TOPIC · TURNAROUND & RESTRUCTURING
Project Recovery
Project recovery rarely fails on the technical merits — it fails on governance, ownership, or stakeholder alignment. We bring an operator authority to unblock what's been stuck for 6+ months.
WHO THIS IS FOR
The seat at the table this shelf serves.
Enterprise CIOs with stalled initiatives, PE-backed CTOs facing a missed integration window.
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Transaction Execution Services
Integration management, carve-outs, system consolidation, and post-close execution for technology acquisitions that must turn thesis into EBITDA.
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Interim Management
Operator-led interim management for technology companies in transition, crisis, integration, or founder extraction.
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Turnaround & Restructuring Services
Crisis intervention, runway extension, project recovery, technical rescue, and restructuring support for technology middle-market firms.
TOPIC
27 briefs in project recovery.
Field notes grouped by the operating constraint they address.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
The Accounts Receivable Crisis: Collecting When Customers Can't Pay
Learn how to triage distressed accounts, escalate contract-governed payment issues, and recover cash when customers cannot pay on time.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
The 60-Day Burn Rate Cut That Doesn't Torch Your Next Raise
A day-by-day sequence to cut SaaS burn in 60 days: kill software and cloud waste in weeks 1-4, then realign GTM by CAC payback — without starving pipeline.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
When Your APIs Start Breaking Each Other: A Recovery Playbook
Cascading API failures are rarely one bad connector. Map ownership, isolate the three drifts, and rebuild integrations a buyer can diligence.
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The 5% Budget Variance That Becomes a $1.2M Hole: Reading IT Project Red Flags Early
A 5% variance in month one is a leading indicator, not a rounding error. How operators read burn-vs-earned-value and intervene before a project becomes a black swan.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
Red Status, 90 Days: How to Pull an Enterprise IT Project Back From the Brink
Your dashboard says yellow. The math says red. A 90-day playbook for CIOs to freeze, reset governance, and prune a stalled enterprise IT project back to live.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
The 14-Day Timeline Rescue: Compressing 6 Months of Work Into Achievable Sprints
A delayed software implementation destroys 56% of projected ROI. Learn the 14-day sprint compression strategy to rescue stalled projects and regain board trust.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
When Product and Engineering Stop Talking at $50M ARR (And How to Force the Reconnect)
At $50M ARR, a silent product-engineering standoff quietly drains millions in idle dev capacity. Here's how to spot the three tells and force the reconnect.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
$2M Over Budget: The 5-Step Recovery Plan for Runaway Software Projects
When your portfolio company's software project blows past its budget, traditional PMO fixes won't save it. Justin Leader outlines the 5-step recovery plan to stop the bleeding and salvage EBITDA.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
Bridge Financing Negotiation: Getting Runway Without Giving Away the Company
Discover how scaling founders can negotiate bridge financing without surrendering their cap table. Learn the 2026 benchmarks for tranches, discounts, and terms.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
Why 70% of ERP Implementations Fail: The 2026 Autopsy
Gartner predicts 70% of ERP projects will fail by 2027. Here are the 10 root causes of failure and the operational playbook to fix them.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
How a Daily 15-Minute Standup Restarted a Frozen $10M Aerospace Program
A Fortune 1000 aerospace transformation sat "Green" for two quarters while shipping nothing. The fix wasn't more PMs. It was killing the weekly SteerCo.
BRIEF · 6 MIN
8 Warning Signs Your Digital Transformation Will Fail (And How to Fix It)
New 2025 data shows 88% of transformations miss their targets. Learn the 8 early warning signs of failure and the governance fixes to save your initiative.