Start a conversation Fractional Chief Product Officer / Chief Digital Officer & Strategic Advisor
I help global brands modernize digital ecosystems, build agile teams for growth, and turn strategy into unforgettable digital experiences.
20 years at the intersection of product, technology, and growth.
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How we can work together
Embedded leadership, focused advisory, or a technology team aligned around delivering value.
For mid-market enterprises and PE/VC portfolio companies
Embedded executive leadership without the full-time cost or equity commitment. I direct product strategy, align engineering and marketing, and modernize the tech stack to power growth.
Roadmap creation and execution, product team restructuring, and monthly board reporting.
For organizations entering a consequential transformation
Focused 4-12 week engagements for leaders navigating platform migration, vendor consolidation, or omnichannel expansion - with clarity on economics, sequencing, and risk.
Digital ecosystem/tech stack audit, migration roadmap, and omnichannel communication strategy.
For leadership offsites, corporate summits, and conferences
High-impact sessions that turn complexity into a shared enterprise vision - grounded in real-world experience across media, hospitality, government, nonprofit and consumer brands.
Custom keynote, executive alignment sprint, or hands-on leadership workshop.
Selected impact
Not presentations that gather dust. Strategy, operating models, platforms, and teams built to perform.
reduction in Total Cost of Ownership
Consolidated 10+ fragmented legacy platforms into a modern headless CMS architecture, lowering operational cost while accelerating deployment.
monthly active users
Led a global loyalty portal redesign and piloted machine-learning marketing campaigns leading to multimillion-dollar incremental revenue.
brands unified
Brought disparate brand properties onto one enterprise architecture, with a consistent and compliant user experience, cutting deployment cycles from months to days.
Workshops & speaking
For executive teams and entrepreneurs facing platform complexity - and conference audiences ready for a practical point of view on leading through digital change.
Inquire for corporate offsites or keynotesA one-day executive alignment workshop to map legacy consolidation opportunities and a defensible TCO reduction blueprint.
A hands-on sprint aligning product and marketing leaders around digital experiences that connect to top-line revenue.
Modern architectures, high-velocity product organizations, and the operating decisions that turn strategy into scale.
A clear path for entrepreneurs and development teams to build their MVP in 30 days or less to help validate business ideas, learn and iterate.
The Product Leadership Academy
Self-paced masterclasses distilled from two decades leading digital platforms for global brands.
A CPO's playbook for headless transformations.
Translate executive intent into teams, priorities, and momentum.
About Josef
Josef Hapli is a digital product executive and strategic advisor with a 20-year track record at the intersection of product engineering, digital marketing, and business strategy.
He has led complex platform transformations for some of the world's most recognized organizations - bringing clarity to fragmented ecosystems, aligning cross-functional teams, and building the operating foundations for sustainable growth.
MBA, University of Maryland
BA, University of Pennsylvania
A-CSPO · CSM
Anthem Awards Judge
AfroTech · Voice Summit
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