AI Transformation · Advisory & Keynotes

Reinventing the legacy company in the age of AI.

MELLEORISE helps leaders of established companies turn decades of domain knowledge, customer relationships and proprietary data into AI-native advantage — through advisory, workshops, board briefings and keynotes that move people to act.

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Built inside companies the world uses every day: GoogleTomTom25+ years in product & operations
Ways to work together

From the stage to the strategy room.

Four ways we help established companies move first with what only they know — pick the one that matches where you are.

Most requested
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Keynotes & talks

A 25-to-45-minute keynote on reinventing the established company for the age of AI — built for C-suite and industry audiences, grounded in operating reality, not slideware. Energising, honest, specific.

Conferences · leadership offsites · customer events
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AI transformation advisory

Ongoing counsel for leaders rewiring their organisation: where to start, what to stop, how to design an AI-native operating model, and how to turn a proprietary-data advantage into products buyers will pay for.

CEOs · CPOs · transformation leads
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Clean-room sprints & workshops

A hands-on working session to pick one workflow that matters and rebuild it AI-native — isolated from legacy, measured honestly. Teams leave with a real prototype direction, not a list of pilots.

Product & ops teams · innovation units
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Board & exec briefings

A focused private session for boards and leadership teams: the state of play, the real competitive threat, and the few decisions that actually matter this year — tailored to your industry.

Boards · executive committees
Keynotes

A talk that leaves the room with a decision, not a vibe.

Signature keynote

Reinventing the Legacy Company in the Age of AI

An operator's case — not a consultant's framework — for why established companies hold the strongest hand in this shift, and the discipline that turns it into product. Delivered first-person, from inside a real transformation.

  • Why the moment is urgent — and why waiting is an active, losing decision.
  • Why your legacy is the only moat that compounds when AI makes technology cheap.
  • The method: ask a sharper question, build in a clean room, compile your knowledge for AI.
  • An honest ledger of what works, what fails, and where to start on Monday.

Speaking topics

Legacy advantage AI-native operating models Compiling knowledge for AI The clean-room method Agentic transformation

Recent & upcoming

  • Drive Europe — keynote2026
  • Available for events worldwide2026–27
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“The companies that win this are not the fastest. They are the ones that move first with what only they know.”
The through-line of the keynote
The approach

Four principles we bring to every engagement.

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Legacy is the asset, not the liability

AI commoditises the technology layer. Domain knowledge, operational depth, customer trust and proprietary data are exactly what stays scarce — we help you deploy them before someone builds “good enough” without you.

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Don't sprinkle — rebuild in a clean room

Layering AI onto today's processes optimises a shape you should be redrawing. We pick one workflow that matters and rebuild it AI-native, isolated from legacy, measured honestly.

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Connect your knowledge, then compile it

Connectors get you access; they don't get you compiled knowledge. When tokens are the currency, human-shaped documents are bloat. The real work is turning your knowledge into a dense, AI-native form.

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Stage honestly, with people in mind

Name what's shipping, what's mid-flight, and what's a bet. Design the change with compassion for the people in transition — resistance without it costs more than the change itself.

About MELLEORISE

A two-founder practice with the scars to back the slides.

We've built product and operations inside companies the world uses every day — and we now help established organisations make the same leap to AI-native.

Leo

Leo

Co-Founder · Product & AI Transformation

Leo pairs a decade at Google with senior product leadership in European tech — today as a chief product officer rewiring a 35-year-old public company from the inside. He speaks and advises on turning legacy strength into AI-native advantage.

  • 10 years at Google — product development & strategy
  • VP / Chief Product roles in European tech, including TomTom
  • Leading an AI transformation inside an established public company
  • Keynote speaker on AI & the future of legacy organisations
Mellie

Mellie

Co-Founder · Operations & AI-Native Delivery

Mellie brings 15 years at Google in support operations and program management. She focuses on the half of transformation most decks skip: redesigning operating models and bringing teams through change without breaking what works.

  • 15 years at Google — support & program management
  • Designs scalable, AI-native operating models
  • Leads complex cross-functional change programs
  • Operational excellence & process redesign
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Bring the talk — or the transformation — to your team.

Whether you're booking a keynote, briefing a board, or rebuilding a workflow AI-native, let's talk about what moving first looks like for you.

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