GTMBench Operator Profile · Strategic Advisory · Digital Transformation

Ken Konsein.

The strategy advisor who brings board-level judgement to growth-stage decisions. Ken has spent 30-plus years selling and delivering technology at global scale — partner sales for UKI Enterprise Retail at AWS, practice leadership at Cognizant where he doubled Digital Commerce revenue, and delivery leadership at KPS, HCL, and Tryzens. Now he serves as NED and strategic advisor to AI-native and SaaS businesses — bringing governance, commercial discipline, a buyer-side view of how enterprises choose and adopt technology, and hands-on guidance on industry-tailored agentic AI solutions for revenue, growth, and productivity.

Role Strategy Advisor (NED) · Industry CxO · Partner GTM
For Boards · CEOs · SaaS & Retail Leadership
Based London, UK · Remote
Status Available (1–4 days per week)
Ken Konsein, Strategy Advisor (NED) and Digital Transformation leader — GTMBench operator
30+ years of global business leadership — AWS, Cognizant, KPS, HCL & Tryzens. MBA, Imperial College Business School.
GTMBench Operator
Proof Points · 30+ years · AWS · Cognizant · Digital Commerce

What Ken delivers bringing board-level judgement to growth-stage businesses.

30+
Years of global business & technology leadership
2×
Practice revenue doubled leading Cognizant Digital Commerce UK&I
60%
Growth in delivery capability & client services under his leadership
11+
Years as Professional Services Director at Tryzens, incl. interim CIO posts
Ex-AWS Partner Sales (UKI Enterprise Retail) · Tier-1 retail, CG & T&H client portfolio · MBA, Imperial College Business School
The Operator's Edge

Buyer-side judgement. Delivery discipline. Same advisor.

Ken Konsein has spent three decades on every side of the enterprise technology table. At AWS, he ran partner sales for UKI Enterprise Retail — advising account teams and clients on how to get real value from GSIs, SIs, and ISVs. At Cognizant, he headed the Digital Commerce practice for UK and Ireland, doubling revenue and growing delivery capability by 60% while personally advising tier-1 retail, consumer goods, and travel clients. Before that: Chief Delivery Officer at KPS, Director of Digital and OmniChannel at HCL, and eleven years running professional services at Tryzens, including interim CIO posts — all underpinned by an MBA from Imperial College Business School, specialising in New Ventures and Entrepreneurship.

What's rare about Ken is the combination. He's a commercial strategist who knows how enterprise buyers evaluate, procure, and adopt technology — because he sat on that side at AWS. And he's a delivery leader who has run the practices, programmes, and P&Ls that turn strategy into shipped outcomes. Boards get both: the governance lens of a seasoned NED and the operating instincts of someone who has built and scaled the function.

"Strategy only matters if it survives contact with delivery. The advisor's job is to make sure it does."— Ken Konsein

The work spans the growth journey. For AI-native and SaaS businesses, Ken provides independent oversight and strategic guidance — governance, risk, performance, and long-term focus, as he does today as NED at ENAI, the agentic AI business development platform. For established enterprises, he advises on industry-tailored agentic AI — intelligent digital workers and AI-powered workflows applied where they move revenue, growth, and productivity. For scale-ups selling into enterprise, he brings the buyer-side view: how retail and consumer businesses actually choose platforms and partners. For leadership teams, he is a hands-on advisor who contributes from the first meeting — strategy, partner motion, delivery model, and commercial discipline as one connected system.

Engagement Focus

Six places I show up for boards and leadership teams.

From board governance to partner strategy, each engagement brings thirty years of buyer-side and delivery-side judgement to the decisions that shape the business.

01

NED & board advisory

Independent oversight and strategic guidance for growth-stage businesses — governance, performance, risk, and compliance, with executive management supported and shareholder interests front of mind.

02

Cloud & partner strategy

Three-plus years inside AWS partner sales. Ken helps businesses structure partner motions with hyperscalers, GSIs, and ISVs — and helps enterprise buyers extract genuine value from those relationships.

03

Digital commerce & omnichannel retail

Practice leadership across digital commerce, customer-centric retailing, omnichannel supply chain, and merchandise planning — for tier-1 retail, consumer goods, and travel & hospitality clients.

04

Professional services & delivery leadership

Building and running the delivery engine — Agile and DevOps capability, programme governance, and the operating cadence that makes client work profitable and predictable.

05

Client success & account growth

Account management and client partnership models that grow tier-1 relationships — pipeline development, commercial focus, and the trusted-advisor posture that keeps accounts expanding.

06

Agentic AI & digital transformation

Industry-tailored agentic AI solutions for revenue, growth, and productivity — intelligent digital workers, AI-powered workflows, and the transformation leadership that takes B2B businesses and SaaS start-ups from strategy to adoption.

The Advisory Difference

Governance that understands delivery, not just oversight.

Ken engages where strategy meets execution — boards needing independent judgement, CEOs structuring partner and cloud motions, leadership teams scaling delivery, and enterprises adopting industry-tailored agentic AI for revenue, growth, and productivity. Most advisory ends with recommendations. Ken's engagements end with decisions that hold — because the advice comes from someone who has sold for the hyperscaler, run the practice P&L, and delivered the programmes. The deliverable is judgement that survives contact with delivery.

Boards & CEOs AI-Native & SaaS Businesses Retail · CG · Travel & Hospitality NED & Governance Cloud & Partner GTM Agentic AI Solutions Digital Commerce Professional Services
How Ken Engages
NED / Board Advisory
Ongoing non-executive role — independent oversight, governance, risk, and long-term focus, supporting executive management in the interest of shareholders and stakeholders.
Strategic Advisory Retainer
Monthly counsel on strategy, partner motion, cloud adoption, and commercial structure — a senior sounding board with buyer-side and delivery-side pattern recognition.
Transformation Engagement
Hands-on digital transformation leadership — strategy development, delivery-model design, change management, and business-process optimisation for B2B and SaaS businesses.
Track Record

Thirty-plus years selling, delivering & governing enterprise technology.

2026 — Present
GTMBench

Industry CxO · Strategy Advisor (NED)

Board advisory & digital transformation for AI-native, SaaS & retail-facing businesses
  • Advising boards and CEOs on strategy, governance, and commercial structure — the independent judgement of a seasoned NED with operating depth
  • Bringing the buyer-side enterprise lens to scale-ups selling into retail, consumer goods, and B2B markets
2025 — Present
ENAI

Strategic Advisor (NED)

Agentic AI business development platform — intelligent digital workers for sales & marketing
  • Providing independent oversight and strategic guidance — governance, performance, risk, and compliance with a long-term focus
  • Supporting executive management in the interest of shareholders and stakeholders
2024 — Present
IndustryGeniuses

Digital Transformation Lead

Applied AI Growth Agency · B2B clients & SaaS start-ups
  • Digital transformation leadership and advisory for B2B clients with a focus on SaaS start-ups
2020 — 2023
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Partner Sales Manager, UKI Enterprise Retail · Senior Partner Development Manager

Hyperscaler partner sales · GSIs, SIs & ISVs
  • Advised account teams and enterprise retail clients on extracting value from partner organisations implementing and running retail solutions on AWS
  • Helped Global Systems Integrators and clients realise business value from AWS Cloud investments through thought leadership and solution innovation
2019 — 2020
KPS UK

Chief Delivery Officer & Head of Client Partnerships

Digital transformation consultancy
  • Brought commercial focus and leadership to project teams and the wider business, reporting to the CTO
  • Led account managers and client partners — growing accounts and developing the pipeline with delivery discipline
2014 — 2019
Cognizant

AVP, Digital Commerce — Customer Success & Professional Services

Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality · UK & Ireland
  • Doubled practice revenue and grew technical, delivery & client-services capability by 60%
  • Trusted advisor to tier-1 clients including a major high-street department store and a major fashion retailer
  • Built Agile and DevOps as primary delivery capabilities; key member of Cognizant's Digital Business leadership team
2013 — 2014
HCL Technologies

Director — Digital, IT & OmniChannel eCommerce Services, UK & Europe

Global technology enterprise · $6.3B revenues
  • Worked with European CTO, CIO and VP eCommerce clients to create commerce strategies and solutions with competitive edge
2001 — 2013
Tryzens

Professional Services Director

eCommerce solutions consultancy · £11M turnover
  • Owned all consultancy and project delivery for eleven-plus years — strategy development, interim management, business optimisation
  • Held interim CIO, Programme Manager, and Development Director posts from 2006
1988 — 2001
Sapient · PA Consulting · QinetiQ · EDS · Scicon

Senior Business Strategist · Principal Consultant · Senior Consultant · Analyst

Management consulting & enterprise technology foundations
  • Broad industry coverage as a management consultant and strategist — the foundation of thirty years of pattern recognition
Education
Imperial College Business School · Queen Mary University of London

MBA, New Ventures & Entrepreneurship · BSc Hons, Computer Science

London
  • MBA from Imperial College Business School — one of the world's leading business schools — specialising in New Ventures & Entrepreneurship
  • Computer Science foundation from Queen Mary University of London — technology depth beneath the commercial judgement
Why Ken

Five reasons the shortlist ends here.

01

Buyer-side lens, built in

Three-plus years inside AWS partner sales for UKI Enterprise Retail. Ken knows how hyperscalers, GSIs, and enterprise buyers actually evaluate, procure, and adopt — because he sat on that side of the table.

02

P&L-proven leadership

Doubled practice revenue at Cognizant and grew capability by 60% — while personally advising tier-1 retail and consumer clients. Commercial outcomes, not just tenure.

03

Governance with operating depth

An NED who has run delivery organisations, held interim CIO posts, and built Agile capability at scale. Board judgement informed by what execution actually takes.

04

Hands-on from the first meeting

Ken contributes immediately with a proactive, hands-on approach — building relationships at every level from boardroom to delivery team.

05

AI-native advisory, today

Active NED at ENAI, the agentic AI business development platform, and transformation lead at IndustryGeniuses — governance experience inside the AI-native operating model, applied in real time.

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Engagement

Let's scope the brief.

Available for NED and board advisory roles, strategic advisory retainers, and digital transformation engagements with AI-native, SaaS, and retail-facing businesses. Most engagements start with a 30-minute conversation to pressure-test the shape of the problem.

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