETL & Modeling: Built automated ETL pipelines using Python and SQL to prepare telecom data for fraud modeling; deployed Random Forest and GBM models to cut SIMBOX-related losses by $50K/month.

- Risk Dashboarding: Authored and maintained a centralized risk register to document and evaluate control gaps; integrated with Po

position: Data Intern

description: I was learning to fulfill the role required in GRCS Risk Advisory, worked on various proposals and clients engagements to gather my knowledge, which further allowed me to segregate into which sector I was best suited too.

position: Project Intern

company: NEUROSENSUM

description:
- Project Execution: Collaborated with a 12-member interdisciplinary team to create work plans, strategies, and timelines for diverse ongoing projects in areas of Eye Tracking and EEG mapping.

- Data Analysis: Assisted in providing business solutions by collecting, storing, and analyzing consumer product interaction data obtained from Myndsight (EEG and Eye tracking based solutions).

- Visualization: Ran proprietary ML (Random Forests) algorithms coded using python to assess the data and build

content:
Most people think CFOs struggle because they don’t have enough data.
That’s rarely the problem.

While working on the CFO Dashboard at KatBotz, one thing became clear:
👉 The real challenge is turning fragmented financial data into decision-ready insights.
Across systems like SAP, data exists, but it’s often:
 • Siloed across entities
 • Inconsistent in definitions
 • Delayed for real-time decision

content:
Claude is down lol.
Which makes me wonder, how many production workflows are quietly sitting there like 👁👄👁 right now?

The interesting part of the AI boom isn’t just model capability anymore. It’s what happens when businesses start building critical processes around models… and the model provider has an outage.

Curious how teams running Claude in production are handling this:
fallback models?

content:
Had a little too much fun at the Memorial Day Block Party by Accelr8🎉

Loved meeting builders, founders, AI folks, and some very committed party survivors across the SF tech community 🤝⚡

Also, meeting Daniel Morgan, who was fully dressed as Benjamin Franklin, was definitely one of the highlights, honestly, exactly the kind of chaotic founder/community energy that makes SF events memorable

And El

band_reasons: disqualified; builder

evidence_experience: "Evaluating Gemini-based AI workflows across product and business use cases, reviewing 1,000+ outputs for hallucinations, context drift, schema mismatches, and reliability gaps." - individual contributor QA/analytics role with no functional ownership remit.

resolved_account_name: Highspring


Clémence Parrot

publicIdentifier: clémenceparrot

sourced_title: Digital Transformation Manager

firm: Huron

headline: Digital Transformation Manager at Huron Consulting Group

about:
I’m a digital consulting professional specializing in technology transformations with a focus on Oracle EPM solutions. Currently, as a Manager at Huron, I work across the full project lifecycle to guide clients in transitioning to SaaS-based EPM solutions that drive efficiency and support strategic financial goals.

My journey began in audit, where I served as a Supervising Senior Auditor at Mazars Paris. There, I led audit engagements, managed teams, and worked through complex accounting areas of client balance sheets and income statements. My role required close client collaboration to address and resolve audit issues and ensure the accuracy of annual reports. This blend of audit and consulting experience allows me to bring a comprehensive, detail-oriented approach to each client engagement.

position: Digital Transformation Manager

company: Huron

position: Digital Oracle Consulting Senior Associate

description:
-	Responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of cloud-based software solutions (Margin Planning- EPBCS based-solution and NRCS) for various clients in the finance industry (Bank and Insurance). My duties and responsibilities include:
o	Overseeing the requirement gathering process and analyzing information obtained from clients to define business requirements; Defining requirements and project scope, plan and time-line by establishing key milestones and deliverables;
o	Leading ap

position: Digital Oracle Consulting Associate

description:
+	Led/Managed the design & build of Oracle EPM Reporting solutions based on Oracle Narrative Reporting Cloud Solution for the third largest credit union in British Columbia (Canada). My work has been primarily :
	Building the plan project
	Maintaining and tracking the progress through managing the project schedule
	Gathering requirements, creating and developing the Requirements Traceability matrix
	Developing the design document
	Developing the solution:
•	Migration of 50 reports from Fina

position: Digital Oracle Consulting Senior Analyst

description: Developed Oracle EPM applications (EPBCS and NRCS) by leading the design, configuration, implementation, deployment, and testing for several financial companies.

position: Supervising Senior Auditor

company: Mazars

description:
-	Participated in the audit of statutory and consolidated financial statements in French GAAP and IFRS of public companies and private companies to prepare recommendations and synthesize complex information for the senior management and the client.
-	Identified key controls to determine the audit approach, Review of processes and procedures of internal control of public companies and private companies.
-	Liaison with the various interlocutors on clients’ teams and audit expert (tax, IT, actuarie

position: Audit Internship

company: S&W Associés - Exco

description:
-	Took part in legal audit assignments in several Industries  (public sector, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, retail)
-	Reviewed internal processes, analyzed and summarized information in a strengths-and-weaknesses table to prepare recommendations for the client and the senior management.

position: Stagiaire en cabinet d’expertise compable

company: In Extenso

description:
-Établissement d' études prévisionnelles des projets d'entreprises en création ou en développement
- Réaliser les budgets d entreprises en redressement judiciaire
- Revisions des comptes
- Préparation juridique
- Assistance aux rendez-vous bilan
- Saisie des comptes

position: Assistante chef comptable

company: Quiksilver Europe

description:
• Chargée du bon suivi de la comptabilité des filiales étrangères (Espagne, Portugal, Italie, Belgique)
• Suivi des comptes courants des filiales étrangères.
•	Assistance à l’Audit et aux clôtures mensuelles et annuelle.
•	Chargée de la supervision et du contrôle du E-commerce du réseau européen.
• Contrôle des budgets alloués pour le projet SAP
• Mapping des plans comptables pour le projet SAP

evidence_experience: "I work across the full project lifecycle to guide clients in transitioning to SaaS-based EPM solutions" and "Responsible for designing and overseeing the implementation of cloud-based software solutions... for various clients in the finance industry"

resolved_account_name: Huron


Nagesh Badarla

publicIdentifier: nageshbadarla

sourced_title: Managing Director - Digital & AI

headline: Managing Director - AI Business Unit @Huron | Digital Transformation | Ex-McKinsey & HP VP

about:
Digital strategy & transformation executive with over 18 years of experience leading technology strategy, advisory, and execution across healthcare, finance, technology, and other industries. Known for enabling high-impact digital businesses, streamlining operations, and driving revenue growth. Recognized for hands-on leadership and a focus on measurable outcomes that align with business goals and customer needs.

•	Strategic Vision & Execution: Translating business long-term vision into digital/technology strategies across E2E value chain and execution roadmaps for Fortune 500 companies, ensuring outcomes alignment with business and IT leaders.
•	Revenue-Growth Initiatives: Successfully launched and scaled multiple digital platforms with multimillion-dollar revenue goals, including new healthcare and digital banking solutions in various B2B & B2C models
•	Cross-Functional Leadership: Skilled at leading global, cross-functional and matrixed teams and managing vendor relationships to ensure timely, cost-effective delivery of complex projects.
•	Transformation/Operational Optimization: Extensive experience in optimizing business processes and IT operations and automating support functions to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance service delivery.
•	Customer-Centric Solutions: Led development of customer/patient journey mapping and user-centric app builds (web, mobile), focusing on enhanced customer experience and engagement.
•	Digital Product Innovation: Expertise in conceptualizing and delivering data-driven digital solutions that address customer/patient needs, technology scalability, resiliency, high availability, and information security, particularly in highly regulated industries.
•	Technology Diligence & Governance: Adept at conducting technology assessments

position: Managing Director - Digital & AI

description: I lead the Digital & AI Practice including AI Advisory, Solutions & Services, Engineering and Transformation capabilities

position: VP - Digital Solutions

company: HP

description:
- I led the digital strategy and solutions for multiple business priority innovation and transformation initiatives - focusing on driving top line growth, improving operational efficiency and enhancing customer and internal experiences
- I brought together multiple cross-functional capabilities including digital product management, CX design, cloud-native and modular architecture, agile and iterative engineering, data analytics, Gen-AI/ML, etc., to deliver business and customer impact

position: Associate Partner / Senior Digital Expert

company: McKinsey & Company

description:
In various technology and digital product leader roles, Nagesh has driven value in some of his recent work that include:
•	Technology leader for a new food delivery digital business
•	Digital product and technology leader for new digital payments business for healthcare payments
•	Head of OLB product and technology architecture for a new digital attacker bank (retail segment)
•	Digital transformation strategy and roadmap (several healthcare, banking clients)
•	IT Operations strategy and executi

position: Digital Expert

position: Digital Specialist

position: Manager, Advisory

company: KPMG US

description:
	Capital Markets Company - Served as an Technology Architect/Process Architect for a large scale capital markets company in reviewing process automation candidates – process analysis and feasibility assessment, cost Vs benefits analysis, process prioritization, business case development, providing high level directional inputs on scalability, reusability, leading practices in Automation space, etc., and implementing automations using Blue Prism and other technologies.

	Global Pharma Company -

position: Sr. Associate, Advisory

description:
	Large Telecom Company - Served as a Manager/Architect for large scale telecom services provider in creating RPA Target Architecture, Governance and Change Management Strategy, reviewing process automation opportunities, evaluating RPA vendors’ capabilities, developing vendor selection criteria, creating template library for use cases, scripts documenting use cases for PoC opportunities and implementing bots using Automation Anywhere and IBM Watson.

	Financial Services Company - Served as a S

position: IT Systems Analyst

company: ProKarma | T-Mobile

description:
•	Analysis of Business requirements and coordinating with Business teams on scope and trade-offs finalizations.
•	Confer with business units and application development staff to understand both the business and technical requirements and to define architectural constraints.
•	Designing the Integration layer for pass-through, data aggregation, informational and transactional services. Preparing the Interface specifications documents as deliverables on this work.
•	Designing and Implementing BW P

content:
Healthcare organizations are moving quickly on AI, but speed alone will not create transformation. The more important question is whether organizations have the structure, governance, and measurement discipline to decide which AI initiatives deserve more investment, which should be stopped, and how success should be evaluated across the enterprise.

I’m excited to participate in an upcoming Becker

evidence_experience: "Digital transformation strategy and roadmap (several healthcare, banking clients)"; "Led large scale digital transformation programs for Fortune 500 clients across multiple industries."


Dr. Felix Marcinowski

sourced_title: Partner Digital GTM & AI

firm: OMMAX

resolved_account_name: OMMAX


Gonzalo Gonzalez

sourced_title: Associate Partner - UK AI Lead

firm: Wavestone

headline: Associate Partner, UK AI Lead

about:
As an Associate Partner at Wavestone and UK AI Lead, I help organisations navigate their AI journey, with highly skilled team and offerings that include, but are not limited to: Strategy and AI Governance; Data & AI Platforms; Low-Code AI implementations; Complex Agentic AI implementations; and Driving AI Adoption & ROI.

I have 15+ years experience working in collaboration with clients such as: Barclays, Janus Henderson Investors (JHI), Deutsche Bank, HSBC, GenRe, AXA XL, Santander and Payments UK (formerly Payments Council).

position: Associate Partner - UK AI Lead

company: Wavestone

position: Senior Manager

company: Accenture UK

position: Principal Consultant

company: BCS Consulting

position: Business Analyst for Account Switching Programme – Barclays

company: CGI

description: I am part of the Business Analyst team of the Account Switching Delivery Programme and additionally support the Project Management Team.

position: Innovation Consultant

company: Logica UK

description: As part of the innovation team, I worked together with the UK Innovation Director at Logica on the development of visual and interactive roadmaps to engage with our clients.

position: Account Switching PMO - Payments Council

description: Responsible of the PMO activities for the Account Switching Programme team at Payments Council.

position: Financial Services support team (Sales and BC)

description: Executed regular reporting activities and pre-sales deliverables.

content:
The widespread adoption of AI-powered coding assistants has dramatically lowered the barriers to innovation. Accelerating experimentation and unlocking new possibilities across the enterprise.

Yet as innovation speeds up, a new challenge emerges.

Multiple teams attempting to solve the same problem, building similar capabilities, and competing for the same outcomes. What begins as healthy ex

content:
1,000 new talents by 2026 !

🚀 Wavestone is entering a new growth cycle  driven by AI and plans to recruit more than 1,000 talents in 2026 across our key geographies.

👀In the UK, we’re looking for outstanding talent to join our Data & AI team; from AI Product Owners to Data & AI Engineers.

🥇If you are ready to join a high-performing, fast-growing team delivering impactful and interesting Data &

content:
Our latest UK Technology Leader Survey at Wavestone found a familiar pattern: AI is now a top business priority; but a gap persists between ambition and execution, which is driven by challenges in skills, data, governance, operating model and ROI.

The technology function is now on the frontline of the AI race, expected to drive AI transformation for the business while also transforming itself. Mo

evidence_experience: "I help organisations navigate their AI journey... offerings that include... Driving AI Adoption & ROI" and "15+ years experience working in collaboration with clients such as: Barclays, Janus Henderson Investors (JHI), Deutsche Bank, HSBC..." - entirely client-delivery framed.

resolved_account_name: Wavestone


Anup Kumar Dey

publicIdentifier: anup-kumar-dey

sourced_title: Senior Data Scientist

firm: Relanto

headline: Senior Data scientist | Techie with the mindset of CEO | Cheers to the upcoming AI world | ex-Fractal

about: I am an AI engineer and product-minded developer dedicated to building next-generation technology solutions. My expertise bridges the gap between robust Python backend development and advanced Generative AI—including classical ML, Agentic frameworks, and insights from LLMs/VLLMs. I thrive in collaborative teams, delivering tangible value across every level of an organization.

position: Senior Data Scientist

company: Relanto

description: Works in AI First Lab

position: Data Scientist

company: Fractal

description: Building products in AI domain

position: Associate Data Scientist

position: Trainee

description: Gained Skills ranging from Azure cloud, Hive, Spark Streaming, Spark MIL, Hadoop, HDFS, HQL, Machine learning , Deep Learning, MongoDB, SQL, Power BI, Excel

content:
A proud milestone as the product we've been building finally launches!

Navigating complex code, cross-functional collaboration with leadership, and tight delivery schedules while leading an exceptionally talented and enthusiastic team of developers has been a truly rewarding experience.

We are just getting started. Our roadmap is packed with advanced features for upcoming releases, and we are of

content: A 2008 is inevitable, the only question remains is when.... 📉

content:
Isn't it interesting when you can vibe code a platform to make real money? 🤑
Turning ideas into execution can be this easy with AI driven implementation.

Below is the sign in page for the application that took shape from ideas ( Hiding the features and stocks for now as they are not yet tested in real market scenarios).

Now when you think of making businesses, you may not be tensed for hiring

evidence_experience: "Data Scientist @ Fractal: Building products in AI domain" and "Works in AI First Lab" - individual contributor building products, not owning an internal function

resolved_account_name: Relanto


Kate Duchene

publicIdentifier: kateduchene

sourced_title: Chief Executive Officer & Chief Brand Believer

headline: Retired Chief Executive Officer

about:
As a retired CEO, President and Board member of RGP, I led an organization that’s been redefining how professionals work in ways that are more flexible, collaborative, empathetic and ultimately, more human.  We created a firm with exceptional talent, highly client centric and driven to deliver impact.  I believe this business model is the way of the future as pyramid models fade away and clients need more flexible solutions as they embrace AI and boost productivity -- while still needing impactful humans.

I serve as a Board member now for both private and non-profit organizations.  I have had a challenging and rewarding career journey from litigator, to HR executive, to marketing executive, to business leader to CEO.  I have learned a lot on this journey -- learnings can be positive, negative, happy and sad -- all contribute to an enriched experience.  I hope to use these learnings to continue to advise and mentor in the human capital space.

position: Retired CEO

company: RGP

description:
RGP (NASDAQ: RGP), is a global human capital partner helping clients match the right professional talent needed to tackle change and transformational initiatives. Disrupting the professional services industry since 1996, we are the now of work—attracting the best talent in an increasingly fluid gig-oriented environment.

Based in Irvine, CA., with offices worldwide, our agile human capital model attracts top-caliber professionals with in-demand skill sets who seek a workplace environment that

position: Chief Legal Officer, EVP of HR and RGP Legal

description: Oversee RGP’s infrastructure, risk management approach, marketing and talent base. Manage and enable the Company’s continued growth. Lead RGP Legal consulting practice, operating out of five major U.S. markets.

position: Special Counsel

company: O'Melveny & Myers LLP

position: Associate

description: Focused on litigation, specializing in defense-side labor and employment matters.

disposition: QUALIFIED

primary_strip: A

evidence_experience: "RGP...is a global human capital partner helping clients match the right professional talent needed to tackle change and transformational initiatives." - describes an externally client-facing staffing/consulting business, not internal knowledge/AI governance.


Lewis Moffat

publicIdentifier: lewisgamoffat

sourced_title: Research Analyst - Futures Taskforce

headline: Mercedes-AMG HPP | University of Nottingham

position: Finance IP

company: Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains

description:
F1 Powertrains - Mercedes AMG F1

Customer Teams: McLaren, Alpine, Williams

position: Mentor

company: Nottingham Economics & Finance Society

position: Treasurer

description:
Largest society at The University of Nottingham
4000+ members, 8 Divisions, 7 Sports Teams, 15+ Sponsors and an Investment Fund with 40k+ AUM

position: Mentorship Programme - Mentee

position: Korfball 1st Team

company: University of Nottingham Sport

description: 2025 BUCS National Champions

position: Treasurer of Korfball

description: 5 BUCS Teams

position: Club Coach

position: Summer Intern

company: Rathbones Group Plc

description:
AUM - £109 billion

First Year Summer

internal_vs_external: unclear

evidence_experience: "Aspiring to work within the financial services industry." - About section confirms this is an early-career student, not a function owner.


Bharath Narayanan

publicIdentifier: bharath-narayanan

firm: JMAN Group

headline: Head of Delivery Governance | Workforce Enablement | AI Programs (Ex-Salesforce, BNY)

about:
At the outset, I have worked on various roles under different organizations. To the core, I am a problem solver. I love to connect the dots - to form the bigger picture and later break them down, to figure out the nuts-and-bolts. Just like LEGO blocks. To see what is integrated, what is in the core, what is needed to be put together - both the client user journey and the tech solution - to solve the customer problem.

I have worked on a variety of product lines under the FinTech space such as Wealth Management, Payments, Corporate Actions. And the last few years with, Salesforce Availability Cloud - Product Management.

I use simple real-life examples and metaphors, to help understand emerging-tech-frameworks and customer use cases better. You can read more about that, in my LinkedIn posts.

I very much love to learn the “tech” in the product - right from the days of C/C++/VC++ to most recently Python, MS Azure and my continued eagerness to explore more on the AI, ML and Data space.

Here are a few other areas that I have worked on and continue to learn:

Cloud Transformation | API-Integration, Marketplace Solutions | Data Strategy | Machine Learning and AI Enthusiast | Usage Analytics | Product Metrics | Agile Product Planning & Execution | Knowledge Management.

company: JMAN Group

description: Leading enterprise-wide delivery governance, risk oversight and portfolio health, capacity planning to drive execution excellence. Partnering with exec leadership to embed governance frameworks that enable sustainable growth and operational resilience. Program Managing Org-wide AI Strategy.

position: Senior Director

company: Virtusa

description:
Salesforce Tech Product | Digital Platforms Practice | Asia, ANZ Growth Markets.

Strategy & Execution - CRM offerings, accelerators and managed services in APAC, ANZ Growth Markets. Gauge Agentic-AI Readiness (Agentforce) for customer prospects, accelerate adoption of AI use cases.

position: Sr. Tech Product Manager

company: Salesforce

description:
Availability and Infrastructure Engineering - Customer Availability Products and Services

Drive Customer Experienced Availability via Positive Customer Trust Experiences such as Implementation recommendations and best practices, Incident Journey Automation, RCAs and Executive Outreaches for APAC (Global) Top Accounts.

Liaison with Technology Engineering and Customer Success teams, to increase Customer trust with Salesforce platform, via meaningful exec level customer interactions and Technolo

position: Principal Product Owner

company: BNY

description:
Treasury Tech - Global Payments, Data Strategy and Cloud Transformation

Cloud and API product adoption drive for prospective clients on Treasury Payments | Customer Journey Mapping | Competitive Analysis on Big-4 players on the Payments space | Product Ops | Backlog Refinement | Story Elaboration | Agile Planning and Execution

position: Principal Product Manager

company: Facilio: Data-driven Building Operations

description:
Product Management (Tech Startup) - Sustainability, IoT, SaaS

Product Roadmap, Prioritization | Customer Success | Integration Solutions | Business Metrics, Usage Analytics | Competitive Analysis | Sales Enablement | Product Marketing Support | Cross-functional Liaison

position: Head of Product Management

description:
Pershing Tech Product Management (India): Broker-Dealer Solutions, Wealth Management

Product Strategy, Roadmap and Prioritization | Client Liaison | Integration Solutions, Vendor Implementation | Business Metrics, Usage Analytics | Competitive Analysis | Program Management

position: Business Analysis Manager

description:
Pershing Tech: Broker-Dealer Solutions, Wealth Management

Requirement Elicitation | Stakeholder Management | Process Modeling | Use Case Analysis | Business Testing | Implementation Support

position: Business Analyst

company: Accenture

description: Requirement Gathering | Use Case Modeling | Rapid Prototyping | Business Functional Documentation

content:
Measuring the Impact of AI Use Cases

As technology leaders, you are increasingly being asked not just “What can you build with AI?”, but “How will we know it created value?”

I believe impact measurement needs to be considered while designing the use case—not after it is built.

A useful way to think about this is through three dimensions, connected to a fourth: Business Value.

1. Effectiveness

content:
Running an AI Program: Balancing Innovation, Governance, and Execution

Running an AI strategy program is just not about the technology alone. The real challenge is bringing together multiple pillars, from solutions and delivery to products, enablement, governance, and workforce transformation, under a shared vision. Each workstream moves at a different pace, has different stakeholders, and uncove

content:
I am happy to share that, I’ve recently joined JMAN Group as Head of Delivery Governance & Enablement.

I am eager to streamline our global delivery execution through optimized programs & frameworks, proactive risk management, and scalable delivery health across our entire portfolio.

disposition: STRONG

primary_strip: B

internal_vs_external: internal

evidence_experience: "Leading enterprise-wide delivery governance, risk oversight and portfolio health, capacity planning to drive execution excellence. Partnering with exec leadership to embed governance frameworks... Program Managing Org-wide AI Strategy." - this is internal ownership of a firm-wide governance/AI-program function at JMAN Group (a consulting firm), not client-facing delivery.

resolved_account_name: JMAN Group


Yves Dubuisson

publicIdentifier: yvesdubuisson

sourced_title: Business Transformation Consultant

firm: Orange Consulting

headline: Strategy | BU Director | Transformation | Growth

about:
Yves has a track record of designing and executing growth strategies and transformation projects.
His key strength is in building great teams that will work across companies silos and partners to deliver complex corporate initiatives.

position: Business Transformation Consultant

company: Orange Consulting

description: Part of Orange Business

position: Director France

company: Amelia

description:
Partnerships with integrators and consulting firms
Sales and account management

position: Partner

company: YD Consulting

description:
1) Consulting in strategy,  transformation, organic and external growth
2) Transition management for head of business unit, strategy, digital & data transformation, commercial roles
3) Management of complex transformation programs: digital, data, PMI

position: Chief Strategy Officer

company: Ooredoo Group

description:
Head of corporate strategy, planning, digital business unit and investment/M&A, customer insights, analytics, performance management and corporate reporting.
Programme director for digital transformation, data transformation.
Operations turnaround: transform activities into lean processes, empowered employees, paperless, and transparent with KPIs available across activities
Member of the executive committee.

Ooredoo Algeria is a 1 billion USD company and part of the Ooredoo group

position: Senior Director Investments

company: du

description:
I led the growth strategy design and investment portfolio development in digital and ICT services.  This included the sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, financial analysis, valuation, and negotiation of investment and shareholder agreements.
-Led investment in Anghami
-Founder of Dubai Smart City Accelerator
-Led other confidential M&A, JV initiatives

position: Senior Director Product Marketing

description:
I led Product Strategy and Marketing, managed twelve marketing managers. As such I designed and led digital transformation projects and launched new services.
I also led from the commercial perspective the wholesale network sharing agreement negotiation with Etisalat and the definition of related products and processes.

position: Co-founder - Partner TMT

company: Strategy Consulting Boutique

description:
Strategy consulting boutique. Co-founder. My role was to generate & lead investment and strategy projects with TMT companies and Investors
• Acquisition Due Diligence of a telecom service provider for a Private Equity (€400 M under investment)
• Enterprise Portfolio strategy for a mobile and fixed telecom operator
• Turnaround of the SMB business unit for a mobile and fixed telecom operator
• Growth strategy for an Internet and PC Services company
• Strategic Market Study on the IT and Telecom

position: Chief Marketing Officer

description:
B3G Telecom was a cloud service provider of managed communication services with 70 M € revenues.
I was part of the Executive Committee, leading a team of 5 managers.
• Definition of the growth strategy, design of the product portfolio and roadmap
• Negotiation of commercial contracts with infrastructure and financial services providers
• Analysis and improvement of the product portfolio profitability
• Design and implementation of new products pricing
• Definition of the Distribution strategy
•

evidence_experience: "Consulting in strategy, transformation, organic and external growth" / "Programme director for digital transformation, data transformation" - all client/business-facing strategy work, no internal knowledge/IP-reuse ownership.

resolved_account_name: Orange Consulting


Courtney Adante

publicIdentifier: courtneyadante

sourced_title: Global Head, Teneo Risk Advisory

firm: Teneo

headline: Global Head, Risk Advisory

about:
Under the leadership of former NYPD Commissioner and Chairman of the Secretary of Homeland Security's Advisory Council, Bill Bratton, our team of experts in Teneo’s Risk division, with backgrounds in military, intelligence, US State Department, CIA, US Secret Service, law enforcement and strategy consulting advise global Fortune 500 CEOs and their leadership teams on identification and mitigation of enterprise risks (risk to both physical and cyber footprint) and protection of corporate assets.

In my role, not only do I manage all aspects of the operations of our division as the President, but I am accountable for the identification and acquisition of new business and new client mandates, as well as the delivery of services as the account lead for client engagements in the crisis management and cyber risk management space.

position: Global Head, Teneo Risk Advisory

company: Teneo

position: President, Teneo Risk Advisory

position: Chief Operating Officer, Teneo Risk Advisory

position: Vice Chair, Board Of Directors

company: Girls Inc. of New York City

position: Senior Manager, Capital Markets

description: Primary focus project management and strategy work at major global clients in the areas of Investment Bank Operations, Wealth Management, Brokerage, Electronic Trading and Exchanges/Regulatory.

position: Vice President Trading Services

company: Instinet

description: Technical account manager for all Inet ATS (former Instinet ECN business) sell-side clients; vendor relationship manager for Instinet connectivity to telecomms and market data providers; head of IT cost reductions initiatives reporting to the Instinet CTO

position: Director, Trading Services

company: Island ECN

description: Managed equity core trading systems and client FIX and market data connections.  Ran technical support teams for FIX and client connections.

content: If you haven't gotten to know Aaru yet, now is the time. This small team of innovators has built something truly special, and we should be excited to see where they go next.

content: If you haven't gotten to know Aaru yet, now is the time. This small team of innovators has built something truly special, and I can't wait to see where they go next.

evidence_experience: "I am accountable for the identification and acquisition of new business and new client mandates, as well as the delivery of services as the account lead for client engagements in the crisis management and cyber risk management space."

resolved_account_name: Teneo


Ryan MacCarthy

publicIdentifier: ryanmaccarthy

sourced_title: Data Science / AI Advisor, M&A Technology Services

firm: West Monroe

headline: Data Science & AI Advisor at West Monroe | AI diligence for PE M&A | 15+ yrs production AI/ML | ex-CDS KickFactory; ex-Head of Analytics, DeFi Pulse

about:
🚀 I design and deliver AI systems and assessments that hold up under investment-committee scrutiny.

As a Data Science and AI Advisor in West Monroe's Technology Transaction Services practice, I lead AI capability diligence and technology assessments for private equity M&A transactions. My work spans buy-side technology and product diligence, sell-side assessments, carveout-to-standalone analysis, portfolio health checks, and AI strategy and readiness advisory across FinTech, capital markets, scientific data, healthcare services, education technology, and industrial software.

The through-line in my work is the systems that make the analysis repeatable: assessment methods, disruption models, and agentic evaluation tooling that turn messy signals into defensible, citation-backed recommendations. I care most about work that holds up. Evidence-first, reproducible, and clear enough to stand in front of an investment committee.

Behind that sit 15+ years in hands-on AI leadership: Chief Data Scientist at KickFactory, Head of Analytics at DeFi Pulse, and founder of my own AI and data consultancy. A few of the results I'm proudest of:

 • Enterprise field-sales route optimization that delivered a 24% revenue lift, roughly $27M a year, for a $1B+ PE-owned enterprise
 • Agentic AI evaluation pipelines at 99% accuracy for prediction-market dispute resolution, at one-sixtieth the cost of frontier GPT and Claude models
 • AI platforms for Sprint, Quicken Loans, and Samsung that surfaced $1B+ in weekly sales opportunities
 • The industry-standard Total Value Locked methodology, still the basis for a $500M index
 • R&D teams that cut AI and blockchain prototype delivery time by 10x
 • Five ETHDenver prizes, including Arbitrum's Best DeFi Project, for gas-efficient on-chain options li

company: West Monroe

description:
Lead Data and AI capability assessments and technology due diligence for private equity M&A transactions, and translate technical findings into investment-grade insight for PE partners and investment committees working under compressed deal timelines.

  • Bring an evidence-first, citation-backed approach to AI capability and disruption assessment, building reusable analysis methods that hold up under investment-committee scrutiny
  • Develop portfolio-level views of AI risk and opportunity that

position: AI, Data Science, and Blockchain Strategy Consultant

description:
Delivered high-impact consulting services across AI, data science, and blockchain clients, focusing on innovative solutions for emerging technologies, market efficiency, and protocol functionality.

- Delivered +24% sales lift route optimization system for $1B+ national home-improvement brand
- Created an agentic AI pipeline for prediction market dispute resolution, Polymarket/UMA.
- Developed synthetic surface models and market-making algorithms for $800B in long-tail assets.
- Won 5 prizes at

position: Tinkerer

company: The Tinkering Society

description:
The Tinkering Society is a privately-funded group of builders and thinkers with a shared mission to further develop the crypto ecosystem through researching protocols, building tools, and incubating projects.
- Spearheaded R&D initiatives advancing DeFi, blockchain analytics, and composable financial tools.

position: Head of Analytics

company: DeFi Pulse

description: Building trust in decentralized finance.

position: Chief Data Scientist

company: KickFactory

description:
I've drive millions of customers to the brands who need them most.

I lead product and engineering efforts to apply machine learning to predict, identify, and engage high propensity customers at their moment of need through 1:1 personalized messaging and lead generation.

Tools: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Jupyter, Linux, SQL, Python, Tensorflow, Numpy, Pandas, Scikit-learn

I build propensity algorithms that identify millions of people every day that haven't yet started shopping for a product or

position: Product Lead (Founder)

company: Uloop

description: I managed development of college news platform to hire, manage, and motivate 500 student writers to generate thousands of articles per month with regular syndication to Huffington Post and USA. I established a multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, and analysts. Negotiated through two acquisitions and three rounds of financing. I designed, directed, and built countless prototypes to validate product initiatives with layered success. Built marketing analytics and applied game theory to e

position: Director of Product Research & Development

company: AnchorFree

description:
I developed core technologies and application services, including product development and strategy for its flagship VPN product Hotspot Shield, one of the largest VPNs in the world with over 300MM downloads.  I recruited and trained cross-functional product, design and engineering team. Oversaw marketing, branding and corporate communication efforts. I led development and product efforts for strategic partnerships with Forbes and ABC News.
• Played a key role in raising and negotiating Series A

position: Founder, Developer

company: MetroFreeFi [Acquired]

description:
‣ Built the first global online directory for free wireless hotspots.
‣ Structured, negotiated and executed a business development deal that led to its sale to AnchorFree in 2005.
‣ Created the first known “app” for iPod in early 2004 — the “wiPod” provided offline access to the directory of free hotspots.

content: Level up

evidence_experience: "I lead AI capability diligence and technology assessments for private equity M&A transactions... buy-side technology and product diligence, sell-side assessments, carveout-to-standalone analysis, portfolio health checks, and AI strategy and readiness advisory" - entirely client-delivery work assessing OTHER companies' AI/tech capability, not West Monroe's own internal knowledge base.

resolved_account_name: West Monroe