Chris Sousa · Operating Executive

One sleeve up.
One sleeve down.

Strategic enough for the boardroom. Hands-on enough to run the business myself. I help founder-owned and PE-backed businesses in Managed IT, Cybersecurity, and adjacent B2B services grow, run better, and get ready for whatever's next by stepping in and running things alongside you.

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What I Do

Four ways to work together

Embedded Operating Partner

Ongoing engagements with a small number of clients at a time. I work revenue, operations and delivery, culture, cost, and systems alongside your leadership team, hands-on.

President & CEO Opportunities

Full-time operating leadership for businesses that need a hands-on operator running go-to-market, delivery, team, and financial discipline day to day.

Interim & Fractional Leadership

Fractional CFO, CRO, or COO support, or interim executive coverage during a leadership transition, with full operating rigor on a flexible basis.

PE Sponsor & Board Advisory

Target evaluation, diligence, and portfolio company support informed by hundreds of acquisitions evaluated alongside PE and other institutional investors.

Track Record

Twenty-plus years, by the numbers

$75MP&L owned as COO, Omega Systems
$40MBusiness unit run as Group President, Dataprise
75%Enterprise value growth, first LOI to close (Dataprise sale)
5xEBITDA growth in under 3 years as CFO & Head of M&A, JPA Health
$2M+Annual savings from a repeatable cost-efficiency program, built twice
HundredsOf acquisitions evaluated alongside PE and other institutional investors
Philosophy

How I approach the work

The sleeve down: strategy, systems, board-level judgment. This is the thinking that has to be right first.
The sleeve up: delivery, cost, culture. This is where the business gets built, day to day.
Built to run better so you're ready to sell, but never forced to.

Thinking about your next move?

Whether that's professionalizing the business you've built, evaluating an acquisition, or finding the operator to run it — that's the conversation I want to have.

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