I help VC-backed companies build the operational maturity and governance discipline required to scale—from chaotic early growth to predictable, efficient, Series B/C-ready performance.

Venture-backed companies often hit an inflection point where product-market fit is proven, but operations, leadership alignment, and governance lag behind growth needs. I help founders and executives build the structure, clarity, and discipline required to scale confidently.

Where SagaciousThink Creates Value for VC Firms & Their Portfolio Companies:

• Scaling Operations: Implement the systems, processes, and frameworks that transform scrappy startup operations into scalable, repeatable engines for growth.

• Leadership Alignment & Role Clarity: Help founders and executives evolve from “everyone does everything” to “right people, right roles, right priorities.”

• Governance for Growth: Introduce governance structures that support accountability, investor confidence, and strong board-founder collaboration.

• Execution Discipline: Build durable operational rhythms—OKRs, metrics, meeting cadence—so teams execute predictably as they grow.

• Series B/C Readiness: Prepare companies to meet the expectations of more sophisticated investors: governance, risk oversight, financial rigor, and scalable operations.

Result:
A company that scales without breaking—aligned leadership, stronger investor confidence, tighter execution, and reduced risk on the path to the next round or strategic milestone.

I help PE-backed companies unlock rapid, measurable operational improvements—reducing costs, accelerating efficiencies, and strengthening governance so management teams can execute with speed, discipline, and confidence.

Private equity owners need portfolio companies to scale efficiently, execute reliably, and protect enterprise value. I partner with leadership teams to deliver the operational discipline, governance maturity, and strategic alignment required to meet aggressive timelines.

Where SagaciousThink Creates Immediate Value for PE Firms & Their Portfolio Companies:

• Operational Efficiency & Cost Takeout: Identify bottlenecks, streamline processes, and drive disciplined execution that improves EBITDA and margin performance.

• Leadership Alignment: Ensure CEOs, CFOs, and operators are aligned on strategy, priorities, and performance expectations—reducing friction, accelerating decision-making.

• Governance & Board Readiness: Build board frameworks that improve oversight, manage risk, and support rapid scaling—critical for PE’s accountability and transparency needs.

• Transformation Leadership: Provide interim/fractional leadership to stabilize teams, lead integrations, or execute strategic initiatives without slowing momentum.

Result:
Faster scaling, stronger governance, lower operational friction, and measurable improvements that directly support the investment thesis and accelerate exit value.

Companies work with us to ensure that have a solid understanding of what is required to prepare both for the IPO, or investment event itself, and what comes next, so they can capture the momentum and deliver on their strategic efforts.

We work with companies to access their maturity across functions develop a roadmap for the desired state and then work with the leadership team to deliver.

Companies that set themselves up for success know that careful and deliberate planning will drive the results needed for a successful IPO and pave the way to realize the efforts needed to continue to perform at expected levels by the shareholders and the market.

Here's where the rubber meets the road. Companies must hit the ground running and ensure they have a solid strategy and tactics to ensure that both the acquirer and the acquired company are productive from Day 1 - first impressions are everything.

We work with leadership to ensure people, processes, systems work together. Our clients have positive Day 1 experiences leading to productive relationships going forward. They appreciate the benefits coming from a smooth integration, improved processes and the ability to measure outcomes.

We also work with the companies on their Post Merger Integration Program Management Office ensuring that all the departments are on board, aligned on scope of effort and schedule to ensure a smooth transition. We help companies stay on track, identify risks and opportunities (often in the way of process optimization). We work with them to ensure they are measuring results and adjust as required to deliver the intended results.

We've done Post Merger Integration (PMI) with companies across the globe from the telecom industry to the semi-conductor industry to many in between. They all share a careful attention to detail, an eye for optimization, sustained oversight and open communication that delivers results.

Complexity has a bad habit of creeping up on organizations: work arounds become habit, and quick fixes the norm. All of these approaches get increasingly expensive over time. We remove friction to create opportunities, resulting in improved employee engagement and quicker time to execute.

We work with companies to devise holistic solutions tailored to meet their unique needs. We support them along the entire effort from kick of to ensure they have everything in readiness to execution and critically, but often overlooked post implementation to ensure that the results stick and any adjustments are timely applied.

Our clients measure results through improved client satisfaction scores, fewer help desks calls, greater self-sufficiency, reduced turnover, and improved employee engagement.