LOCATION: Remote

RETAINED SEARCH PARTNER: Falcon Partners

SEARCH MANDATE: Our private equity client is seeking the right President to lead its core consulting practice of one of its portfolio companies, a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and managed services to rural telecommunications, broadband, and electric cooperative providers. The sponsor sees a significant opportunity to grow the firm’s historic consulting business and turn its deep regulatory and financial expertise into scalable, AI-enabled offerings.

COMPENSATION: A competitive salary, annual bonus, and wealth-building equity grant make for a compelling economic opportunity.

THE COMPANY:

• Business Model: B2B consulting or professional service firms 
• End Market: Rural telecommunications, broadband, and electric cooperatives 
• Revenue Range: Mid-market
• Hold Period: Exit planned for ~2028
• Deal Structure: Control buyout

INVESTMENT THESIS: Protect and grow the core consulting book while building the next generation of the practice.

• Lead and grow a tenured bench of expert consultants serving cost studies, regulatory filings, grants and BEAD compliance, and financial management
• Take early AI-enabled pilots, including FP&A and cost study tools, to packaged, recurring-revenue offerings
• Position the practice for strong growth ahead of a planned exit, supported by a once-in-a-generation wave of federal broadband funding

THE SPONSOR: This lower middle market private equity firm has a solid history of partnering with founder- and family-led businesses to build scalable platforms. Since its founding in 2010, the firm has made 57 investments and completed 19 exits. Today it manages approximately $588 million in assets and has 11 active portfolio companies.

CANDIDATE PROFILE: We seek a passionate, committed leader with a contagious will to win who can honor this company's past while also leading it into the future. Our ideal candidate's background most likely includes:

• Business Model: Professional services, ideally regulated-industry, financial, or utility and telecom consulting
• Functional: Leader of a consulting practice with its own P&L, ideally $15M–$75M in revenue and 50–300 people
• Orientation: Grows the business through the leaders they manage rather than personal origination; a steady steward of a tenured expert team
• Private Equity: Preferred, not required
• M&A: Integration experience a plus
• Tenure: 15-30+ years of progressive career success

FALCON and its clients are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or any other protected status. FALCON encourages qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply.