Scaling The Strategy Behind Data
We help enterprise data leaders, data vendors, and investment funds turn data into ROI — with structure, clarity, and confidence.
Vendors
Clarify Your Value
Align with Demand
We help data providers identify what’s valuable — and how to deliver it to market.
Engagements begin with a strategic diagnostic to assess your asset, sharpen positioning, and align with buyer needs.
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GTM & Monetization Advisory
Define use cases, pricing, and licensing strategies tailored to hedge funds, enterprises, and platforms.
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Use Case Validation & Signal Mapping
Extract the most relevant signals and match them to specific pain points and workflows.
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Sales Enablement & Positioning
Translate technical features into compelling buyer-facing narratives and scalable collateral.
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Partnership & Delivery Strategy
Refine delivery format, compliance posture, and integration readiness to reduce friction and increase adoption.
→ Understand what you have. Optimize how you deliver it.
Buyers
Start with Strategy Drive Results
We help enterprise leaders and investment teams extract value from data — faster and with less risk.
Engagements start with a strategic diagnostic to uncover blockers, align teams, and prioritize what to solve.
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Data Vision, Strategy & Roadmapping
Define what to buy, how to activate it, and how to scale usage across business lines.
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Vendor Evaluation & Integration
Cut through the noise with structured filters, onboarding briefs, and integration playbooks.
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Measurement, ROI & Governance
Track usage, throughput, and impact — ensuring renewals reflect true business value.
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AI-Ready Workflow Design
Align ingestion, modeling, and operational checkpoints to support AI and analytics use cases without rework.
→ Put structure in place — then scale what works.
About Nexus Data Strategy
Hugh O’Connor
Founder & Principal Consultant
“Helping vendors deliver market-ready data — and helping buyers turn data into results.”
Looking for strategic guidance?
Hugh is the founder of Nexus Data Strategy, a boutique advisory firm that helps data vendors, enterprises, investment funds, and AI companies unlock strategic value from data.
He previously led data strategy, acquisition, and quality at Opendoor — delivering 9-figure ROI from scaled data and AI operations. Earlier, at Eagle Alpha, he built a marketplace of over 1,100 alternative datasets and advised hundreds of data vendors, global investment funds, and enterprise clients on commercialization strategy and usage.
Hugh brings deep expertise in data acquisition, enrichment, and monetization — as well as AI readiness — helping vendors clarify positioning and delivery, and enabling buyers to scale usage through structured, scalable data operations.
He is based in New York City and partners directly with clients on high-impact strategic engagements.
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New York City, New York 10016
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Advisory support for data strategy, AI enablement, and market engagement.