— About Omar Bermudez · Founder, ZettaGo
I lead the work. I build the team with you. They stay when I leave.
I'm Omar Bermudez — ex-McKinsey, 20+ years across 11 countries leading strategy, product, innovation and AI/ML at every stage from 0→1 to 1→100. The model is simple: a senior lead in the room, a tailored team built with your people, and at the end of the engagement the team stays — saving you the cost and time of re-hiring.
— A short bio
The path that led here.
01 — Background
I started at McKinsey & Company, advising boards and CEOs on strategy. Then I crossed the table and took operator seats inside the companies that hire the consultants — leading product, innovation and AI/ML programs end-to-end.
02 — What I've led
0→1 product launches and 1→100 scaling. Enterprise AI/ML programs. Cultural transformation across 11 countries — Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, UK, Spain, France, Japan and Australia. Working in that many cultures is what taught me how organizations actually change.
03 — Why ZettaGo exists
The pattern was clear after two decades: one senior lead working alongside the client's own people outperforms a parachuted 12-person team that leaves with the knowledge. ZettaGo is built around that conviction.
— The story, in my words
Two decades. Eleven countries. I went from McKinsey strategy work to operator seats inside the companies that hired the consultants — leading product, innovation, AI/ML and growth at every stage, from 0→1 to 1→100.
The pattern kept repeating: most of the value came from a senior lead working alongside the client's own people — not parachuting a 12-person team in, then back out with the knowledge.
ZettaGo flips it. I build the team with you — and we leave it with you.
— Selected experience
Where I've worked
Sector-agnostic. The pattern travels.
Engagements have spanned —
Mining · Banking & Financial Services · Telecom · Retail · CPG · Tech & SaaS · Public sector
Functions led
- ◦Strategy
- ◦Product
- ◦Innovation
- ◦AI / ML
- ◦Growth
- ◦Org design
- ◦Cultural change
— How I work
Five values. Non-negotiable.
01
Respect.
I respect your time, your team, and the work you've already done.
02
Love.
I only take work I can fall in love with. It shows.
03
Passion.
Senior energy from me, every meeting, every artefact.
04
Knowledge Sharing.
I leave you smarter than I found you. That's the deliverable.
05
Transparency.
On scope, on price, on what I don't know yet.
— Questions, answered