Michael Bertha

Michael Bertha is a partner at Metis Strategy and leads the firm’s central office. He has 15+ years of experience advising digital and technology executives across industries, helping Fortune 500 and high-growth companies use technology as a strategic advantage. His focus spans strategy, operating model design and transformation. Michael began his career in business application development and data migration before moving into strategy consulting. He holds an MBA from Cornell and a Master’s in the Management of IT from the University of Virginia.

Articles by Michael Bertha

The missing backbone behind your stalled AI strategy

Without a formal AI CoE, most organizations stall at experimentation; this is the blueprint for building the structure that drives scale.

By Michael Bertha and Chris Davis

Jul 24, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership IT Operations

Textron takes flight with gen AI

By Michael Bertha

Jul 21, 2025 5 mins

Aerospace and Defense Industry CIO Generative AI

Lighting the first flame: How to spark a transformation that sticks

By Michael Bertha

Jul 15, 2025 7 mins

Digital Transformation IT Leadership

Making the case for product in a cost-conscious environment

In tight times, show product as a smart investment. Tie it to business goals, prove early wins and unlock long-term agility and value.

By Michael Bertha

Jun 12, 2025 6 mins

Business IT Alignment IT Leadership IT Strategy

Barb Wixom and MIT CISR on managing data like a product

MIT CISR research into information businesses reveals how treating data as a product, complete with owners, lifecycle and metrics, separates leaders from laggards.

By Michael Bertha

May 30, 2025 6 mins

Data Management IT Leadership IT Strategy

Land O’Lakes rewrites the rules of product-based data alignment

Rather than embed business leads in data teams, the agricultural cooperative flipped the script on cross-functional collaboration by positioning data product operations directly into business units themselves.

By Michael Bertha

May 28, 2025 5 mins

Agriculture Industry Data Management Data Science

Products, not permission slips: A new way to pay for digital value

Many companies adopt product ways of working but keep outdated funding. Modernize your approach to empower teams and drive real results.

By Michael Bertha and Chris Davis

May 15, 2025 8 mins

Budgeting IT Governance IT Strategy

The secret weapon for transformation? Treating it like a merger

Building transformation offices that function like integration management offices will give your organization the mandate, structure and leadership to drive real change.

By Michael Bertha

Apr 30, 2025 5 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Mergers and Acquisitions

From banquet to bistro: How the product model is transforming the business of technology

From capacity management to collaboration, the product model is reshaping how technology is built, funded, and understood across the enterprise.

By Michael Bertha

Apr 21, 2025 6 mins

Business Technology Industry

When transformation needs a home

If your teams are moving quickly but struggling to move together, it might be time to give transformation a home. These patterns suggest when a formal transformation function is not just helpful—but essential.

By Michael Bertha

Apr 14, 2025 4 mins

Digital Transformation

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New survey reveals key differentiator for successful AI adoption: IT modernization

Aug 15, 20257 mins

Artificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

The third leg of the stool: Technology's role in M&A

Aug 15, 20255 mins

Enterprise ArchitectureLegalMergers and Acquisitions

What CIOs can do when AI boosts performance but kills motivation

By Andrada Fiscutean

Aug 15, 20258 mins

BurnoutCIOGenerative AI

Weights & Biases: What it really takes to successfully adopt generative AI

Aug 11, 202532 mins

Bentley Motors CIO Kirsty Mason on building the skills foundation for AI adoption

Aug 6, 202519 mins

CIO Leadership Live

Is the AI skills shortage a threat to IT leaders? | What IT Leaders Want, Ep. 10

Aug 4, 202527 mins

CIOCyberattacksGenerative AI

Alitheon fights counterfeits with photo fingerprinting tech

Aug 14, 202514 mins

FraudMachine VisionManufacturing Industry

RelationalAI transforms enterprise data in Snowflake via GenAI, knowledge graphs

Aug 6, 202524 mins

Data IntegrationData QualityGenerative AI

Bentley Motors CIO Kirsty Mason on building the skills foundation for AI adoption

Aug 6, 202519 mins

CIO Leadership Live

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