ABOUT ORELIA
Built on Experience From Inside the Room
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Independent advisory services shaped by deep experience in high-stakes decision-making across critical technology investments, commercial strategy, and risk management.
ABOUT ORELIA
Built on Experience From Inside the Room
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Independent advisory services shaped by deep experience in high-stakes decision-making across critical technology investments, commercial strategy, and risk management.
ABOUT ORELIA
Built on Experience From Inside the Room
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Independent advisory services shaped by deep experience in high-stakes decision-making across critical technology investments, commercial strategy, and risk management.
ABOUT ORELIA
Built on Experience
From Inside the Room
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Independent advisory services shaped by deep experience in high-stakes decision-making across critical technology investments, commercial strategy, and risk management.
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Before a deal, strategic decision, or technology initiative moves forward, the real question is simple: what must be true, what could go wrong, and what is worth the risk?
Before a deal, strategic decision, or technology initiative moves forward, the real question is simple: what must be true, what could go wrong, and what is worth the risk?
SHAPING THE DECISION
Nearly 20 years across corporate, government, startup, investment and board environments brings pattern recognition to complex decisions - helping ambiguity become recognizable and viable options emerge.
INSIDE THE BUYER'S ROOM
Deep client-side experience in sourcing, procurement, evaluation and negotiation provides a practical understanding of how opportunities are assessed, challenged and approved inside large organizations.
INSIDE THE BUYER'S ROOM
Deep client-side experience in sourcing, procurement, evaluation and negotiation provides a practical understanding of how opportunities are assessed, challenged and approved inside large organizations.
REALIZING THE RETURN
Having influenced +$3bn in corporate and government technology expenditure, Katrina brings a practical view of what must be true for value to materialize - and what can prevent it.
REALIZING THE RETURN
Having influenced +$3bn in corporate and government technology expenditure, Katrina brings a practical view of what must be true for value to materialize - and what can prevent it.
MITIGATING THE COST OF RISK
Experience inside the buyer’s room, the boardroom and at the investor’s table provides a broader view of the risks that can stall a deal, weaken a decision or erode an investment case.
MITIGATING THE COST OF RISK
Experience inside the buyer’s room, the boardroom and at the investor’s table provides a broader view of the risks that can stall a deal, weaken a decision or erode an investment case.
FOUNDER
Katrina Paddon
Founder & Managing Principal, Orelia Advisory
Katrina Paddon advises founders, investors, boards, and executive teams on complex commercial, technology, governance, and AI-related decisions.
Her work is focused on situations where clarity matters: enterprise deals facing procurement or risk scrutiny; negotiations where the real economics are buried in the terms; investment stories that need pressure-testing; leadership teams working through strategic trade-offs; and AI investment, risk and governance questions that require practical oversight not generic policy language.
Over nearly 20 years, Katrina has influenced more than $3B in technology expenditure across corporate, government, startup, and investment environments. She brings experience from both sides of the table giving her a practical understanding of how buyers evaluate risk, how commercial decisions are made, and where promising opportunities can lose momentum.
She is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of West Coast Angel Network, a venture capital firm focused on broadening diversity access, participation, and capital flow within the startup and investment ecosystem.
risk and governance questions that require practical oversight not generic policy language.
Over nearly 20 years, Katrina has influenced more than $3B in technology expenditure across corporate, government, startup, and investment environments. She brings experience from both sides of the table giving her a practical understanding of how buyers evaluate risk, how commercial decisions are made, and where promising opportunities can lose momentum.
She is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of West Coast Angel Network, a venture capital firm focused on broadening diversity access, participation, and capital flow within the startup and investment ecosystem.
FOUNDER
Katrina Paddon
Katrina Paddon
Founder & Managing Principal, Orelia Advisory
Katrina Paddon advises founders, investors, boards, and executive teams on complex commercial, technology, governance, and AI-related decisions.
Her work is focused on situations where clarity matters: enterprise deals facing procurement or risk scrutiny; negotiations where the real economics are buried in the terms; investment stories that need pressure-testing; leadership teams working through strategic trade-offs; and AI investment, risk and governance questions that require practical oversight not generic policy language.
Over nearly 20 years, Katrina has influenced more than $3B in technology expenditure across corporate, government, startup, and investment environments. She brings experience from both sides of the table giving her a practical understanding of how buyers evaluate risk, how commercial decisions are made, and where promising opportunities can lose momentum.
She is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of West Coast Angel Network, a venture capital firm focused on broadening diversity access, participation, and capital flow within the startup and investment ecosystem.
Katrina Paddon advises founders, investors, boards, and executive teams on complex commercial, technology, governance, and AI-related decisions.
Her work is focused on situations where clarity matters: enterprise deals facing procurement or risk scrutiny; negotiations where the real economics are buried in the terms; investment stories that need pressure-testing; leadership teams working through strategic trade-offs; and AI investment, risk and governance questions that require practical oversight not generic policy language.
Over nearly 20 years, Katrina has influenced more than $3B in technology expenditure across corporate, government, startup, and investment environments. She brings experience from both sides of the table giving her a practical understanding of how buyers evaluate risk, how commercial decisions are made, and where promising opportunities can lose momentum.
She is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of West Coast Angel Network, a venture capital firm focused on broadening diversity access, participation, and capital flow within the startup and investment ecosystem.
Experience that crosses the decision table
Orelia Advisory works with leaders facing decisions that carry strategic, commercial, and governance weight. We help frame the issue, surface the trade-offs, and bring the right level of rigor to choices shaped by risk, accountability, and long-term value.
The focus is not just on reaching a decision, but on making one that is well-reasoned, credible, and durable.
Orelia Advisory works with leaders facing decisions that carry strategic, commercial, and governance weight. We help frame the issue, surface the trade-offs, and bring the right level of rigor to choices shaped by risk, accountability, and long-term value.
The focus is not just on reaching a decision, but on making one that is well-reasoned, credible, and durable.
Credentials
MBA, Strategic Procurement
IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP)
IAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT)
IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional / Canada (CIPP/C)
FOUNDER
Katrina Paddon
Founder & Managing Principal,
Orelia Advisory
Katrina Paddon advises founders, investors, boards, and executive teams on complex commercial, technology, governance, and AI-related decisions.
Her work is focused on situations where clarity matters: enterprise deals facing procurement or risk scrutiny; negotiations where the real economics are buried in the terms; investment stories that need pressure-testing; leadership teams working through strategic trade-offs; and AI investment, risk and governance questions that require practical oversight not generic policy language.
Over nearly 20 years, Katrina has influenced more than $3B in technology expenditure across corporate, government, startup, and investment environments. She brings experience from both sides of the table giving her a practical understanding of how buyers evaluate risk, how commercial decisions are made, and where promising opportunities can lose momentum.
She is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of West Coast Angel Network, a venture capital firm focused on broadening diversity access, participation, and capital flow within the startup and investment ecosystem.
When the decision matters, bring structure to the room
When the decision matters, bring
structure to the room
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