Accelerating Value Creation

Through Leadership That Delivers

NOW

Helping CEOs and CFOs grow emerging CIOs and CTOs to align strategy,
lead projects, and scale execution.

ACQUISITION, INTEGRATION, TRANSFORMATION
Anything ending in “t-i-o-n” takes a ton of YOUR time, energy, and focus. Meanwhile…

  • The business goes on…

  • You may need capable bodies or specialized expertise…

  • You’d love to clone yourself or delegate…but you can’t.

YOU ARE THE REASON I DO WHAT I DO
After decades of building bridges that turn ideas into actions and strategies into success, it’s your turn to benefit from my experience.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, I’LL MEET YOU THERE

  • Adjusting course, reorganizing, or recalibrating?

  • Moving from Investment Thesis to Value Creation—and beyond?

ARE YOU READY?
Let’s talk about your team’s next big step.

  • "Justin is one of the best thought-leading executives I’ve encountered. I highly recommend him for his ability to strategize, plan, and oversee large-scale enterprise solutions."

    Founding Partner & EVP Industry Strategy

  • "Schaefer Advisors were a critical part of our success as we worked through a merger of two large entities. They provided us with critical insights, integration PMO guidance, and strategic roadmap planning to achieve our goals rapidly. Our successful transition in the process can be directly related to their wisdom and support."

    EVP, Technology & Systems

  • "Our family owned company of 85 years and 4 generations suddenly voted to sell our company in its entirety. There were deep rooted opinions and divergent expectations from over 70 stockholders. Schaefer Advisors’ experience with difficult situations like this helped me navigate the formalities of the sale process as well as manage the expectations of 4 generations of owners. Without a doubt, the skills of Schaefer Advisers made a positive impact to the final outcome."

    Chief Executive Officer

  • "Justin is a thoughtful and passionate leader driven to succeed. We built a successful shared service group from the ground up, causing significant change in the organization. Justin created effective communication and change management platforms used with the executive team and throughout the entire organization which was a key factor in the success of the shared service initiative. Justin has a natural ability to bring groups together, build high powered teams and focus on the process."

    Chief Financial Officer (Currently CEO)

  • "For over 16 years, Justin has been a critical collaborative strategist in my businesses. I admire him most for his heart for the people-first equation, advising best strategies to take on the challenges and opportunities to win."

    Chief Executive Officer and President

  • "His objective was to always get maximum value by being extraordinarily creative. He listens to each and every person in the room. All of his ideas were geared towards solving an existing problem in an extremely simple way. An awesome individual and a huge asset to any organization."

    Currently Head of Software Engineering and Board Member

  • "Justin has an innate ability to make the complex understandable and relatable and has a keen eye for identifying and promoting talent, building resilient teams built for the long term."

    Chief Information Officer

  • "Justin is a creative and innovative thinker with a knack for turning vision into reality. Justin is also an exceptional leader and mentor, always fostering growth within his teams. I’d jump at the chance to work with him again."

    Acquisitions and Development Project Manager

  • "Justin was instrumental in navigating our highly technical company through a very challenging transition. He is very dynamic and insightful when working through difficult leadership concepts and issues. He brings a breadth of leadership knowledge and experience to help navigate the most arduous corporate structures. I am a better leader and person having worked through challenging issues with Justin, he has my highest recommendation."

    M.D., Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member

  • "Justin Schaefer is an executive who has tremendous business acumen that he successfully leverages to drive the business to greater marketplace effectiveness. He is an excellent communicator who can articulate his ideas in a manner that launches and keeps an initiative moving forward."

    Vice President Engineering and C-Suite Executive

Bringing over three decades of leadership and results in various business functions, Justin Schaefer is uniquely suited to be your Independent Advisor and Consultant.  Justin’s career has given him unique experiences in:
  • Transformation and Change Management
  • M&A Integration and Divestiture
  • Commercial Operations (Quote-to-Cash, CRM, CPQ, eCommerce)
  • Technology Evolution (Cyber, Cloud, Infrastructure, Strategy, Org Dev)
  • Leadership and Team Development (360 Assessment, DiSC, Cohesive Team Development (based on P. Lencioni’s work))
He has successfully navigated various corporate structures (private equity, public, family, privately held) to lead his clients to better results.
His global experience has made him an expert in driving transformative success for organizations across diverse cultural, language and geographic boundaries.  Passionate about aligning leadership and processes to optimize business outcomes he can successfully position organizations as industry leaders. 
His dedication to leadership development underscores a commitment to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and resilience.

ON-DEMAND SERVICES

  • Empower your business during critical transitions with experienced leadership that drives growth and fosters stability, whether your needs are for an interim CxO, CIO, CTO, VP of Transformation, or Chief of Staff.

  • Lead your organization through strategic projects that align with your goals, from digital transformation to process improvements. Actionable strategies support your team throughout the journey.

  • Develop clear, actionable roadmaps that drive smooth execution and lasting results for your organization. Evaluate and select key technology and tech services to drive change.

  • Hard lessons have shown that major changes don’t happen unless the leaders shift focus and behavior to help the staff transition effectively.  That’s why mentoring leaders and providing them with the right tools to manage the human element is so important.

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