Numenis Advisory Co.

When technology becomes enterprise risk, we take the mandate.

Decisive executive intervention for PE-backed and mid-market companies where IT has lost credibility, stalled execution, or begun threatening the value-creation plan.

The 19 Score: nineteen questions, scored red / yellow / green, in one confidential conversation. No fee. Finite engagements. Lasting results.

The Numenis 19 — nineteen turnaround disciplines rendered as a classical temple
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Continents of hands-on business & technology leadership across our team
EN · ES
Fluent in English and Spanish, among the multiple languages we operate in
PE / VC
Built for mid-market and sponsor-backed companies under real pressure
30
Day turnaround assessment to a sequenced reset plan
When to Call

Two reasons leadership teams pick up the phone.

Enterprise Risk
When technology has moved from internal frustration to enterprise risk.
The signals that a turnaround mandate is overdue are usually unmistakable:
01

IT has lost the confidence of the business.

02

The CIO or CTO has exited, failed, or become politically ineffective.

03

A major ERP, CRM, cloud, security, or transformation initiative is stalled.

04

Technology diligence revealed issues that now need execution.

05

Cost, vendor sprawl, talent gaps, or delivery failure threaten the value-creation plan.

06

The company needs a reset before sale, merger, or a major growth push.

Get Ahead of AI
Before AI becomes the next item on that list.
AI strategy, data and platform foundations, and hands-on implementation. The signals it's time to start:
01

The board is asking for an AI strategy — and there isn't one.

02

Pilots are multiplying, but nothing has reached production.

03

Your data isn't ready for the AI you want to build on it.

04

Every vendor is selling AI into every department — and no one is guarding the gate.

05

Competitors are visibly moving, and the cost of waiting is compounding.

06

You want the upside — without a $500K tuition bill in avoidable mistakes.

The Principals

Built for the rooms where execution has broken down.

Numenis is led by three principals who have carried the mandate themselves — in the boardroom, in the operating model, and in the hard conversations in between.

Christopher Barron — Principal, Numenis Advisory Co.

Christopher Barron

Principal — President

A global technology executive who steps into complex, politically difficult environments where execution has stalled — stabilizing teams, rebuilding leadership, and realigning technology to enterprise priorities. More than 20 years across global platforms, enterprise systems, cybersecurity, and executive governance. Author of The Talent Triangle. M.S., New York University; MIT CTO Program; Six Sigma Black Belt.

Rosa Aguirre B — Principal, Numenis Advisory Co.

Rosa Aguirre B

Principal

An expert in business and technology innovation across Latin America who steps into companies at their turning points — guiding young ventures to first profitability and rebuilding legacy operators into nimble competitors through the disciplines of the Numenis 19. More than 15 years across business applications, data science, and change management. Fully fluent in English and Spanish, and at home leading diverse business and technology teams through rapid reconstruction. B.S. Engineering, Cornell University; M.B.A., University of Florida.

Pamela Gadd — Principal, Numenis Advisory Co.

Pamela Gadd

Principal

A Fortune 100 executive who guides organizations through major mergers, integrations, and periods of sweeping change — most recently the Johnson & Johnson and Janssen integration. More than 20 years of leadership in the pharmaceutical industry across project execution, change management, and coaching. She works where transformation actually succeeds or fails — the human side of change — steadying uncertainty, building trust, and creating the alignment that moves organizations forward.

What We Do

Defined mandates, not indefinite engagements.

Each engagement is scoped to a mission with a beginning, a measurable middle, and a clean handoff to permanent leadership.

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Technology Turnaround Mandate

A mission-defined, 6–12 month executive engagement to stabilize the function, rebuild leadership, reset execution, and transfer ownership back to permanent leadership.

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Diligence Remediation

Post-deal execution against the issues technology diligence surfaced — closing the gap between what the investment thesis assumed and what the IT function can actually deliver.

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04

Leadership & Operating Model Reset

Rebuild the leadership bench, governance, vendor posture, and delivery cadence — using The Talent Triangle to put the right operators in the right seats before handoff.

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How It Begins

Every engagement starts with a thirty-minute conversation.

First

The 19 Score

30 minutes·No fee

Nineteen questions, scored red / yellow / green, in one confidential conversation with a principal. You leave knowing where you stand and what to do next — whether or not that involves us.

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Then

30-Day Turnaround Assessment

30 days·$45,000 fixed fee

Interviews, budget and vendor review, delivery and security posture, a written diagnosis, and a board- or sponsor-level readout that says plainly whether a mandate is warranted. The fee is credited in full against a mandate signed within 30 days.

If warranted

Turnaround Mandate

6–12 months·By proposal

Scoped directly from the Assessment findings, led by the principals, and handed back to permanent leadership with a clean exit. Diligence Remediation and the Leadership & Operating Model Reset are scoped the same way.

How We Execute

The four-phase mandate model.

A disciplined sequence that stops the bleeding, rebuilds the function, and leaves durable systems behind.

PHASE 01

Diagnose

Assess leadership, systems, risk, vendors, delivery, budget, and business trust.

PHASE 02

Stabilize

Stop the bleeding and create executive visibility across the function.

PHASE 03

Rebuild

Reset the operating model, leadership bench, cadence, vendors, and governance.

PHASE 04

Transfer

Hand off to permanent leadership with durable systems and a clean exit.

Why “19”

Nineteen things every business must get right to turn around.

19 is the number behind the Numenis name: a framework of nineteen areas every business has to address to navigate a turnaround successfully. It is the discipline behind every mandate we take, and the standard we hold every engagement to.

You’ll see it carved as XIX on the temple and written as 19 everywhere else. Same nineteen disciplines.

Explore the 19 framework

Not fractional. Not advisory-only. Not managed services.
A defined turnaround mandate.

Numenis is built for decisive executive intervention — a reset plan and a clean handoff — not indefinite maintenance, staff augmentation, or part-time CIO coverage.

Insights

Perspectives on turnaround execution.

Contact

For PE sponsors, boards, and CEOs facing technology execution risk.

Book a thirty-minute 19 Score, or tell us what's going on and we'll come to you. Either way, we'll tell you quickly and candidly whether a mandate is the right move.

Book a 30-minute 19 Score Nineteen questions, scored red / yellow / green. No fee, no deck.
@cbarron@numenis19.com
●Engagements nationwide · Global engagements by arrangement