Troy L. Paige
I help enterprise and government organizations align stakeholders, evaluate opportunities, and move the right initiatives from concept to execution using structured processes, human judgment, and AI assistance where it adds value.
The Problem
Most organizations do not lack ideas. They lack a clear way to connect strategy, sourcing, evaluation, pilots, funding, and scale. As a result, promising opportunities become fragmented, difficult to prioritize, and hard to turn into measurable business value.
What I Actually Do
I build and run structured programs that help organizations turn scattered ideas, outside partnerships, and early-stage opportunities into funded, executable outcomes. My work connects strategy, stakeholder alignment, solution sourcing, evaluation, pilots, procurement, and scale so leaders can make better decisions and move the right initiatives forward. I use AI assistance where it improves speed, consistency, and decision support without replacing the human judgment required for prioritization, adoption, and execution.
Your Outcomes
Test and de-risk new offerings before major investment
Access solutions from employees, startups, academia, and external partners
Improve how funding decisions are made
Move validated opportunities from pilot to implementation
Show measurable value instead of activity alone
A Practical Example
Imagine a large airline is getting too many customer complaints.
Flights are still running, but the experience around them feels broken. Some travelers are frustrated by delays and poor communication. Others struggle with rebooking, baggage updates, or getting help when plans change.
Inside the company, different groups see different parts of the problem.
Customer service wants faster ways to respond.
Operations wants fewer service breakdowns.
Product teams want better digital tools.
Leaders want improvements that protect loyalty, reduce frustration, and improve revenue.
This is where I come in.
I help turn that kind of messy situation into a structured decision process. First, I help surface and prioritize the real issues behind the customer experience. Then I gather input from customers, frontline employees, and outside partners, compare options in a fair way, eliminate weaker ones early, and help leadership focus on the solutions most worth pursuing.
In this example, the final result might be a new Premium Traveler Support Service.
That could include:
The value is not just a new service feature. The value is that the company now has a better way to understand customer pain points, choose the right improvements, and move them into real use.
The real impact
The Process
Align the effort to strategic priorities and define what success looks like.
Pull from employees, startups, academia, and partner ecosystems.
Use structured reviews, expert judgment, and AI-assisted evaluation to eliminate weaker ideas earlier, improve consistency, and surface the strongest opportunities for further consideration.
Help validated initiatives reach funding, procurement, implementation, and scale.
Track outcomes, improve decisions, and build executive confidence.
Track Record
AT&T
Supported an enterprise program that generated approximately $500 million in revenue, cost avoidance, and cost savings while strengthening sustained engagement through system redesign and process improvement.
~$500M
Combined value
AFWERX / U.S. Air Force
Helped create a path from challenge-based sourcing to contracting in 6 months, contributing to $1.62 billion in follow-on contracts, $205 million in initial investment, and 177 awarded contracts.
$1.62B
Follow-on contracts
$205M
Initial investment
177
Awarded contracts
Gilead Sciences
Led a global initiative spanning North America, Europe, and Australia, narrowing 200+ submissions to 6 finalist solutions, all funded and implemented within 6 to 12 months.
6 / 6
Funded
6–12
Months to implement
Experience
Ideal Fit
Strategy & transformation leaders
Innovation & program leaders
Research & technology partnership teams
Government program managers
Sustainability & cross-sector initiative leaders