Translate thesis into operating cadence
Experience working inside sponsor-backed platforms where board reporting, value creation plans, and management routines have to connect to measurable execution.
Independent Board Director
What I Bring To A Boardroom
An operator's view of multi-unit value creation: where the thesis meets field execution, leadership capacity, integration risk, and the pace of the PE hold period.
Jeff brings current CEO experience, sponsor-backed operating discipline, and a combat veteran's bias for clarity under pressure. He is most useful to boards where consumer, health, fitness, aesthetics, franchise, or other multi-location platforms need sharper execution and better visibility into what is really happening across the field.
Board Thesis
Independent perspective for sponsor-backed platforms.
Jeff helps boards pressure-test whether the operating plan is specific enough, whether the management team has the right cadence, and whether risk is visible early enough to act.
See the field before the averages hide it
Pattern recognition across dozens of locations, including membership models, staffing, retention, ramp curves, local marketing, and unit-level accountability.
De-risk the first 100 days
Hands-on experience with M&A integration, leadership alignment, communication, culture, and the operating details that often determine whether a deal compounds or drifts.
Build leaders who can scale
Focus on leadership bench, role clarity, field support, and the repeatable routines that turn a strong concept into a durable platform.
Calm judgment under pressure
Military leadership experience as a U.S. Army Captain and combat veteran, with a practical bias toward accountability, decision clarity, and care for people in complex environments.
Current CEO pattern recognition
A board voice grounded in live operating reality rather than theory, with experience across fitness, aesthetics, grooming, waxing, franchising, and recurring revenue models.
Board Case Study
Wax Center Partners
Lead Independent Board Director for Wax Center Partners, a MKH Partners-backed European Wax Center platform.
The company had grown rapidly through M&A and had recently onboarded a President when Jeff was recruited to join the board. The work centers on the board-level issues that matter most in a multi-unit consumer platform: strategy, leadership cadence, integration risk, operating visibility, talent systems, and value creation execution.
It is also the clearest example of Jeff's board fit: an independent director who has sat in the operator's chair, understands sponsor pace, and can help translate boardroom priorities into field-level behavior.
Independent board voice supporting platform strategy, CEO partnership, and board-level operating rhythm.
Multi-location consumer services model where experience consistency, labor, memberships, and local execution matter.
Miami-based private equity context with value creation priorities, growth expectations, and execution risk management.
Sponsor-Backed Experience
Board currency from operating inside PE-backed platforms.
Jeff's sponsor-backed experience spans the boardroom, CEO seat, COO seat, and advisory role.
Platform
Sponsor
Role
Board-Relevant Experience
Wax Center Partners
MKH Partners
Lead Independent Board Director
Independent governance, strategy, leadership cadence, and value creation execution.
Empower Aesthetics
Shore Capital
CEO
Platform build, integration, field reporting, and sponsor operating cadence.
Excel Fitness
Altamont Capital
COO
De novo rollout, M&A, leadership systems, and unit-level performance discipline.
Boardroom
Private equity-backed
CEO
Franchise transition, membership model, operating playbooks, and brand stewardship.
Board, Sponsor, or Advisory Conversation?
Jeff welcomes independent director inquiries and advisory conversations with sponsors and operators focused on multi-unit consumer and health services.