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High-stakes transformation for CEOs, CFOs, and PE-backed businesses ready to move.

Founder & President
Robert Hackl

Thirty years spent finding the value an industry didn't know it had, combining deep customer insights with proven technology to deliver a step change — and then reshaping the industry rules around it. That instinct created over $50B in shareholder value with his teams.

As Global President, CMO, and Board Director at MCE Systems, he repositioned the company from a product vendor to a platform-led AI innovator in device lifecycle management — forging strategic partnerships with AWS and TELUS, and launching the telecom industry's first agentic AI deployment in smart device care in 2024. His teams won 11 global gold technology awards and were named Telecoms Marketing Team of the Year, 2023. Earlier, at McKinsey & Company, he built the transformation discipline this all stands on — advising boards on large-scale, mostly B2B change.

Fellow of The Marketing Academy. Writes on transformation, customer experience, and AI for Forbes and Medium.

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My time with Robert was career-defining. He helped us break industry rules, deliver what others could not, and unlock my leadership potential.
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$50B+

shareholder value generated

30 years

operator + advisor

1 month

to market-ready attack plan

1 quarter

to production

Executive track record - operator and advisor, at scale
MCE Systems
Global President · CMO · Board Member
Sprint
GM Handset Financing & Insurance · SVP Business Transformation
Vodafone DE
COO Service & Tele-Sales Frontline, Digital Transformation, CX
T-Mobile US
SVP Channel Management · SLT Member
Tele2
CEO and President
McKinsey & Co.
Associate Principal
Strategic partnership - DotKonnekt
Turn your AI ambition into
business impact. Fast.

With a full-stack AI Studio, domain expertise, and embedded engineering, DotKonnekt closes the
execution gap — getting AI into your systems, workflows, and teams in weeks, not years. Owned by you.

CONTEXT INTELLIGENCE
AI strategy and industry-aligned workflows.
AI EXECUTION PLATFORM
A full-stack Vertical AI Studio. Cloud, model, and framework agnostic.
EMBEDDED DELIVERY
Forward Deployed Engineers + production ops.
Our values
How we work - and
when we say no.
Courage
Break the industry rule when the rule was wrong.
Urgency
One month to decide, one quarter to deploy.
Independence
We sell judgment, not answers.
Operator Ownership
Your team runs it after we leave. No retainer, no dependency.
Delivery Focus
The work is done with you, not to you. Governed, staffed, and run by our collective teams together.
Honest Fit
We turn down the engagements we can't win for you.
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Turn AI ambition into business impact.

One month to a decision worth acting on. One quarter to results you can measure. One team, all the way through.

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