OakStone Partners

Situation

$15+ B high-tech company faced strategic shift in rules governing use of assets; decided to create a new business line to adapt to shift

New venture business leader was named, but staffing could not follow quickly enough

Had to orchestrate a key external conference with short lead time to attract a network of hardware and software partners

No plan in place for building the new business line in year 1

Actions Taken

Created a comprehensive work plan to build a new business from the ground up

Put OakStone team in place to serve as interim staff to prepare for conference and to execute the work plan

Orchestrated and project-managed the key hardware and software partner conference

Wrote the business plan for year 1

Wrote the staffing plan for year 1

Served as trusted advisor to help improve the success of the new business leader

Results

Conference attracted hundreds of hardware and software partners and was deemed very successful by the new Business Leader and CEO

Business plan was adopted by the new Business Leader and was successfully socialized with the parent organization

Staffing plan was implemented and the OakStone team orchestrated a successful transition of duties

New venture has already launched first devices within Year 1