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NAVY VET · 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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$100M+ Pipeline Generated
200% Quota Exceeded at WEKA
1,000+ Customer Interviews
4 Yrs Active Duty Navy

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

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 AI 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 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 OCI alliance business development motion from zero — expanded ERP-led conversations into broader cloud and data platform opportunities tied to customer KPIs
  • Generated $100M+ pipeline and influenced $44M revenue by shaping pursuits, tightening execution cadence, and converting partner alignment into active deals
  • Drove discovery, pursuit strategy, stakeholder mapping, and value-case development across internal sales, solution, legal, and partner teams
⚡ AI Projects
Built an end-to-end meeting-to-action workflow (audio → transcript → summary → owners → tasks) and a single-click LinkedIn video content engine that turned daily market content into brand-aligned posts at scale.
Kovu LLC Sept 2024 – Jan 2026 · Lubbock, TX Founder
Founder — GenAI Mobile App
  • Founded an AI-assisted mobile app for small business resellers — think Google Lens at scale, with accurate pricing for estate sale and resale workflows
  • Conducted direct discovery with 1,000+ estate sale and resale businesses to validate market demand and refine solution scope
  • Applied founder-led customer research, pricing exploration, and workflow design to evaluate product-market fit and TAM assumptions
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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+ deals across AWS, GCP, and OCI marketplaces — turned cloud marketplaces into repeatable revenue channels
  • 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 federal marketplace launch for SIVs on GCP as part of an exclusive early cohort
⚡ AI Project
Built an AI-enabled LinkedIn social selling workflow that reduced manual BD work by hundreds of hours and increased 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 partners and internal teams to expand Oracle's cloud footprint
  • Increased ARM-based cloud consumption by 390% MoM through joint strategy with Ampere and enablement of 200+ sellers
  • Built a low-code sales asset repository and customer success reference center used by 200+ sellers, shortening credibility-building stages of sales cycles
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

GenAI Mobile App
Kovu App

An AI-assisted mobile app for small business resellers — think Google Lens at scale with accurate pricing. Built to help estate sale and resale businesses streamline bulk pricing lookup and inventory workflows.

1,000+Businesses Discovered
0→1Built from Nothing
GenAIMobileB2BComputer Vision
AI Workflow · PwC
Meeting → Action Engine

End-to-end automation: audio files in, transcripts + meeting summaries + action owners + follow-up tasks out. No manual overhead. Built at PwC for alliance operating cadence.

AI AutomationWorkflowProductivity
AI Workflow · WEKA + PwC
LinkedIn Video Engine

Single-click workflow that transforms curated market content into brand-aligned LinkedIn videos and posts. Reduced manual BD work by hundreds of hours. Increased cloud-sourced lead generation by 400%+.

400%+Lead Gen Increase
AIContentSocial Selling

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 Contractor
Workflow automation, AI-enabled BD tools, social selling engines, meeting-to-action 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.