The Principal
20+ years operating at the intersection of technology strategy, organizational scale, and business transformation, now expanding into AI Strategy, Chief Marketing, and Chief Growth Officer practice, brought to bear for a select group of leaders ready to build something that lasts.
Work With Michael
Michael Prevo
Founder & Principal Advisor — Quotable Canvas
Career Timeline
1994 – 2001
Founder & Principal Consultant
Infinite System Solutions
2001 – 2024
VP, Global Technology — Application Services
Universal Music Group
2024
Agentic AI Bootcamp
DataScienceDojo & University of New Mexico
2024–2025
Engineering Manager AI Up-Skill Program
Interview Kickstart
Expected July 2026
AI Assisted Consultant Certification — In Progress
Industry Rockstar
Expected Aug 2026
AI Strategy, CMO & CGO Certification — In Progress
Industry Rockstar
2026
Founder & Principal Advisor
Quotable Canvas
The Story
I spent more than two decades inside one of the world's most complex entertainment organizations. As VP of Global Technology – Application Services at Universal Music Group, I was responsible for the enterprise technology strategy and execution across multiple countries, leading a 200+-person organization spanning applications, QA, delivery, support, and operations.
That work demanded something most advisory engagements never require: full accountability for the outcome, not just the recommendation. When the strategy didn't execute, I was in the room. When the migration broke, I owned the fix. When the M&A integration had to hold during the EMI and Polygram acquisitions, my team delivered.
I built governance frameworks that improved delivery velocity. I directed global SaaS implementations across Salesforce, DocuSign, etc. I stood up automation programs using UiPath and Power Automate. I led build-versus-buy evaluations, established cloud modernization roadmaps, and maintained SOX, GDPR, and enterprise security compliance, all simultaneously, for years at a time.
Before UMG, I founded Infinite System Solutions, delivering strategic technology consulting and end-to-end implementation across entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, and marketing. That founding instinct never left. The ability to move between entrepreneurial agility and enterprise discipline is what makes Quotable Canvas different.
Today that experience is expanding deliberately into marketing and growth leadership. Through AI Strategy, AI-Assisted Chief Marketing, and Chief Growth Officer training, I'm formalizing what two decades in the room already taught me: positioning, message, and growth systems are not creative extras. They are strategic infrastructure, engineered with the same rigor as any technology roadmap.
Now I bring all of that, the scale, the scars, the systems thinking, and a Chief Marketing/Chief Growth Officer's eye for what actually moves revenue, to a focused set of leaders and organizations who are serious about building something with real precision and intention.
What I Believe
These aren't positioning statements. They're the operating principles behind every engagement, shaped by 30 years of building, failing, fixing, and scaling.
01
"Business should create freedom, not friction."
If your business requires constant heroics to function, it isn't a business yet. It's a job with overhead. The goal is to design the friction out.
02
"Vision without execution is noise."
Strategy that doesn't become a working plan, with owners, milestones, and accountability, isn't strategy. It's a conversation that needs to happen again next quarter.
Areas of Expertise
Credentials & Development
Certification — In Progress
AI Assisted Consultant Certification — Industry Rockstar (Expected July 2026)
Certification — In Progress
AI Strategy, Chief Marketing & Chief Growth Officer Certification — Industry Rockstar (Expected August 2026)
Completed 2025
Agentic AI Bootcamp — DataScienceDojo & University of New Mexico
Completed 2024
Engineering Manager AI Up-Skill Program — Interview Kickstart
Certification — In Progress
Cybersecurity Certification
Education
BS, Business Administration — University of Phoenix
Education
Computer Science Certification — Coleman College
Professional Membership
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP-LA)
Whether the challenge is technology, strategy, brand, or growth, Quotable Canvas takes a limited number of engagements per year. If your challenge is real and your commitment to solving it is genuine, let's find out if we're the right fit.