Start a conversation Fractional CPO / CDO & Strategic Advisor
I help global brands modernize digital ecosystems, reduce operational TCO, and turn product strategy into measurable growth.
20 years at the intersection of product, technology, and growth.
Experience across
How we can work together
Choose the level of partnership your mandate requires - embedded leadership, focused advisory, or an executive room aligned around action.
For mid-market enterprises and PE/VC portfolio companies
Embedded executive leadership without the full-time cost or equity commitment. I direct product strategy, align engineering and marketing, and modernize the platform architecture beneath growth.
Executive roadmap execution, product team restructuring, and monthly board reporting.
For organizations entering a consequential transformation
Focused 4-8 week engagements for leaders navigating platform migration, vendor consolidation, or omnichannel expansion - with clarity on economics, sequencing, and risk.
Digital ecosystem audit, TCO reduction blueprint, and omnichannel revenue roadmap.
For leadership offsites, corporate summits, and conferences
High-impact sessions that turn platform complexity into a shared executive mandate - grounded in real transformations across media, hospitality, government, and consumer brands.
Custom keynote, executive alignment sprint, or hands-on leadership workshop.
Selected impact
Not presentations that gather dust. Operating models, platforms, and teams built to perform.
reduction in TCO
Consolidated 10+ fragmented legacy platforms into a modern headless CMS architecture, lowering operational cost while accelerating deployment.
monthly active users
Led a global loyalty portal redesign and piloted machine-learning marketing campaigns supporting multi-million-dollar media investment.
brands unified
Brought disparate regional properties onto one enterprise architecture, cutting deployment cycles from months to days.
Workshops & speaking
For executive teams facing platform complexity - and conference audiences ready for a practical point of view on leading through digital change.
Inquire for corporate offsites or keynotesA one-day executive alignment workshop to map legacy consolidation opportunities and a defensible TCO reduction blueprint.
A hands-on sprint aligning product and marketing leaders around digital experiences that connect to top-line revenue.
Modern architectures, high-velocity product organizations, and the operating decisions that turn strategy into scale.
The Product Leadership Academy
Self-paced masterclasses distilled from two decades leading digital platforms for global brands.
A CPO's playbook for headless transformations.
Translate executive intent into teams, priorities, and momentum.
About Josef
Josef Hapli is a digital product executive and strategic advisor with a 20-year track record at the intersection of product engineering, digital marketing, and business strategy.
He has led complex platform transformations for some of the world's most recognized organizations - bringing clarity to fragmented ecosystems, aligning cross-functional teams, and building the operating foundations for sustainable growth.
MBA, University of Maryland
BA, University of Pennsylvania
A-CSPO · CSM
Anthem Awards Judge
AfroTech · Voice Summit
Customer Contact Exchange
Start a conversation
Share a little context. If there's a strong fit, we'll begin with a focused 15-minute qualification call.