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Valentina Oram

I came up through finance and operations, studied how people actually use technology, and now lead AI business strategy for a private equity portfolio, after scaling 30+ SASE businesses 0→1 at Deloitte. The job hasn't changed in fourteen years: find the expensive problem, then decide what to build.

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Key figures

$2.5B+30+ SASE businesses scaled 0→1 at Deloitte
$190MDeal Closed via AI Demo Methodology
2 DaysFunctional HTML Prototype Post-Requirements
12+Enterprise AI Products Shipped
$3M/moDetroit Axel Sales Lift
14 yrsCareer, 5 in leadership

About

Complex problem solver

My career began in financial and operations analysis, building 0→1 systems for a multi-million dollar enterprise. Over 14 years, that foundation evolved into a singular position at the intersection of strategy, design, and AI at enterprise scale.

I've built proprietary AI models trained on my own design expertise. I founded a methodology where the sales demo is a fully functional product, delivered in 2 days.

Equally fluent in human behavior, business strategy, financial operations, and the technical architecture underneath. I don't just make things look right. I make them perform, sell, and scale.

Approach

What I do

01

I build to scale

From proprietary AI models trained on design expertise to automated research engines, I architect systems that replace repetitive human decision-making with intelligent, scalable workflows. Not automation for its own sake, but AI that actually reduces cognitive load at enterprise scale.

02

I turn complexity into revenue

My Rapid Prototype methodology converts requirements into fully functional HTML prototypes in 2 days. The most complex enterprise pitch becomes a working demo a client can actually use, and the room tends to close. One methodology. One $190M deal. Still running.

03

I work where the stakes are highest

Cybersecurity platforms. Financial compliance systems. Blockchain audit tools. Physician compensation calculators. The work no one thinks can be beautiful and usable is exactly where I do my best work. Regulated, high-stakes, technically dense. Designed for humans.

AI Innovation & Product Strategy14 years
0→1 Systems Design & ArchitectureEnterprise
Rapid Prototyping & Revenue Acceleration$190M outcome
Human-Centered Design & HCIMA, MSU
Design Systems · WCAG-AA · Dark ModeExpert
Python · HTML · C++ · ServiceNowFigma · Azure DevOps · Oracle · Power BI

Selected work

Regulated, high-stakes,
technically dense

Signature impact

Four outcomes
worth the detail

01

The $190M Demo

I built a methodology where the sales demo is the product: fully functional, client-specific, delivered in 2 days post-requirements. Not a mockup. Not slides. A working HTML prototype tailored to the client's environment. The methodology's inaugural engagement co-led to a $190M risk workflow implementation deal.

$190M deal closed · 2-day prototype cycle · Methodology in active use

02

The Oracle AI OS

A first-of-its-kind 0→1 UX Research Operating System for Oracle spanning SCM, HCM, and CX, then converted into an AI engine. One prompt in: full persona architecture, user stories, and front-end interaction model out. What used to take months of discovery now happens in hours. Adopted across 100+ assets.

0→1 architecture · 100+ org-wide assets · Discovery compressed dramatically

03

Iterations in Days, Not Weeks

Before the Rapid Prototype methodology, enterprise compliance and risk workflow iteration cycles ran for weeks, sometimes much longer. The new system delivers fully functional, stakeholder-ready HTML prototypes in days, tested and evolved in real time instead of sequential review cycles.

Multi-week cycles → days · Fully functional · Stakeholder-ready from day one

04

Detroit Axel at $3M a Month

On-site factory research across Mexico, China, and Detroit uncovered a systemic duplicate-parts flaw, a separate audit finding, alongside a fragmented multi-country sales experience. The full platform redesign drove $3M/month in sustained sales lift, supporting a $17M/month revenue baseline.

$3M/mo sustained lift · Global factory research · $17M/mo baseline

Clients

Enterprise clients

Enterprise Cloud · SCM · HCM · CX

Oracle

0→1 UX Research OS · AI persona engine · 100+ org-wide assets

Automotive Manufacturing

Detroit Axel

Full e-commerce & internal sales redesign · $3M/mo lift · Global factory research

Cultural Institution · Michigan

Frederick Meijer Gardens

Website & app UX overhaul · Digital user journey optimization

Confidential

Select Financial Institutions

Global financial services, investment management, and enterprise AI clients. Details available upon request.

Education & certifications

Credentials

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

  • Master of Arts, Human-Computer Interaction (UX)
  • Post-Graduate Certificate in Serious Game Design & Research
  • Grant of Funding for the Kana Companion Robot Project
  • B.A., Media & Information Management & Law

Deloitte Certifications

Enterprise AI & Technology

  • AI & Machine Learning
  • Intelligent Automation & RPA
  • Unstructured Data Digitization
  • Cloud

Continuing Education

Applied AI

  • LLM Engineering: Master AI & Large Language Models
    Udemy · 25.5 hours · December 2024 Verify

Contact

Let's build something remarkable

Open to enterprise AI leadership, product strategy, innovation advisory, and speaking engagements. If you're building something that needs to perform at scale, not just look good, let's talk.

Availability

Miami, FL · Available globally

Open to full-time, advisory & consulting engagements

LocationMiami, FL · Available globally