OpticIntel is the senior sounding board for leaders facing their most consequential decisions — technology investments, transformation programs, growth bets, and the strategic moves that define the next chapter.
Greg McCutcheon — Former Managing Director of Verisk Canada and President of Opta Information Intelligence. 30 years leading digital transformation across Canadian insurance and financial services, including the 2022 sale of Opta to Verisk (NASDAQ: VRSK).
OpticIntel works with a specific kind of leader — the one who's been handed the hardest decision in the room and needs an experienced voice beside them. You may recognize yourself in one of these.
Core systems, underwriting platforms, data strategy, analytics, AI. You need someone who's actually built these systems in this industry — not a deck-wielding generalist — to pressure-test the decision before you commit.
Product direction needs sharpening, go-to-market is fuzzy, and your investors want a story they can believe. You need a strategic advisor who's lived the operator side and can help you get the narrative, the roadmap, and the readiness in order.
The thesis is there on paper. Now you need someone inside the business who understands PE pressures, can translate strategy into execution, and won't need six months to get up to speed. OpticIntel has lived inside PE-backed organizations for most of a career.
Some decisions are too big for your internal team and too nuanced for a traditional consulting engagement. You want a trusted, confidential advisor who's run the business, sold the business, and will give you the honest read.
Every engagement is tailored. These are the areas where OpticIntel adds the most — backed by three decades of first-hand experience.
Clarity on what to invest in, what to retire, and how to sequence the work. We help you modernize without the noise — pressure-testing roadmaps, evaluating vendors, and making sure the work actually lands.
Deep expertise for insurers, brokers, MGAs, and insurtechs. From underwriting and analytics to product design, partnerships, and the operating model changes that separate leaders from laggards.
Practical strategic advice for technology companies ready to scale. Refining product direction, sharpening go-to-market, building investor-ready narratives, and preparing for the next funding stage.
Operational advisory for PE-backed portfolio companies and deal teams. Focused on the strategic levers that move enterprise value — and, when the time comes, position the business for its next chapter.
Ongoing counsel for CEOs and leadership teams navigating complexity. A confidential, experienced voice in the room — not a report on your desk — available when the decisions that matter land on your agenda.
When you need senior leadership capacity in the business itself — on an interim, fractional, or part-time basis — to lead a critical initiative, steady a transition, or bridge to a permanent hire.
We keep things simple. Senior people. Straight talk. Plain-language strategy you can actually act on.
Most consulting engagements fail for one of three reasons: the advisor doesn't know the industry, the advice doesn't survive contact with reality, or nobody senior enough actually shows up. OpticIntel solves all three.
You work directly with a principal who has run businesses in your industry, scaled them through private equity, and exited to strategic acquirers. No layers, no rotating junior teams, no recycled playbooks — just the clarity and recommendation you actually need.
"I hate to take an axe to a problem when you can use a scalpel or a laser beam."
Every engagement is led personally by Greg. You get 30 years of judgment in the room — not a slide deck prepared by someone else.
Thirty years inside insurance, financial services, and technology. If we're advising on the space, we've operated in it.
Real understanding of the pressures, timelines, and value-creation mechanics inside PE-backed organizations. Earned, not read about.
No jargon. No shelfware. The deliverable is a decision you trust and a path you can take on Monday morning.
Greg has spent 30 years leading digital transformation across Canadian insurance and financial services. As President of Opta Information Intelligence, he grew the business into Canada's largest property data aggregator — serving every major Canadian P&C insurer — before leading its 2022 sale to Verisk (NASDAQ: VRSK), where he continued as Managing Director of Verisk Canada.
He's a recognized leader in property intelligence, data, analytics, and insurance technology. In 2009 he introduced iClarify™ to the Canadian insurance market — a solution that set a new benchmark for insurance-to-value (ITV) accuracy and desktop property validation, and remains an industry standard today. His impact earned recognition as one of the Top 30 Most Innovative Business Leaders by Insights Success in 2017.
Much of Greg's career has been spent inside private-equity-backed organizations — which means he's lived the pressures, the pace, and the strategic trade-offs that growth-stage companies actually face. He founded OpticIntel to bring that experience to a wider set of leaders, on their terms.
The first of three hard markets navigated over a 30-year career.
~7 years leading risk and information services for Canadian P&C insurers.
Sets the Canadian benchmark for ITV accuracy. Today pre-fills ~90% of new business quotes.
Recognized by Insights Success magazine for impact on data and analytics in insurance.
Strategic exit to NASDAQ-listed Verisk (VRSK). Continues as Managing Director of Verisk Canada.
Brings 30 years of operating experience to a wider set of leaders.
Across his career, Greg has been a regular contributor to industry conversations on AI, underwriting, hard markets, and the future of property intelligence.
An informal 30-minute call. You describe the situation; we give you an honest read on whether OpticIntel is the right fit — and if we're not, we'll often point you to someone who is. No deck, no proposal, no obligation.
Canadian insurers, brokers, MGAs, and insurtechs; PE-backed companies in financial services and technology; growth-stage tech companies preparing for their next funding round; and CEOs or boards who want a senior advisor on call. Most engagements are with organizations in North America.
Project work is scoped up front with a fixed fee or a clearly-defined range. Advisory retainers are priced monthly based on the time block you need. Fractional roles are structured as part-time engagements on typical consulting day rates. We'll walk through the options in the first call.
Every engagement is personally led by Greg. When specialists are genuinely useful — a data scientist, a specific functional expert, a designer — we bring them in from a trusted network. You'll always know who's doing the work.
Not for every need. Large firms are right when you need deep benches and implementation muscle. OpticIntel is right when you need senior judgment, industry fluency, and a trusted advisor for the decisions that define the next chapter. The two often work alongside each other well.
Always. Confidentiality is foundational to this kind of work. Happy to sign yours, or provide ours, before the first substantive conversation.
Every engagement starts with a conversation. Tell us about the opportunity — we'll tell you honestly whether OpticIntel is the right fit.
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