Leading from the Front

The Business Is Proven.
Let's Unlock What's Next.

Proven businesses face different challenges at every stage. The Carr Group joins your executive leadership team, defines where you are going, builds the plan to get there, and leads the execution alongside you. From the front, not from a distance.

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20+
Years Executive Leadership
$200M+
P&L Responsibility
115%
Revenue Attainment, Fractional
30%+
Net Income Increase
4
Continents of Operations
Jon Carr

The Difference

Four Things You Won't
Find Elsewhere.

01 —

Truth Over Complacency

We'll tell you what we see, in your business, your team, and sometimes in you. The relationship matters deeply to us, which is exactly why we won't protect it by holding back. A trusted partner who won't go there isn't actually trustworthy. We're willing to push through the hard conversations because that's what it takes to get your business where you want it to go.

02 —

Leading from the Front

We don't send directives from a safe distance. We've owned P&Ls, built businesses from scratch, fixed broken operations, and driven revenue from inside the organization, at the front of it. When we tell you what needs to change, we already know how to change it because we've been there and done it.

03 —

Organizational Architect

Revenue growth is an organizational problem as much as a commercial one. We design and build the structure, the leadership team, and the operating systems that allow your business to scale, built for where you're going, not where you've been.

04 —

Human at the Root

Most business problems aren't operational. They're personal. Fear. Control. Identity. The unwillingness to let go. We have the instinct and the willingness to get to the human root cause, and the empathy to work through it with you. It's often the key to unlocking everything else.

The Methodology

We Start with the End.
Then We Build Toward It.

01

Define the Outcome

Before strategy, before operations: we get clear on what you're actually building toward. An exit. A legacy. A specific number. That becomes the north star for every decision that follows.

02

Build the Plan

We design the operational and organizational architecture to close the gap: what needs to change, who needs to be where, what systems need to exist, and what has to stop. No fluff.

03

Do the Work Together

This isn't a report. This is embedded executive leadership. We're in the business with you, building accountability, driving execution, and pushing through the moments that matter most.

This is not consulting. Not coaching. This is a leader at the front of your business, in the hard conversations, in the room where decisions get made, doing the work with you.

Who We Work With

You've Built Something Real.
Let's Make It Everything It Can Be.

Does any of this resonate?

  • → Growth has leveled off and the next lever isn't obvious yet
  • → You have a good team, but it's not built for the next stage
  • → You know what needs to happen, but the path (or the conversations) are hard
  • → You have the vision, but the organizational structure to execute it isn't there yet
  • → You're still doing the day-to-day when you need to be building what's next
  • → You want what you've built to be worth something, on your terms, in your time

Our sweet spot

B2B Manufacturing Core Focus
B2B Services Core Focus
Industrial & Infrastructure Deep Experience
SaaS & Venture-Backed Tech Proven Track Record
Ideal for leaders of lower/mid-market businesses who are ready to be honest about what it takes to reach the next level.

Proven Results

The Work Speaks
for Itself.

  • Scaled new global business to $160M revenue in 3 years, ~2× plan, doubled profit margins Emerson Electric
  • Reduced SaaS burn by 40%, rebuilt leadership team & tech stack, executed strategic pivot to IP-driven value Series A Startup
  • Drove 115% revenue attainment in fractional role while reducing OPEX and building path to EBITDA expansion OTW Safety
  • Turned around manufacturing business to highest profitability in company history, net income up 30%+ Cole Graphic Solutions
  • Led global operations through high-risk events with zero escalations, response times improved 75% Facebook / Meta

These results came from different industries, different company sizes, and different problems. But the same approach: define the end game, build the plan, do the hard work together, and push through the moments most people avoid.

$160M
Revenue Scaled (3 yrs)
40%
Burn Reduction
30%+
Net Income Increase
115%
Revenue Attainment
Jon Carr

About

Jon Carr

CEO · President · Fractional Executive

Jon has spent his career stepping into the hard situations: turnarounds, restructurings, scaling businesses, and leading through complexity across manufacturing, SaaS, and global technology.

He's been a CEO, a President, and a fractional executive, carrying P&L responsibility from early-stage startups to $200M+ global operations, with leadership spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Jon's drive is simple: to go first, to lead from the front, to step into the hardest situations and help others break through what they couldn't on their own. That means the willingness to get into the hard conversations about your team, your operations, and sometimes about you, and push through them in service of what you're actually trying to build.

Simply, Jon is here to help you increase the value of your asset in line with your dreams.

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