Private Equity
Value creation requires decisions that stick and systems that hold.
We've sat inside PE-backed platforms as operators. We know what the value creation plan looks like in the data room, and we know what happens to it in month four when reality starts pushing back.
RAC partners with portfolio leadership teams to close the gap between the thesis and the result — through the cadence, the discipline, and the systems that move metrics between board meetings.
Where RAC Fits
Three inflection points where execution matters most.
Post-Close
The first 90 days after a transaction set the trajectory. Leadership is uncertain, priorities are unclear, and execution drag compounds fast. RAC installs the operating cadence that forces alignment and starts moving the metrics that matter to the thesis.
Platform Build
As you add companies to a platform, execution consistency becomes the constraint. RAC reduces drag across demand generation, sales execution, delivery, and customer outcomes. We build the operating muscle that makes each add-on more valuable, not more chaotic.
Value Creation
Value creation requires more than a plan on a slide. It requires decisions that hold, owners who follow through, and a cadence that makes progress visible every week. RAC installs that system and runs it until your leadership team owns it.
What We Implement
The operating system behind your value creation plan.
Leadership Alignment
Onsite Summit to align the leadership team on priorities, constraints, and what success looks like in 90 days. No ambiguity. No competing agendas.
Initiative Ownership
Three to five chartered initiatives with clear owners, milestones, and measures. No more than five active at once. Focus is the discipline.
Measurable Execution
A simple scoreboard with definitions and owners. Results become visible, predictable, and repeatable. The board sees what moved and why.
Repeatable Operating Rhythm
A Weekly Business Review cadence that surfaces constraints early, drives decisions, and locks commitments. The system runs whether RAC is in the room or not.
Why PE Teams Choose RAC
Operator experience. Sponsor fluency. Execution discipline.
We've been on both sides of the table — inside the platform as operators, alongside sponsors as advisors. That gives us something most advisory firms can't fake: an honest feel for the thesis, the timeline, and the pressure to show measurable progress between board meetings. We know what moves a metric and what just moves a slide.
We don't compete with your operating partners. We complement them with the strategy and execution infrastructure they don't have time to build themselves. Every engagement is senior-led. We're accountable to outcomes, not hours. And when the scoreboard isn't moving, we change the approach — because the scoreboard is what matters.
"The thesis in the data room is always cleaner than the reality in month four. Our job is to close that gap before the board meeting notices."
— Rob Rotondo
How to Engage
The Growth Sprint is the entry point.
Every engagement starts with the 90-Day Growth Sprint. It's where we confirm fit, align the leadership team, and install the operating cadence. At Day 90, we make a clear recommendation on what happens next.
For PE sponsors, the Sprint can be scoped at the portfolio company level or across a platform. We work with your operating partners and portfolio leadership to ensure the system integrates with your existing value creation framework.
01
Fit Call
Confirm mutual fit and readiness. Scope the engagement around the thesis.
02
Growth Sprint
90-day engagement anchored by a 1-day onsite Summit with the leadership team.
03
Day 90 Review
Sprint Review delivered. Clear recommendation on next step. No ambiguity.
04
Ongoing Partnership
Tier 1, Tier 2, Board-Level, or exit clean. Your call.
Working with a PE-backed company?
Let's talk through your goals together.
30 minutes. We'll learn about the platform, the thesis, and what's getting in the way of execution. If there's a fit, we'll map out what working together looks like.