PROFESSIONAL
CONSULTING
Unlocking Growth Through Strategic Insight and Operational Excellence
ABOUT ME
Clement Utuk is a distinguished technology leader renowned for his expertise in navigating and managing complex technical environments across diverse operations, from startups to billion-dollar industry giants.
He excels in building, developing, and leading high-performance technical teams, adeptly managing resources both in-person and remotely across multiple geographical locations.
With a keen business acumen and deep technical proficiency, Clement effectively translates technology needs into innovative solutions and strategic business plans that drive the achievement of short- and long-term objectives.
Cloud & DevOps: Continuous Transformation Strategy
Management of Technology: Strategy & Portfolio Analysis
Mergers & Acquisitions Leadership
Management of Technology: Roadmapping & Development
Leadership & Innovation
Global Infrastructure Development
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
Cloud & DevOps: Continuous Transformation Strategy Management of Technology: Strategy & Portfolio Analysis Mergers & Acquisitions Leadership Management of Technology: Roadmapping & Development Leadership & Innovation Global Infrastructure Development Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
My services
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CTO
Management of Technology, Machine Learning, Cloud & DevOps, Leadership & Innovation
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StartUp Partners Advisor
Partner Relationship
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Consulting
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Manufacturing Strategy
MY PHILOSOPHY: Transforming Potential into Performance at Every Scale
To stay competitive, businesses must meet the evolving demands of the market, shareholders, and consumers alike. Clement is the strategic partner they need. His comprehensive approach empowers companies not just to withstand challenges but to thrive and expand across diverse industries. By embracing change and seizing new opportunities, Clement's strategy exemplifies the strength of resilience and adaptability in today’s dynamic business landscape.
Career Highlights
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Directed transformation initiatives that aligned with business strategy, maximizing value for shareholders and driving customer-centric innovation across diverse industries.
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Provided strategic vision to shape digital and engineering transformation, establishing cloud-native, global manufacturing platforms across six regions and optimizing operational standards.
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Led integrations resulting in substantial revenue growth and market share expansion, such as a $150M acquisition with a 20% market share increase and a 95% employee retention rate.
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Guided product strategy in high-stakes, technical domains, including $80M+ radar engineering projects for the Department of Energy, achieving a 25% reduction in project timelines.
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Promoted data-driven reliability engineering frameworks that elevated quality by 50% and enhanced customer satisfaction through robust, scalable solutions.
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Developed and maintained effective board governance and performance evaluation practices, enhancing organizational integrity and mission alignment.
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Managed multi-million-dollar budgets, protecting resources and achieving significant cost savings, such as a $3M reduction in annual spending at Microsoft through strategic partnerships.
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Led cross-functional teams to achieve operational targets, improving productivity and enhancing SaaS infrastructure by 30%, contributing to higher readiness and customer satisfaction.
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Managed complex engineering and manufacturing portfolios, such as the Xbox and Surface production, surpassing annual objectives and enhancing product reliability through Agile and Scrum practices.
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Spearheaded infrastructure projects across multiple locations, achieving 25% optimization and creating scalable, resilient digital systems.
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Built strong customer relationships through tailored solutions, closing critical gaps and fostering new opportunities, resulting in significant growth in customer satisfaction.
Professional Experience
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As a Start-up Partners Advisor, Clement delivers strategic guidance, financial planning, and networking support to early-stage companies, enabling them to refine business models, achieve product-market fit, and scale operations effectively. He plays a pivotal role in assisting founders with risk management, compliance, and operational efficiencies, leveraging extensive experience and industry connections to drive growth and navigate complex challenges.
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Clement Utuk contributed to shaping Folio's strategic direction and assessed chief executive performance to ensure leadership effectiveness. Oversaw the alignment of operational plans with Folio's mission and priorities, monitored financial management, and guided the scalability of backend services. Enhanced board competency upheld organizational integrity, and championed Folio's mission by leveraging professional networks to elevate its public profile and influence.
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Clement acted as a critical liaison between portfolio/projects, operations and development management, identifying and implementing solutions to address challenges in the complex deployment of client deliverables. Facilitated seamless collaboration between operational and technical teams to drive innovative solutions. Led Tech Transformation, and strategy development processes while advising startup co-founders on establishing robust frameworks and executing effective go-to-market (GTM) strategies to accelerate growth and market penetration for successful products and services.
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Provided vision to shape and direct Strategic Portfolios’ strategies, ensuring alignment with Microsoft's broader transformation objectives and achieving MTI goals, including establishing a global digital manufacturing platform in six locations.
Shaped Strategic Portfolios aligned with Microsoft's vision and MTI goals, leading Xbox and Surface laptop mass production strategies that surpassed annual targets.
Enhanced collaboration across teams, improving Cloud infrastructure by 30%, and championed Reliability Engineering initiatives, increasing customer satisfaction by 20%. Advanced Operational Excellence projects, optimizing delivery efficiency by 25%.
Led diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts and talent development initiatives, activating comprehensive D&I plans and standardizing 35 MTI processes. Directed a global team to upgrade Microsoft infrastructures, driving innovation and operational effectiveness.
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Enabled and empowered the teams to conduct due diligence to understand customers' priorities and strategies and connect them to Microsoft.
Planned programs, built on network and industry experience to connect customers with ideas, people, and resources to support new customer opportunities. Proactively identified gaps and collaborated with stakeholders to drive new solutions through the communication of financial value.
Enhanced customer connections and developed new opportunities and collaborated with HR for recruitment, expanding the workforce by 15%. Improved team collaboration, raising productivity by 15%.
Orchestrated MTI contract negotiations, realizing savings and supervised Reliability Engineering projects across multiple locations.
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Strategically developing leadership and expertise in various domains, I drive success in global program management and international engineering management. By blending a comprehensive understanding of business with technical profundity, unify diverse organizational components to boost productivity and foster profitable revenue growth.
Managed $80M Radar Engineering projects for the US Department of Energy.
Directed product strategy, delivering projects for the DOE with a 25% efficiency gain.
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Led and managed department responsibilities which included program management of multiple, complex drilling installations and services programs of over $450M.
Represented the Company to primary stakeholders through the negotiation, management, and delivery of all program requirements.
Education
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, Cambridge MA
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Y-Combinator 2023
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Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, 2020 - 2020
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Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA, 2020 - 2020
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MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Cambridge, MA
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Norwich University, Northfield, VT. 2013 - 2015
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Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA., 2007 - 2008
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University of Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK, 2004 - 2006
Professional Licenses
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License #: 630059 by Engineering Council, UK.
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers, (IMechE) License #: 80072067.
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License #: 8047613 by Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).
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License #: 1936200 by Project Management Institute, (PMI).
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License# 29931896, MN#: 5697, EMPC.
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Honeywell International.
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AAPM.
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AAPM.
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