Acquisition Search
Fesswise LLC is looking to acquire online or physical businesses in (or relocatable to) northeastern IL / southeastern WI (in an area we call the Chicago - Milwaukee - Madison metroplex) or neighboring states.Contact us for a buyer profile that provides additional information. A borrower pre-qualification letter from Multifunding LLC is also available upon request. Pre-qualification was determined by reviewing personal documents such as tax returns, financial statements, and credit history per guidance provided by participating banking partners and financial review & analysis.fesswise /fɛs-waɪz/ adverb
In the direction of a fess : horizontally, barwise.Fess /fɛs/ noun
Fesswise owner's longtime nickname.Fesswise /fɛs-waɪz/ noun
Name of Fess-owned firm located in Chicago area suggesting horizontal breadth and wisdom / knowledge, doubly suited as 8-character domain name. Trademark filed with USPTO.
About Us
Value Proposition: Engineer turned executive for accelerating growth through innovation.Growth accelerator for organizations from corporate startups to turnarounds and from mid-market to the Fortune 100. An operations & process improvement leader enabled through software & data, particularly adept at iteratively scaling teams. Committed to acquiring a business, building on the legacy of its past successes. Known by others as a thought leader who emphasizes transparency, knowledge sharing and integrity.Areas of Expertise:
- Strategic Planning & Delivery
- Operations Improvement
- Team Building & Scaling
- Product Development & Innovation
- P&L Management
- Technology Enablement
- Data Analytics & Insights
- Thought Leadership
- Agile Servant Leadership
- Enterprise Architecture (EA)
- Strategic M&A Rationalization
- Pre-Sales
- Customer & Vendor Management
- Lean Six Sigma MethodologyAchievements & Impact:
- Built new analytics product for global firm that sold to 2 large fast food chains while finishing
minimum viable product (MVP), reflecting strong customer validation & acceptance.
- Led Six Sigma initiative resulting in $350K ongoing annual customer savings through cycle
time improvement.
- Achieved ongoing annual customer savings of $4MM and needed scaling during a highly
critical customer adoption period through strategic 3yr infrastructure efficiency planning.
- Supported Six Sigma initiative turning around 7yrs membership decline decreased cash flow.
- Iteratively scaled teams from 1 to 10 to 40 to build new data platform from scratch and
subsequently extend it by building new customer products on top of it.
- Managed P&L budget of $5MM for B2B digital transformation effort.
- Managed program for 1/3 of financial firm’s business dedicated to US federal government
customer.
- Awarded for innovative product that also subsequently won Walmart sponsored award.
- Founded meetup picked up by multibillion-dollar market leader after reaching 100 members.
- Quoted over 20 times by publications, and founded blog with visitors from over 175 countries.