BOARD & ADVISORY

Product, AI, and marketplace perspective for boards and executive teams

I contribute most where a board or leadership team is navigating product strategy, AI adoption, platform economics, customer experience, data governance, or the operating implications of digital transformation.

My perspective combines scaled product leadership, cross-functional portfolio strategy, founder experience, graduate teaching, and direct operating responsibility for a $4M P&L.

WHERE I ADD VALUE

Product and AI strategy

Translate emerging technology into a focused product agenda, realistic investment choices, and measurable operating outcomes.

Platforms and marketplaces

Clarify ecosystem incentives, partner economics, identity and permissions, supply-demand dynamics, and the risks created by fragmented rules and data.

Customer experience and growth

Connect customer needs, digital experience, pricing, retention, and operating execution without reducing strategy to vanity metrics.

Data governance and decision intelligence

Help leadership teams distinguish useful intelligence from decorative reporting and establish transparent, accountable decision systems.

Executive product leadership

Support CEOs and product leaders through portfolio choices, organizational design, operating cadence, and the transition from strategy to delivery.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Enterprise products and experiences serving 65M+ monthly active users

• Leadership across AI, conversational systems, mobile, identity, partner platforms, and marketplaces

• Strategy coordinated across 9 teams, 6 geographies, and 70+ people

• Founder and co-founder experience across two startups

• Graduate-level teaching in digital marketing and customer experience

• Direct operating responsibility for a $4M P&L

BOARD PROFILE

I am best suited to product, AI, marketplace, customer-strategy, and digital-transformation conversations. I do not represent experience I have not earned; my contribution is practical product judgment, scaled operating perspective, and the ability to make complex systems understandable.

For board, advisory, or executive-team conversations, contact me through LinkedIn or admin@marcusbirney.com.