WHERE PLATFORM
STRATEGY MEETS
REALITY.

Peter ‘Pete G’ Grzybowski

Enterprise Applications & Platform Leader • Adviser • Writer

I work across the full lifecycle of enterprise applications, from strategy and platform selection through delivery, operations and vendor governance.

I run platforms like products, not projects. That means owning the roadmap and caring whether people actually use the thing once it’s live.

Over 20+ years across corporate, scale-up and not-for-profit environments, I’ve learned what actually works once the project ends and the platform has to operate in the real world.

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20+
Years

Enterprise & startup experience

Full
Lifecycle

Strategy • Delivery • Operations

Active
Practitioner

Still in the seat. Operating at scale.

Who I work with

Different contexts. The same need for better platform decisions.

Enterprise

Selecting and operating enterprise platforms.

Vendors

Pressure-testing big deals before they reach the buyer, including overseas vendors entering Australia.

Scale-ups

Making platform decisions before complexity grows.

Smaller businesses

Making platform purchases and renewals without an IT or procurement team.

SCALE & CONTEXT
10+

years in technical leadership

55,000+

employees supported at enterprise scale

33

countries across enterprise platforms

4

countries with distributed teams managed

3

operating contexts: enterprise, scale-up, NFP

2

coffees on a typical day

Why work with me

Practical experience. Clear thinking. Real outcomes.

Still in the seat

I’m still leading, delivering and operating at scale.

Across the full lifecycle

I work from strategy and selection through delivery to operations.

Enterprise + start-up perspective

I bring experience across large organisations, NFP and start-ups.

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Platform strategy, vendors and operations.

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Selected experience

A snapshot of where I’ve made an impact.

Aruma
Aruma

Product Line Manager

Strategy, Delivery, Operations

ANZ
ANZ

Technology Manager / Product Owner

Leadership, Strategy, Delivery, Operations

digimoto
digimoto

Adviser

Product Strategy, Platform Selection

Hatch Quarter
Hatch Quarter

Expert + Mentor

Digital Products, Growth

Evolt
Evolt

Digital Lead / Adviser

Product, Strategy, Commercial

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Start-ups supported

Evolt
Diversity Atlas
Divtal
Mucudu

Need a second opinion?

Big deal coming up, a platform decision, or a contract up for renewal?

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Advisory

Three fixed-scope offers, each built around a moment that matters.

The Deal Pressure
Test

Walk into the real meeting with an answer ready for the five objections your buyer will raise.

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Platform Second Opinion

Go into a renewal or a new platform deal knowing what to push back on, fix or negotiate first.

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Platform Leadership Lab

By session four, you’ll have had a hard platform conversation for real at work, and debriefed it with me.

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Writing / Ideas / Real-world lessons

Systems & Scale

Straight-talking insights on enterprise applications, platform leadership, vendor reality and what it takes to make systems work at scale.

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SAME
CHALLENGES.
A CLEARER
WAY FORWARD.

Still in the seat.
Available for a second perspective

Independent advice on big deals, platform decisions and renewals, from someone still running the platforms.

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A pragmatic, independent perspective from someone who has to operate the platform afterwards.
Strategy. Decisions. Real-world operations.
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