COO & Operating Partner · Fractional & Full-Time · Dallas, TX

PE-grade operational leadership.
Fractional or full-time.

I'm Sekhar — COO and Operating Partner for PE-backed and mid-market companies at $50M–$500M revenue. Post-acquisition integration. Turnaround. Scale for growth. Pre-exit readiness. M&A integration. Available fractional or full-time.

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17 yrs Dell Technologies
$50M+ cost reduction
8× founder, 4 exits
USPTO patent holder
Sekhar — COO & Operating Partner
17
Years at Fortune 50
Dell Technologies
$50M+
Annual cost reduction
delivered at Dell
8×
Founder across manufacturing,
real estate & construction
4
Successful exits across
co-founded businesses
15K+
Employees impacted
across 80 countries
You're here because

Something is slowing you down.
Let's name it.

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You just raised PE funding and your ops aren't ready for the scrutiny
Whether you need to scale for growth, integrate post-acquisition, optimize pre-exit, or stabilize a turnaround — PE firms use a Fractional COO for all four. I've done all four.
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Your ERP, systems, or AI roadmap is broken or non-existent
You're growing but your systems aren't. Orders fall through the cracks. Data lives in spreadsheets. You've been meaning to fix this for two years.
This is me →
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You're scaling fast but execution keeps breaking at every new level
Revenue is growing but margins aren't. Your team is firefighting. You're the bottleneck. The business needs an operator who's seen this before — and fixed it.
This is me →
How I work

Three phases. One outcome: your business runs better.

01
Diagnose
Two-week structured audit of your operations, systems, and leadership. I identify the exact constraints holding your growth back — and prioritize what to fix first. You get a clear roadmap whether or not we work together.
02
Design
I build the operating model, transformation roadmap, and AI-powered systems your business needs to scale. Every decision is tied to a business outcome — not a technical preference.
03
Govern
I sit in your leadership team. I own the roadmap. I govern execution. You get a Dell-trained operator with entrepreneur instincts — at 20% the cost of a full-time hire.
Results

What changes when I'm in the room

Every engagement is different. The outcomes aren't.

PE-backed Manufacturing · 28 US Locations
3-Year IT Roadmap Built in 60 Days
Co-developed a full IT transformation roadmap with the CIO from scratch. Broke it into 12 executable Year 1 programs spanning ERP, AI, infrastructure, and data. Executive team aligned and funded within the quarter.
60
Days to roadmap
12
Programs initiated
3yr
Roadmap horizon
$9B Food Processing Company
GenAI Cuts Analyst Workload by 60%
Deployed GenAI tools across requirements gathering and delivery documentation. Analyst workload dropped 60%. Design rework down 20%. A 40-person cross-functional team now delivers in weeks what previously took months.
60%
Workload reduction
20%
Less design rework
40
Person team led
Fortune 50 · 15,000 Agents · 80 Countries
AI Cuts Issue-Resolution Time by 10%
Deployed a patented ML model on Salesforce service lifecycle across 15,000 B2B agents globally. Resolution time dropped 10%, CSAT improved 130 basis points, and $10M in cost savings delivered.
10%
Faster resolution
130bp
CSAT improvement
$10M
Cost savings
Manufacturing · India · Built from Scratch
1 Person to 400. Systems That Run Without Me.
Co-founded and scaled a rubber band manufacturing company from a single founder to a 400-person operation producing 8 billion units. Built the operating systems, team structure, and governance that let the business run independently.
400
Employees built
8B
Units produced
24
Markets served
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How KStrat works

What I do, why it matters, and whether it's right for your company.

Why KStrat is different

Most advisors have been in the room.
I've also built the room.

Most fractional executives have spent their careers inside large corporations. They bring process, governance, and Fortune 500 discipline — which is valuable. But they've never felt the weight of a payroll they have to make, a supplier who won't ship, or a team that looks to them as founder.

I've spent 17 years running $40M transformation programs at Dell — owning roadmaps, governing execution, and delivering results across 80 countries. And in parallel, I've co-founded 8 businesses across manufacturing, real estate, education, and food — with 4 exits.

That combination changes how I think. I have the patience of a corporate operator and the urgency of an entrepreneur. You get both.

My full background
Sekhar

Let's talk about what's slowing your business down.

30-minute strategy call. No pitch. I'll tell you exactly what I see and what I'd prioritize — whether or not we work together.