Shad Collins

I'm Shad, a fractional CxO who steps into leadership teams when growth has outpaced structure. Over nearly four decades I've scaled a regional restaurant chain into a billion-dollar national brand through a $710M IPO, built a services company from regional to national until it was acquired by a multinational, and led a multi-state insurance expansion while cutting IT spend. Now I work with CEOs and PE firms as a hands-on partner, aligning people, process, and technology into operating models that hold up at scale. Ask me about scaling operations past inflection points, preparing a company for acquisition or IPO, fractional CxO engagements, and EOS integration.