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Executive Advisory · Business Transformation

Remarkable organizations are built through disciplined Patterns of Management.

Catalyst helps organizations perform better — operationally, financially, and strategically. We work alongside the people accountable for the outcome — CEOs and CFOs, presidents, boards, owners, and investors — to solve complex challenges, unlock growth, and build stronger businesses designed to perform.

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30+Years leading from inside the executive suite

BillionsIn revenue managed across multi-site organizations

9Operating executives on our advisory board

14Industries served, from campus dining to stadiums

Proven Outcomes

Proven outcomes, not promises.

Real-world results driven by disciplined leadership, operational expertise, and a relentless focus on performance.

30%Reduction in Turnover

Reduced associate turnover by 30% while improving employee engagement by 15%.

$43M → $650MAnnual Revenue Growth

Helped scale an organization from $43 million to more than $650 million in annual revenue within five years.

$12M+Annual Savings

Reduced payroll FICA tax burden and healthcare premium costs, generating more than $12 million in annual savings.

75%Reduction in Accidents & Claims

Reduced workplace accidents and workers' compensation claims by 75% within the first 90 days, generating more than $3 million in savings.

15%+Increase in Dining Participation

Improved student participation in campus dining programs by more than 15%.

95%Flash Reporting Accuracy

Strengthened weekly financial reporting and forecasting processes, achieving approximately 95% accuracy against actual results.

26%+Growth in Retail Sales

Developed and deployed 12 fully realized proprietary brands, increasing retail sales by more than 26% while reducing reliance on national brands by nearly 50%.

10%+Margin Improvement

Increased purchasing income, volume allowances, and manufacturer rebates while reducing procurement leakage, contributing to margin improvement of more than 10%.

Our Services

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Our Philosophy

Everything Begins With Remarkable People

Remarkable organizations begin with remarkable people.

People are your greatest competitive advantage.

Culture is your greatest differentiator.

Patterns of Management are how you build both.

At Catalyst, we believe lasting business performance is never accidental. It is created intentionally through leadership.

Every organization has people. Not every organization develops remarkable people.

How They're Developed

Remarkable people don't emerge by chance. They are developed.

Intentional leadership.

Disciplined coaching.

Meaningful recognition.

Clear accountability.

And a culture committed to adding value every single day.

When Discipline Slips

When leadership becomes inconsistent, culture weakens.

When culture weakens, engagement declines.

Turnover increases.

Knowledge walks out the door.

Consistency disappears.

Customers notice.

Margins shrink.

Growth slows.

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Where Catalyst Begins

The solution isn't another initiative.

The solution is creating an environment where remarkable people want to stay, grow, lead, and contribute.

That's where Catalyst begins.

We help leaders build remarkable cultures by creating disciplined Patterns of Management that strengthen leadership, reinforce accountability, and establish consistency throughout the organization.

Culture Is Daily

Culture is more than values written on a wall. Culture is built through daily behaviors.

Daily conversations.

Daily coaching.

Daily recognition.

Daily accountability.

Daily opportunities to make someone else better.

We believe every interaction—whether with an employee, a customer, a student, a patient, a guest, a business partner, or a vendor—is an opportunity to create value. Those moments define an organization.

We don't simply improve operations. We help organizations develop remarkable leaders who build remarkable teams, create remarkable cultures, and deliver remarkable results.

Because remarkable organizations aren't created by chance. They're built — one leader, one interaction, one decision, and one day at a time.

The Catalyst Performance Model

How remarkable people become enterprise value.

01People
02Leadership
03Culture
04Engagement
05Retention
06Consistency
07Execution
08Remarkable Customer Experiences
09Growth
10Profitability
11Enterprise Value

Patterns of Management are the disciplined leadership system that connects every step.

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How Catalyst Creates Results

Every organization faces challenges.

Some struggle with turnover. Others battle inconsistent execution, shrinking margins, disengaged teams, or leaders who are overwhelmed by the day-to-day demands of running the business.

These aren't isolated problems.

They're symptoms of something deeper.

The difference between organizations that struggle and organizations that consistently outperform isn't the people. It's the leadership systems, disciplines, and behaviors that shape how those people perform every single day.

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Who We Are

Experience earned inside the executive suite — not from the sidelines.

Catalyst is an executive advisory firm that partners with the leaders accountable for the outcome — CEOs and CFOs, boards and owners, college presidents and student life leadership, hospital and senior living executives, and investors — to improve profitability, strengthen leadership, optimize operations, accelerate growth, and increase enterprise value.

Our experience spans more than three decades leading organizations from inside the executive suite—not from the sidelines.

We've managed billions in revenue, led thousands of associates, negotiated national supplier agreements, transformed organizations, and delivered measurable financial results.

We've lived the challenges our clients face because we've been responsible for solving them.

Advisory Board

Guided by operators, not observers.

Chefs, restaurateurs, foodservice executives, and leadership strategists who have carried the accountability themselves — brought in as advisors on the work that fits their expertise.

Meet the board

Dr. Randy Ross

Executive Advisor | Leadership, Culture & Organizational Performance

Seela Farani-Simmons

Founder, Threadline Coaching & Consulting | Talent, Culture & Organizational Strategy

Fabio Viviani

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur & Founder/CEO, Fabio Viviani Hospitality

Fabrizio Di Rienzo

Hospitality Executive & Certified Sommelier

Patrick McMahon

Senior Operating Executive

Daniel Young

MBA | Certified Revenue Management Executive

George Collado

Founder & CEO, MyFieldAudits | Operational Intelligence & Multi-Site Performance

Darius N. Peacock

Corporate Executive, Entrepreneur & Nationally Recognized Culinary Leader

Gene Sanchez

Foodservice Executive | Growth, Performance & Leadership Development

Patterns of Management

Patterns of Management™

Patterns of Management are the daily leadership behaviors, operational routines, accountability systems, communication practices, financial disciplines, and continuous improvement habits that determine how an organization performs.

Every meeting.

Every purchase.

Every inspection.

Every coaching conversation.

Every financial decision.

Every guest interaction.

Every operational outcome.

Every service we provide is designed to strengthen an organization's Patterns of Management. Because stronger Patterns of Management produce stronger organizations.

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Leadership Behaviors

The daily conduct of leaders sets the standard an organization will never rise above. Discipline begins at the top.

Operational Routines

Excellence is not an event. It is a rhythm — reviewed, measured, and repeated until it becomes identity.

Accountability Systems

Clear ownership, clear expectations, clear consequence. Accountability is the architecture of trust.

Communication Practices

Information moves at the speed of leadership. Cadence and clarity align a thousand decisions a day.

Financial Disciplines

Numbers are a language of leadership. Fluency turns performance into enterprise value.

Continuous Improvement

The best organizations are never finished. They improve on purpose, deliberately and forever.

Business Challenges We Solve

The symptoms differ. The root cause rarely does.

Execution has become inconsistent

Standards vary by shift, site, and leader. What works in one location never quite travels to the next.

Turnover is taking knowledge with it

Every departure resets training, weakens service, and quietly raises the cost of running the business.

Culture has drifted from the values

The words on the wall no longer describe the daily behaviors, and everyone in the building knows it.

Accountability lives with too few people

Ownership is unclear, follow-through is optional, and leaders absorb work their teams should carry.

Margins are shrinking under pressure

Labor, food, and supplier costs move faster than the disciplines built to control them.

Growth has stalled without a clear cause

The strategy is sound. The execution system underneath it is what needs rebuilding.

Where Results Show Up

Margin

Cost of goods, labor models, and supplier agreements rebuilt so profitability holds without cutting the guest experience.

Retention

Turnover reduced by fixing what actually drives it — inconsistent leadership, unclear expectations, and no path forward.

Consistency

Operating rhythms and accountability systems that make five units and five hundred units perform the same way.

Enterprise value

Organizations positioned for growth, diligence, or transition because the disciplines survive the leadership that installed them.

Our Services

Every engagement strengthens an organization's Patterns of Management.

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Procurement & Supply Chain Intelligence

Procurement should never be viewed as a purchasing function. It is a strategic driver of profitability.

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Operational Assurance & Performance Excellence

Operational excellence isn't created through inspections. It's created through accountability.

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Commercial Growth

Great brands don't simply attract attention. They create trust. Trust creates loyalty. Loyalty creates revenue.

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Financial Incentive Optimization

Organizations frequently leave significant financial opportunities unclaimed.

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Employer Healthcare Cost Optimization

Healthcare costs continue to challenge employers.

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Executive Advisory & Strategic Growth

Organizations don't always need another consultant. Sometimes they need experienced leadership.

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Discipline behind the line becomes hospitality at the table.

Industries

Complex, multi-site organizations where discipline is the difference.

Hospitality

Hotels & Resorts

Restaurants

Higher Education

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K–12 Education

Healthcare

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Senior Living

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Corporate Dining

Sports & Entertainment

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Airports

Retail Foodservice

Contract Foodservice

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Procurement & Supply Chain

Multi-Site Organizations

Why Catalyst

Most firms deliver recommendations. Some deliver technology. Others deliver reports.

Catalyst helps organizations build the leadership disciplines that make improvement sustainable. We don't measure success by the quality of our presentations. We measure success by the strength of the organization long after our engagement has ended.

A philosophy, not a playbook

We do not deliver decks. We install the disciplines that outlast the engagement.

Operators, not observers

Our counsel is shaped by decades of running complex, multi-site organizations.

Measured in outcomes

Margin, retention, guest experience, enterprise value. Progress you can audit.

Discretion by default

We work quietly alongside boards, owners, and executive teams.

Patterns

Thinking for the people accountable for results.

A short, occasional note on management discipline — what strong leaders do daily, what weak systems cost, and how remarkable organizations are actually built. No newsletters for the sake of newsletters.

The Catalyst Manifesto

We believe leadership matters.

We believe accountability creates trust.

We believe operational excellence is intentional.

We believe profitability follows disciplined execution.

We believe culture is built through daily habits.

We believe enterprise value is created one decision at a time.

Most importantly...

We believe remarkable organizations are built through disciplined Patterns of Management.

Welcome to Catalyst.

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Every organization has untapped potential.

Some need greater operational discipline.

Some need stronger leadership.

Some need better systems.

Many need all three.

If you're ready to improve profitability, strengthen leadership, increase accountability, and build long-term enterprise value, we'd welcome the opportunity to start the conversation.

Let's build something remarkable.

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