Interim leadership and operating counsel for CEOs, founders, ownership groups, and private equity. Value creation is our core competency.
Approach
We work inside the business, not above it. Value creation is our core competency, expressed through growth, margin, cash flow, manufacturing performance, and commercial execution.
Interim CEO, interim operating partner for PE, and board-level support for private companies and public companies. Bain and McKinsey research consistently cites execution capacity as a critical gap for PE funds, pushing value creation to the end of the hold. We close that gap from day one. Fast to engage, relentless in delivery.
Exploring how AI improves decision speed, operating visibility, and execution discipline inside real businesses, informed by executive coursework at MIT Sloan.
Focus
Stepping in to lead and execute as an interim CEO or operating partner for private equity, private companies, and public companies. Bain and McKinsey have identified execution capacity as a chronic challenge for PE funds, compressing value creation to the end of the hold. We close that gap from day one.
Top-line acceleration, salesforce effectiveness, market expansion, and the operating cadence that turns strategy into revenue.
Pricing discipline, cost structure, working capital management, and the operating path to durable value creation.
Production performance, supply chain reliability, quality systems, and organizational cadence that keeps commitments.
Applying AI to improve decision speed, operating visibility, and execution discipline, building companies where intelligence is embedded in how work gets done.
For Sponsors
Sayre Ventures helps sponsors determine why the value promise stalled, reset the plan against today's market, and supply the senior operating leadership to execute it.
A four-to-six-week board-level review of the original thesis, current market, leadership, commercial model, EBITDA, working capital, and exit barriers. The output is a direct decision: sell, reinvest, change leadership, or fundamentally reset the plan.
A six-to-twelve-month mandate as interim CEO, executive chairman, or operating lead to close the specific gaps identified. This is where Sayre Ventures becomes an operating vehicle, not another advisory firm delivering recommendations.
Places
Our home in the Midwest, where relationships are built over decades, deals get done, and the skyline reminds us to think big and execute precisely.
Our quiet counterpart on the Gulf, where the long view is easier to see and the pace allows for sharper thinking.
Contact
We engage with a handful of CEOs, founders, ownership groups, private equity firms, and private and public companies each year. If our approach resonates, we'd be glad to hear from you.
rsayre@sayre.ventures