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Operator-led turnaround advisory · Technology middle market

Fluent in EBITDA.
Fluent in DevOps.

Operator-led financial, commercial, and technical execution inside technology companies of 50 to 300 people.

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Plate /13 — open books

14 days To a named constraint

Day 90 System handed back, running

50–300 Employee band we serve

Fig. 01 — Reference environments Tested at scale in

Global media & entertainment

Global electronics OEM

Enterprise hardware

DoD mission-critical infrastructure

Enterprise cybersecurity

Major film & TV studio

Top-tier financial services

Enterprise infrastructure

Described by industry and scale. References under NDA.

01 · Operating proof

Numbers first. Then the story.

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Fig. 02 · vs. 29% industry

68%

Win rate after commercial rebuild; industry average 29%.

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Fig. 03 · vs. plan

92%

Forecast accuracy, installed where pipeline was guesswork.

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Fig. 04 · of 20 accounts

95%

Customer retention post-merger; staff retention 100%.

02 · Capability model

Four operating paths. Eight service lines.

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Transaction Services

Diligence the operating system before the term sheet.

Transaction Advisory · Valuations · Execution · Investment Banking

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Commercial Performance

Reverse the win-rate trend in one quarter.

Performance Improvement · Office of the CFO

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Operational Excellence

Make the founder optional.

Performance Improvement · Interim Management · OCFO

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Turnaround & Restructuring

When advice is not enough.

Turnaround & Restructuring · Interim Management

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03 · The differentiator

One firm. Both languages.

Most advisors speak one room's language; value leaks in translation.

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An engineer seen from behind reading a wall of unmarked gauges in a warm plant room, clipboard in hand, one red-rimmed gauge holding their attention. — The engine room measures Plate /29

EBITDA bridge: Margin recovers when release cycles shorten.; deployment_frequency · lead_time
ARR quality: Revenue that renews is revenue the platform can serve.; churn_cohorts · uptime_SLO
Multiple expansion: Buyers reprice what they cannot verify.; tech_debt_paydown · test_coverage

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04 · Case file

$3M stalled. Unblocked in thirty days.

Three vendor teams, forty open decisions, no single owner.

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$3M: Deployment program
30 days: To shipped release
9: Decisions that gated shipping

Day 0

Diagnostic starts inside the program.

Standups, tickets, pipeline — end to end.

Day 7

Critical path rebuilt.

Nine gating decisions, each with an owner and a date.

Day 18

Cadence installed.

One weekly scorecard replaced three conflicting status reports.

Day 30

Shipped.

Back on the committed schedule. The cadence stayed.

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05 · Market intelligence

Operating briefs from inside the deal.

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Turnaround & Restructuring

After the missed quarter

The board's first three moves, sequenced.

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Transaction Services

Technical debt is a balance-sheet item

Pricing engineering backlog the way a committee will.

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Operational Excellence

The founder bottleneck

Diagnosing the stall before the exit window narrows.

How an engagement runs Diagnostic 1–14 · Plan 15–21 · Implementation 22–90 · Value capture 91–120 The full model

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