Grow Faster. Compete Harder. Lead With Intention.

Strategic advisory for leaders navigating growth, transformation and the AI transition.

Oke Okaro has spent his career starting, building and scaling digital businesses at some of the world's most recognized organizations.

 

I have spent my career building and transforming digital businesses, driving growth through the most significant technology transitions of the last three decades at Bloomberg, Disney, Reuters, ESPN and Verizon. I partner with CEOs, boards and executive teams who are ready to harness AI as a driver of competitive advantage and know that doing it right requires more than tools and technology. It requires leadership, organizational clarity and counsel from someone who has been here before.

What We Do

We work with leadership teams navigating their next phase of growth. We bring a proven track record of successfully driving growth at the world's leading technology, media and telecoms organizations and apply it to the challenges our clients are navigating now. We are selective about who we work with. We go deep, not wide. We don't just advise. We partner, build, and deliver.

 

The challenges we hear most often:

  • We know AI is important but can't see clearly where the real opportunity is for our business
  • We have an AI strategy but the organization is not moving at the speed we need
  • We are not sure how to modernize our current systems, tools and ways of working without disrupting what is already working
  • We are seeing early results in pockets but cannot figure out how to build on them and create momentum across the organization

 

If any of these sound familiar, here is how we help.

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Our Services

Growth, Innovation and AI Strategy

What we do: Many organizations are using AI to cut costs and speed up existing workflows. Very few are using it to grow. We help you identify where AI creates entirely new opportunities for growth and innovation: new revenue streams, new market positions, new ways of delivering value that competitors have not yet seen.
How we do it: We start with your business, not the technology. We assess where your real advantages lie, where your market is most vulnerable to disruption, and where AI creates asymmetric opportunity. Then we build a focused strategy and roadmap that compounds over time rather than chasing short-term gains.
Who we work with: CEOs, boards, and executive teams who want to lead their market, not follow it.

Operating Model Transformation

What we do: Having a clear strategy is not enough. The harder challenge is translating it into organizational movement at every level. With AI evolving at breakneck pace, that capacity to continuously align and move is now a competitive advantage. We help you build it, move fast on the workflows where AI will create the most immediate and visible impact, and let the results build the momentum that carries the transformation forward.
How we do it: We map the customer journeys that matter most to your business, identify where information gets trapped and handoffs break down, and redesign those workflows end-to-end with AI deployed across the entire sequence. Then we help you build the connective tissue that binds the organization together, ensures continued alignment, and keeps everyone moving in the same direction as the strategy evolves.
Who we work with: COOs and executive teams leading transformation.

Board Advisory

What we do: Many boards and leadership teams are managing AI as a risk to be contained. The organizations pulling ahead are treating it as their most important growth lever. We provide ongoing strategic counsel that helps leadership teams ask better questions, make better decisions, and stay ahead of a rapidly changing competitive landscape.
How we do it: Regular engagement with the board or executive team, bringing an outside perspective rooted in experience building at scale across technology, media and telecoms. We focus on the decisions that matter most and the questions your internal team may not be positioned to ask.
Who we work with: Board chairs and CEOs.

Executive Coaching

What we do: The leaders who capture disproportionate value from AI are not the most technically sophisticated. They are the most personally clear about where they are going and what they need to do to get there. We provide trusted, high-level coaching for executives leading growth and transformation in the age of AI.
How we do it: One-on-one sessions focused on strategic clarity, confident decision-making, and building the personal conviction needed to lead change at scale. We work on the leader, not just the strategy. What AI demands of you personally is different from what it demands of your organization.
Who we work with: Chief Product Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and Heads of Transformation or Innovation.

How We Work

We act as an embedded partner to the leadership team, working from strategy through to execution. Each engagement is structured around your specific business priorities and opportunities. We move at pace, build the organizational alignment needed to sustain momentum, and stay until the impact is real and compounding.

Our Philosophy

AI is a leadership decision. Not a technology one.

The organizations that win will not be the ones with the most tools. They will be the ones whose leaders move with intention, build organizations that learn and compound over time, and make AI a cause rather than a project. The gap between AI ambition and AI impact is a leadership challenge. We bring a proven track record of building at scale to help close it.

About Oke Okaro

Oke Okaro

Oke Okaro

Strategic Advisor

Oke Okaro is a strategic advisor who partners with CEOs, boards, and executive teams to accelerate growth, strengthen competitive position, and harness AI as a driver of sustainable value creation. Oke has served as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Mobile and Connected Devices at Bloomberg, Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company, Chief Product Officer at Reuters, Vice President and General Manager at ESPN, and Vice President at Verizon. Across each role he was brought in to drive growth, lead innovation, and help leadership teams navigate periods of major technological change. A pioneer in mobile, Oke created the world's first iOS applications with push notifications and adaptive video streaming, unveiled live on stage at Apple's iOS 3.0 developer conference in 2009. His work has been recognized with over 40 global innovation awards including Apple App of the Year. He holds 12 US patents. He serves on the Investment Committee of Alumni Ventures' AI Infrastructure and Blockchain Fund and the Technology Advisory Council at Ridge Ventures. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire. Oke works directly with CEOs, boards, and executive teams as a trusted advisor, thought partner, and catalyst for growth.

Case Studies

AI-Driven Editorial Expansion

Designed and deployed AI-powered summarization workflows that increased content coverage and improved speed across global newsrooms.

AI for Content Discovery & Advanced Search

Led the development and integration of AI for contextual discovery and search across Bloomberg's content platforms — improving user engagement and differentiation.

AI in Customer Contact Center

Deployed AI that optimized customer service workflows in Verizon's contact centers. Improved response efficiency, automated routine inquiries, and enhanced customer experience across high-volume channels.

When to Engage Us

  • You are leading an organization navigating its next phase of growth and need a trusted advisor to help you harness AI as a driver of competitive advantage
  • You have AI initiatives underway but are not seeing the business impact you expected
  • You want to deliver measurable results using AI — not just experiments
  • You're looking for a trusted partner to help lead AI from strategy to execution
  • You are navigating a major technology or market shift and need experienced guidance to move faster and with more confidence
  • You want to strengthen your organization's capacity to execute and compete in the age of AI
  • You are a CEO, board member, or executive looking for a thought partner who has built at scale
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