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Justin Leader

CEO & Managing Partner of Human Renaissance. Operator who built and exited a firm — and now embeds inside other tech middle-market firms when the situation requires it.

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Operator credentials

Justin bootstrapped Stack Intelligence from a laptop into an award-winning practice, then exited successfully. The firm grew 4× annually while holding 22% EBITDA margins, hit 68% win rates against Big 4 competitors, and held 100% staff retention through a complex divestiture. He has personally led technical rescues for Disney, Samsung, Dell, US Air Force, Palo Alto Networks, HPE, Fox Studios, Capital Group, and Warner Bros.

How Justin works

Most advisors offer financial engineering (CFO-led) or strategy (MBA-led). Justin offers operational and technical engineering — bridging the gap between the code and the quarter. He embeds alongside teams as interim CEO, CFO, CTO, or CPO when the situation demands. He measures everything: win rates, forecast accuracy, NRR, EBITDA, retention, hiring accuracy.

Speaking, writing, advising

Justin's commentary on M&A, turnaround, and performance improvement appears across the Market Intelligence library. He advises PE Operating Partners on portfolio interventions, founder-CEOs hitting the operational ceiling, and enterprise CIOs whose initiatives have stalled.

By the numbers

$500M+
value delivered to Fortune 500 divisions
annual revenue growth (Stack Intelligence)
22%
EBITDA margins maintained through growth
68%
sales win rate vs. 29% industry average
92%
forecast accuracy from "guessing"
95%
post-merger customer retention
100%
staff retention 9 months post-close
92%
hiring accuracy across 40+ hires
$3M
Palo Alto Networks initiative unblocked in 30 days
28,000
users migrated with zero downtime

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Request a 14-day operator-led diagnostic. No retainer until we agree on the work.

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