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NAVY SAILOR · ALLIANCE BUILDER · AI ENTHUSIAST

Tanner Picard.

Falling the whole way up — building 0→1 motions, forging alliances,
and figuring it out as I go. Extremely thankful and fortunate.

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$395M+ Pipeline Generated
$133M+ Revenue Influenced
1,000+ Customer Interviews
USN ⚓ Seasoned Shellback 🐚

Who I Am

TP
Certifications
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2025
  • Oracle Cloud AI Foundations 2025
  • Oracle Fusion ERP Associate 2025
  • Oracle Fusion CX Associate 2025
  • Oracle Fusion AI Agent Studio Associate 2025
Education
  • B.A. Mass Communication — Texas Tech University

I'm a hard-working, empathetic, curious, and self-aware Navy vet who's been "falling the whole way up" ever since I stepped off the USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka, Japan. I'm a great number two who's actively learning how to be a great number one — and I'm not embarrassed to say that out loud.

My superpower is stepping into rooms I wasn't supposed to be in yet, figuring it out, and building structure where there wasn't any. I've built alliance motions from zero, launched 130+ node n8n automations that saved teams hundreds of hours, and talked to over 1,000 customers trying to solve a problem I believed in.

I YouTube everything. I ask questions others are too afraid to ask. And I genuinely care — about the work, the people around me, and leaving things better than I found them.

Business Development Alliance Management ISV / Ecosystem 0→1 Motions AI Workflow Automation n8n Automation GTM Strategy Cloud Marketplaces Co-sell Programs Partner-led Revenue Strategic Project Lead

Where I've Been

PricewaterhouseCoopers Mar 2025 – Present · Lubbock, TX
Alliance Manager
  • Built a cloud alliance business development motion from zero — expanded ERP-led pursuits into OCI, data platform, and AI opportunities tied to customer KPIs across multiple industries
  • Generated $395M+ pipeline and influenced $133M+ revenue by driving discovery, stakeholder mapping, value-case development, and weekly execution cadence across sales, solution, legal, and Oracle partner teams
  • Drove cross-functional pursuit management by bringing structure, accountability, and decision support to complex, multi-stakeholder deals with compressed timelines
⚡ AI Projects
Built a 131-node n8n meeting-to-action pipeline (audio → transcript → structured JSON → decisions, owners, action items → Drive + Airtable) and a 122-node autonomous content engine that turns trending posts into fully produced, captioned videos published across 10 channels.
Kovu LLC Sept 2024 – Jan 2026 · Lubbock, TX Founder
Founder — GenAI Mobile App
  • Founded an AI-assisted mobile app for small business resellers — computer vision and LLM-powered pricing to streamline bulk product lookup and inventory workflows at scale
  • Conducted direct discovery with 1,000+ estate sale and resale businesses to validate pain points, refine solution scope, and pressure-test pricing assumptions against TAM
  • Applied zero-to-one product discipline — founder-led customer research, rapid prototyping, and continuous user feedback loops to evaluate product-market fit
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WEKA Inc. Jun 2023 – Nov 2024 · Campbell, CA (Remote)
Global Alliance Manager, Strategic Cloud Partners
  • Exceeded annual quota by 200%, generating $3.5M net-new ARR through hyperscaler alliance GTM execution
  • Closed $1M+ marketplace transactions across GCP and OCI — including OCI's first-ever marketplace deal, renewal, and expansion
  • Grew OCI customer base revenue by 600% and GCP logos by 367%, including new AI-focused and blue-chip enterprise accounts
  • Led WEKA's participation in Carahsoft's exclusive early-launch federal marketplace cohort for ISVs on GCP
⚡ AI Project
Built an AI-enabled LinkedIn social selling workflow that automated prospect identification, content personalization, and outreach sequencing — reducing manual BD effort by hundreds of hours and increasing cloud-sourced lead generation by 400%+.
Oracle Inc. Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · Austin, TX
Business Development & Strategy
  • Built GTM plans and co-sell motions with ISV partners and internal product teams to expand Oracle's Cloud Native footprint
  • Increased ARM-based cloud consumption by 390% MoM through joint strategy with Ampere and enablement of 200+ reps
  • Shortened sales cycles by building a low-code sales asset repository and customer success reference library used by 200+ sellers
  • Led early-stage development of SalesProphet, an AI-powered internal tool that identified high-potential greenfield accounts, improving pipeline velocity and seller efficiency
Oracle Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 · Austin, TX
Business Development Consultant
  • Surpassed quarterly sales targets by 147% through data-backed prospecting and consultative selling
  • Earned FY22 Q2 MVP recognition in North America Cloud Venture
  • Launched Biz Dev & Coffee — a cross-functional program improving collaboration, territory planning, and account-based execution
United States Navy — Active Duty 2011 – 2015 · USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), Yokosuka, Japan
Flight Deck Hose Team Leader · Work-Center Supervisor · Culinary Specialist

Where I learned discipline, accountability, and how to stay calm when everything is on fire. Literally.

Things I Built

AI Workflow · PwC
Audio Debrief

131-node n8n workflow: monitors Google Drive for meeting recordings → ElevenLabs STT transcription (FFmpeg chunking for large files + async webhook callbacks) → GPT-4o structured JSON processing → decisions, owners, action items, open questions → Drive distribution + full Airtable session tracking. Process locking, retry queues, multi-path error handling.

131n8n Nodes
0→1Built from Scratch
n8nElevenLabs STTGPT-4oAirtableFFmpeg
AI Workflow · PwC + WEKA
Content Autopilot

122-node n8n pipeline: scrapes trending X posts → GPT-4o research & script generation → ElevenLabs TTS voiceover → HeyGen avatar video → FFmpeg compositing (video + voice + music + .ass captions) → publishes to 10 channels via Blotato. Airtable CMS with dedup & scheduling.

400%+Lead Gen Increase
122n8n Nodes
n8nHeyGenElevenLabsFFmpegBlotato
GenAI Mobile App
Kovu App

AI-assisted mobile app for small business resellers — computer vision and LLM-powered pricing to streamline bulk product lookup, pricing, and inventory workflows at scale.

1,000+Businesses Discovered
0→1Built from Nothing
GenAIMobileB2BComputer Vision

See It Work

Audio Debrief — Full Walkthrough
Content Autopilot — Full Walkthrough

The One That Didn't Make It

Kovu LLC
Sept 2024 – Jan 2026
Failed. Worth it.
What it was

Kovu was a GenAI mobile app built for the estate sale and resale world. The pitch was simple: Google Lens at scale, with accurate pricing. Small business resellers were losing money pricing things manually. I thought AI could fix that.

What I actually did

Talked to over 1,000 real businesses. Validated the pain. Designed the product. Built the 0→1 motion. Learned what product-market fit actually means when you're the one trying to find it — not reading about it in a blog post.

Why it didn't work

A mix of market timing, resource constraints, and the honest reality that being a great number two doesn't automatically make you a great number one. I was learning to lead while trying to build. That's hard. I don't regret it for a second.

What I kept

Founder-level empathy. Deep respect for anyone who builds something. A real understanding of what discovery, market validation, and zero-to-one product strategy feel like when the stakes are yours. I wouldn't trade it.

Hire Me

Available for contract work, advisory roles, and strategic collaborations. AI, business development, alliance/ecosystem building, or a project that needs a great number two — I'm in.

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Alliance / ISV / Ecosystem Leader
Cloud marketplaces, co-sell motions, partner GTM. I've built this from zero more than once.
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AI Workflow Architect
Production n8n automations, meeting-to-action pipelines, autonomous content engines, AI-powered social selling systems.
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Business Development
Strategy, GTM, partner-sourced pipeline, and the messy early-stage work nobody else wants to do.
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Strategic Project Lead
Drop me into ambiguous situations. I'll bring structure, accountability, and execution.