Business Is

A CURIOUS ADVENTURE

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i2CEO is a boutique advisory company engaged by companies in both the private and public sector, including Founders, Investors, Boards and CEOs to advise in matters of business acceleration, transition, strategy, leadership and organizational maturity. Specialties include the consumer products, emerging methodologies, and technologies to propel business transformation and profitable growth.

Founder's Note

Founder's Note

Leading with purpose takes courage, tenacity, strength and perseverance while being sensitive as you manage the coveted results. Playing to win encompasses not only the business skills and acumen to navigate through any opportunity or obstacle, but also empathetic leadership and emotional intelligence to lead the diverse human element.

Let’s win together through data, product, design, creativity, respect, compassionate leadership, business ethics and integrity!

Claudia

Engagement for Every Stage of Your Business

During each phase of your business, priorities change, strategy requires a reset, skills need enhancement and the conversation must advance. i2CEO assists by sharing insights, valuable experience and operational tactics throughout the journey.

With a dose of high energy and a fresh set of eyes, i2CEO is a business’s positive catalyst for change. Let’s begin a dialogue as you shape your vision of the future.

Enhancement

Embrace accomplishments and respectfully challenge the status quo through:

Strategy Reinvention Mentoring,Coaching&Accountability Product&FinancialPlans Budgeting&Reporting DigitalAdvancement TacticalApproachesToProduct/MerchandisingDecisions SupplyChainNavigation CustomerIntimacy BrandNarrative&Promise

Optimization

Calibrate strengths and parlay them to
new heights with:

ProfitFocusedDisciplines HighPerformanceTeamLeadership Prioritization&Focus ValueCreation OrganizationalMaturity AssessmentOnStrategicGrowthOpportunity Board/InvestorReporting&Communication Re-EngineeringOfHumanCapital PayForPerformance

Transition

Honor the past and architect your future by:

PlanningFamilyBusinessTransitionBetweenGenerations ContemplatingExitOrGrowthStrategicAnalysis PivotingIntoProfitable&TimelyBusinessSectors RealigningOfOrganizationalUnits CreatingIntegrationPlansOfAnAcquisitionTarget PreparingLeadership ArchitectingTransition ManagingExpectationsOfTheNewEnvironment TransitioningExecutiveLeadership DesigningBoardComposition

About

For companies with revenue of $10M to $500M, i2CEO provides practical, strategic resources through hands-on decisive and tactical solutions and implementation services with expert, individualized personal collaboration. We specialize in manufacturing, wholesaling, digital and offline retailing in consumer products, fashion apparel, jewelry, accessories, design and home furnishing, creative enterprise, and emerging technologies that enhance performance in the consumer products arena. Our services will positively impact your business performance, productivity and profitability.

Founder Bio

Our Clients

Learn how businesses have utilized i2CEO’s expertise to focus on what matters, used data to inform decision making, built stronger teams, increased profitability and ultimately taken companies to the next level.

  • “ Claudia asked thoughtful and pointed questions of me, the organization and the board helping us all to articulate our vision and a path to get there. She works tirelessly to get up to speed on the organization's business model, its culture and where it's going so as to work effectively on her committees. She never hesitated, instead seeing it as all tying together. She is a systems thinker with a very clear mandate: get the best out of everyone and in so doing, get the best out of the organization."

    Whitney Hunter-Thomson, Board Chair, Atlas Corps

  • “ Claudia has an uncanny head for strategic thinking. When others are focused on just the day-to-day, she can get her arms around the future, the opportunities no one’s seeing, and the problems out-of-sight around the next bend. "

    Rick Houcek, President, Soar With Eagles, Inc.

  • “ Claudia Hollingsworth has the professional acumen and financial savvy to probe behind any financial statement to understand whether management knows where it has been and where it is going. "

    Dick Israel, Dick Israel and Partners, Investment Bankers

  • “ Claudia is one of the kindest and most supportive executives I've ever had the opportunity to work with. She has a deep passion for business and truly loves making YOU and your business successful and will work tirelessly to maximize success. Since working together, our business has grown over 1,500% and I credit much of this success to Claudia's partnership and help during a critical time in our company's history. "

    Greg Alvo, Chief Executive Officer/Founder OrderGroove

  • “ Focusing on sales, performance and accounting rightly occupy the attention of most, if not all, business owners, particularly entrepreneurs. Setting up a company for a sale and understanding the nuances of both the transaction and the transition require a skill set many business owners haven’t developed. Claudia, both as a board member and an advisor, fills that gap. She provided the board invaluable advice and worked to smooth out the transition from the founders to the new ESOP. "

    Jim Nelson, Co-Founder, Former Chairman of the Board, Destinations by Design

  • “ Working with Claudia is a game-changer. She not only brings a tremendous wealth of experience and knowledge from her rigorous background but furthermore, she brings a level of EQ to her work that is very hard to find in most people. Claudia's comradery, trust, and anytime availability make her invaluable to a team. People like Claudia are what make companies win. "

    Kenny Berlin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 12Twenty

  • “ Working for Claudia was one of the most rewarding and educational experiences in my professional life. She taught me, or better yet showed me, that you had to be passionate about what you did. Overall, Claudia is a leader. She makes people want to be better. I think that is the best thing you can say about someone who is leading your company. "

    John Caruso, Chief Operating Officer, Lucas Design International

  • “ I have known Claudia personally and professionally for over 20 years. She is an incredible leader with integrity. She is a strategic thinker and has a mastery of financials and numbers. A visionary who is also practical. She is great mentor and an invaluable asset to any company. "

    Yacov Wrocherinsky, CEO, Orion Global Solutions

How We Work

The relationship we forge together is paramount to your business success and is based on the following tenants:

InspiredCommitment MutualRespect BuildingTrust BusinessIsTheUltimateClient SettingGoals&KeepingPromises EmbracingAccountability RespectfullyChallengingTheStatusQuo&BusinessAssumptions BeingAPositiveCatalystForChange

Rules Of Engagement:

i2CEO operates under the highest ethical standards – honesty and open communication are required. The role of i2CEO is to assist you in creating a high-performance business.

Contact

Business is a curious adventure, navigate it wisely. Thank you for your interest in i2CEO. We look forward to discussing your business initiatives. Please contact us by using the information below.

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