Growth Readiness Guide for Growth Companies, Enterprise Environments, and Transformation Initiatives Ready for Their Next Move.
Embedded Commercial, Growth & Transformation Leadership
Helping companies accelerate revenue, strengthen execution, improve profitability, and navigate growth, change, or transformation.
Problems We Solve / Outcomes We Deliver
Stalled, inconsistent, or underperforming growth
Poor pipeline visibility and unreliable forecasting
GTM strategy not translating into execution
Founder-led or evolving sales motions needing scale
Weak commercial operating cadence and accountability
Enterprise selling maturity gaps
Misalignment between sales, marketing, operations, and leadership
Technology investments not producing business outcomes
Difficulty moving from early traction to scalable, repeatable growth
In short:
I align people, process, and technology to help growth companies, enterprise environments, transformation initiatives, and portfolio organizations scale more effectively. I also help software and technology vendors improve commercial execution within complex operational environments.. With 30+ years on both sides of the industry — as an operator, buyer, and revenue leader — I reduce technical risk, sharpen commercial strategy, and turn AI, SaaS, PLM, MES, and ERP investments into measurable outcomes.
About Derek
Derek Koziol is a growth, GTM, and transformation executive with 30+ years of experience helping companies build, scale, and improve execution across SaaS, AI, manufacturing, healthcare, and life sciences.
He has built and sold businesses, led global revenue organizations, operated in complex growth environments, and partnered with executive teams to improve commercial performance, operational discipline, and measurable business outcomes.
Derek operates as a hands-on advisor and embedded executive focused on helping organizations:
• build scalable revenue engines
• strengthen GTM execution
• improve visibility and accountability
• navigate growth, ambiguity, and transformation
His approach combines executive leadership, operational rigor, and real-world experience improving execution inside complex organizations.
ABOUT VISIONARY EDGE
Visionary Edge is an embedded growth and transformation advisory focused on helping companies improve GTM execution, strengthen operational discipline, and scale predictable growth.
We work with CEOs, founders, leadership teams, and portfolio companies to:
• Diagnose growth constraints and execution gaps
• Improve pipeline visibility and forecast credibility
• Strengthen GTM maturity and enterprise selling capability
• Align sales, marketing, operations, and leadership execution
• Build practical roadmaps that drive measurable outcomes
Engagements range from rapid diagnostics and focused growth sprints to embedded advisory and fractional leadership support.
Where Visionary Edge Drives Impact
Across growth companies, enterprise environments, transformation initiatives, and portfolio organizations.
Experience includes:
SaaS / AI / Enterprise Technology
Manufacturing / Industrial
Life Sciences / Pharma
Healthcare
Transformation / Operational Excellence environments
Built and exited two companies
Oracle / PTC / Stanley Healthcare leadership background
Fractional / interim turnaround & transformation work
30+ years across software, industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, and enterprise environments
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Representative impact areas:
GTM strategy and execution
Revenue acceleration and sales optimization
Forecasting and pipeline discipline
Leadership alignment and operating cadence
Enterprise selling and commercial maturity
Growth diagnostics and transformation execution
How Visionary Edge Engages
Common Reasons Leaders Call Us
Growth is needed but execution is inconsistent
Commercial performance isn’t translating into results
Leadership bandwidth or capability gaps exist
Need clarity around growth, profitability, operations, or transformation priorities
Aligned leadership is what turns strategy into execution.
When leadership teams operate with clarity, alignment, and accountability, organizations move faster, execute better, and achieve measurable outcomes.
I work directly with executive teams to:
Align priorities and decision-making
Establish clear execution frameworks
Improve communication and accountability
Drive results across functions
Your Shortcut to Clarity, Execution, and Smarter Technology Decisions
This is the approach I use to help leadership teams:
Identify where growth is being blocked
Define a clear path forward
Execute with discipline and visibility
Whether the focus is revenue growth, operational improvement, or transformation, the goal is the same: clarity, execution, and results.
Growth Readiness Guide for Scaling Companies
A practical guide to help leadership teams assess where they are today, identify gaps, and take action to improve growth, execution, and performance.
Helping Leadership Teams Turn Growth Ambition Into Predictable Execution
Growth becomes complex.
Pipeline quality becomes unclear.
Forecasts become unreliable.
Sales, marketing, and operations drift apart.
Founders and leadership teams face increasing pressure to scale, transform, and execute without slowing momentum.
Visionary Edge helps companies diagnose quickly, align execution, and improve growth performance without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
Derek Koziol
Founder & Fractional Executive
Visionary Edge | Fractional Leadership & Advisory
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 603-714-8666
Address: Boston, MA
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