The Principal

Enterprise Depth.
Entrepreneurial
Instinct.

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, Quotable Canvas

Michael Prevo

Founder & Principal Advisor — Quotable Canvas

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 Gap Between Strategy and Execution
Is Where Most Organizations Lose

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.

The Convictions That Shape the Work

These aren't positioning statements. They're the operating principles behind every engagement, shaped by 30 years of building, failing, fixing, and scaling.

Core

"Complexity is not the enemy. Unmanaged complexity is."

Every organization accumulates complexity. The leaders who win are the ones who build systems to manage it, not the ones who try to eliminate it.

Core

"AI should create leverage, not confusion."

The most durable AI implementations keep humans in the loop where judgment matters, and automate ruthlessly everywhere it doesn't.

Core

"Discipline creates freedom."

Operating rigor isn't bureaucracy. When the systems are right, leaders get their attention back, and can spend it on the work that actually requires them.

Core

"Brand is strategic infrastructure, not decoration."

Clarity of positioning reduces the cost of every sales conversation, every hiring decision, and every strategic pivot. It pays compounding returns.

Core

"Growth is engineered, not guessed."

A Chief Marketing and Chief Growth Officer's job is to find the actual bottleneck, whether it's acquisition, conversion, retention, or message, and build the system that fixes it. Campaigns are the output, not the strategy.

A compass at the center of six linked medallions, each engraved with an icon representing one of the core convictions: complexity, AI and judgment, discipline, brand, growth, and systems

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.

Where the Experience Lives

Technology & Modernization

Enterprise technology strategy & architecture alignment
Cloud modernization (AWS) & platform consolidation
AI & intelligent automation (UiPath, Power Automate)
Agentic AI & orchestration model design
Enterprise SaaS implementation & integration (Workday, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Concur, DocuSign)
API-driven workflows & enterprise interoperability
Build-vs-buy evaluation & vendor governance
Security, SOX, GDPR compliance & operational trust

Strategy, Operations & Leadership

Enterprise strategy definition & execution alignment
PMO leadership & delivery governance frameworks
Agile & SAFe operating model adoption
KPI design, reporting & operational intelligence
M&A technology integration (EMI, Polygram)
Global organizational leadership (200+ person teams)
Cross-functional stakeholder alignment
Brand strategy, positioning & market clarity
Growth engineering & the Architect–Revenue–Create framework
Fractional Chief Marketing & Chief Growth Officer advisory
Customer lifetime value & retention strategy
AEO/GEO content strategy for generative search visibility

Always Learning Forward

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)

Ready to Put This Experience to Work?

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.