§ 00 — Operator-Led Value Creation
Est. 2022
Tampa · Florida
Mid-Market · Operators

We make businesses more valuable. And when the moment comes, we can lead through it.

Embedded ·
Operator-Led ·
Outcome-Owned.

EOMGTZ is an operator-led value creation firm. We embed seasoned executives inside mid-sized businesses navigating growth, transition, or a pivotal chapter, and do the work that compounds enterprise value today, whether the next milestone is scale, sale, or succession.

The Operator's Thesis

The businesses that compound in value are the ones run by people who've done this before.

That's what we embed.
The Thesis
§ 01

Most mid-sized businesses don't fail because of bad strategy. They plateau because the operating layer hasn't kept up with the business. The finance function is stretched. The data is unreliable. The systems are duct-taped. And the founder is still holding too much in their head.

Value gets created in the places most firms don't reach: disciplined operations, clean reporting, decision-grade data, and the kind of leadership bench that lets a business scale past the people who built it. We've spent our careers inside businesses like yours, building those layers, running those functions, and watching what separates the companies that compound from the ones that stall.

EOMGTZ embeds seasoned operators across finance, operations, technology, data, and brand inside your business to do the work that makes it meaningfully more valuable. And when the moment calls for it, whether that's a sale, a succession, or a post-acquisition integration, the same team is already in place to lead you through it.

§ 02
The Platform

Three ways we engage.

§ I — Entry

The Seat

Actively Placing

A single executive seat, filled by an EOMGTZ principal, embedded inside your leadership team for the duration that matters.

Most engagements start here. You have a specific function that needs senior leadership right now. A CFO seat while you search. A COO to drive integration. A Head of Data to build the BI backbone your buyer will scrutinize. We step in, lead, and execute against a defined plan.

Fractional or interim coverage
Named principal, defined scope
Weekly cadence with leadership
Clear transition at engagement end
Engage The Seat When You have a specific function that needs senior leadership now. A CFO seat. A COO to drive change. A Head of Data to build the backbone. You need a seasoned operator in the role within weeks, not months.
§ II — Strategic

The Council

Selective Engagement

A strategic advisory retainer that gives you the full EOMGTZ team. Not one seat, but the whole bench.

The Council is the offering we built because a single fractional executive can't give you what a complete leadership council can: multi-functional perspective, board-level thinking, and continuous strategic oversight. Quarterly strategic sessions with all principals, monthly check-ins with the relevant functional leads, and between-meeting access when something breaks.

Full team on retainer
Quarterly strategic sessions
Board-ready reporting
Value Creation Diagnostic included
§ Signature Entry Point
The Value Creation Diagnostic
A structured, six-week assessment of your business across the dimensions that actually compound value. Financial operations, data & systems, management depth, customer concentration, operational maturity, and the dozen other things that separate businesses that scale from businesses that plateau. Delivered as a briefing document with a named readiness roadmap. Often the first step into a Council engagement.
Engage The Council When You want a leadership council thinking about your business continuously. Navigating growth, preparing for a transition, or simply building the kind of enterprise value that compounds over time.
§ III — Embedded

The Office

By Invitation

The EOMGTZ team functions as your outsourced executive office. Embedded leadership across the functions your business needs most.

For companies that have outgrown their current leadership bench but aren't yet at the scale (or risk appetite) to hire a full C-suite, The Office provides the complete executive function on a platform basis. Principals take named operating roles. The apprentice bench supports execution. Your business is led with the depth it's about to need, whether the next chapter is growth, transition, or both.

Multi-principal embedded team
Named operating roles
Associate-level support bench
Integrated with your existing leadership
Engage The Office When You've committed to a meaningful next chapter, whether that's rapid scale, a planned transition, or a full professionalization of the business. You need a complete executive team embedded to get you there.
§ 03
Functional Coverage

The functions we lead.

§ I — Operations

Operations & Chief of Staff

The operating backbone that turns a business from something one person runs in their head into something a team runs with discipline. KPI frameworks, management reporting, operational cadence, and the architecture that lets the business scale.

  • Operational maturity & cadence
  • Management reporting build-out
  • Post-acquisition integration
  • Owner dependency reduction
§ II — Finance

Finance & Value Creation

Finance leadership that builds the financial story of the business. Clean close, trustworthy forecasts, margin discipline, and the FP&A function that turns operational reality into capital decisions.

  • FP&A & forecasting build-out
  • Margin & working capital discipline
  • Interim CFO coverage
  • Exit readiness when the moment comes
§ III — Technology

Technology & Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade technology leadership at a mid-market cost structure. The systems that let your business run, scale, and eventually hand over to a new owner, a next generation, or a larger self.

  • Infrastructure modernization
  • Cybersecurity & compliance
  • Platform scalability
  • Systems diligence readiness
§ IV — Data & AI

Data & AI Readiness

The data layer that turns operational reality into decision intelligence. Dashboards that tell a story. AI readiness that signals a forward-looking business. Foundations that make every other function run better.

  • Data architecture & BI function
  • KPI framework & board dashboards
  • AI readiness roadmap
  • Data governance & quality
§ V — Brand

Brand & Market Position

The market position that reflects what the business is actually worth. Category leadership, brand clarity, and demand generation infrastructure. The equity story that lands with customers, boards, and buyers alike.

  • Brand & equity story
  • Category positioning
  • Demand generation maturity
  • Customer concentration strategy
§ VI — Transition

Transition Leadership

When the moment arrives, whether a sale, a succession, or an integration, the same team that built the value is already in place to lead through it. Operator-led diligence, deal-side coordination, and post-close integration delivered by people who've lived every side of the transaction.

  • Pre-sale diligence preparation
  • Data room architecture
  • Succession & handoff planning
  • Post-acquisition integration
§ 04
Who We Serve

Businesses at a pivotal chapter.

I

Scaling Through Complexity

Growth & Professionalization

You've outgrown the way you used to run the business. The founder is the bottleneck, the team is stretched, and the systems haven't caught up. We embed the operating leadership that lets the business scale past the people who built it.

II

Owner-Led & Family-Owned

Building Enterprise Value

Whether you plan to pass it down, sell it one day, or simply run the best version of the business you can, the work is the same. Build operational depth, tighten the financial story, and remove the owner dependencies that hold everything back.

III

Navigating a Major Transition

Sale · Succession · Integration

The moments that define a company are the ones where leadership matters most. A sale to PE. A generational handoff. A post-acquisition integration. We've lived every version, and we bring seasoned operators who can lead your business through it.

§ 05
How We Work

A defined engagement,
not an open retainer.

Phase 01

Diagnostic

We meet the team, review financials and operations through an operator's lens, and surface the three-to-five issues that actually matter. Delivered as a briefing document, not a deck.

Weeks 1–6
Phase 02

Plan

A 90-day plan with named outcomes, owners, and decision gates. Reviewed with leadership and ownership before anyone does anything. The document we execute against.

Weeks 6–8
Phase 03

Execute

We embed. Named principals lead the workstreams. Weekly cadence with leadership, monthly reporting to the board or owner. Measured against the plan we committed to.

Months 3–18+
Phase 04

Hand Back

A clean transition to permanent leadership, whether that's a new internal hire, the next generation of ownership, or the new owner after a transaction. We don't overstay. We leave the business stronger and the function working without us.

Defined End Date
§ 06
The Team

Operators who have actually done it.

TG

Tyler Goodhue

Managing Partner — Ops & Data

Operating leader who has spent his career building businesses that scale through data. Most recently Chief of Staff at a Ridgemont Equity-backed national platform, where he architected the business intelligence function, KPI frameworks, and operational cadence across a 40-company portfolio exceeding $1B in revenue. Has lived every side of the value creation journey, building, integrating, and preparing businesses for their next chapter.

Fractional COO Head of Data AI Readiness PE Integration
MG

Mikayla Goodhue

Principal — Finance

Finance operator with a track record of driving profitability across multiple sectors. Experience spans Amerilife and legal services, with deep expertise in financial operations, margin improvement, and the systems that make finance functions run with discipline at every stage of a business's growth.

Fractional CFO FP&A Margin Strategy
EG

Elyse Goodhue

Principal — Brand

Marketing leader with enterprise scale and mid-market instinct. Built and scaled brand and marketing operations at Lockheed Martin and Blue Cross Blue Shield, with ongoing work crafting brand identities for small and mid-sized businesses. A rare combination of strategic precision and creative instinct that makes category leadership possible.

Fractional CMO Brand Strategy Category Positioning
TG

Tim Goodhue

Principal — Technology

Four-decade career building and operating enterprise technology at scale. Contributed to NASA's database systems supporting rocket launches, and led IT infrastructure work at JP Morgan and Bank of America. Brings institutional-grade systems leadership to mid-market companies that need it, without the enterprise price tag.

Fractional CIO Enterprise IT Data Infrastructure

Extended Bench

Associates & Specialists

Curated network of senior operators, specialists, and subject-matter advisors when engagements call for deeper bench. Every engagement is led by a named Principal. Support is vetted, not outsourced.

Industry Specialists Functional Experts Board Advisors
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The Metzo Network

Family Office Relationships

As the operating company of Metzo, EOMGTZ draws on a broader network of investors, operators, bankers, and industry relationships cultivated across decades of building and holding businesses. Same-side of the table advice, every time.

Capital Access Operator Network Industry Intros
§ 07
The Bench

We build operators,
not just engagements.

The next generation of executive operators isn't being trained in business school. They're being trained inside real engagements, sitting next to senior leaders, doing real work on real problems.

EOMGTZ runs an intentional development track for high-potential early-career talent: analysts, associates, and emerging operators embedded directly inside our client engagements. They don't make coffee. They build models, run diagnostics, own workstreams, and sit in the rooms where decisions happen.

It's how we grow the firm. It's how we grow careers. And it's how the companies we work with get more capability per dollar than any traditional engagement delivers.

The Track
Tier I
Analyst
Early-career talent supporting engagement diagnostics, financial modeling, and research. Paired with a Principal for direct mentorship.
Tier II
Associate
Owns defined workstreams inside client engagements. Client-facing, accountable for deliverables, and building the judgment that makes operators.
Tier III
Engagement Lead
Runs engagements end-to-end under Principal oversight. Ready to step into fractional executive seats at client companies or step up to Principal inside EOMGTZ.
Tier IV
Principal
Named executive operator. Client-facing seat-filler. Building the firm's next chapter alongside the founders.

We're always interested in early-career talent who want to learn by operating, not by observing.

Introduce Yourself →
§ 08
Insights

What we're thinking about.

We publish a small number of pieces each year on the structural questions that decide whether mid-market businesses compound or stall. Each one comes from inside the work, not from a desk.

An Operating Company of

Metzo is a family-owned holding company built to preserve, grow, and deploy capital and capability across generations. We come from a family that builds and holds businesses, and we bring that patience and perspective to every business we serve.

Visit Metzo →
§ 09 — Begin

Build the business you know it can be.

Tell us where you are, where you're headed, and what's at stake. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team, and if we are, we'll be on a call with your leadership within the week.

Or if you're an operator who wants to join the bench, this is also the right place to start.

Tampa · Florida
Operator-Led Value Creation
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