Master the standards.
Then play your way.
Every great original started with the same fundamentals as everyone else. I help leaders master them, then create what no one else can.
Make it your own.
WHO WE’VE WORKED WITH
Chief Executive Officers
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Chief Information Officers
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Chief Operating Officers
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Management Consultants
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Technical Staff
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Board Members
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Business Analysts
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Project Managers
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Founders
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Chief Executive Officers / Chief Information Officers / Chief Operating Officers / Management Consultants / Technical Staff / Board Members / Business Analysts / Project Managers / Founders /
The work.
I work with executives and consultants who have mastered their craft and are ready to put their own stamp on it. Talent and effort got you this far. What comes next takes structure, so your time goes to the work only you can do.
Working with Supren involves several, complementary forms.
Leverage assessment
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee engagement that establishes where your capacity is actually going and what structure is missing.
I look at how decisions reach you, which ones genuinely require you, what your calendar says about your priorities versus what you say about them, and where the organization is waiting on you rather than working.
Most clients start here. Some stop here, because they have enough to act on. That’s a successful engagement.
Standing counsel
A monthly arrangement for executives who have made the shift and want a sounding board on the decisions that matter.
Not overflow capacity. This is for the high-stakes moment: the board presentation you need to rehearse, the role-play before a conversation with your largest customer, the offer you’re about to make, the person you’re about to promote or let go. Scoped to a defined set of decisions and a regular cadence, with availability in advance of the moments that warrant it.
Operating design
This is the work of installing what the assessment found.
Decision rights, so that fewer things need you. Operating cadence, so the things that do need you arrive on a schedule instead of at random. Delegation structure that handles a busy week with ease. And where capability is genuinely missing and the plan for adding it, like who to hire, who to contract, and in what order.
This is the part that changes the calendar. It takes longer than anyone wants but it’s the reason the rest of it works.
When I’m not the right fit
Sometimes what’s needed isn’t advice. It’s extra hands — a project manager, a recruiter, an integrator, a specific vendor, a staffing partner.
I’ll tell you that in the first conversation rather than the fourth month, and I’ll point you to someone I’ve actually worked with. Twenty-five years of selecting vendors and building teams leaves you with a useful list and no obligation to anyone on it.
About.
I learned leverage the only way available to me: I had no budget.
I was asked to build a technology consulting practice inside a firm that had never had one — no team, no headcount, and real resistance to the idea. So I hired artisans and built the house one room at a time.
Grew it from nothing to nearly $20 million at better than 20% net margins
Won the firm’s first seven-figure engagements in a business that had sold $10,000 projects
Built one client relationship that generated more than $25 million
Twenty-five years advising executives on vendor selection, team building, and how work moves through an organization
Before that, CEO of one technology company and COO of another
I’ve also written two books, The Courageous Consultant and The Consultant’s AI Companion, have an MS in Leadership and Management, and hold ICF ACC and Certified Executive Coach credentials.
I’m also a photographer, which is the one thing I do where no one demands a result. The pursuit doesn’t have to use a camera, but it does have to be something that lets you breathe.
Stop being the best player on the stage. Start conducting.
What clients say.
Rob is an enigma in the world of management consulting: brilliant mind, keen insight, authentic compassion, while delivering on strategic imperatives and coaching you to be your next best self.
Jeannine Lanoux, CEO and Founder
Working with Rob is a lesson in how to do things right. He is intelligent, caring and focused. His deep industry knowledge and moral compass rewards you with excellence on all levels.
Trevor Crow, Connecticut State Senate Candidate
Rob is a focused, insightful advisor with a keen business sense. His listening skills allow him to fully understand and ask probing questions that help solve your most pressing challenges.
Annette Roder-Zulawski, Principal and Board Advisor
Rob is a fantastic coach in all respects. His calm demeanor, his obvious interest in his client, and his consistent push to move me forward resulted in a fantastic outcome for me.
Christoph Fuchs, Chief Operating Officer
Let’s work together.
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