Megan C. Starkey

Megan Starkey is an enterprise AI transformation executive and growth leader who builds the complete architecture required to operationalize AI as a core business capability — not just the technology, but the leadership, operating models, and governance that determine whether AI initiatives produce results or stall. A "bilingual" executive fluent in both technology and business, she operates as the bridge between engineering and the boardroom, with $1B in documented impact across 25+ engagements spanning financial services, CPG, industrial manufacturing, SaaS, and technology. She has led organizations through every major technology wave of the past two decades, from the early internet and digital advertising, through big data and cloud, to artificial intelligence.

Today she leads RBD Co., an enterprise AI advisory where a bench of 10 senior consultants delivers AI enablement, use case evaluation, operational integration, and organizational change at scale. Her core premise is that AI is an organizational evolution, not a technology deployment — and that building capability across four dimensions (technology, people, operations, and governance) is what separates AI programs that scale from those that don't.

At a $4 billion global insurer, her team increased leadership confidence from 19% to 89%, expanded campaign ideation from 2 to 24 per year, accelerated governance from 6 months to 48 hours, and achieved 3x workforce productivity. Previously, as Acting Director at Thrivent ($198B AUM), she directed a $24 million paid media budget and delivered 138% year-over-year revenue growth.

Her proprietary frameworks include the Starkey Model™ for use case prioritization (40+ Fortune 1000 evaluations), the Intelligence Method (four-band transformation architecture), and the Dynamic Weighting Engine (patent pending), a NIST SP 1270-compliant data unification technology.

How others describe their work

• Builder of holistic AI capability across technology, people, operations, and governance — not technology implementation alone.
• A "bilingual" executive bridging engineering and the boardroom.
• Developer of the Starkey Model™ and the Intelligence Method for enterprise AI transformation.
• Author and researcher with Fortune 100 executive readership.
• Executive coach who builds AI fluency from the C-suite through legal and operations teams.