The person behind the work

Mark Sapienza, Founder and Principal of Sapienza Strategic Advisors

Over 30 years, I've served as COO, EVP/GM and in other senior leadership roles at companies from $20M to $1B, across industries, ownership structures and stages of growth.

I've helped set strategy, build leadership teams, restructure organizations, lead transformations and turn plans into results. I've also experienced what happens when the strategy isn't right, the organization isn't aligned, or the way a business operates hasn't kept pace with where it needs to go.

That perspective matters.

I don't approach a business with a methodology to implement. I approach it as an operator: understand where the business is today, where its leaders want to take it, and what's standing in the way.

Then I work alongside the CEO and leadership team to build what the business actually needs.

I've been accountable for the outcome - not just advising from the outside.

Mark Sapienza
Founder | Principal

What makes this different.

I bring the perspective of an operator, not a methodology to implement. Sometimes the strategy needs to change. Sometimes it's the organization, leadership, processes or execution. Often, it's a combination.

I work alongside the CEO and leadership team to understand what's really happening, determine what needs to change, and help put those changes into practice.

The goal isn't to make the business dependent on me—or on any particular framework. It's to build the leadership capability, operating disciplines and accountability that make the organization stronger on its own.

When this works, the CEO stops being the system and starts leading it.

The person behind the work

What makes this different.

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