Every conversation we have with leadership is grounded in something we have already shipped. We have led end-to-end transformations driven by new technology, built fully integrated AI operating models, and seen firsthand what a business must change to make them work.
Before Tempori, Severi worked in corporate strategy across global industrials in energy, forest products, packaging, and industrial machinery, plus a leading Finnish IT and AI consultancy. The work was concrete: M&A due diligence, opportunity sizing for senior leadership, and turning ambiguous business questions into ranked, actionable plans. One strategic analysis surfaced over €100M in opportunity for group leadership, accepted and acted on. The same approach scopes Tempori engagements today. Same decision: where capital and management focus go next. The asset being built is AI capability that compounds inside the business.
Severi did not start in AI. He started in corporate strategy, the function that exists to spot opportunities before everyone else and put a number on them. That training, working alongside senior leadership as they evaluated and acted on strategic moves, is the same lens he now brings to AI transformation. Where AI creates real value inside a business is not a technical question. It is a strategic one.
When AI tooling matured, Severi built and ran an AI automation business serving small and mid-market companies. Across 150+ engagements, the pattern was unmistakable. Companies that bought a workflow and walked away got marginal gains. Companies that learned how the operating model underneath actually worked got step-change improvements across the business. The gap was never the tool. It was how the business was wired around it. Tempori was built around that observation: a done-with-you engagement that puts the backbone in place once, so every future AI use case compounds rather than restarts.
Master of Science, Digital Business & Strategy
Turku School of Economics
Co-founder of Free Agents, a free AI community teaching fundamentals to operators, founders, and the next generation. Co-run with brother Oskari.
Led go-to-market for a billion-dollar public listing as CMO at Sophon. Now hiring and running AI-native product, content, and leadership teams that didn't exist 12 months ago. Career runs through data analytics at Google, institutional growth at Token Terminal, early-stage venture at ProFounders Capital, and growth and operations across venture-backed startups - the 0-to-1 kind where the org chart changes faster than the plan. Advisor and board member across consumer, crypto, and media. Brings the operator side to Tempori engagements: real-world experience taking both startups and institutions like Bloomberg through technology shifts that didn't have a playbook yet.
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