About Me

Your Navigator for Complex Project Delivery & Strategy

CLAIRE KIRKPATRICK

PRINCIPAL NAVIGATOR

With 20+ years of experience across capital markets, banking, healthcare, and the public sector, I act as the Hype Filter for business leaders who need the right answer not the most popular one. I cut through the industry noise to identify the right strategic path and the right tools for your specific problems, so you don’t waste capital on solutions that don’t fit your operations.

I am vendor-neutral: I don’t sell software or write code. Instead, I provide the blueprints, risk mitigation, and strategic oversight to ensure your projects and growth strategies are built on a foundation your team can actually execute on.

My Mission & Values

Good consulting isn’t just about expertise. It’s about how you show up. Technology decisions are high-stakes, and the people making them deserve honest advice, not comfortable answers. These are the principles that shape every engagement

Acceptance

I meet people where they are not where I think they should be. No jargon gatekeeping, no judgment for not knowing what you don’t know yet. Whether you’re a seasoned executive or new to a problem, you’ll get the same honest, direct conversation. The best decisions come from rooms where people feel safe enough to tell the truth.

Curiosity

I ask questions before I offer answers. Every organization has a unique history, culture, and set of constraints that a template can’t account for. I dig into the specifics of your situation not because it takes longer, but because the right solution only becomes visible when you understand the full picture.

Humility

I don’t have all the answers before I walk in the room. That’s the point. I’ve spent 15+ years across capital markets, banking, healthcare, and the public sector — and the most important thing that experience has taught me is that listening comes before advising. I won’t oversell what I know, and I won’t pretend certainty I don’t have. What you’ll get instead is my honest read, clearly delivered

MY APPROACH

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Discover

Every engagement starts with listening. Before I recommend anything, I need to understand your organization the real problems, the constraints, the history, and the goals. No assumptions, no pre-determined solutions. Just an honest look at where you actually are.

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clarify

This is where the noise gets cut. I work with your leadership team to separate the real priorities from the distractions, align on what good actually looks like, and build a clear picture of the path forward. Most organizations don’t have a strategy problem they have a clarity problem. This is where that gets solved

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DELIVER

A plan that lives in a drawer isn’t a plan. I stay accountable to outcomes whether that means leading the project myself, working alongside your team, or making sure the right people have the right tools to execute. You leave every engagement with something real, not just a recommendation.

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