Technology-Enabled Change. Sold, Led, and Delivered.
Most consultants stop at the recommendation. Nate stays until it's shipped.20+ years leading AI and transformation programs inside Fortune 500 enterprises, plus firsthand experience building and running an AI company.
What We Do
Sagent Global isn't a staffing agency or a slide deck strategy shop.It's a single senior operator, backed by a trusted global network of senior advisors, delivery leads, and AI engineers, who steps into whichever role the problem requires.
1. Embedded Delivery
Drop-in delivery capacity for vendor rollouts, program leadership, or market expansion — stepping in as delivery lead, accountable for outcomes, not just advice.
Best for: new market entry, vendor implementation, program leadership gaps.
2. Fixed-Scope Transformation
Time-boxed engagements — typically 4 to 8 weeks — to redesign an operating model, ways of working, or process around a specific business outcome, frequently AI-enabled.
Best for: ways-of-working redesign, AI adoption roadmaps, org/process redesign.
3. Advisory Retainer
Ongoing, embedded advisory for vendors or internal teams building or scaling a product — GTM strategy, positioning, and integration planning.
Best for: early-stage AI/tech vendors, innovation teams, product-market-fit work.
About Us
Nate Buchanan has spent 20+ years getting complex organizations unstuck on technology-enabled change — then staying to deliver it.His edge isn't a framework, it's the range: he's sold the work, built the company, and run the P&L, not just advised from the outside.He works with a trusted global network of senior advisors, delivery leads, and AI engineers to deliver outcomes for clients.
Selected Experience (Not Comprehensive)
| Enterprise Delivery Leader |
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| 17 years at Accenture leading AI, digital, and operating-model transformation for Fortune 100/500 clients across banking, insurance, telecommunications, aviation, and health care. Built and led teams against sales targets north of $150M, and sold and delivered engagements ranging from $500K to $50M. |
| Startup Operator |
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| Co-founder and COO of Pathfindr, an AI execution and enablement company bootstrapped from two founders to 16 FTE and $2M in contracted revenue in 15 months — recognized on the AFR Most Innovative Companies list in 2024 with the company recognized again in 2025. |
| Independent Advisor |
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| Currently advising Oberman AI on commercialization, integration, and go-to-market strategy for their natural-language LLM intelligence layer. |
What ties it together: Nate is good in a room. He bridges the gap between business and technology stakeholders, understands where the politics of a large organization actually live, and doesn't stop at the recommendation — he sees the work through to delivery.
Contact Us
Let's talk about what's stuck.Currently taking on a limited number of new engagements — project-based or ongoing retainer, run alongside 2–3 concurrent clients. If you've got a transformation that needs someone senior and hands-on, get in touch.