Sagentix Advisors

Built on Evidence.
Driven by Experience.

Sagentix Advisors was founded on a simple observation: most go-to-market strategies fail because they are built on assumptions, not evidence. We exist to close that gap.

Stéphane Raby — Founder, Sagentix Advisors

Stéphane Raby

Founder & Principal

Over 25 years, Stéphane has worked at the intersection of technology strategy, cybersecurity, and management consulting — building practices, closing enterprise deals, and advising growth-stage companies on how to compete with firms ten times their size.

Why I Built Sagentix

The pattern was always the same. I kept working with amazing companies — cybersecurity platforms, B2B SaaS startups, management consulting firms — that had genuinely superior products. Better technology. Stronger teams. Real differentiation. But they were losing deals to competitors with inferior products and stronger positioning.

The problem was never the product. It was the narrative.

Every one of these companies was leading with feature lists: “AI-powered,” “next-gen,” “proactive.” The same words their competitors used. The same pitch decks with unsourced market sizes. The same pricing set once at launch and never revisited. Buyers couldn't tell them apart — so they defaulted to brand recognition or price. Brilliant products, invisible in the market.

That's when I saw the opportunity. The companies that broke through weren't the ones with the best features — they were the ones that completely changed the conversation. They stopped selling what the product does and started selling what it achieves. They anchored their positioning in what buyers actually hire for — what Jobs-to-Be-Done research calls the functional, emotional, and social jobs that drive purchase decisions.

When you reframe the narrative around buyer outcomes instead of product features, everything shifts. Messaging becomes about compliance readiness instead of detection capabilities. Pricing anchors to business value instead of seat counts. The pitch deck leads with defensible market data instead of aspirational claims. The sales process qualifies on decision criteria instead of hoping for the best.

The results speak for themselves: research consistently shows that companies that shift from feature-led to outcome-led positioning see 40%+ higher engagement rates in B2B professional services. Companies that implement evidence-backed pricing architecture discover they've been underpricing by 40–60%. Structured sales methodologies with proper qualification frameworks improve win rates from 25–30% to over 40% while shortening sales cycles by weeks.

But here was the catch: delivering this level of strategic rigor required the same evidence discipline the Big 4 use internally — and they charge $200K+ for it. Growth-stage companies couldn't afford it. So they were stuck with opinions dressed as strategy.

I built Sagentix to close that gap. 549+ curated consulting artifacts. Premium industry research integration. APA 7th citation discipline. A 10-phase methodology built on Jobs-to-Be-Done analysis, evidence-backed justifiers, and complete customer journey mapping — delivering board-ready strategy in 6–8 weeks at a fraction of the Big 4 cost.

Because the companies that win aren't the ones with the best product. They're the ones that prove why their product matters.

25+

Years in Tech Strategy

4

Professional Credentials

549+

Curated IP Artifacts

Credentials That Back Every Recommendation

Four professional designations spanning cybersecurity, management consulting, engineering, and business strategy.

CISSP — ISC2

CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

(ISC)²

Cybersecurity domain expertise, risk management, and security architecture.

CMC — CMC-Canada

CMC

Certified Management Consultant

CMC-Canada

Consulting methodology, ethical standards, and client fiduciary duty.

P.Eng. — OIQ

P.Eng.

Professional Engineer

OIQ (Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec)

Engineering rigor, technical credibility, and analytical discipline.

Telfer Executive MBA

MBA

Executive MBA — #1 Worldwide (CEO Magazine)

uOttawa Telfer

Strategic leadership, finance, and organizational behavior.

Why Evidence Discipline Changes Everything

Other firms deliver opinions. We deliver evidence.

APA 7th Citations on Every Claim

Every market statistic, competitive assertion, and strategic recommendation includes a traceable in-text citation linked to a full references section. No "industry research suggests" hand-waving.

Research-Validated Data Sources

Premium industry research reports, regulatory databases, SEC filings, and peer-reviewed research form the evidentiary foundation. Each data point is triangulated when possible.

No Unverified Assertions

Claims that cannot be sourced are explicitly tagged [Unverified]. Every deliverable passes a 22-point quality gate before it reaches your inbox. The same rigor applied at McKinsey and BCG — now accessible to growth-stage companies.

"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. In every deliverable we produce, the standard is evidence — sourced, cited, and defensible. That is not an aspiration. It is a requirement."

— Stéphane Raby, Founder

See How We Apply This Rigor to Your Market

10 phases. 10 deliverables. Every claim defensible. Explore the full methodology behind Sagentix engagements.