WHO I WORK WITH
You've built something real. And now you're facing an inflection point where the usual answers aren't enough.
Your operations are in one world. Your capital, clients, or board sit in another. Most of your leadership energy burns on bridging the two — not scaling the business.
The question is how to grow without losing what makes you different.
30
years of executive leadership
1,000+
people managed globally
~$1B
transformations led
WHAT YOU FACE
THE DAILY REALITY
Every decision runs through you.
Approving expenses, chasing deliverables, bridging contexts. Without you in the middle, things slip.
THE CODE-SWITCHING PROBLEM
You speak both languages.
Field and boardroom. Operational truth and investor narrative. The bridging never stops — and it's limiting growth.
THE SCALABILITY QUESTION
They keep asking if it scales.
You've hired Ops leaders. They lack the altitude or the cross-cultural instincts. Competitors with simpler setups somehow look more "scalable."
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED
Not another roadmap.
Someone who's operated on both sides and knows which best practices are universal, which are theater, and which only work if you adapt them.
I work alongside a small number of leaders when the stakes are high and the playbook doesn't exist. Not templates. Not frameworks. Judgment, applied where it counts.
01
Outcome-Based Consulting
One defining inflection point
3 months+
Market entry & geographic expansion
GTM development
M&A prep & due diligence
Restructuring plan
Organizational diagnostic & performance audit
Leadership cockpit & metrics infrastructure
Operating rhythm & governance design
Investor or board presentation
02
Strategic Advisory
Decisions you can't afford to get wrong
6 months+
Org design & structure
Board advisory role
Pricing, revenue & sales strategy
P&L analysis & financial discipline
Strategic alliance & partnership development
Conflict & negotiation support
Market positioning & strategic relevance review
Red teaming & scenario planning
AI strategy & adoption
03
Fractional COO / President
When the business can't run without you
9 months+
Team management & accountability
Cross-geography operations
Governance optimization & operating rhythm
P&L ownership & financial discipline
OPEX optimization & cost structure
Sales team management & revenue growth
Executive coaching & succession planning
Talent strategy & organizational health
Western investor liaison
Board seat & governance
DELIVERED RESULTS FOR TEAMS AT
WHY WORK WITH ME
SELECTED OUTCOMES
A few results from the last decade
Across Fortune 500 transformations, AI data services, and global operations
95%
Retention rate on 6,000-employee transformation
+20pt
Margin turnaround in 8 months on $115M P&L
101%
New sales growth in 12 months
27%
OPEX efficiency gains in 9 months
35%
Net margin contribution in PMO Services
I learned by doing. Often the hard way. I never stopped, and I never will.
HOW I THINK ABOUT LEADERSHIP
The hardest leadership problems aren't technical.
They sit in the unglamorous middle - between strategy and execution, between the boardroom and the ground.
Most of what I've learned, I learned in contexts where the frameworks didn't quite fit. That's where I do my best work.
What scales is judgment. Pattern recognition.
The clarity to decide under pressure without flattening the realities that make your business what it is.
That's the level I work at.
Let's see if there's a fit.
I keep three clients at a time. If you're in a moment where the usual answers aren't landing, don't wait.
I'd rather have an honest 25 minutes than a polished pitch deck. — Eric
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