Speaking & Education Services

Transform your organization's capabilities from within. We deliver engaging Keynotes for your all-hands or board, run C-level Group Coaching Cohorts, and design custom Analytics Academy programs to create a culture of data-driven excellence.

About Your Guide: Patrick Deglon, PhD

Patrick Deglon doesn't just analyze data; he sees it like a physicist. His journey began at CERN, where he spent 6 years in fundamental research, co-authoring 140 publications and earning his PhD in Particle Physics.

When he moved to the corporate world, he brought that unique perspective with him. At eBay, he invented a marketing methodology inspired by particle physics to solve a multi-year dispute over marketing attribution. At Motorola, he processed 500PB of data on BigQuery and saved the company eight figures. At Optum and Change Healthcare, he led global teams of over 250 people, building enterprise-wide analytics platforms and scaling data literacy programs for thousands of employees.

Today, as a "Scientist-Operator-Founder," he combines the rigor of a CERN physicist with the battle-tested experience of a Fortune 500 executive to help organizations build world-class data and AI capabilities.

What You'll Achieve

We build lasting capability from within through structured programs and powerful speaking engagements:

Organic AI Capability from Ground Up

Build lasting, organic AI capability and drive adoption from the ground up through an internal AI Champions Network

What I Offer: This is a structured Custom Corporate Program designed to identify and empower your internal evangelists. It's modeled on the successful, enterprise-wide "Analytics Culture Program" I personally launched and scaled at Change Healthcare to break silos and upskill the entire organization.

Tangible Deliverables:

• Champion identification framework
• 6-month enablement curriculum
• Internal showcase event template
• Adoption metrics dashboard

Data-First Company Culture

Transform your company culture into a data-first powerhouse through a Data Literacy & Analytics Academy

What I Offer: We will co-design and launch a scalable, self-service data skills program, drawing directly from the Analytics Literacy Program I championed at Change Healthcare. This program trains your team in everything from data fundamentals to advanced "ROI Storytelling".

Tangible Deliverables:

• Multi-level curriculum (beginner to advanced)
• Hands-on lab exercises
• Certification program design
• Train-the-trainer materials

Repeatable Venture Launch Engine

Create a systematic, repeatable engine for de-risking and launching new ventures through our Innovation Lab Setup framework

What I Offer: This engagement combines my R&D experience from CERN and my hands-on startup founder mindset (Blue Fermion Labs). We'll train your leaders as Innovation Sprint Facilitators, giving them the "Scientific Method for Business" framework to move from hypothesis to validated prototype systematically.

Tangible Deliverables:

• Innovation sprint playbook
• Hypothesis validation templates
• Venture governance framework
• Portfolio management system

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🎤 Keynote Speaking

Inspire and educate through engaging presentations

Bring world-class expertise to your event. From conference keynotes to executive briefings, we deliver insights that drive action.

Speaking Topics & Frameworks

"From CERN to C-Suite: A Physicist's Playbook for AI Strategy"

Perfect for: Executive conferences, board retreats
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Key Concepts Covered:

• How a Particle Physicist Solved eBay's Marketing: The story of "Mirror Analysis"
• The 3-Horizon Model for AI adoption
• AI Maturity Curve: Where you are, where to go
• Case studies from fundamental research to Fortune 500 wins

Takeaways:
✓ A proven framework for AI strategy
✓ Practical first steps for your organization
✓ Risk mitigation inspired by experimental science
✓ A powerful narrative to inspire your team

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"The "Single Source of Truth" Playbook: Lessons from an Enterprise-Wide Dashboard at Optum"

Perfect for: Operations leaders, IT conferences, transformation teams
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Key Concepts:

• The Unification Challenge: Lessons from the Optum/Change Healthcare merger
• Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric: Choosing your architecture
• Analytics Operating Model: Centralized, federated, or hybrid?
• Metrics That Matter: From vanity to value

Takeaways:
✓ A playbook for creating a single source of truth
✓ Organizational design templates for data teams
✓ Technology selection criteria for modern platforms
✓ A 90-day plan for achieving quick wins

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"From Petabytes to Zetabytes: Building at Unprecedented Scale"

Perfect for: Technical conferences, data engineering teams, cloud summits
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Key Concepts:

• The Half-Zetabyte Challenge: Lessons from processing 500PB at Motorola on BigQuery
• Scale Architecture Patterns: What works at petabyte vs. exabyte vs. zetabyte scale
• Cost Optimization at Scale: Managing millions in cloud spend efficiently
• Real-time vs. Batch: Trade-offs when every query costs thousands

Takeaways:
✓ Architecture patterns for massive scale
✓ Cost management strategies
✓ Performance optimization techniques
✓ Team structure for scale operations

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"From Fear to Flourishing: AI & The Future of Work"

Perfect for: All-hands meetings, HR conferences
Duration: 30-45 minutes
Key Concepts:

• Augmentation Over Automation: The 70/30 rule
• Skills Half-Life: What expires, what endures
• AI Pair Programming: Human + AI collaboration
• Reskilling Roadmap: From current to future state

Takeaways:
✓ Reduce AI anxiety
✓ Clear reskilling paths
✓ Collaboration frameworks
✓ Personal development plans

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"The Executive's Guide to Generative AI"

Perfect for: C-suite forums, board briefings
Duration: 60-90 minutes (includes Q&A)
Key Concepts:

• GenAI Business Models: Beyond chatbots
• Risk & Compliance Framework: The new requirements
• Competitive Intelligence: What leaders are really doing
• Investment Thesis: Build, buy, or partner?

Takeaways:
✓ Board-ready talking points
✓ Risk assessment framework
✓ Vendor evaluation criteria
✓ 18-month roadmap template

Speaking Formats & Investment

Virtual Presentations

Investment: $5,000–$10,000

• 45-60 minute presentation
• Interactive Q&A session
• Recording rights for internal use
• Follow-up resources packet

Domestic Events (US)

Investment: $10,000–$20,000 + travel

• Full keynote presentation
• Optional breakout session
• Book signing (if applicable)
• VIP dinner/reception participation

International Events

Investment: $15,000–$30,000 + travel

• Keynote presentation
• Workshop or masterclass option
• Media interviews
• Executive roundtable

Panel & Fireside Chats

Investment: $3,000–$7,500

• 30-45 minute discussion
• Prepared talking points
• Audience Q&A
• Social media amplification

What Makes Our Talks Different

Practitioner Perspective

• Real implementations, not theory
• Honest about what works (and doesn't)
• Technical depth when needed
• Business focus always

Actionable Insights

• Leave with frameworks to use Monday
• Templates and tools provided
• Clear next steps
• Follow-up resources

Engaging Delivery

• Stories from CERN to startups
• Interactive elements
• Visual frameworks
• Memorable analogies

Watch Patrick in Action

An event planner's #1 fear is a boring speaker. You have video proof that you are an experienced, engaging one.

Past Presentations & Slide Decks

• A Journey Towards Self-Service Analytics
• Analytics at Motorola Mobility
• Big Data Business Forum Presentation
• Holistic Analytics: From Big Bang to the New Economy

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🎓 Group Coaching Programs

Accelerate leadership development through peer learning

Transform your executives into AI-savvy leaders through structured cohort programs combining expert instruction, peer learning, and practical application.

Program Offerings

AI Leadership Accelerator

For C-Suite & Senior VPs
Master AI strategy and transformation leadership

Program Structure:

• Duration: 3 months (extendable to 6)
• Format: Monthly 2-hour virtual sessions
• Cohort Size: 5-10 executives
• Investment: $15,000/month for full cohort

Monthly Curriculum:

Month 1: Foundation & Strategy

• AI landscape and possibilities
• Building your AI strategy
• Investment prioritization framework
• Homework: Draft AI vision statement

Month 2: Organization & Governance

• Operating models for AI
• Ethics and responsible AI
• Risk management framework
• Homework: Design governance structure

Month 3: Execution & Measurement

• Change management for AI
• Success metrics and KPIs
• Communication strategies
• Homework: Create 90-day action plan

What's Included:

• Expert-led monthly sessions
• Private Slack community
• Session recordings
• Frameworks and templates
• 1:1 office hours (30 min/month)
• Certificate of completion

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Data Strategy Masterclass

For Directors & VPs
Build modern data capabilities and self-service analytics

Program Structure:

• Duration: 3 months
• Format: Bi-weekly 90-minute sessions
• Cohort Size: 8-15 participants
• Investment: $12,000/month for full cohort

Curriculum Highlights:

Weeks 1-2: Modern Data Architecture

• Cloud data platforms
• Data mesh vs. data fabric
• Build vs. buy decisions

Weeks 3-4: Analytics & Self-Service

• Self-service framework design
• Governance without gates
• Change management strategies

Weeks 5-6: Advanced Analytics & ML

• ML platform requirements
• MLOps and model governance
• Citizen data science enablement

Deliverables:

• Personal data strategy
• Team capability assessment
• Vendor evaluation checklist
• 90-day implementation plan

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Innovation Sprint Facilitator

For Innovation Leaders & Transformation Teams
Learn to run AI innovation sprints in your organization

Program Structure:

• Duration: 6 weeks intensive
• Format: Weekly 2-hour sessions + homework
• Cohort Size: 10-20 participants
• Investment: $8,000/month for full cohort

Week-by-Week Journey:

1. Design Thinking for AI: Problem framing, ideation
2. Rapid Prototyping: Low-code/no-code tools, MVPs
3. Business Case Development: ROI models, pitch decks
4. Stakeholder Management: Building buy-in, communication
5. Sprint Execution: Running your first sprint
6. Scale & Sustain: From pilot to production

You'll Leave With:

• Certified facilitator credential
• Complete sprint playbook
• Template library
• Tool recommendations
• Alumni network access

Custom Corporate Programs

While our Transformation Programs focus on building your technology, these programs focus on upskilling your people to create a lasting, data-driven culture.

The Analytics Literacy Academy

Build a self-service analytics culture based on a proven enterprise playbook.

What It Is: A workshop and curriculum based on the exact program I designed and scaled at Change Healthcare to upskill the entire enterprise. We go beyond dashboards to teach your teams how to think like analysts, tell stories with data, and drive business outcomes.

Typical Engagement:

• 50-200 participants
• 3-6 month program
• Mix of virtual and in-person
• Investment: $50k–$150k total

Curriculum Modules:

• Data Literacy Fundamentals
• SQL for Business Users
• Dashboard Design Principles
• Statistical Thinking for Business
• Storytelling with Data & ROI Analysis

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The Servant Leadership Pod

A coaching program for VPs and Directors on implementing the 'Pod-Based Agile Organization' and 'Servant Leadership' framework I used to manage 250+ people at Optum and Change Healthcare.

What It Is: A hands-on coaching program that transforms your management layer. We'll install a system of autonomous, pod-based teams and train your leaders to be coaches and enablers, not micromanagers.

Program Components:

• Pod structure design
• Servant leadership workshops
• Goal-setting with OKRs
• Playbook for running effective pod syncs
• Investment: $10k–$20k/month ongoing

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AI Champions Network

Create internal evangelists and a support system to drive AI adoption from the ground up.

Program Components:

• Monthly champion meetups
• Quarterly skill workshops
• Innovation challenges
• Best practice sharing
• Executive showcases

Investment: $5k–$10k/month ongoing

Why Group Coaching Works

Peer Learning Power

• Learn from others' challenges
• Build internal network
• Shared accountability
• Collective problem-solving

Practical Application

• Work on real problems
• Immediate implementation
• Measurable outcomes
• Quick wins focus

Expert Guidance

• Structured curriculum
• Proven frameworks
• Industry best practices
• Avoid common pitfalls

Sustained Change

• Beyond one-time training
• Community support
• Continuous reinforcement
• Long-term transformation

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What Leaders Say

"I like to remember Patrick as the Michael Jordan of analytics, because his talent is so unique that if you're lucky enough to meet this kind of people, your professional life changes forever."

— Analytics Leader, eBay

"Not only is Patrick one of the very best data scientists in the world, but he is also an amazing business leader and people manager with both amazing hard and soft skills."

— VP, Product Management, eBay

"He found innovative and effective ways to measure and predict the impact of our marketing campaigns using techniques normally reserved for high energy physics."

— Board Member & CTO (formerly at Microsoft, Google, Amazon)

"Patrick is one of the top Analytics minds at eBay. Over the years, he has developed a keen understanding of user behavior and value... I would work with him again if the opportunity present itself."

— Technical Product Executive & Angel Investor

"I worked side by side with Patrick for many years... He is an extremely sharp person, with the highest level of integrity and business acumen. Would love to work together again!"

— CFO, Vinted

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Proven Enterprise Impact

Anonymous case studies are for consultants. My track record is with world-class companies.

$10M in Data Warehouse Savings at Motorola Mobility

• Challenge: Spiraling data warehouse costs with unclear ROI.
• Action: Led an "analytics-on-analytics" initiative to identify low-value reports and high-cost users. Migrated the entire Hadoop cluster to Google BigQuery.
• Outcome: Saved $10M in data warehouse costs, reduced report generation time by 36 hours, and achieved a 25% monthly adoption rate for the new analytics platform.

Enterprise-Wide 'Single Pane of Glass' at Optum

• Challenge: During the complex Optum/Change Healthcare merger, executive leadership lacked a unified view of business performance.
• Action: Spearheaded the creation of a "Single Pane of Glass" (SPoG) dashboard, providing a single source of truth for the CEO and leadership team.
• Outcome: Enabled real-time, data-driven conversations at the executive level, ensuring strategic alignment and accountability during a critical transformation.

Solved Multi-Year Marketing Disputes at eBay

• Challenge: Endless disputes over paid search attribution and marketing ROI.
• Action: Designed and implemented a new Marketing Attribution Framework based on scientific, reproducible, experiment-based models.
• Outcome: Replaced years of debate with a trusted, data-driven system that provided a clear and accurate measure of marketing impact.

Scaled Analytics Culture at Change Healthcare

• Challenge: Pockets of analytics excellence existed, but a consistent data-driven culture was missing across the enterprise.
• Action: Launched a comprehensive, enterprise-wide "Analytics Culture Program" including literacy training, a business data catalog, and a self-service BI framework.
• Outcome: Broke down data silos, democratized analytics skills, and fostered a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization.

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Engagement Process

For Speaking Engagements

1. Initial Inquiry: Share event details and objectives
2. Topic Alignment: Customize content for your audience
3. Contract & Logistics: Speaker agreement and travel
4. Content Preview: Optional slide review
5. Event Delivery: Keynote + additional activities
6. Follow-up: Resources and feedback

For Group Coaching

1. Needs Assessment: Understand capability gaps
2. Program Design: Customize curriculum
3. Participant Selection: Identify cohort members
4. Kick-off Session: Set expectations and goals
5. Program Delivery: Regular sessions + support
6. Impact Measurement: Track outcomes and ROI

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Investment Summary

Speaking Engagements

Group Coaching Programs

What's Included

✅ Expert instruction and facilitation
✅ Program materials and templates
✅ Online community access
✅ Session recordings (coaching programs)
✅ Follow-up resources

What's Additional

➕ Travel and accommodation
➕ Custom content development
➕ Extended program duration
➕ Additional participants
➕ Certification programs

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Booking & Availability

Quick Links

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Available Resources

For Event Planners:

• Speaker one-sheet (PDF)
• High-resolution headshots
• Introduction scripts
• Technical requirements

For Participants:

• Presentation slides
• Framework templates
• Reading lists
• Follow-up materials

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"Patrick's keynote was the highlight of our summit. He made complex AI concepts accessible while providing frameworks we could implement immediately. Our leadership team is still referencing his talk six months later."
— Chief Learning Officer, Fortune 500 Financial Services