// value creation · AI strategy · business transformation

Value Creation Leadership
for the Middle Market

AI operating infrastructure. Business transformation. PE value creation. Nothing to build. No ramp required.

// get started

Blueprint Session

A working session, not a sales call. I map your operating model, identify the highest-leverage AI opportunities, and outline your 30-day path to live operations.

✓ Business review

✓ AI opportunity mapping

✓ 30-day implementation outline

✓ Economic impact framing

✓ 90-minute working session

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// credentials & outcomes

30 years of collaborative leadership
across complex transitions.

These results reflect cross-functional leadership across organizations, not individual performance.

30+

Years of Operating Experience

Technologist · Strategy & Value Creation

MIT

Certified, AI Business Strategy

MIT Sloan School of Management, 2025

5 Gen

Enterprise AI Generations

Predictive through Agentic · 2009–2025

$2.4B

Exit Contribution

Compuware/Dynatrace to Thoma Bravo

400%

Five-Year Portfolio Growth

With 12–15pt EBITDA improvement

$100M+

Partnership Portfolio

AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google

Portfolio Companies Advised

SaaS, AI/GPU, manufacturing, entertainment

// about

Investing in People.
Rooted in purpose.

When we work together, I want you to feel confident, comfortable, excited about what is possible. Encouraged in who you are and what you are building. Fulfilled by the work, not just the outcome.

The most formative moments of my life had nothing to do with business. They were the people who believed in me before I believed in myself, selflessly, without agenda. That kind of investment in people creates something no title or outcome ever can: belief in self. That is the same investment I bring to you and your team. It is the foundation of everything I do.

For the first decade I chased what most people chase, title, scope, money. I got them. They were the least fulfilling things I ever pursued. In 2004 I shifted focus to what I had always done naturally: seeing through complexity to clear outcomes. Everything changed. Values alignment is not a preference, it is a requirement. Go ten times deeper than you think you need to. The answer will present itself.

// how I think

Principles that
shape the work

Not frameworks from a book. Patterns earned navigating real businesses under real pressure.

BEATS™

Trust, relationships, lasting value. Built intentionally. Sustained through delivery cadence.

Authenticity

Connection for the sake of people and self, not leverage.

Reciprocity

Energy given must eventually return. When it does not, release and move on.

Breath

Under pressure, space creates clarity. The answer is often waiting if given a moment to arrive.

// what I do

Four Practice Areas

// 01

AI Opportunity Mapping

Find where AI creates operating leverage and economic return in your specific business model. I map the processes, identify the highest-value targets, and quantify the impact before building anything.

// 02

Operating Model Redesign

Rebuild how work gets done. Parallel AI execution, overnight automation, intelligence briefings ready by morning. Output scales with intelligence, not headcount.

// 03

Revenue System Design

Sales architecture, pipeline discipline, and commercial systems designed to scale without founder involvement in every transaction. Built for compounding, not linear effort.

// 04

PE Value Creation

EBITDA improvement, exit readiness, and portfolio advisory across the full PE lifecycle. Formation through exit. Six portfolio companies across SaaS, AI/GPU, manufacturing, construction, and entertainment.

// how I work

Fit for Purpose
Engagement

Chris works as a true operating partner, not an advisor and not a consultant. We get into the business, build the systems, and hold accountability for outcomes alongside your leadership team.

Engagements are structured around your stage and your specific challenge. Whether you are mapping AI opportunity, redesigning your operating model, building revenue systems, or driving PE value creation, I meet you where you are. Nothing to build. No ramp required.

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Price

Fit for Purpose

Commitment

3–12 Months

Cadence

3–5 Executive Days / Month

Target

Middle Market · PE-Backed · Founder-Led

// references & testimonials

What Leaders Say

Chris led our category-creation target buyer repositioning strategy at Compuware Dynatrace, resulting in reduced sale cycle times by 50%, improving average deal size by 200% and securing a global ecosystem of Tier-1 line of business executive references.

Dan Hughes

VP Business Transformation, Compuware Corporation

Chris helped us implement effective go-to-market strategies improving our product launch performance, solidifying our leadership position across ecosystems and the global stage. This resulted in new and larger revenue streams and access to new customers and global reach.

Brad Wardell

Founder & CEO, Stardock Systems, Inc.

Chris is focused on understanding the customer’s problem first and to a full extent. He uses a pragmatic approach that inspires people, builds references and scales target pursuits that drive market pull and accelerates global sales.

Wim Rjettdiik

VP & Country Manager, Compuware Corporation

Chris created a whole product offering for our digitally transformative fuel automation business resulting in higher dollar sales, profits and customer satisfaction. The strategy created stickiness within accounts giving protection against competitive displacement.

Sam Simon

Chairman, Simon Group Holdings Family Office

Chris helped us develop an investor package that quickly caught the attention of high value targets resulting in financial and logo capital partnerships unlocking high-potential growth trajectory.

Erik Kiilunen

Founder & CEO, Neuvokas Corporation “Gatorbar”

Chris excels at guiding teams to market-leading positions through effective go-to-market strategies and a clear, simple vision. His approach to execution is both efficient and highly effective.

Dr. Shawne Duperon

Leadership Coach · 6-Time Emmy Award Winning Producer

Chris uses a customer-first, structured leadership approach to GTM built on proven methods and systems, which resulted in delivering on vertical market expansion growth initiative expectations perfectly.

Ramesh Maturu

President & Co-founder, Pyramid Consulting Inc.

Chris helped us understand the AI revolution in terms of practical application and market needs. He helped develop strategies and execute on industry partnerships including AI Center of Excellence programs and Ph.D. research initiatives.

Mark Brucki

Associate VP Economic Development, Lawrence Technological University

Chris’ leadership in technological innovation and go-to-market strategies consistently drives investment value and forms high-impact strategic partnerships that create new revenue streams and grows margins.

Ritchie Corpus

Technology & Entertainment Executive, AMD · Intel · EA