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The leadership
you need.

One firm. One relationship. A boutique team of exceptional operators who stabilize teams, accelerate results and build enterprise value.

Our operators come from Deloitte, Warner Bros., Aetna, Disney, McKinsey & Company, Target, Harvard and more.

We assess the team before we design the strategy.

Most value creation plans assume an idealized team. Our Strategic Talent Architects™ test whether the real team can deliver the plan, and where it would break, before anyone commits to a strategy.

People-based planning

Strategy sized to the capacity, skills and readiness of the people who will carry it out.

Big Four-caliber strategists

Senior operators from Big Four and top strategy firms, working side by side with your team.

Embedded operators

Fractional executives who run the work with you, not advisors who hand over a deck.

End-to-end delivery

From first assessment through execution and a clean handoff to your own leaders.

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Stabilizing teams, accelerating results and driving enterprise value during uncertainty.

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Privé by Peak

For the people behind the business.

A private membership for founders, executives and families whose lives are rich in opportunity and complexity. Performance, navigation and protection, through one trusted relationship.

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The results

Measured in months, not years.

60 daysaverage time to measurable results
100+operators ready to deploy across a portfolio
$500K+typical annual savings for a portfolio, versus building an internal operating team
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Our team and communityThe people behind Peak, and the community around it.

People First is not optional. It is smart business.

The leaders we place are people you will want in the room. We choose them for judgment, character and results, and we stay close to them and to you.

Meet the team

Hand-selected leaders. Direct accountability.

Peak is a boutique firm. Every leader on your engagement is senior, chosen for your situation and accountable to you, with none of the layers or junior staffing of a large firm. You get exceptional people and a direct relationship with them.

Every engagement is built around a Strategic Talent Architect, who keeps the work on what matters most to the founder and shapes the team around the strengths of each key leader.

Proof

Outcomes we have delivered.

Selected engagements across life science, retail, consumer and private equity portfolios.

Life science

Strategic exit

$90Msale on favorable terms, with a seamless ownership transition
Challenge
The owners sought an exit despite negative EBITDA and complex buyer dynamics.
Solution
Pre-acquisition readiness, a sell-side package, due diligence management, negotiations and team transition.
PE portfolio company

Accelerated strategic execution

60 daysto deliver a plan that was scheduled to take 12 months
Challenge
A 12-month strategic plan was delaying revenue because the team lacked capacity.
Solution
Deployed fractional leaders and project managers to compress the plan and execute immediately, fast-tracking revenue generation.
Consumer brand

Series B capital raise

$10Msecured, with an ongoing fractional CFO and COO partnership
Challenge
A high-growth company needed capital but lacked projections and investor materials.
Solution
Created detailed financial models, managed investor outreach and installed a fractional CFO.
Strategic M&A

Post-acquisition value creation

$1.2Min cost savings, plus new branding and modern systems that boosted sales and efficiency
Challenge
A newly acquired company required operational alignment, cultural integration and synergy capture.
Solution
Led post-deal integration, built AI systems and an eCommerce platform, and streamlined operations.

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Case in point

Cost leadership, measured.

+70%

Operating profit rose from $5.4M to $9.2M as total costs fell 26%, from $14.6M to $10.8M.

A Peak client engagement. Client name withheld.

Efficiency drives returns

MetricBeforeAfterChange
Operating expenses$4.8M$3.6M-25%
Cost of goods sold$7.2M$5.3M-26%
SG&A$2.6M$1.9M-27%
Total costs$14.6M$10.8M-26%
Operating profit$5.4M$9.2M+70%

How Peak works

Four steps from first call to handoff.

1

Assess

We evaluate leaders, capacity and change readiness before any strategy is written.

2

Plan

A strategy built around the team you actually have, with measurable milestones.

3

Deploy

Embedded operators execute alongside your people, with reporting you can act on.

4

Hand off

Your leaders own the result. We leave systems that outlast the engagement.

Striated Teams™

The right level of expertise, only where it is needed.

Three layers of leadership are matched to the work, so you pay for strategy where strategy matters and execution where execution matters.

Strategic leaders

Fractional CEO, CFO, COO, CIO and CRO level guidance and board participation.

Operational executors

Operators who run the plan day to day inside the business.

Tactical support

Systems engineers, data scientists, supply chain, HR and benefits, and recruiters for life science and family offices.

Full-time C-suite teamAnnual cost
$420K to $650K
A Peak Striated TeamAnnual cost
$120K to $350K
$224K to $364Ktypical annual savings with Peak

What clients say

Results in their words.

We have never seen this before: strategic planning built for the strengths and opportunities of our team. Brilliant and more effective than anything I have seen.

Operating Partner, $1.5B PE firm

Peak built an executive team I trust. Their team allowed me to spend my investors' money on innovation and marketing rather than payroll. Today, I am launching my dream company at a $60M valuation, with a better strategy, record-fast GTM, and much less stress, all thanks to the Peak team.

CEO, $60M SaaS company, 2 successful exits

Not only did Peak turn around a troubled supply chain and finance team for us, but their partnership with strategy and A.I. integration has compelled me to refer them to long-time colleagues trying to improve EBITDA in a tough market.

CEO, $40M retail company

We were struggling before we met Paul. He not only helped build a capital campaign that exceeded our goal, but his team helped integrate a donor A.I. program, align leadership around the right initiatives, and develop and implement a marketing strategy that drove ticket sales and a stronger future.

CEO, Greater NYC nonprofit

Peak delivered plans reversed engineered for overwhelmed departments that struggled already to keep up. That moved progress far faster than past consultant results. More importantly, our leadership team felt engaged and empowered during the entire engagement. The team started driving significant change before their plans were even written.

CEO, $100M manufacturer

Out in the field

Where leaders meet.

Peak shows up where leaders gather: panels, working sessions and evenings with the people we serve.

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Peak evenings
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New York
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Panels and luncheons
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Community events

30 minutes that will change your business.

Tell us where you are. We will tell you where the leverage is.

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