Delivered over 15 projects for seven organizations, to drive organic growth, operational efficiency, and margin expansion, by aligning business and technology strategy, realizing business value from digital transformations. Positioned executives and management teams for success, driving strategic leadership, execution certainty, change, and stakeholder engagement. Select Engagements:
• Digital Business Building – Influenced CFO, CIO, CTO & CRO decision on a B2B marketplace with growth strategy, business plan and implementation roadmap, enabling an $8B industrial company to expand to adjacent markets.
• AI Business Value – Operationalized an AI Center of Excellence for a telco; prioritized use case for retail sales using generative AI to optimize $70MM in commission spend; successfully piloted in 17 stores, client scaled to 2k.
• AI Strategy & Governance – Engaged with CIO at a major media company to design an AI operating plan aligned to business objectives, enabling the IT organiza

Executed over 25 projects for 15 private equity investors and portfolio companies across the investment life cycle. Provided interim management support in restructuring and turnaround scenarios focusing on revenue, Ebitda, and FCF enhancement. Select Engagements:
• Commercial Due Diligence – Evaluated over 15 software/SaaS, IT, tech services, entertainment, and media companies, covering market and competitive assessments, synergy assessments, product/market fit, and business plan reviews.
• Interim Management – Restored the $1B video business of a distressed telco to breakeven economics in 9 mos. with refreshed go-to-market, pricing & packaging, channel rationalization, and renegotiation with programming suppliers – FTI awarded "Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year"; client acquisition in FY'24 for EV $26B, 3 years post Ch.11 exit.
• Strategic Planning – Conducted a strategic review of the business and identified growth and divestiture opportunities for a financial market data prov

Steered AT&T's senior executives and business unit leaders through the development of long-term strategy, 5-year strategic plan, annual operating plan, and the execution of near and medium-term strategy across the business portfolio. Fostered new ways of working, enabling a complex organization to overcome cultural resistance and operate with confidence and agility. Achievements:
• Cost Transformation – Drove alignment on vision, OKRs, prioritization of initiatives and roadmap to deliver $2B in cost savings across sales channels, field operations, and customer care in 3 years with 50% realized in year 1
● Change Management – Led from the front on change initiatives to empower 10k+ field technicians; enabled managers to identify, plan, and deliver $900MM in cost savings in field operations via digitization and process simplification.

Stewarded commercial growth strategy development and execution, with core focus on tactical implementation of revenue and margin enhancement programs, to restore the economics of a challenged $30B U.S. satellite pay-television business. Achievements:
• Refreshed go-to-market strategy for a niche $800MM customer segment, via new customer strategy, product positioning, pricing, packaging; improved segment profitability by 15% and grew CLV to match general market metrics.
• Contained $350MM in license fee escalations in contract negotiations with content suppliers on a $20B content budget.
• Co-created the blueprint for an over-the-top TV service, marking a strategic shift to the video streaming marketplace.

Built and led a team of five in strategic planning and corporate development at a growth-stage media technology company. Achievements:
• Established Office of CFO capabilities, driving long-range planning, annual operating plans, operational improvements, risk management, governance, and performance monitoring; managed relationships with key investors.
• Provided interim management support to methodically scale digital publishing, mobile, video and advertising businesses.
• Built the financial and operational discipline necessary to set the stage for scalable growth and exit to Saudi Telecom Co.