I'm an operator, not a spreadsheet investor. Having co-founded and sold businesses of my own, I partner with founders on acquisitions, consulting for equity, and advisory work that unlocks life-changing wealth — without losing what made the business worth building.
I co-founded construction, security, and communication companies — with real success, and my share of failures. Having lived the daily grind of building and managing a business myself, I now help owners get unstuck, structure clean exits, and unlock the value they spent decades building.
If you own a machine shop, fab shop, or specialty manufacturer — roughly $3M–$30M in revenue, a solid team, and you're thinking about what's next — I'd like to talk. I'm an operator, not a spreadsheet investor. My focus is owner-managed businesses ready for a founder-aligned transition.
I'm Managing Director of Liddingtoncroft, where a team of operators, veterans, and strategists partners with founders of precision manufacturing companies on succession. We buy, build, and honor manufacturing legacies — keeping teams intact and names on the door.
Some businesses need to grow before they sell. Others are ready for a deal today. I work across both — building the engine, or running the process.
Custom programs to maximize what you have and building what the market will pay a premium for.
Working together with leaders to refresh interest in company vision and maximize the use of available resources.
Development with structured improvement implementation based on Lean Six Sigma, Strategy Deployment, and Analytics.
Operational AI, agents, automation — reducing cost base and increasing margin at scale.
Systematic acquisition to build market leaders. Target mapping, thesis development, platform strategy.
Acquirer mapping, competitive process, negotiation, SPA, completion — end to end, both sides.
Earn-outs, deferred consideration, management incentives, working capital — structured to protect the founder.
Raising capital for acquisitions and growth. Engineering the exit at the multiple the business was built for.
Liddingtoncroft is the firm I lead alongside a team of operators and strategists — partnering with founders of precision manufacturing and industrial tech companies on clean, creative, and lucrative succession plans.
This is not a how-to manual or a polished success story. It's a reflection on work, risk, reinvention, and the unexpected paths that shape a career. I wrote this to document lessons learned along the way — from blue-collar beginnings to building and rebuilding businesses across industries and cultures. Progress rarely follows a straight line. What matters is showing up, adapting, and staying authentic wherever the work takes you.
If you believe we can work together on any of the above, drop me a note directly — or schedule time on my calendar for a no-obligation valuation conversation.
