I turn complex technology investments into business outcomes.

Nineteen years bridging enterprise technology and strategy at McKinsey, VMware, and Verizon. Now building AI products for real businesses through my own practice.

Career
Independent Practice AI Product Developer & Strategy Advisor
Verizon Senior Director, Corporate Strategy
VMware Director, Corporate Strategy
McKinsey Engagement Manager
Dell / Perot Healthcare IT Infrastructure, 8 yrs
About

Most strategy fails because it never survives contact with execution.

Sean-William Goodale

My career has been built in the gap between strategy and execution, where ambitious plans meet the reality of large organizations and complex technology. I started inside the infrastructure: eight years deploying mission-critical enterprise systems before I ever wrote a strategy document.

At McKinsey I partnered with Fortune 500 leaders on digital strategy, AI commercialization, and multi-billion dollar mergers. At VMware and Verizon I moved from advising to executing, owning the translation of complex technology decisions into operating plans and measurable outcomes.

Today I build AI products for real businesses through my own practice, spanning full-stack platforms, agentic systems, and operating tools, while advising organizations on embedding AI into products, operations, and decision systems.

“Strategy is the easy part. Aligning leadership, technology, and execution fast enough to matter: that’s where the real work happens.”

AI will not transform companies by itself. Leadership, incentives, and operating models determine whether technology becomes leverage or just another expensive experiment. The difference between the two is execution, and execution is the part I’ve never outsourced.

Areas of focus
  • Enterprise AI Strategy
  • AI Product Development
  • Operating Model Design
  • Digital & SaaS Transformation
How I operate
  • Calm under ambiguity
  • Bridge between business and technical
  • Execution-oriented from the start
  • Structured, not rigid
The Practice

Advisory and build engagements at the intersection of AI, strategy, and operations. Current work spans enterprise asset platforms, financial intelligence systems, and AI workflow transformation.

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Education
University of Chicago Booth
University of Chicago Booth
MBA · Strategic Management & Economics
Exchange: IIM Bangalore · Dean’s Honor List
Northeastern University
Northeastern University
BS Business Administration · Minor: Computer Science
Shipped

Built and delivered.

Production-grade software, designed and built end to end with AI as the development team. Real systems, for real businesses.

Fortune 500 Life Sciences 26,000+ assets under management

Enterprise Asset Management Platform

A multi-module asset lifecycle platform managing 26,000+ enterprise assets: dashboards, risk worklists, role-based access, saved views, and import pipelines. Designed, built, and demo-delivered to the client end to end.

React · Node · PostgreSQL · RBAC & Auth In final client demos
Screenshot slot · Wave 2
Founder-Led DTC Retail · ~$3M Revenue $3.5M annual P&L modeled

Financial Operating Intelligence Platform

A purpose-built financial operating system for a founder-led retail brand: full P&L modeling, per-employee bonus attainment engine, benchmark analysis, and an always-on AI advisor that talks like an aggressive fractional CFO.

AI-Native · 5-Agent Architecture · QuickBooks · Shopify In build
Architecture slot · Wave 2
Advisory Record

Where the judgment comes from.

Writing

Perspectives on strategy & AI

The Playground
Wasteland Escape

A post-apocalyptic survival game built in an afternoon with Cursor. The one corner of this site with color, because the serious work is monochrome.

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Strategy, AI, and transformation. If that’s the work, let’s talk.

I take on a small number of advisory and build engagements each quarter: AI strategy, digital transformation, and hands-on product development. The best way to start is a direct note.