For CTOs and Heads of Technology, Innovation & Strategy
Helping technical leaders in mining and heavy industry set a technology strategy the business backs, build roadmaps that get funded, and run a portfolio the Board understands.
Your technology agenda has to compete for capital, attention and credibility
CTOs and heads of technical, innovation and strategy in mining and heavy industry share the same pressures: more technologies to evaluate than budget to fund them, portfolios that have grown one project at a time, and Boards that want to see how technology spending connects to corporate targets.
Stratalis works with technical leaders to connect technology investment to where the company plays and how it wins. Our partners have designed more than 80 technology roadmaps, for clients including Top 3 Global Mining Companies, Global Top 5 Diversified Miners and Tier 1 Global Industrials.
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From technology strategy to funded roadmaps and a portfolio that runs well
We work with technical leaders across the full agenda: setting direction, choosing where to invest, building the roadmaps, running the portfolio and showing the Board what it is worth.
Technology and Innovation Strategy
A single strategic plan and shared language across technical groups, connecting where the company plays and how it wins to where technology investment goes.
Technology Visions and Roadmaps
Near, mid and long-term visions of what an operation could become, turned into sequenced domain roadmaps that win funding and launch projects.
Investment Prioritization
Techno-economic modelling that shows which technologies drive the most impact rather than the most interest, so capital moves to where the technology trajectory favors the company's strengths.
Portfolio Management and Governance
A Technology Management Playbook with the common language, governance and operating system needed to connect innovation investment to corporate strategy.
Board-Ready Goals and Metrics
Quantified, value-driven goals tied to roadmaps and corporate targets, so the Board can see what the portfolio is worth and the innovation mandate is protected.
Innovation Playbooks
A single system for idea capture, culture, piloting and scaling that closes the gap between innovation investment and commercial results.
Competitor Technology Intelligence
A prioritized view of rival technology bets and white spaces, with specific investment recommendations.
Deep Technology Foresight
A view of which deep technologies could change the value chain and when, and a foresight capability the technical organization can run itself.
Four questions technical leaders bring to us
Is our portfolio aligned to strategy?
Do our technical groups share one plan and one language, and does every major program connect to where the company plays and how it wins?
Which technologies deserve our capital?
Which technologies would create the most value in our operations, and which are attracting attention without the impact to match?
Can the Board see what our work is worth?
Are our goals quantified and tied to corporate targets, so the innovation mandate holds when budgets tighten?
What could change the game after 2030?
Which emerging and deep technologies could change our costs, operations or markets within the life of today's assets?
If any answer is unclear, an executive briefing with a Stratalis partner is a good place to start.
Four ways to work with us, depending on where your agenda stands
Every engagement starts from the client's operating model and corporate targets rather than a generic technology agenda, and each produces a decision or output leadership can act on.
Work for technical leaders in mining and heavy industry
Six engagements for CTO organizations and technology leaders at global miners and industrials. Select a case to read it in full.
Common questions
How should a CTO structure a technology or innovation strategy?
Start from where the company plays and how it wins, then give every technical group one strategic plan and one shared language. Add a Technology Management Playbook with common governance and an operating system for the portfolio, quantified goals tied to roadmaps the Board can follow, and an Innovation Playbook covering idea capture, culture, piloting and scaling. Stratalis has done this for Tier 1 Global Industrials and Top 3 Global Mining Companies.
How do you build a technology roadmap that gets funded?
Build it against the specific constraints of the operating model rather than a generic technology agenda, use techno-economic modelling to show which technologies drive the most impact, and sequence the result into near, mid and long-term horizons tied to corporate targets. For a Global Top 5 Diversified Miner, Stratalis turned a portfolio-wide vision into six funded domain roadmaps that launched dozens of new projects.
How can a technology or innovation group gain credibility with the Board?
Replace activity measures with a quantitative, value-driven goal set connected to roadmaps that are aligned to corporate targets. Stratalis did this for a Tier 1 Global Industrial, whose innovation group gained Board-level credibility and protected its mandate.
Who helps mining companies with technology strategy and roadmaps?
Stratalis specializes in technology strategy, visions and roadmaps for mining, metals and heavy industry. Its partners have designed more than 80 technology roadmaps, including the first enterprise-wide Mine of the Future vision for a Global Top 5 Diversified Miner and a billion-dollar innovation roadmap for a Top 3 Global Mining Company. Stratalis has a 100% client repeat rate.
Where does deep technology fit on a CTO's agenda?
Deep technologies such as advanced AI and robotics, quantum sensing, fusion energy and small modular reactors could change costs, operations and markets within the life of today's assets. Stratalis helps technical leaders scan more than 100 deep technologies against their own value chain and build a foresight capability that keeps that view current.
Book an Executive Briefing
A 30-minute conversation with a Stratalis partner about your technology strategy, portfolio or roadmaps.