Alliances and Strategic Partnerships

I am not an expert in everything, and I am not going to pretend otherwise.

These are the people I bring in when a problem runs past where I add the most value. Every one of them leads in their field, believes AI is a real shift rather than a talking point, and does honest work. The referrals run both directions. That is the whole arrangement, and it exists because clients get a better answer when the right person is in the room.

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Practice areas
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Named partners
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Directions

Marketplace and Commerce Advisory

Amazon, Walmart, and retail media

Where a brand needs deeper marketplace operating expertise than a foundation engagement is scoped to deliver.

Tim Clark, marketplace operating partner
Tim Clark
RetailRx

Marketplace operating partner on the Discover, Enable, Sustain engagements. Brings the depth on Amazon and Walmart execution that keeps recommendations grounded in what actually ships.

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Scott Kennedy, marketplace data and analytics partner
Scott Kennedy
Marketplace Data & Analytics

Analytics and data partner on the Discover, Enable, Sustain engagements. Builds the reporting, tooling, and SOP structure that turns marketplace data into decisions a client's team can keep running on their own.

Parcel and Logistics

Shipping cost and contract negotiation

For clients with meaningful parcel volume, where the savings are structural rather than operational.

TI
TransImpact
Parcel audit and negotiation

Referral partner for parcel contract negotiation, shipping cost audit, and supply chain planning. Brought in when a client's shipping spend is large enough that a specialist beats a generalist.

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Industry Platforms and SaaS

Data, product experience, and enablement

Platform specialists for the categories where the right tool decision saves a year of rework. Data as a service, product experience management, and adjacent enablement tooling.

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Confirmation in progress
Data as a service

Platform partner for structured product and market data. Named once the relationship is confirmed in writing.

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Confirmation in progress
Product experience management

PXM platform partner for brands whose product content is the bottleneck rather than their demand.

Residential and Trade Services

Licensed trades and specialty work

The network behind the hands-on side of the business. Work that requires a license, a crew, or a specialty I do not carry goes to people I would hire at my own house.

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Confirmation in progress
Licensed trade partner

Electrical, plumbing, and structural work beyond the non-licensed boundary. Named as each partner confirms.

Individual Contractors and Specialists

Independent operators

Individuals rather than firms. Usually the fastest path to a good answer, and the relationship most likely to run in both directions.

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Confirmation in progress
Rendering and visualization

Photorealistic build visualization for contractors who want a client to see the finished work before it exists.

How this works

Nobody here pays to be listed and nobody is an employee. When a client need runs past where I add the most value, I make an introduction and step back or stay involved, whichever actually serves the work. The same courtesy comes back the other way. Cards marked pending are real relationships that have not been cleared for public naming yet, because announcing a partnership before asking is a good way to lose one.

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