XDO

§ About

Where marketing and technology cross.

XDO is a marketing and technology consultancy. We started in 2007 on a simple belief: the best marketing strategy is the one a team can actually build and run.

Why “XDO”?

The X is the Greek letter chi, and the name is pronounced “Chi-do”. It marks the crossing point between marketing and technology: the place where a plan either becomes a working system or stalls. That intersection is the only place we work.

The principals

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Stephan Lukac

Principal, XDO

Stephan is a full-stack marketing leader with 17+ years of experience spanning retail, apparel, CPG, finance, and now tourism and nation branding. He specializes in what he calls Performance Branding, a methodology that bridges long-term brand building and measurable performance marketing, because he has never believed you have to choose between the two.

At Indochino, Best Buy and TD he led initiatives that grew revenue, diversified media investment, and scaled both acquisition and retention programs. His sweet spot is blending art and science: bringing analytics, technology and creative strategy together in ways that drive measurable impact without losing the human story at the center.

Stephan is deeply interested in the intersection of marketing and AI. He builds agentic workflows that accelerate creative production, automate repetitive marketing tasks, and unlock new ways to scale content and campaigns. He thrives in complex, fast-moving environments and believes great marketing starts with great teams: collaborative, empowered and agile.

Experience
17+ years across retail, apparel, CPG, finance and tourism
Education
McGill University
Recognition
TD League of Excellence (2016); IAB MIXX Silver Award for Search Innovations (2016)
Languages
English, Spanish, French
Credentials
Claude Code in Action (Anthropic, 2026); AI for Work (Asana, 2025)
Stephan Lukac on LinkedIn ↗
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Alex Saens

Principal, XDO

Alex is a principal at XDO, hands-on across marketing strategy and the technology that delivers it. Together with Stephan, the principals bring more than 20 years of combined experience in both domains.

How we think

Evidence over opinion

We show our working: data, experiments and clear assumptions.

Build what we recommend

Our principals can design a system and also configure, code and ship it.

Independent by design

Recommendations are based on fit and cost, not on vendor relationships.

See what we build for ourselves: GoodScrolling.