About us
Grow.Studio brings decades of executive experience in large, complex organizations, and current, hands-on practice in agentic AI. We've sat on your side of the table.
Drawing on over 25 years of global executive experience, I help companies become more innovative and AI-driven by translating market dynamics into actionable technology and innovation roadmaps, mobilizing people, implementing tight governance, and driving measurable results.
I worked, travelled, and managed teams in Europe, North America, South America, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
10 yrs
Biotech & food ingredients, DSM
10 yrs
Specialty chemicals, DSM
10 yrs
Oil & gas, Shell, OMV
5 yrs
Startups & agentic-AI enterprise automation
Europe · North America · South America · NE Asia · SE Asia · Australia
Fouzia Boutobza is a global business leader with more than 20 years of experience driving digital transformation, AI adoption, and enterprise modernization across the Energy, Manufacturing, and Industrial sectors. Based in Dubai, she has led large P&Ls, managed complex regional organizations, and delivered performance-driven transformation for Fortune 500 companies across more than 50 countries.
Her executive career spans Microsoft, Schneider Electric, GE, SLB, and Verdande Technology, including leading Microsoft MEA's $500M Industry Enterprise Division and launching the Middle East's first AI-based risk-mitigation platform. She advises boards and C-suite leaders on AI strategy, digital transformation, and talent readiness, holds an MSc in Computer Engineering and an Executive MBA from IE Business School, and serves as a visiting lecturer on digital transformation and leadership.
20+ yrs
Digital transformation & AI adoption
$500M
Industry Enterprise Division, Microsoft MEA
€1.2B
Global revenue scope, Schneider Electric
50+
Countries, Fortune 500 transformations
Middle East & North Africa · Based in Dubai
Testimonials
“Jaco's expertise, influencing skills and actions have made a tangible difference in the way we think.”
Christina VerchereCEO, OMV Petrom
“As Manager Technology & Innovation Excellence, Jaco has led the way to a real boost in the breadth and depth of open innovation in Shell.”
Yuri SebregtsCTO, Shell
“He is a hands-on, creative thinker who makes things happen. He really knows his way around the innovation process at very large, complex organizations like DSM and Shell.”
Henry ChesbroughProfessor, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
“Jaco is an energetic and open-minded person and I have enjoyed working with him for several years in developing an innovation platform.”
Weiming JiangPresident, DSM ChinaPartners
For large deployment diagnostics, and for engagements that need more capacity or deep sector experience, we bring in partners who have led the work themselves.
Digitalization consultant
Digitalization consultant, and until 2023 Senior Industry Digital Strategist for Energy & Resources at Microsoft, where he was known as “The Oil & Gas Man”. Over 35 years across upstream, midstream and downstream he has held senior roles at ADNOC, Schlumberger, Halliburton and GE, and advised national and international oil companies on their digitalization strategy and their three-horizon digital roadmap.
35+ yrs
Oil & gas, upstream to downstream
11 yrs
Operator side, ADNOC
Service side
Schlumberger, Halliburton, GE
NOCs & IOCs
Digitalization strategy and roadmaps
Egypt · India · Syria · Oman · UAE · Norway · USA
