Todd Hagopian

I am Mediocrity's Most Wanted Man.

I've led $2B+ in corporate transformations across Fortune 500 giants—Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel—and doubled the value of my own manufacturing acquisition before exit. Currently, I serve as VP of Product Strategy and Innovation for JBT Marel's $1 billion Diversified Food & Health division.

My career was forged in crisis. I was dropped into a business hemorrhaging $500,000 per day and turned it around. That baptism by fire—combined with my bipolar disorder diagnosis—led me to develop the HOT System (Hypomanic Operational Turnaround): a battle-tested framework that weaponizes high-energy focus into systematic business transformation.

The HOT System includes the Karelin Method for compound productivity, the 80/20 Matrix of Profitability for ruthless prioritization, and the 3-S Pipeline for rapid continuous improvement. These aren't theories. They're weapons I've deployed across four major turnarounds to generate billions in shareholder value.

I'm the author of "The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox" (Koehler Books, 2026)—a business novel that reveals how to transform what others see as liability into competitive dominance. The book has earned the Firebird Book Award, Literary Titan Book Award, and endorsements from Howard Behar (former President of Starbucks) and Jeffrey Liker (author of "The Toyota Way").

As Founder of Stagnation Assassins and host of the Stagnation Assassin Podcast, I arm executives with weapons-grade wisdom to slaughter stagnation in their organizations. My work has been featured in Forbes 30+ times, The Washington Post, NPR, and Fox Business, reaching 100,000+ social media followers and generating 15 million annual impressions.

Stagnation is the silent killer of companies with talent, resources, and potential. I hunt it. I expose it. I eliminate it.

Declare War on Stagnation.