Impactful Insights

Real engagements. Measurable outcomes.

The reason the world's most demanding companies bring CEI to the table.

Turned a Sluggish Monthly Close Into a Predictable Owner Rhythm

With Action Items That Actually Close.

Made the Books Predictable

So the Owners Could Run the Brand Instead of Chasing the Numbers.

Built the Monthly Board Pack

And Turned Three Hours of Information Transfer Into 45 Minutes of Strategic Discussion.

Built the Lender Package That Got a PE-Backed Borrower a Covenant Reset

Instead of a Workout Conversation.

Held the Line Through a Late-Cycle Big-4 Reversal

On a PE-Backed Engineering Firm.

Built First-Principles COGS Architecture for a Hardware Startup

That Investors Could Actually Defend.

Repriced a Cleantech Five-Year Plan for Investor Diligence

On a 48-Hour Deadline.

Gave a Mid-Market Owner One Page Every Monday Morning

Showing Pipeline, Margin, Capacity, and Cash.

Consolidated Eight Cross-Border Entities Into a Single Owner View

Without Forcing a System Migration.

Identified $1.4M of Annual G&A Excess

Hiding Behind a Decade of Habitual Spending.

Identified Three Product Lines Eroding Margin

Built the Case to Sunset Them.

Built a Three-Entity FP&A Framework

That Replaced Three Sets of Books With One Strategic View.

Stopped a Sponsor From Buying Around a $2.4M Working Capital Adjustment

The Seller Quietly Engineered.

Built the ARR Bridge That Turned a Buyer Skeptical of Hybrid Revenue

Into One Comfortable With a Subscription Story.

Carved Out $1.2M in Platform Development R&D Through Sell-Side Diligence

With No Pushback From the Buyer’s Quality of Earnings Team.

Reframed Legacy Hybrid Contracts as Pure SaaS Revenue Under ASC 606

And Made It Stick With the Buyer’s Accountants.

Installed a Margin-Triggered Spending Freeze

That Eliminated $13K of Monthly Drift.

Exited a Factoring Dependency

That Was Quietly Eating Every Dollar of Net Income.

Cut 26 Days Off the Cash Conversion Cycle

Without Touching Pricing or Headcount.

Revenue Dropped 16%.

Net Income Only Dipped 7.5% — Because the Plan Was Already Built.

Built a 13-Week Cash Forecast

That Caught a $130K Balance Sheet Trap Nobody Knew Existed.

$3.5M in Cash Freed

Redeployed 7.5 Headcounts, and Killed CapEx Decisions Made on Gut Feel.

True Production Cost Uncovered

And 3% in Hidden Margin Sitting on the Shop Floor.

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Josh Campbell | CEO, CEI Consulting Group

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