We Transform Good Companies into Great Companies

Growth Operators partners with middle-market and enterprise businesses, private equity firms, and portfolio companies to build the operational and strategic capabilities that drive real growth. From fractional and interim executive leadership to advisory support across Strategy, Finance, HR, Transaction Advisory, IT, and Decision Intelligence, we deliver the clarity to act today and the infrastructure to win long-term.

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THE CLIENT JOURNEY

Every Great Company Was Once a Good One. The Difference is the Journey They Took to Get There.

We partner with you from your first assessment to your best exit, deploying experienced operators across Strategy, Finance, HR, Technology, and Decision Intelligence to build the business your next chapter demands. Every engagement starts with nextLEVEL® and extends as far as your ambitions take you.

Markets move faster than annual strategy cycles can keep up with — which is exactly why we built our model differently. Rather than handing you a plan and stepping back, we stay close to the execution, compressing the distance between insight and action so the improvements you make this quarter show up in your numbers, not just your board deck, next quarter.

Services & Solutions rooted in nextLEVEL® Aimed at enterprise value creation.

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Output

Growth & Enterprise Value Creation

Strategic insights, sustained outcomes. Clarity and confidence to operate, scale, and exit.
Operational excellence Finance, HR & IT aligned
Transaction-ready QoE, integration, exit
AI-powered foresight Decision intelligence
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WHY GROWTH OPERATORS

More Than Advice. We Build and Deliver.

Most firms give you a roadmap. We give you the people and the infrastructure to execute it across every capability your business needs to scale. Delivered by experienced practitioners who have led these functions inside real companies, not generalists with frameworks.

Strategy & Execution Advisory
A plan without execution is just a document. We help leadership teams build growth strategies, prioritize initiatives, redesign operating models, and close the gap between strategic intent and actual results.
Finance & Accounting Advisory
Sound financial infrastructure is the foundation of every growth decision. We provide CFO-level leadership, FP&A, financial reporting, accounting operations, and finance transformation support that brings the rigor investors expect and the clarity operators need.
HR & Talent Intelligence® Advisory
People are one of the most important drivers of enterprise value. We build HR infrastructure, employee experience, talent strategy, and organizational discipline that scale with ambition and support the business through growth, change, and transition.
Transaction Advisory & Exit Planning
Transactions are won or lost in operational readiness. We support buyers, sellers, sponsors, and advisors from pre-deal preparation and financial diligence through integration planning, exit readiness, and value creation execution.
Strategic IT Advisory
Technology should accelerate your business, not constrain it. We assess IT infrastructure, identify operational and transaction risk, and build practical roadmaps across systems, cybersecurity, IT governance, ERP, and technology decision-making.
Decision Intelligence & AI Advisory
The businesses that win will be the ones that turn data into faster, better decisions. We help companies build the data infrastructure, KPIs, dashboards, AI readiness, and decision intelligence capabilities needed to move from gut-feel management to evidence-based leadership.
Fractional & Interim Services
Leadership gaps do not wait for the right permanent hire. We embed experienced managers, directors, and C-suite executives on a fractional or interim basis to provide steady leadership, immediate accountability, and support that outlasts the engagement.
Our Approach - MORE THAN AN ASSESSMENT - A POWERFUL PLAYBOOK FOR YOUR SUCCESS AND TRANSFORMATION

nextLEVEL® Value Creation Plan

nextLEVEL® is a single, proprietary assessment that scores four functions collectively or individually: Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Strategic IT, and Decision Intelligence against best practice. Growth Operators scores 27 capabilities against 300 criteria on a 1-to-5 scale, so leadership sees a comprehensive scorecard in one view, where the organization stands and which function to move first.

Most assessments end at the diagnosis. This one continues into a 100-day plan, a one-year plan, and a multi-year roadmap — then into execution. The result is not a better report. It is Finance that forecasts instead of reconciling, HR that plans ahead of demand, IT that carries strategy instead of tickets, and AI that produces decisions instead of pilots.

At Growth Operators, we are experienced executives, not career consultants: the team that scores your functions builds the plan, and Growth Pros® embed alongside yours to run it.

WHO WE SERVE

Why Build Something Good When You Can Build Something Great?

Growth Operators helps growing companies, private equity firms, portfolio companies, intermediaries, and investment banks improve business performance and achieve value creation through hands-on advisory, transaction diligence, and embedded execution support.

We work with hundreds of middle-market businesses and investor-backed companies to bring confidence to their operations. Because you can build a good company without strong Finance, HR, technology, and strategic decision-making capabilities, but you cannot build a great one.

Who We Serve

Growth Operators Serves

From operating companies to the investors and advisors around them — we bring operational muscle to every seat at the table.

Operating Companies

Middle-Market Businesses

Companies between $25M and $1B in revenue that need enterprise-grade capabilities without the enterprise overhead. We scale with you from growth through exit.
Sponsors

Private Equity Firms

Sponsors who need fast, reliable operational support across their portfolio — from pre-deal diligence to value creation and exit readiness.
Portfolio

Portfolio Companies

PE-backed businesses under pressure to perform. We provide the leadership and infrastructure to hit the value creation plan — and hold it.
Deal Flow

Intermediaries

M&A advisors and business brokers who need a trusted operational partner to prepare sellers, strengthen deal packages, and support buyers through close.
Capital Markets

Investment Banks

Banking teams that rely on Growth Operators to deliver quality-of-earnings support, management presentation readiness, and post-close integration planning.
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If you're navigating a transaction, a leadership gap, or an operational challenge — we've likely worked in your context before. Let's talk.
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Your On-Demand Portfolio Resource Team

Our team specializes in understanding your greatest challenges and their root causes, pairing a tailored approach with our repeatable nextLEVEL® framework to deploy your on-demand team of dedicated Growth Pros. Our experts are committed to transforming your business and creating value through your Strategy, Finance, Accounting, HR, Transaction Advisory, Technology, and Decision Intelligence functions.

Here are just a few of the strengths that help us get it done:

Consultative approach to determine specific challenges and tailored solutions
Deep roster of leaders at CFO, CHRO, Director, and Manager levels
Industry expertise and hands-on operational experience
Ability to stand up full Finance, HR, back-office, or transformation functions
Ready and willing to engage all levels of the business
Pre-acquisition, post-acquisition, and pre-sale Transaction Advisory support
Skilled and experienced in helping navigate times of crisis
Exit planning and IPO readiness advisory to reduce risk, maximize value, and optimize outcomes
Calm in approach, as if we have seen it all a million times before
Strategy and execution support that turns priorities into measurable progress
Strategic IT assessments, IT diligence, and technology roadmaps aligned to business outcomes
AI readiness assessments that identify high-ROI use cases
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What Our Clients Are Saying

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Growth Operators has been instrumental in defining and streamlining our accounting processes, especially around month-end close. They set us up for success by helping us onboard a new accounting management hire, and their proactive follow-up to ensure we have all the support we need has made them a true partner.

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– Mark Holman, President, Surefitters
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Growth Operators has been fantastic to work with across both our integration and carve-out projects. The team is highly communicative, organized, and able to add value quickly. When they encountered challenges, they moved quickly to remediate the situation and identify a clear path forward. I would recommend Growth Operators for consistently delivering value well in excess of their fees.

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– Will Stacy, CEO MAS Medical
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We used to depend on an outside firm to handle our finance and accounting needs. When our mission expanded, Growth Operators provided the team and the expertise to build scalable in-house capabilities. Now we’re making a bigger impact than ever to fight hunger.

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– Lori Thorp, Former Executive Director, The Food Group
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Growth Operators played a pivotal role in swiftly setting up our HR operations. They transformed what could have been a lengthy process into a streamlined and efficient operation, establishing a fully functional HR unit in just weeks. Their team didn’t just fill positions; they managed all aspects of our HR needs during our rapid growth phase.

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– Jeff Oestmann, CEO, Aztalan Bio
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Our talent and our trusted relationships are every bit as important as the capital we invest in our companies. Growth Operators has been a great partner to many of our businesses. They roll up their sleeves and earn the trust of our management teams because they’re operators themselves.

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– Tyson Smith, Partner, Tēcum Capital
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When you do consulting like this, the people do matter, and having the right consultants is number one. They have the right people.

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– Shane Vinup, CEO, Cyber Advisors
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With other firms, I always got the impression it was just a lead-up to something else or a way to sell more services to us. Growth Operators cares a lot, which is extremely rare and not easy to find. They put everything they have into solving the underlying problem.

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– Rob Emrich, Founder, Infillion
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We started our company with a dream of helping millions of people overcome mental health suffering and live better lives. The team from Growth Operators built us the scalable finance and accounting capabilities that are helping us turn that dream into reality.

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– Dale Cook, CEO, Learn to Live
How We Operate

Think Big, We’ll Handle the Rest

We bring knowledge to the unknowns of your business’s most pressing obstacles. While you may not have been here before, we have.

Our only focus is helping good companies become great companies through hands-on, consultative Strategy, Finance, Accounting, HR, Transaction Advisory, Technology, and Decision Intelligence support. We meet you where you are, build what the business needs, and help create capabilities that last.

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Real World Results

Growth Operators Success Stories

Rebuilding a family business’s finance function — strategy and execution, side by side
Building a multi-division long-range plan aligned to where the business is going, not just where it’s been
Turning a SaaS sales org’s pipeline data into a decision tool that it can act on every week
Giving non-profit the engagement intelligence that three years of surveys had never revealed
Carving out a PE-backed healthcare services business — three ways at once
Building from the Ground Up: Medical Device Seamless Strategic Carve-Out
HR Case Study: Driving Human Resources Efficiency Through Technology During a Financial Institution Merger
Marketing Technology Company Needed Immediate HR Leadership
Biorefinery needed robust HR system developed for rapid start-up
We gave a large dental management company plenty to smile about

Maximizing Value in Every Corner of the U.S.

With our extensive national coverage spanning 35+ industries in nearly all 50 states, we fit the right team to meet your organization’s unique needs. Some of our industry expertise includes:

  • Retail
  • Wholesale
  • Restaurant
  • Construction
  • Animal & Pet
  • Food & Beverage
  • Value-Added Distribution
  • Manufacturing & Industrials
  • Consumer Products
  • Business & Professional Services
  • Health Care & Life Sciences
  • Transportation & Warehousing
  • Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Software

Is Your Company Ready to Sell?

No matter where you are in the process, we can help you develop an Exit Readiness plan to maximize the value of your company and bring you to closing.

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