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Turnaround & Restructuring

Crisis intervention, project recovery, and runway extension for technology middle-market firms in distress. $3M stalled initiative unblocked in 30 days. The call before the situation becomes unrecoverable.

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Crisis work needs visible traction

This pillar leads with the rescue facts: a $3M stalled initiative at a Fortune 500 cybersecurity vendor unblocked in 30 days, $500M+ value delivered to Fortune 500 divisions, and classified security frameworks delivered in regulated environments.

  • $3M stalled project unblocked in 30 days
  • $500M+ value delivered to Fortune 500 divisions
  • Classified security frameworks delivered

What we cover

Turnaround & Restructuring is what we do when the situation has already gotten serious. Three quarters of missed numbers. A $3M initiative stalled in political deadlock. A post-acquisition integration that’s bleeding people and customers. We don’t bring another strategy deck — we bring an operator who’s been in the seat.

Project Recovery

Stalled programs unblocked. We’ve rescued Fortune 500 initiatives — $13M unblocked in 30 days for an enterprise networking vendor, $3M stalled at a Fortune 500 cybersecurity vendor unstuck. The pattern is rarely technical. It’s almost always governance, ownership, or stakeholder alignment.

Technical Debt

Quantification in dollars, not adjectives. Then a remediation plan that runs in parallel with delivery, not in opposition to it. Same playbook used for 28,000-user zero-downtime migrations and classified-system frameworks at a semiconductor fab.

Migration & Integration

Post-merger integrations that hold customer and staff retention. 95% customer retention and 100% staff retention 9 months post-close, achieved through Integration Management Offices that own outcomes — not status meetings.

Compliance & Security

SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP, security baselines for post-acquisition standardization. The kind of work that’s invisible when it’s done right and catastrophic when it isn’t.

Why this matters

Crisis advisory is where consulting talent thins out fast. Most generalists won’t take on a turnaround because the engagement structure rewards delivery, not sales decks. We will — because we’ve operated through crisis, exited a firm we built, and stay in the room until the numbers turn.

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Frequently asked

When should a board call a turnaround firm?
When numbers have been missed three quarters running, when a major initiative has been stuck 6+ months, or when a post-acquisition integration is bleeding people and customers. The phrase 'we'll fix it next quarter' is the signal — by the time the third quarter misses, the runway has compressed and the options have narrowed.
What's different about Human Renaissance's turnaround approach?
We don't bring another strategy deck — we bring an operator who's been in the seat. Interim CEO, CFO, CTO, CPO when the situation requires it. We've unblocked Fortune 500 initiatives in 30 days (a $3M stalled project at a major cybersecurity vendor) and held 100% staff retention through complex divestitures.
How fast can you mobilize?
Diagnostic assessment in 14 days, plan delivery in 21 days, embedding starts in week 4 if both sides agree on scope. We don't take retainer commitments until we agree on the work.
Do you handle compliance and security in a turnaround context?
Yes. SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP, security baselines for post-acquisition standardization. Compliance work is invisible when done right and catastrophic when it isn't. We've shipped classified-system frameworks at a semiconductor fab and CMMC programs across the defense supply chain.
What size firms do you serve?
Technology middle market, 50–300 employees, $10M–$100M ARR. We're not for sub-$5M startups (we'd be overkill) or for $1B+ enterprises (you have McKinsey on retainer). We're for the band where operator-led intervention beats both alternatives.

Ready to move?

Operator-led diagnostic in 14 days. No retainer until we agree on the work.

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