Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. 16 years inside Fortune 500. $1B+ in P&L. 3x retail growth in 24 months. IPO. Davos. Now I choose to work with 2‑3 operators at a time. PE‑backed teams, search fund CEOs, and founders who've outgrown their current setup.
Record a message · Written assessment in 24 hours · Call only if there's a fit
Who I Work With
The value creation plan says one thing. The portco can't execute it. I build the operating infrastructure that turns a thesis into EBITDA growth: reporting, KPIs, pricing, channel strategy, team structure. You get a 100-day roadmap, clear decision rights, and a written charter so everyone knows what I own and what I don't.
You're preparing for a line review, launching, or expanding an existing program at big box retail or a national account. I've personally led 90+ line reviews, managed a retail team executing 60+ annually, won multiple category captainships, and generated hundreds of millions in incremental sales. JBP architecture, category strategy, pricing, planograms, retail expansion readiness, training modules, in-store execution, and market testing.
You've outgrown your current setup. Every decision runs through you. The team is stretched. I diagnose the bottleneck, build the fix, and hand you back a business that runs without you in the room.
You're drinking from a firehose. The seller had everything in his head, there's little to no documentation, and you're working in the business instead of on it. I get up to speed fast. Tight onboarding, rapid baseline, and a 30/60/90 plan within the first week. I've built these systems inside $1B companies. I'll build yours in weeks.
When to Bring Me In
You closed the deal. The 100-day plan is behind schedule and the back office needs to be professionalized before you can bolt on acquisitions. The data is a black box.
Every decision runs through you. You can't hire fast enough and you can't keep running ops, sales, and finance yourself.
You're entering or expanding at a national retailer and the team has never been through a line review. You need someone who's actually sat across from the buyer and knows what they're looking for.
Your team runs on email, text threads, and 15 SaaS tools that don't talk to each other. You're bleeding hours every week.
Revenue was supposed to hit X. It didn't. Nobody can tell you exactly where it broke down.
You have dashboards but no clarity. The numbers don't connect to the decisions you need to make this week.
Proof
I don't write reports and leave. I stay until the problem is solved and the system is running without me.
Every month of operational delay at a 10x exit multiple is millions in lost enterprise value.
The cost of waiting is almost always higher than the cost of starting.
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How It Works
Every step of this process, it's me. Not a junior associate. Not an outsourced team. Not a senior partner who sells the engagement and disappears. I personally do the work.
Send me a quick message about what's happening in your business. What's broken, what's at risk, or what opportunity you need help capturing. Within 24 hours, I email you a written assessment: what I heard, what I think is going on, and what an engagement could look like. No call required to get that.
If the assessment resonates, we get on a focused 20-30 minute call. I've already done my homework, so we skip the basics and go straight under the hood. Fill the gaps, pressure-test assumptions, and finalize the right scope together. Once we're aligned, I send a written scope of work and get started.
I embed into the business and build. Operating systems, dashboards, workflows, playbooks, JBPs, channel strategies, automation. Delivered in days or weeks, not quarters.
You get working systems, not slide decks. I walk your team through everything, document what was built, and make sure it runs without me. Retainer clients keep a direct line for ongoing access.
Engagement Models
Every engagement starts with your recorded message. I listen, research your business, and email you a written assessment within 24 hours. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you that directly. No wasted calls for either of us.
Light-touch strategic guidance. Weekly or biweekly calls. You run execution. I pressure-test decisions, review plans, and flag what you're missing. Best for experienced operators who want someone with real operating context in their corner.
Ranges from $3K–$7K/mo based on cadence and complexity.
I'm in the business. Building systems, running projects, managing workstreams. 3-month minimum, then month-to-month with 30 days notice. No lock-in after the initial commitment. Best for post-acquisition integration, founder transitions, and companies that need execution, not advice.
Ranges from $8K–$15K+/mo based on scope and time commitment.
Defined scope, defined timeline. Line review prep, operating system build, channel strategy, operational audit. Typical duration: 2–8 weeks. You keep everything I build whether or not we continue working together. A self-funding asset, not a consulting fee.
Ranges from $15K–$40K based on scope and duration.
PE portfolio partnerships start at $15K–$25K+/month depending on scope and SLA.
"I manage six concurrent construction projects from development to listing. Kevin listened to my pain points and within one week delivered a system that streamlined communication across my team, subs, and vendors. I no longer look in half a dozen places for answers. It's saving my team 20% in project management time weekly, over $150,000 annually."
Connor M.
Residential Developer, Charlotte, NC
Common Questions
That's the most common starting point. Most people who reach out know something isn't working but can't pinpoint exactly why. Revenue is flat, the team is stretched, things that used to work don't anymore. If you could diagnose it yourself, you'd fix it yourself. That's where I come in. I've spent 16 years inside complex businesses finding the root cause underneath the symptoms. Record a message, tell me what you're seeing, and I'll tell you what I think is actually going on.
You record a quick message about your business: what you're facing, what you've tried, what a win looks like. Video or voice, whatever's easiest. I listen, research your business, and email you a written assessment within 24 hours. Not a generic proposal. A specific breakdown of what I heard, what I think is actually going on, what an engagement would look like, and what I'd still need to know. Everything you share is held in strict confidence. You read it on your own time. If it resonates, we schedule a call and we're both already up to speed. If it doesn't, no wasted time for either of us.
A full-time hire at this level costs $20K–$30K/month fully loaded: salary, benefits, equity, bonus. Then there's the search (3–6 months to fill), the ramp (another 3–6 months to full productivity), and the risk if it doesn't work out ($500K+ in lost time and severance). I start in days, not months. There's no severance, no termination risk, and no overhead. Hiring full-time makes sense when the role is proven and the load is permanent. Until then, you're paying a premium to test a hypothesis.
So have I. I spent 16 years on the corporate side watching expensive consultants sit in the fishbowl, interview everyone, and produce document after document. The meetings always felt great. Then 60 days later you'd look around and ask, "What actually changed?" That experience is exactly why I built this practice the way I did. No junior team. No outsourced bench. I personally do the work, and my deliverables are working systems, not slide decks. Every engagement has a written scope, weekly milestones, and a 30-day out clause after the initial commitment. If I'm not delivering, you'll know within the first month.
We set a baseline before I start and define 3–5 specific metrics we're moving. Could be margin improvement, revenue growth, cost reduction, cycle time, or operational capacity. I build checkpoints into every engagement so we can measure progress, not just activity. The standard I hold myself to: 3x return on my fee within 12 months. If the math doesn't work, I'll tell you before we start.
I operate like one, but I don't use the title. Most "fractional" consultants advise part-time from the outside. I embed inside the business with a defined scope, weekly milestones, and clear ownership of outcomes. I attend the meetings, make the decisions within my charter, and build the systems myself. If you need someone who does the work and not just the thinking, that's the difference.
Three lanes. CPG and building materials companies selling through big box retail: Home Depot, Lowe's, Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Ace, True Value, Target. Commercial and industrial distribution: Grainger, Bunzl, Cintas, HD Supply, Uline. Startups and entrepreneurial businesses where I've built the operating infrastructure from scratch. The thread across all three is the same: diagnosing what's actually broken versus what looks broken, building systems that scale without adding headcount, and closing the gap between strategy and execution that most consultants leave wide open.
Usually within 1–2 weeks of signing. Sprint projects can start faster. I keep my client count at 2–3 specifically so I have capacity when someone needs to move quickly.
It depends on the situation. An operational audit takes 1–2 weeks. A line review prep sprint runs 4–6 weeks. An embedded operator engagement is 3+ months. Every engagement starts with your recorded message so I can understand the situation before proposing anything.
Yes. Most of my work is remote or hybrid. I'm based in Charlotte, NC but work with clients nationally. If the engagement requires on-site time, we build that into the scope.
Hit record and talk for a few minutes. Video or voice, whatever's easiest. No script. No prep. Just tell me what's going on. Within 24 hours, I'll send you a written assessment: what I heard, what I'd do, and whether there's a fit.
I spent 16 years as the operator on the other side of this conversation. Sharing sensitive data with outside advisors, opening books during diligence, presenting to boards. I know what it costs to be this candid. Everything you share here stays between us. Your information belongs to you.
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