Gavin Wassung, AI Strategy & Product Innovation Advisor

I’m a strategic advisor and educator who spends his career doing one thing: making the complex simple.

For nearly two decades, I’ve advised leaders at the world’s largest banking, finance and insurace companies, guiding them where to play and how to win, then building the capabilities and solutions that get them there.

Outside of work, I keep bees, grow and make my own wines, and practice karate.

I live in New York with my wife and son.

My focus

As a specialist, my focus includes:

• AI strategy for growth industries: translating AI ambition into executive-ready narrative, governance-aware roadmaps, and funded initiatives that align to enterprise goals
• Product & innovation strategy: 0-to-1 product and capability development, portfolio strategy, and go-to-market for banking, payments, and insurance
• Enterprise transformation: guiding legacy institutions through modernization without losing what makes them trusted
• Human-centered AI-infused design: innovation with the customer at the center of every decision
• Board and C-suite-level advisory: translating ambiguous strategic questions into clear, executable action

My results

• Shaped an executive-ready AI strategy narrative, messaging, and prioritized roadmap for a Fortune 100 financial services client aligning AI initiatives to enterprise goals and securing $10M in funding
• Delivered product strategy and roadmap for a major colleague technology experience program, driving a 4x improvement in transactional NPS (tNPS)
• Led product strategy and go-to-market for a wealth management company ahead of its $2B acquisition
• Reimagined marketing and customer experience for a global airline emerging from Chapter 11, contributing to a record $360M profit
• Drove post-M&A B2B marketing strategy for a digital health company, achieving 18% YoY growth
• Built and scaled a boutique strategy consultancy practice from $0 to $1M+ revenue in two years, as P&L owner leading teams of 2–10 senior consultants

My Experience

I’m a strategic advisor with Tredence, guiding super regional banks and Fortune 100 insurance and payments companies combining markets insights, AI strategy, capability and solution development and operational discipline to turn ambition into reality.

As an educator, I teach Digital Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Columbia University.

I’m proudly serving on the board of Habitat for Humanity in Dutchess County.

And I’m also part of Person.

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