INDEPENDENT ADVISORY · FORESIGHT, PRODUCT STRATEGY & INNOVATION
I help founders, CEOs, innovation and product leaders identify new growth opportunities, shape products and business models, and decide where to invest.
Bring me in when an opportunity crosses markets, technologies or business functions—and your team needs a clear way forward. As your strategic sparring partner, I connect the pieces, challenge assumptions and help turn them into decisions.
Discuss your challenge
01 / Where I can help
Where could our next business come from?
Connect changing customer needs, emerging technologies and your business’s strengths to identify promising directions.
What you take awayPrioritised opportunities and a clear direction to explore.
What could we offer—and why would customers choose it?
Turn an opportunity into a product, platform or business model with a clear reason to exist.
What you take awayA product or business model concept with a clear customer benefit.
What is worth committing to?
Test the assumptions that matter and use the evidence to decide what to pursue, change or stop.
What you take awayEvidence to pursue, change or stop an investment.
02 / How we work together
We clarify the business question and the decision you need to make.
We agree the work, deliverables, timing and fee before starting.
You leave with a direction to explore, a concept to develop or evidence for an investment decision.
You can engage me as a strategic sparring partner on a specific decision, topic or project, or as a fractional or interim Chief Product Officer or Chief Innovation Officer. We agree on the role, scope, expected outcomes, time commitment and fee before we begin. Engagements range from a single advisory session or focused project to a part-time or full-time assignment for a defined period. I work within your leadership team and take responsibility for agreed product or innovation priorities.
03 / Industry experience
15 years of experience in industrial technology and MedTech, spanning customer discovery, product and portfolio strategy, development, commercialization and adoption. I connect customer needs, technologies and business models to turn complex opportunities into clear product and investment decisions.
Industrial technology
Construction, quarrying and landscaping—from machine and fleet workflows to connected equipment, charging and energy infrastructure.
Customer discovery, workflow observation and technology exploration to identify opportunities and validate business-model assumptions.
Product priorities, TCO and pricing, investment decision support, go-to-market planning and global product launches.
MedTech
Endodontics, implantology and digital dentistry—bringing devices, software and digital workflows together around clinical needs.
Product vision, roadmaps, lifecycle ownership and development across connected hardware–software platforms in regulated environments.
Global product launches and regional commercialization of scanners, CAD/CAM, 3D printing and integrated clinical workflows.
Caterpillar
I tested customer workflows and business-model assumptions to inform pricing and investment decisions.
Business Model & Product Strategy Leader – Europe
Electric machines depend on charging, energy availability, site workflows and operating economics. The opportunity had to be understood across that entire system.
I led customer assessments and proofs of concept, developed integrated business model blueprints and used total cost of ownership scenarios to inform product and commercial choices.
The work informed pricing and multi-million-euro investment decisions. Testing invalidated critical assumptions and helped prevent misallocated investment.
Dentsply Sirona
I led a $2M development programme from concept to launch within a $30M annual revenue portfolio.
Digital Product Transformation Leader in Endodontics – Global
A connected hardware–software platform needed to bring clinical workflows, engineering, regulatory requirements and commercial priorities together.
I owned product vision and lifecycle within a portfolio generating approximately $30M in annual revenue, and led a $2M development programme from concept to launch.
The launch generated $1.5M in incremental revenue within the first six months, supported by coordinated execution across engineering, UX, marketing and sales.
Straumann
I aligned customer workflows, product strategy and commercial teams across Western Europe.
Western Europe Digital Growth Champion
I connected scanners, CAD/CAM and 3D printing into integrated digital workflows, aligned regional customer needs with product strategy, and coordinated cross-functional commercial execution across Western Europe.
04 / My approach
I look beyond individual products, technologies, and markets to understand how they connect, influence one another, and create opportunities others may overlook.
I explore how these connections could evolve across different plausible futures, helping you challenge assumptions and decide what to build next.
I developed I2I to connect exploration with execution: understand what is changing, identify where your business can create value, and test what deserves investment.
We start with your question and work alongside your team. I2I provides structure; the scope adapts to your decision and existing process.
Explore the I2I framework PDF ↗
05 / About Patrick
My background spans product strategy, innovation and business development across industrial technology and MedTech. I’m at my best when customer needs, technology and business ambition need to be understood together.
Based in Buchillon, Switzerland.
Working in English, French and German.
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Tell me what you’re considering and what you need to decide. We’ll start with a conversation about where an outside perspective could help.
patrick@patrickfrank.co078 638 96 72