Fractional Chief Strategy Officer + AI operations

AI strategy that changes how the business runs.

Takisaki Strategy embeds at executive level to set direction, build revenue systems, and deploy AI into real workflows.

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01 / Embedded leadership

The strategy seat. And the builder’s hands.

Paul Takisaki serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Netcom. Before that, he led a 450+ person national organization at Verizon.

Chief Strategy OfficerFormer Verizon AVP

02 / Revenue system

Make the hard-to-see easy to buy.

For a client, Paul built a workflow that turns enclosure specifications into 3D bid visuals. It helped the team win a major deal.

From specificationTo customer clarity

03 / AI operations

One leader. A company that can think in parallel.

A deployed fleet of specialized agents and an AI-enabled marketing pipeline move strategy into execution without the usual six-month handoff.

Agent fleet deployedMarketing pipeline built
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04 / Operator proof

Use it. Prove it. Productize it.

CredibilityOS, MeritPlaybook, and a growing product portfolio are not side projects. They are operating proof.

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Fractional Chief Strategy Officer + AI operations

AI strategy that changes how the business runs.

Takisaki Strategy embeds at executive level to set direction, build revenue systems, and deploy AI into real workflows.

01

Embedded leadership

Chief Strategy Officer at Netcom. Former Verizon AVP leading 450+ people.

02

Revenue systems

A 3D bid-visualization workflow that helped win a major customer deal.

03

AI operations

A deployed agent fleet and AI-enabled marketing pipeline.

04

Operator proof

Live products, real users, and systems used in the market.

CSOChief Strategy Officer
at Netcom
450+Organization led
at Verizon
30k+Monthly users
across products
20Years at
Verizon

Flagship operating work

Strategy should leave evidence.

The mandate is not to write an AI roadmap and disappear. It is to change how the company sells, markets, and operates.

High-detail 3D technical enclosure with internal power, network, and control components
MODEL Technical enclosure
ASSEMBLY Bid visualization system

Client work / Strategy + build

From technical specification to customer confidence.

Paul designed and built a workflow that produces 3D enclosure models for customer bids. The system made the proposed solution tangible and helped his client win a major deal.

System
Bid-ready visualization workflow
Outcome
Helped the client win a major deal
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Additional operating proofAI strategy, agent operations, and a working marketing pipeline.
  1. 01

    Find the leverage

    Map the business, the revenue motion, and the workflows where AI can create a real advantage.

  2. 02

    Build the system

    Turn the priority into a working operating system, not a slide deck or a list of tools.

  3. 03

    Run the cadence

    Lead decisions, adoption, measurement, and the next wave of execution from the strategy seat.

Selected companies

We operate what we recommend.

The product portfolio is the lab: live positioning, real customers, operating systems, and constant market feedback.

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CredibilityOS AI visibility audit product interface
01 / AI visibility

CredibilityOS

Find out what AI says about you, where the evidence breaks, and what to fix first.
MeritPlaybook college merit strategy dashboard with ranked college recommendations, verified research, scholarship combinations, and deadline tracking
02 / Education intelligence

MeritPlaybook

Source-backed college cost and merit strategy, delivered as a ranked operating plan.
The Finals Loadout game intelligence product interface
03 / Live game intelligence

TheFinalsLoadout

A live strategy product serving a community of more than 30,000 monthly users.

Founder + operator

Built from the strategy seat.

Paul Takisaki spent 20 years at Verizon, moving from a mall kiosk to Associate Vice President and leading 450+ people across technical sales and customer success. Today, he serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Netcom and builds the products inside Takisaki Strategy.

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The next move

Make it compound.

If AI is important enough to affect the business, it is important enough to lead from the strategy seat.

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