About
Experienced technology, transformation and commercial leadership.
Steve Harley helps organisations simplify complexity, build capability and deliver measurable outcomes.
Founder profile
Executive perspective. Practical delivery.
Steve Harley is an experienced technology and transformation leader with a background across senior technology, product, innovation and commercial roles.
His experience spans Telstra, Telstra Labs, iiNet and iiNet Labs, with former Chief Product Officer and General Manager experience, founder and operator background, and board advisory exposure.
HarleyShift Advisory brings that mix into focused advisory work for organisations navigating technology change, AI adoption, operating model uplift, commercial growth and practical transformation delivery.
Operating style
Clear, direct and outcome-led.
The work starts with clarity: what matters, what is blocking progress, what needs executive alignment and where commercial value can be created.
From there, the focus is practical momentum: sharper choices, better governance, simpler pathways and stronger stakeholder confidence.
- Executive technology and product leadership
- Transformation and operating model experience
- Innovation, digital and AI opportunity framing
- Commercial judgement and stakeholder alignment
- Practical delivery discipline across complex environments
Founder point of view
A practical view from inside the work.
Most transformation problems are not caused by a lack of ambition. They come from unclear choices, weak operating rhythm, competing priorities and technology decisions disconnected from people and commercial reality.
My role is to help leaders cut through that complexity and move with confidence.
Steve Harley
Credibility
Senior judgement, grounded in real operating experience.
HarleyShift Advisory is built around practical leadership experience across technology, product, transformation, commercial growth and stakeholder alignment.
Start the shift
Bring a senior lens to the next decision.
For technology, transformation, AI, operating model or commercial challenges, HarleyShift Advisory can help sharpen the path forward.