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Find the real problem. Fix the operating model. Deliver the result.

I'm Vinay Agrawal. I work with PE sponsors and portfolio-company leaders to find the real problem underneath the stated one, rebuild the operating model around it, and deliver finance-validated results in 6–12 months.

Engineering at P&G and Kimberly-Clark · Strategy at AT Kearney and OC&C · Transformation at Capital One, JPMorgan Chase and Koch · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt · London Business School MBA

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Vinay Agrawal, operating partner and transformation executive

Organizations I've worked for and with

AI is new. Making new technology pay off isn't.

AI doesn't fix broken work. I help you fix the work first, then deploy AI so it scales and pays for itself.

30 years of putting new technology to work, from first-of-a-kind production lines in CPG manufacturing to call center and processing automation in financial services to digital twins in process industries.

Read: AI Transformation Doesn't Start With AI

The diagnosis

Two situations that look identical from the outside, and need opposite fixes

Swinging for home runs before fit is proven

The business is scaling as if the market already exists. Product variants multiply, the roadmap grows by default, and burn rises faster than traction.

The fix: slow down, prove fit, cut what doesn't clear the bar, then scale.

In practice: $10M+ finance-validated cost reduction in nine months; delivery cycle cut from 18 months to 3.

Built, thrown over the wall, broken by reality

A capable team built the solution against documented processes rather than how the work actually runs. It worked in the demo and broke under real order flow.

The fix: map the real starting point, redesign the process, and rebuild the technology with feedback loops users trust.

In practice: $5M annual savings and 40%+ throughput gain across 500+ users in three regions.

The diagnosis picks the chapter

Having a playbook isn't the differentiator. Everyone has one.

What matters is the diagnosis that picks the right chapter, the willingness to rewrite it when this company's reality doesn't match the last one's, and the discipline to execute it when a more familiar choice would feel safer.

01 / Diagnose: the first 30 days

I go where the work happens, map the full system, and follow cost to its source. If the brief is wrong, I'll say so and renegotiate the mandate.

02 / Redesign

Operating model, portfolio and roles. Keep the roadmap short, and stop the work that doesn't survive the test.

03 / Execute and hand over

I work hands-on with your existing team, not a bench of consultants. Capability-building starts on day one so the results hold after I leave.

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$10M+
Annual cost reduction in nine months, industrial AI venture inside Koch
$5M
Annual savings and 40%+ throughput, AI-enabled order management, global consumer goods
20 days to 1
Complaint resolution time, UK retail bank post-merger integration

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