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Ken Polotan

@kenpolotan

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Digital Strategist focus on Strategy, Innovation, Leadership and Culture. Washington, DC.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to make a positive impact as a member of the Senior Leadership Team in the areas of Client Engagement, Strategy, Operations, Leadership, Innovation and Culture.

Innovative and impactful global Senior Executive Officer with success track in transforming traditional businesses into high-performing and agile digital organizations. Collaborates with CxOs in helping design, co-create and deliver on their digital innovation journeys. Demonstrated history of client success in delivering targeted business outcomes. Skilled in Investor Relations, Go-to-Market Strategy, Digital Growth and Innovation, Executive Leadership, and Entrepreneurship. Thought leader, facilitator, conference speaker and writer. Passionate about culture as strategic advantage.

Experience

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Founder and Chief Culturist

Current

T H E O R I

Mar 2023 - Present (1 year 2 months)

New and emerging regenerative leadership development and impact advisory platform. Designing and developing new leadership paradigm for the Intelligence Economy (AI).

Client Engagement Director / Digital Business Advisor

Motifworks, Inc.

Jun 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 8 months)

Executive leader focused on sales, pre-sales, account management and growth and delivery enablement for strategy and implementation of full portfolio of emerging digital technologies – cloud, application innovation, data insights, AI/ML. Advise and collaborate with client leadership and executive teams on digital innovation and growth by leveraging digital platform business model.

CXO Engagement Client Engagement Partner Engagement Customer Engagement Account Strategy Account Executive Account Expansion Account Management Enterprise Accounts Revenue Strategy Revenue Planning Revenue Retention Revenue Management Revenue Enablement Thought Leadership Sales Leadership Executive Leadership Leadership Development Collaboration Leadership

Founder and CxO Advisor

Ken Polotan, LLC

Jul 2018 - Jun 2021 (2 years 11 months)

Advisor and consulting services focused on partnering with CxOs and co-creating a culture of growth and innovation. Planned and deployed digital business advisory practice for clients. Designed, built and managed digital businesses which created stakeholder value and engagement on e-commerce and digital platforms.

CXO Engagement Strategy Consulting Management Consulting Sales Engagement Client Engagement Partner Engagement Ecommerce CRM Remote Collaboration Collaboration Leadership Global Team Collaboration

Founder and Chief Innovation Strategist

MK8

Jul 2010 - Sep 2017 (7 years 2 months)

CxO advisory and consulting services focused on partnering with startups and mid-market businesses, driving business value through digital innovation as it impacts people, process, and products/services. Developed Business and Digital Transformation strategy and roadmap to deliver critical business and technology initiatives to meet future market threats.

Brand Strategy Go To Market Strategy Strategy Growth Strategy Design Strategy Product Strategy Digital Strategy Pricing Strategy Revenue Strategy Program Strategy Project Strategy Business Strategy Growth Strategies Strategic Thinking Messaging Strategy

Engagement Manager, Strategy and Transformation

Gartner

May 2008 - Jul 2010 (2 years 2 months)

Acted as trusted advisor to global client executives and leadership teams. Focused on IT Transformation and business alignment, cost optimization, go-to-market, Governance, Compliance and Risk (GRC) management. Collaborated with senior research analysts and fellows in leveraging industry best practices and delivering enterprise business transformation initiatives.

Engagement Lead, IT Strategy and Transformation

Accenture

Apr 2006 - May 2008 (2 years 1 month)

Managed and implemented global and high visibility IT and business transformation engagements resulting in business agility and operational excellence. Provided inspired leadership to global, multi-disciplinary teams in all aspects of delivery model in infrastructure and service management, including planning, design, implementation, quality assurance and support.