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Fractional COO, CCO and Transformation leadership for Industrial and Mechanical Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, and Service Companies
A generational handoff is underway: Roughly 6 million U.S. small and mid-size businesses face ownership transitions by 2035 as boomer owners retire — yet fewer than 1 in 3 owners have a documented exit plan. Manufacturers, distributors, and service companies are squarely in that wave. — McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility, 2026; Exit Planning Institute
DEV Consultants can help.
DEV Consultants provides fractional Chief Operating Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and Chief Revenue Officer leadership to industrial manufacturers, distributors, and service companies navigating growth, product or market expansion, ownership transition, or operational complexity. Engagements are embedded, hands-on, and built around measurable outcomes.
Who We Serve:
We work with manufacturers, distributors, and service companies across the industrial equipment spectrum, from standard product lines to highly engineered customer-specific solutions. Our clients sell into oil and gas, power generation, marine, defense, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, pulp and paper, wastewater, aerospace, automotive, and general industrial markets. If your business involves technically complex equipment and the customers who depend on it, we understand your world.
What We Do:
Fractional COO engagements bring operational structure, P&L accountability, and management-driven decision making to founder-led businesses. Fractional CCO engagements build commercial infrastructure including sales teams, channel strategy, and revenue processes that scale beyond the owner's personal relationships. Practical AI integration identifies where automation and AI tools create real operational leverage and implements them without disrupting the business. And for leadership teams that are simply too busy running the day to day, we step in as a senior resource to tackle the important work that keeps getting pushed to tomorrow: strategic initiatives, organizational improvements, and high-value projects that never quite make it to the top of the list.
Committed to Measurable Impact
DEV Consultants engagements are measured against real outcomes: revenue growth, margin improvement, operational efficiency, and organizational accountability. Every engagement begins with a clear baseline and defined objectives so progress is visible from day one.