Most strategy firms sell answers. Oak Lane sells the harder thing: a way for leaders, staff, funders, and communities to arrive at the same answer - then do something with it.
L.E.K. built a global strategy business by staying close to the moments when executives cannot afford a decorative answer - the deal, the launch, the turnaround and the bet on what comes next.
The Backflip Group is a boutique strategy consulting firm in New York that helps lean technology teams turn great products into scalable businesses. Founded by Ceylan Conger and Madeleine Ormond, both former in-house operators and consultants at companies including Meta, Etsy and Spotify, the firm specializes in bridging the gap between strategy and execution across SaaS, eCommerce, AI, digital media and D2C. Services span go-to-market strategy, pricing and packaging, upmarket expansion, new product incubation, financial modeling and fundraising materials, delivered by a small core team backed by a network of specialist experts.

Vinod Devan is a senior technology executive and strategic operator who has built partner ecosystems and commercial organizations at the intersection of enterprise AI, SaaS, and consulting. With a career spanning Strategy&, Deloitte, Confluent (through its 2021 IPO), Globality, Cohere, and most recently Ema Unlimited as Chief Commercial Officer, Devan brings a rare combination of engineering depth, management consulting rigor, and hands-on go-to-market execution to high-growth AI companies.