BP Learning SolutionsExecutive Consulting

Executive Consulting in Learning, Enablement & AI

Learning StrategyThat Ships.

Executive consulting for SaaS leaders who need learning to move revenue, adoption, and retention. Twenty-five years running the function. Today, building the AI tools that change how it works.

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“AI brings the speed. Experience decides what’s worth building.”

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Leadership roles at Coupa, Equinix, and Comcast

25+ years

Building and scaling learning organizations inside high-growth SaaS

Former VP, Education Services

Coupa: global education, Sales Academy, P&L ownership

Revenue-generating learning

Launched paid subscriptions and certification programs

Builder, not only advisor

Designing and shipping AI learning tools today

What I Do

Four Practice Areas. One Through Line.

Learning that moves the business: revenue, adoption, retention, and scale. Not theory. Results.

Human-Centered Learning Innovation & AI Readiness

AI is changing how people learn and how learning gets built. I help organizations adopt it where it creates real value: faster content development, personalization at scale, and leaner operations. Human judgment stays in charge of what gets built and why.

  • AI Strategy
  • AI-Assisted Content Development
  • Content Modernization
  • Change Management

Strategic Enablement & Alignment

Before you design a single course, you need clarity. I partner with executive leaders to pinpoint performance gaps, business priorities, and cultural realities, then turn them into a learning strategy with a business case attached.

  • Gap Analysis
  • OKR Mapping
  • ROI Models
  • CS Enablement

Scalable Learning Architecture & Program Strategy

Academies and programs that scale across employees, partners, and customers. I focus on the structure underneath: how teams are built, how content is governed, and how programs generate both capability and revenue.

  • Academy Launches
  • LMS Advisory
  • Certification
  • Learning Monetization

Executive Learning Experiences & Workshop Design

Workshops shouldn't feel like training. They should feel like turning points. I design and facilitate sessions that challenge assumptions, build alignment, and leave leaders with decisions made, not slides reviewed.

  • Strategy Workshops
  • Leadership Alignment
  • Facilitation
  • Train-the-Trainer

Not sure where you fit? Most engagements blend two or three of these. Let's talk it through

Results

Built Inside the Business. Measured by It.

Global spend-management SaaS

$12Min learning revenue
50Klearners certified
Challenge
Education ran as a cost center during hypergrowth.
What I built
Global Sales Academy, scaled customer education, paid learning subscriptions and certification.

Retail software platform

6 mo.reactive to proactive CS transformation
20%reduction in time to ramp
Challenge
CS team scaling without a shared model of customer value.
What I built
CS maturity model, competency framework, value review cadence, certification path.

B2B SaaS platform

12 wksto launch the academy
6courses created and modernized
Challenge
New academy needed to launch fast with a lean team.
What I built
Phased academy architecture, pilot design, legacy courses converted to modern interactive modules.
Brett J. Powell
Brett J. Powell, Founder & Executive Consultant

About Brett

Built in the Classroom. Scaled in the Boardroom.

I started as a public school teacher in California. That's where I learned the thing most learning programs forget: people don't change because content exists. They change because something makes the effort worth it.

I carried that into 25 years of building learning organizations inside high-growth SaaS, including VP roles at Coupa, Equinix, and Comcast. I launched global academies, built a Sales Academy, turned education into a revenue line, and owned the P&L that proved it.

Today I help leaders put AI to work in learning without losing what makes learning stick. And I build the tools myself, because the fastest way to separate AI hype from AI value is to ship something and watch what happens.

  • M.A. Educational Technology, San Diego State University
  • B.A. Social Psychology, UCLA
  • California Teaching Credential, National University
  • Half marathoner, practicing Stoic, and convinced that good teaching starts with empathy, even when there's an AI in the room.

In Their Words

Brett has an exceptional ability to balance strategic vision with flawless execution. His innovative approach to learning design empowered both our internal teams and customers, driving measurable outcomes that directly contributed to our growth and success.
Mark R., Chief Commercial Officer
Two times in my career I was looking to hire a training and enablement leader, both times I chose Brett. Savvy, innovative, collaborative and knows how to get the job done.
Marton J., former VP, Google
Brett is a dynamic leader who brings energy and passion to his first love of education and consistently delivers high-quality content and programs that resonate with diverse audiences.
Kim H., SVP Customer Service

Thinking Out Loud on #HumanFirstAI

I write weekly about where AI helps learning, where it hurts, and how leaders tell the difference. No hype, no doom. Field notes from someone building in it.

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Let's Build Something That Actually Works.

Tell me where things stand and what has to change. I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right partner. Every conversation ends with a clear next step, either way.

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