Independent Enterprise Advisory
Bodon Draiger leads enterprise transformation and AI implementation: designing how the organization works, establishing executive accountability, and carrying the work into delivery.
Led by Don Ring. Transformation work at Discover, Edward Jones, and the Federal Reserve / U.S. Treasury.
When to bring us in
Everything is a priority.
Commitments exceed capacity, and teams cannot resolve the tradeoffs.
Decisions keep coming back.
Ownership is unclear, dependencies cross functions, and executives repeatedly intervene.
The pilot works. The next step does not.
AI looks promising, but data, evaluation, integration, or operating ownership remain unresolved.
Bodon Draiger helps identify what is blocking progress, decide what must change, and organize the work to change it.
Selected experience
Don Ring’s responsibilities have spanned enterprise design, executive governance, engineering capability, and implementation. These engagements show what he actually did.
Discover Financial Services
Don led the Project Runway blueprint and detailed design, conducted the CIO’s enterprise DevSecOps assessment, and developed the Dojo Factory capability model. He continued into implementation through Bodon Draiger.
Explore the Discover work →Edward Jones
Don established senior General Partner governance, clarified product and value-stream ownership, and helped Market Management launch Fast Smooth Flow—working with executives and delivery teams.
Explore the Edward Jones work →Federal Reserve / U.S. Treasury
Don established cross-organizational governance, integrated roadmaps, portfolio Kanban, and executive reviews, aligning seven teams on modernization affecting more than 200 agencies.
Explore the portfolio work →Where we work
Start with the business problem. Agree on the work, the owners, and the evidence that will show whether it is improving.
Align priorities, ownership, and capacity so the organization can deliver its strategy.
Find why progress is falling short and give leaders a practical way to intervene.
Turn LLMs, generative AI, and enterprise agents into useful applications within the business.
The advisor behind the work
Enterprise Strategy & Executive Advisor
We work with client organizations across the U.S.
Don works with executives on the decisions that shape delivery—and with the people responsible for making those decisions work.
At Discover, he led blueprint and detailed-design work and continued into implementation. At Edward Jones, he worked with General Partners and delivery teams. At the Federal Reserve / Treasury, he established governance and planning across seven cross-functional teams.
Clients engage Don directly. Where the scope requires technical delivery, the engagement defines the necessary resources, responsibilities, and acceptance criteria.
Independent advisory
Clients work directly with Don Ring to examine the problem, shape the response, and carry the work into implementation.
Start with a focused executive session or a defined diagnostic. Agree the decisions, deliverables, responsibilities, and scope before expanding the engagement.
The aim is a stronger organization: clearer executive decisions, operating practices people can use, and capability that remains with the client.
See how an engagement starts →Field Insights
Original analysis grounded in enterprise transformation, frontline observation, operating-model design, and emerging AI capabilities.
How bottlenecks, fragmented ownership, and weak visibility consume advisor capacity and turn growth into friction.
Operating ModelsA practical explanation of the machinery between strategic intent and daily work—and why renaming roles does not change the system.
AI GovernanceHow business ownership, technology, risk, human oversight, evaluation, and executive decision rights fit together.
Start with a conversation
Bring one business challenge, the outcome you need, and what is getting in the way. In an initial 30-minute conversation with Don, clarify the issue and identify a useful next step.
Don Ring
Independent Enterprise Advisor
We work with client organizations across the U.S.
Office (816) 282-8176 · don@bdraiger.com
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