Creating value for privately held businesses by ensuring operational excellence and strategy execution.
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Expertise in Process Improvement, Operating Model Optimization, Organizational Structure Design, Performance Metrics, M&A Integration, and Culture Development.
About
Us
Our Story
At Sterling Mesa, we understand that building a great company requires discipline and creativity. We engage with clients to develop cultures of operational excellence to ensure they meet the demands of their customers, employees, and investors. We can help you realize sustainable efficiencies in your operations that will set you on a course to executing your growth strategies.
Who We Are
Sterling Mesa Consulting was founded by Marcus McCarty, a seasoned Fortune 500 executive with experience in Transformation, Operations, Human Resources, Leadership Development, and Customer Experience. He has led lean and agile centers of excellence to ensure efficient delivery of operational process improvements, customer experience and retention initiatives, and digital transformation. And, he has been the executive sponsor of change management, communications, and leadership development programs.
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Marcus is a hands-on leader that has coached executive teams, front line associates, and everyone in between. He has run major restructuring, as well as mergers & acquisitions (including divestitures) for Fortune 500 companies. And he has helped design organizations, build and evolve operating models, and implement product development and innovation programs.
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Marcus holds a MBA and JD from the University of Denver where he graduated with honors and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder, also with honors.
Our Vision
We offer solutions for companies from due diligence through exit, and every step along the way. We can support discrete projects, engagements aligned to specific targets, interim leadership roles, and consulting on retainer. No matter the interaction model, we can help deliver value and improve performance.
What
We
Offer
Operational Excellence
We will guide your team to achieve its full potential and free up working capital. Our approach to process improvement and optimization will increase your operational efficiency and effectiveness and help you unlock capital for investment, scale your teams for growth, and deliver more value to your customers.
Operating Model Optimization
We will help you identify the right organizational structure and operating model to ensure the most effective delivery of value to your customers and investors. Whether you are experiencing organic growth, expanding through M&A, or restructuring to optimize your performance, our experience will help to deliver the outcomes you expect.
Leadership and Culture
As companies grow, new challenges arise. We have coached and mentored employees at every level of the organization. Our team can help your leaders create a culture that will support growth, attract top talent, and stay focused on your customers. We have helped companies align around their purpose, coached Fortune 500 C-Suites to better execute their strategies, and developed managers to lead front-line teams with the performance metrics that matter.
Interim Leadership
Our experienced executives can join your leadership team on an interim or contract basis to fill senior roles in Operations, Human Resources, Transformation, Strategy, or Legal/Compliance Administration. Whether growth has prompted a new need or you have experienced a change of control, our leaders can quickly get up to speed to help your teams maintain continuity and continue to deliver value to customers and investors.
M&A Support
From due diligence through a new business as usual, we can support your team in identifying opportunities, planning, and executing the operational and cultural integration of your acquisition. And, we can support the carve out of assets that are no longer strategic fits. Before you make an investment, we can help you understand the untapped value of your target's operations. We can mobilize the resources to support the transition of operations, design your new organization, and implement the communications and change management plan that will make your deal a success.