Benjamin Hinson-Ekong

🚀 Head of GTM AI & Technology | Enterprise Product Vision & Agentic Strategy | AI Commercialization & Operations | Advisor to C-Suite & Boards | Bridging Technical Complexity & Business Value

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Bridge Partners Consultingex-WPPex-Quigley

I help organizations turn AI from isolated experiments into scalable business

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As Head of GTM AI & Technology at Bridge Partners, I focus on the intersection of AI commercialization, operating model design, governance, and delivery execution, helping organizations identify where AI creates value and building the systems required to realize it at My work spans strategy, commercialization, operations, delivery, and technology. On any given day I may be designing AI team structures and delivery models, partnering with sales teams to win new business, scoping newly won opportunities and building the cross-functional teams required to deliver them, building pricing and commercialization frameworks, advising executives on AI investments, creating seller enablement programs, driving enterprise AI adoption, working with IT to evaluate and onboard new technology capabilities, building agentic solutions alongside developers, or establishing the governance, certification pathways, and operating standards required to scale AI across an Over the course of my career, I have been asked to solve problems that do not yet have playbooks: launching new capabilities, designing new operating models, establishing governance frameworks, building enterprise platforms, and helping leadership teams navigate periods of technological and organizational Increasingly, my work extends beyond AI solutions into AI organizations. I help companies design the teams, roles, governance structures, delivery frameworks, commercialization approaches, and operating models required to make AI a sustainable business capability. This often means defining how strategy, sales, solutioning, engineering, and delivery functions work together to move AI from experimentation into enterprise-scale Areas of focus:• AI strategy and investment prioritization• Commercialization, pricing, and go-to-market design• AI operating models and governance• Solution architecture and delivery frameworks• Organizational transformation and adoption• Agentic and autonomous systemsI operate between business strategy and technical execution, helping organizations move beyond pilots and proof-of-concepts to build repeatable, measurable AI capabilities that create lasting competitive I don't optimize for the status quo. I build the systems, capabilities, and operating models that define what comes next.

Career Timeline

GTM Index

  1. APPLIED INNOVATION LABJOB
    1. Founder & Lead AI Strategist
      2Y
  2. BRIDGE PARTNERS CONSULTINGJOB
    1. Head of GTM AI & Technology
      7M
  3. QUIGLEYJOB
    1. Senior Dir, Strategy and A…
      1Y 6M
  4. MERKLEJOB
    1. Dir, Solutions & Analytics
      1Y 6M
  5. IQUANTI,JOB
    1. Dir, Strategy & Data Science
      1Y 9M
  6. HS AD NORTH AMERICAJOB
    1. Associate Dir, CRM Analyti…
      1Y 3M
  7. BANK OF AMERICAJOB
    1. Social Listening & Researc…
      1Y 2M
  8. ICROSSINGJOB
    1. Associate Dir, Digital Med…
      6M
  9. MERKLEY + PARTNERSJOB
    1. Senior Mgr, Strategy and B…
      1Y 5M
  10. WPPJOB
    1. Mgr, Analytics and Digital…
      2Y 6M

Time in market 16YOpen 2Closed 8Stints 10

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  1. Job: WPP — Manager, Analytics and Digital Strategy · 2010-08 – 2013-02
  2. Job: Applied Innovation Lab — Founder & Lead AI Strategist · 2024-08 – present
  3. Job: Quigley — Senior Director, Strategy and Analytics · 2023-01 – 2024-07
  4. Job: iCrossing — Associate Director, Digital Media Strategy · 2014-09 – 2015-03
  5. Job: HS Ad North America — Associate Director, CRM Analytics & Data Strategy · 2017-09 – 2018-12
  6. Job: Merkley + Partners — Senior Manager, Strategy and Business Intelligence · 2013-04 – 2014-09
  7. Job: Merkle — Director, Solutions & Analytics · 2021-05 – 2022-11
  8. Job: iQuanti, Inc. — Director, Strategy & Data Science · 2019-02 – 2020-11
  9. Job: Bridge Partners Consulting — Head of GTM AI & Technology | AI Commercialization & Operations · 2026-01 – present
  10. Job: Bank of America — Social Listening & Research Analyst (Contract) · 2015-10 – 2016-12

Skills

MakeCross Functional LeadershipStrategic StorytellingAI StrategyVertex AIGoogle Gemini EnterpriseApplication DevelopmentB2B Marketing StrategyMulti-agent SystemsAI Operating Models & GovernanceEnterprise AI Strategy & TransformationAI Commercialization & OperationsAI Governance & Responsible AIAI Product Strategy & CommercializationAI Strategy & Enterprise TransformationEnterprise AI Architecture & PlatformsAgentic AI Systems & Multi-Agent OrchestrationGenerative AI & LLM ApplicationsCommercial Real Estate AnalysisAmazon Web Services (AWS)Go-To-Market Strategy & New Business Development

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