I've spent 13 years in defense contracting. Estimating, project management, and operations for companies that build things the Navy depends on. In that world, the job isn't reading the spec. It's reading the room. Figuring out what's actually going on behind what someone wrote down or what they told you in a meeting.
That's what I do now for small and mid-size companies. I walk in, ask questions until I find the real problem, not the symptom someone called me about, and build the fix. Sometimes that's a workforce structure that doesn't exist yet. Sometimes it's a lead generation system that runs while you sleep. Sometimes it's just showing you that the process you've been routing around for five years can be replaced faster than you think.
I move at a speed and price point that a traditional consulting firm can't match. But speed isn't the point. The point is knowing which questions to ask and which silence in the room to pay attention to.
Based in Wabash, Indiana. Most owners I talk to assumed fixing the problem would cost more than living with it. They were wrong.
You don't get a PowerPoint. You get a working system your team uses on Monday morning.
What takes a traditional firm weeks and tens of thousands of dollars, I deliver in days at a fraction of the cost.
I work with companies that have outgrown the way they run. The tools that got you here won't get you to the next stage. I build what comes next.
I don't show up with a solution looking for a problem. The diagnosis drives everything. Get that wrong and you're just solving symptoms.
By the time you and I sit down to talk about what's broken, I've already done the homework. Your market, your competitors, your structure. The first conversation isn't me asking what your company does. It's me asking why specific things don't work.
I ask questions until the real problem surfaces. Not the symptom you called about. The root cause underneath it. I benchmark what's working, what's broken, and what's missing entirely.
You walk away with something real. Not a recommendation deck. A deliverable your team can put to work. Sometimes that's a finished system. Sometimes it's the blueprint and the plan to get there. Either way, it has owners, timelines, and clear criteria for what 'done' looks like.