Turning technology into measurable performance.
Why transformations fail?
Strategy without grounding
Roadmaps with no business case. Budgets approved without ROI criteria. Ambitions that never translate into a costed trajectory.
Execution that drifts
Programs running at a severe loss for months before any alarm is raised. Budgets overrun, deadlines blown, objectives lost from sight.
lack of adoption
Powerful tools no one uses. The organization wasn't adapted. Unaddressed resistance, unresolved conflicts between business and IT.
Four ways to secure your transformation
Investment strategy and framing
Secure the ROI before launching execution. 360° diagnostic, quantified financial business cases, technology roadmaps with a costed investment trajectory. Regulatory compliance (EU AI Act, GDPR) built in from the design stage.
Execution and turnaround
Guarantee delivery, or rescue what has derailed. Direction of software, AI and ERP programs. International rollouts. A turnaround methodology (Rescue) forged over more than 15 years: flash diagnostic, delivery restructuring, contract negotiation, outcome-based steering.
Organizational transformation
Align people and structures with the technology. Process review, adoption programs at scale, resistance removal. Change management, negotiation and business mediation to unblock complex human situations.
Contractual and financial engineering
Secure the financial and contractual structures. Financial engineering of complex programs, supplier contract negotiation, multi-partner consortium structuring. A rare pillar in transformation consulting, grounded in tax law and applied economics.
Measured results, not promises
+29%: Development team productivity.
-32%: Support requests, through automation.
-30%: Time-to-market, through Agile transformation.
+25%: Employee engagement sustained through restructuring.
Several months: To break even on a program in severe loss.
Tens of €M: An SAP consortium structured and steered
Why us?
Entrepreneurs, not theorists.
Our founder created or co-founded 4 companies. When we talk about P&L or restructuring, it’s because we’ve done it for ourselves.
Triple expertise: tech, law, business.
An Executive Certificate in AI and Data Science (CentraleSupélec), a Master’s in Tax Law (Toulouse Capitole), a Master’s in Applied Economics (UCLouvain). Every recommendation integrates the regulatory, financial and organizational dimensions.
15+ years of C-level leadership
CEO, CPO, COO, program director: our people have always operated with direct accountability for P&L and results.
International coverage.
Many european countries in direct engagement. 3 continents in rollout coordination.
Structured nearshore and offshore models.
We can propose to support you in French, English or Dutch.
Olivier Carl, Founder and Transformation Director
Olivier Carl leads Okawai Consulting’s engagements. His career combines 25+ years in technology transformation and 15+ years in executive mandates (CEO, CPO, COO) across demanding international environments.
He has structured and rescued critical programs in finance, automotive, energy and HRIS. He has founded or co-founded 4 companies. He works within executive committees with direct accountability for results.
His training in AI and Data Science (CentraleSupélec), Tax Law (Toulouse Capitole) and Applied Economics (UCLouvain) lets him integrate the technical, legal and financial dimensions into every engagement.