Executive Advisor

Turning vision into businesses that actually run.

Helping founders, CEOs, and ownership groups turn vision into operationally sustainable businesses.

I partner with
Early-stage founders / Family-owned businesses / Ownership groups / Operating partners

Who I work with

The space between a great idea and a company that lasts.

Most businesses don't fail because the vision was wrong. They stall because the operation underneath it was never built to carry the weight. That's the gap I help leaders close. We take the ambition and give it real structure: the systems, the rhythms, and the operating discipline a company needs to grow without falling apart.

I work alongside founders, CEOs, and ownership groups as a trusted outside set of eyes, someone who can sit in the room with you, in full confidence, see how the whole thing actually fits together, and help you find the way forward. Every conversation stays between us.

25+
Years building & operating businesses
1:1
Direct, partner-level engagement
100%
Confidential, every conversation

Advisory

Where I add the most leverage

Every engagement is shaped around where you actually are. In practice, most of the work lands in one of three places.

Operational Foundation

Turning a big idea into the structure, roles, and day-to-day rhythms that keep it running, so the business doesn't depend on someone pulling a miracle out every week.

Growth & Scale Strategy

Pressure-testing the plan, sequencing the next moves, and making sure the model can carry the weight of where you want to go.

Founder & Ownership Counsel

A steady sounding board for the decisions that never fit neatly on a spreadsheet: staying aligned, building the culture, leading well, and making the hard calls when they come.

How it works

A simple, honest engagement

01 / Understand

See the whole system

We start with the full picture: the vision, the operation, the people, and wherever things are grinding. No advice based on one slice of the problem.

02 / Diagnose

Find the real constraint

Together we name what's actually holding the business back and separate the urgent noise from the few things that move it.

03 / Build

Make it sustainable

Then we put the structure, systems, and habits in place so the progress actually holds, and keeps building on itself long after I've stepped back.

Selected work

Stories worth telling

A few pieces that capture the kind of leaders and ventures I'm drawn to.

"Tye walked into a complicated situation, understood the whole system, and showed us the path forward."
— Founder & CEO, multi-site operating company

Let's talk

Have a vision that's outgrowing its operation?

If you're a founder, CEO, or owner wrestling with how to make the business sustainable, let's have a conversation.

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