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Paul Takisaki, strategic advisor on AI, seated against a warm dark backdrop.

Spokane, WA · Strategic Advisor on AI

I ship AI that actually runs.

Twenty years rebuilding broken systems inside a Fortune 50. Now five live products, 30,000 users, models on my own hardware.

I left at the top to build with AI.

Four President's Cabinet wins. Four market turnarounds. The only field leader on the company's executive red team.

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$1B+
Revenue led across prior orgs
10,000+
Hands-on hours inside the AI tools
20yr
At Verizon, 12 promotions
4×
President's Cabinet, top 1% nationally
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Working with me

Three ways in. No theater.

01
Diagnostic

AI Strategy Sprint

Find the friction worth solving. Leave with a plan, not a deck.

02
Build

Prototype Engagement

A working system inside your business: built, tested, handed over.

03
Partner

Executive AI Advisor

Ongoing judgment in the room as you scale what works.

How the engagements work
A four-node local AI cluster on a wood desk, warm rim light, one red status LED.

I build inside it
every day.

Close to 10,000 hours in the tools. A four-node AI cluster running models on my own hardware in Spokane. Not watching from the sidelines.

"He was among the first Verizon leaders to embrace AI in both his daily work and strategic thinking."

Alla Reznik, Senior Director, Verizon

Twenty months. Five live products. 30,000 users.

No slides. Working software with real users, shipped and running in the open.

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On the record.

Read all nine

"Paul led our nationwide technical sales organization. He turns complex data into strategies that drive results."

Mike Caralis · Vice President, Verizon

"One of the most empowering leaders I have encountered. He reads the room and guides decisions toward the best path for the business."

Alla Reznik · Senior Director, Verizon

"One of the most strategic, people-first leaders I have ever worked for. An asset to any technology company."

Zac Lagen · Senior Director, Verizon
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Let's find the friction worth solving.

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