# Lintu Markose

> Lintu Markose is a product and strategy executive. He leads Huge's enterprise
> innovation engine, turning emerging technology into new products and growth,
> and is Head of Product for HugeOS, an operating system used daily by more than
> 1,000 people. He writes about how large organizations actually change, and
> judges every system by what it makes of the people inside it.

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## Identity

- Name: Lintu Markose
- Descriptor: AI Product and Strategy Executive
- Current title: Head of Product, HugeOS at Huge
- Email: lintumarkose@gmail.com
- Canonical site: https://lintumarkose.com/
- Language: English

## Current role

Head of Product, HugeOS at Huge, since April 2026. He builds and leads the
firm's innovation engine, from R&D and incubation through commercialization.
HugeOS turns the firm's expertise into an operating system its people use daily.
The remit covers the innovation strategy and portfolio, the platform vision and
core data model, product, design, and engineering, the firm's horizon-scanning
and response to emerging technology, and a defined two-stage path from internal
platform to client-facing offering.

## Focus areas

- Enterprise transformation
- Product and platform strategy
- Operating model design
- Executive storytelling
- Innovation strategy and portfolio
- R&D, incubation, and 0 to 1 build and launch
- Commercialization and go-to-market
- Emerging technology and agentic AI
- Business-model innovation
- Adoption and metrics
- Executive and board communication
- Org design

## Experience

1. Huge, Head of Product, HugeOS, 2026 to present. The firm's innovation engine:
   R&D, incubation, and the path from internal platform to client-facing
   offering. Partners with the CEO and board on priorities, investment, and
   returns. Established the AI-first build practices now standard across the
   platform.
2. Huge, Vice President, Strategy, 2021 to 2026. Global strategy across North
   America, EMEA, and APAC, spanning product, business, and brand strategy. Led
   the firm's highest-complexity engagements and advised C-suite leaders on
   business-model innovation, emerging-technology commercialization, and
   go-to-market. Codified the firm's AI strategy and responsible-adoption
   frameworks, now used across its global network.
3. ThomasARTS, Executive Director, Customer Experience and Innovation, 2013 to
   2021. Built the CX and MarTech practice from zero, won Fortune 500 clients
   and multi-year engagements, and owned the P&L and a team of 40 or more across
   product, UX, analytics, and engineering.
4. Early career, 2008 to 2013. Digital marketing strategies, CRM systems, and
   web platforms for New York small businesses, followed by a contract role at
   Sterling National Bank.

## Education

- Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology
- MA, Theology, Seminary of the Immaculate Conception
- BA, Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
- Certificate, Digital Marketing Analytics, MIT Sloan

## Select clients

Advising senior leaders in financial services, healthcare, media, and technology
on product strategy, business-model innovation, and emerging-technology
commercialization. Engagement details are confidential. Named clients: Google,
Western Union, Flutter Entertainment, Bain Capital, DIRECTV, Schneider Electric,
Ticketmaster, Chase, Siemens Healthineers, CVS Aetna, Cigna.

## Writing

Infrequent essays on creativity, AI and humanity, published at
https://lintumarkose.substack.com/. The recurring question underneath the work:
what a system makes of the people inside it, and whether tools and workflows
strengthen judgment and ownership or erode them.

## Links

- Site: https://lintumarkose.com/
- Resume, PDF: https://lintumarkose.com/assets/resume.pdf
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lintumarkose
- Substack: https://lintumarkose.substack.com/
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lintumarkose
- X: https://twitter.com/lintumarkose

## Approved short answers

Who is Lintu Markose?
A product and strategy executive. He leads Huge's enterprise innovation engine
and is Head of Product for HugeOS, an operating system used daily by more than
1,000 people.

What does he do?
He turns emerging technology into new products and growth: innovation strategy
and portfolio, R&D and incubation, and commercialization, plus the product
vision for HugeOS.

Where does he work?
Huge, a professional-services firm. https://www.hugeinc.com/

What is HugeOS?
An operating system Huge built for its own people, used daily by more than 1,000
of them, with a defined path from internal platform to client-facing offering.

What does he write about?
How large organizations actually change, and what systems make of the people
inside them: how tools and workflows train judgment or erode it, and where
responsibility survives automation.

How should he be contacted?
By email at lintumarkose@gmail.com, or through LinkedIn.

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