Acquire & operate
I bring enterprise operating leadership, private-equity analysis, independent acquisition diligence, transaction integration experience, and the ability to move decisively when the opportunity, economics, and people fit.
Selective does not mean slow. I can deploy personal equity, work with bank, Small Business Administration, seller, and partner capital, and move quickly when diligence supports conviction.
Two paths, one operating thesis
I am seeking to acquire and actively operate an essential North Carolina business with $500,000 to $2.5 million in EBITDA, durable customer demand, recurring revenue, and meaningful opportunity for disciplined growth.
Share an acquisitionI am open to leading an acquired or closely held business where the mandate includes real decision rights, measurable accountability, and equity participation is strongly preferred.
Discuss an operating mandateAcquisition criteria
A focused North Carolina search for essential, recurring, technician-delivered businesses where operating discipline can create durable value.
Core criteria
Priority sectors
Explicit exclusions
Transaction and diligence experience
Aaron is ready for full profit-and-loss accountability, with a record of enterprise operating leadership, formal diligence, integration exposure, and independent search work.
Black Powder Holdings
January to August 2025. Performed acquisition analysis and formal diligence, including the documented evaluation of a fire-services opportunity.
Corporate transaction and integration exposure
Acquisition integration, risk, operating-model, compliance, and executive coordination work through Salesforce and consulting.
Independent Acquisition Search
2024 to Present. Sourcing, screening, valuation, market mapping, owner and broker outreach, diligence, financing analysis, negotiation, and transaction structuring across multiple service sectors.
January to August 2025. Performed acquisition analysis and formal diligence, including the documented evaluation of a fire-services opportunity.
Acquisition integration, risk, operating-model, compliance, and executive coordination work through Salesforce and consulting.
2024 to Present. Sourcing, screening, valuation, market mapping, owner and broker outreach, diligence, financing analysis, negotiation, and transaction structuring across multiple service sectors.
Anonymized decision cases
A service-business opportunity carried a $500,000 asking price and required a disciplined view of conditional enterprise value.
Designed an 18-month management-to-ownership alternative rather than forcing a transaction before the evidence supported conviction.
A commercial-services market required a practical view of recurring demand and owner-operator economics before choosing an entry path.
Used market evidence to refine the acquisition thesis rather than forcing a transaction.
A regulated healthcare-services opportunity required separating operating value from unsupported adjustments and non-operating assets.
Established the protections and evidence required for a disciplined continued-pursuit decision.
Sponsor-backed chief executive mandate
Based in North Carolina and open to national mandates that support significant travel without requiring relocation. Meaningful equity participation is strongly preferred but not an absolute requirement when the mandate and economics are unusually compelling.
Bring accountable leadership through an ownership or generational transition.
Build repeatable operating discipline as a services business grows beyond founder-led execution.
Align people, systems, decisions, and execution after an acquisition.
Use technology, process, and operating cadence to create practical operating leverage.
Lead businesses where consequence, reliability, and disciplined execution are central to customer value.
Clarify decision rights, accountability, measures, and cross-functional execution.
Connect commercial priorities to operating rhythms that support durable growth.
Take on a consequential mandate when the operating authority and economics support accountability.
A focused conversation