Strategic Advisor on AI, Leadership & Growth.
20 years redesigning broken systems inside a Fortune 50. 10,000 hours inside AI tools. Now I help founders, SMBs, and leadership teams turn business friction into working systems.
By the numbers
Twenty years at Verizon. Four President's Cabinet wins. Four major market turnarounds. The only field leader picked for the company's executive red team. I left at the top, not because I was burned out, but because I could see what AI was about to do to every operating system inside every institution, and I wanted to be hands-on with the tools while the rules were still being written.
Twenty months later, five live products, 30,000 monthly users, and close to 10,000 hours in the tools. Current builds: Heritage Whisper, MeritPlaybook, CredibilityOS. I'm not watching this from the sidelines. I'm building inside it every day.
He was among the first Verizon leaders to embrace AI in both his daily work and strategic thinking. Alla Reznik, Senior Director, Verizon
The writing is free. Always will be. No pitches in your inbox, no deck-and-disappear. The work side is scoped and plain — here's how the engagements work.
AI Strategy Sprint
Find the friction worth solving. Leave with a plan, not a deck.
Prototype Engagement
A working system inside your business — built, tested, handed over.
Executive AI Advisor
Ongoing judgment in the room as you scale what works.
On the record.
Senior Verizon executives, in their own words. Named and verifiable, not anonymous blurbs.
Paul led our nationwide technical sales organization. His leadership was pivotal in the growth of our Fixed Wireless Access business. He has a remarkable ability to analyze complex data and translate it into actionable strategies that drive results.
Paul stood out as one of the most empowering leaders I have encountered. He possesses a remarkable ability to actively listen, read the audience, and guide decision-making toward the most advantageous path for the business.
Paul is one of the most strategic, people-first leaders that I have ever worked for. He would be an asset to any technology corporation in any sales or strategic executive role.
This is where the writing lives.
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FAQ
Who is Paul Takisaki?
20 years at Verizon. Started at a mall kiosk in Spokane, ended as Associate Vice President of Solutions Architecture for National Technical Sales reporting to the CRO of Verizon Business. 12 promotions. Four President's Cabinet wins. The only field leader selected for Verizon's Master Red Team Program.
The last twenty months, full-time in AI. Building, breaking, shipping. Writing what I'm learning.
What's Heritage Whisper?
A voice-first family legacy platform I built with my father. He tested every feature. If he couldn't use it without help, it wasn't ready.
What's a Verizon Master Red Teamer?
One of 12 internal leaders hand-selected by Verizon to apply Bryce Hoffman's decision-support red teaming methodology to enterprise strategy. Four weeks of training at HQ, then flown out to review strategies a week at a time and present findings directly to c-level executives. I was the only person from the field brought in.
Where are you based?
Spokane, Washington.
Products I've shipped.
Not slides. Live products with real users — a selection of what I'm building right now, and what's next.
MeritPlaybook
Your scholarship strategy, not a search engine. Personalized, research-backed scholarship plans and recommendations.
CredibilityOS
See what AI says about you. Audits how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews describe your reputation, then delivers a plan to fix what weakens trust.
TheFinalsLoadout
Competitive edge, optimized. Loadout building and strategy tools for THE FINALS players — the most-used loadout tool in the community.
HeritageWhisper
Preserving stories that matter. A voice-first platform that turns photos into a living timeline, so families hear stories in the original voice.
Voice to Social
Turn any idea into platform-optimized posts in your own voice. Generates hooks, image prompts, and a content calendar for X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and newsletters.