Fractional Leadership • Business Transformation • Capital Readiness

Build Better Businesses. Create Better Options.

The executive infrastructure of a much larger company — without the overhead of building it yourself.

Fractional leadership and hands-on execution across finance, operations, people, technology, AI and capital strategy — for founder-led, privately held and lower-middle-market companies.

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The mid-market gap

Enterprise expectations. Without enterprise overhead.

Growth has outrun the infrastructure.

The systems that got you here won't get you there.

Leadership gaps you can't justify hiring for yet.

A full CFO, FP&A, CHRO and data team is expensive.

Value you can't yet prove to capital.

Reporting, controls and readiness lag the ambition.

The Gnodes approach

Build a better business. Create more options.

ASSESS

Where are you today?

Enterprise readiness across finance & reporting, operations, organization, people, technology & AI, risk & controls, capital readiness.

BUILD

Put the right infrastructure in place.

Leadership, organization, reporting, KPIs, systems, processes, controls, HR infrastructure.

OPTIMIZE

Make the business perform better.

Margins, working capital, forecasting, automation, AI, data, productivity.

INSTITUTIONALIZE

Make performance repeatable and scalable.

Management cadence, board reporting, controls, technology infrastructure, talent, decision support.

CAPITALIZE

Turn a better business into strategic optionality.

Growth capital, debt, refinancing, recapitalization, succession, M&A readiness, sale preparation.

Top-down

Leadership: the plan, the numbers and the case capital will back.

Bottom-up

Teams: the systems and habits people actually adopt.

Start with a focused assessment, a specific transformation initiative, or a fractional leadership mandate — and add capabilities as you need them.

We know what institutional-grade looks like because we've built it, operated it and transacted with it.

Integrated capabilities

One team. Multiple executive capabilities.

Strategic Leadership & Transformation

Lead the change, not just recommend it.

Finance & CFO

Decision-grade finance, reporting and cash discipline.

FP&A & Business Intelligence

Forecasts, models and dashboards leadership trusts.

Accounting & Controls

Faster closes, cleaner books, audit-ready controls.

People & Organization

Organizational design, HR infrastructure and talent.

Technology, Data & AI

Systems, data and practical AI — secured from day one.

Security, compliance and managed detection powered by VaultOS — including CMMC readiness.

Corporate Development & Capital

Financing, recapitalization, M&A and sale readiness.

Key execution lever

Capital readiness, built in.

Connect the operating plan to the capital it needs. Turn financing and transaction decisions into execution.

Growth readiness

Build the plan, reporting and operating discipline capital providers expect.

Capital alignment

Match financing options to the business, its contracts and its next stage.

Transaction support

Keep diligence, integration and value creation connected to operations.

Execution office

Turn the capital plan into owned actions, visible milestones and measurable outcomes.

Who we serve

Built for founder-led and lower-middle-market companies.

Large enough for real complexity and enterprise value. Too early to carry a full institutional executive team.

Featured industry

Aerospace & defense / government contracting

Institutional-grade operations and capital readiness, with compliance built in.

Manufacturing

Stronger margins, cash discipline and scalable operations.

Engineering & complex operating businesses

Turn project complexity into predictable performance.

Telecommunications & digital infrastructure

Align infrastructure investment with operating performance.

Commercial real estate

Clearer asset performance and better financing decisions.

Healthcare & regulated services

Build disciplined operations without compromising care or compliance.

Evidence

Execution you can see.

Featured engagement

What 'institutional-grade' looks like inside a growing defense contractor.

Institutional-quality financial and operational reporting
Stronger FP&A, forecasting and decision support
Integrated five-year financial model
Upgraded organizational structure and support functions
Strengthened accounting, HR and technology
Advanced CMMC Level 2 readiness
New enterprise systems and proprietary reporting tools
Improved working-capital visibility and financing capacity
Prepared for institutional capital and strategic alternatives

The result wasn't simply better reporting or systems. It was a better business — and a better business creates options.

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Leadership

Founder-led. Team-delivered.

Gregory Lawson

Founder & Managing Partner

Gregory Lawson founded Gnodes on a simple premise: many privately held companies reach a point where their growth, complexity or ambitions exceed the infrastructure that made them successful. He has spent more than two decades leading finance and operations — including scaling Mobilitie's finance organization from 60 to more than 1,500 employees through debt financings and the company's sale as CFO, and Managing Director roles in defense technology.

Founder & Managing Partner, GnodesFormer CFO, MobilitieScaled finance from 60 to 1,500+ employeesFormer Managing Director, defense technology

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Backed by a multidisciplinary bench across finance, accounting, FP&A, HR, technology, corporate development and capital markets.

Our objective isn't simply to prepare a company for a transaction. It's to build a better business first — because better businesses create more options: growth, financing, recapitalization, succession and ultimately a successful exit.

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Let's build a better business.

Thirty minutes. No slides. We'll map where you are and the fastest credible path to your next stage.

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