Investors
“For a global technology organization, having the right people in place in the right locations is critical. Mark worked closely and effectively with me to staff, develop, and retain my global leadership team throughout the due diligence and integration of a major competitor.”
Alison Indrisano, President and CEO, National Geographic School Publishing
The book Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Usestates that accelerating value creation requires defining the full potential of a company during due diligence, developing a blueprint for change, accelerating performance through implementing a rigorous program with a few key metrics, harnessing the talent, making equity sweat, and fostering a results-oriented mind-set. Our approach embraces these principles and adds our proven, professional expertise as Human Capital Advisor for Flywheel Ventures, Board Member of New Mexico Angels and New Mexico Biotechnology and Biomedical Association in leadership development and locating "been there, done that" Directors, Advisers, and leaders.
Do your portfolio companies face these challenges?
- Require a leader or team to "stress-test" or scale a technology or service?
- Rappidly assess and/or grow or reduce your workforce?
- Rapidly hire and engage executives or teams to accomplish key objectives?
- Acquire or turnaround an organization quickly and effectively?
- Access national industry, technical, general management, or functional talent or project teams for interim or full-time roles?
We can assist you to:
- Engage industry, technical and functional executives and "virtual" project teams for short and long-term assignments.
- Identify and manage leadership team flight risks, keepers, question marks, and people in wrong roles.
- Develop targeted hiring, retention, development, separation and incentive strategies.
- Rapidly Integrate newly hired or promoted leaders and team members.
- Access an "HR in a Box" toolkit of resources you may deploy as self-service, project-based, or full-servie options
- Reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness of your staffing process.
We can accelerate your strategic accomplishments with practical, creative, and measurable contributions in situations where you create a new company, expand a smaller company, acquire control in a company, or prepare for an exit event.
Representative Assignments»
- Developing Human Capital Dashboards to track and improve key portfolio company measurements
- Integrating a $60 million dollar a year direct competitor into a $300 million dollar organization without losing critical staff in the year following the date of acquisition.
- Managing Talent Review sessions which ranked acquired leadership teams by performance and potential, leading to customized retention/separation strategies and accelerated leadership development opportunities for retained and emerging leaders.
Representative Clients»
Lockheed Martin, Flywheel Ventures, Adidas, New Mexico Angels, Infinica, Vista Therapeutics, Eco Products Group, TruTouch Technologies, Pajarito Scientific Corporation, Computer Horizons Corporation, Thomson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and IGATE Capital Management
Are you a potential candidate for an interesting and rewarding challenge? Are you:
- Ready for your next early-stage company or turnaround challenge?
- Open to a full-time, contract, or interim executive role?
- A business development and/or royalty/licensing expert in one or more vertical markets?
- Looking for a director, advisor, or leadership opportunity in the Private Equity, Biotechnology, or Nanotechnology sectors?