Closing the gap between strategy and execution.
Breakwater helps private equity-backed and growth-oriented businesses accelerate results through practical operating expertise, execution support, and growth leadership. We create a repeatable system for execution that produces measurable results.
At Breakwater, every engagement moves through the same four-part rhythm: Validate, Plan, Activate, and Elevate.
Strategy only creates value when it’s executed. Our approach moves through four connected stages: Validate, Plan, Activate, and Elevate. Each builds on the one before it, and the cycle repeats as your business grows. The result is not a one-time deliverable, but a management system your team can run and refine after the engagement ends.
Our Services
Validate the Foundation
Pressure-test the existing strategy, data, and assumptions to establish a strong foundation for value creation.
Develop the Value Creation Plan
Turn that foundation into a clear, prioritized value creation plan aligned with the company’s growth goals.
Activate the Value Creation Plan
Convert the plan into owned initiatives, clear milestones, accountability, and the capabilities required to succeed.
Realize and Elevate the Plan
Provide ongoing monitoring, coaching, and refinement so the plan evolves alongside the business and continues to drive results.
Leading an owner-operated business?
The same Validate, Plan, Activate, Elevate approach can be tailored to the needs, resources, and pace of owner-led companies.
Why Breakwater
Most growth-focused and PE-backed companies don’t lack a strategy. They lack the system to turn it into results. Breakwater exists to close that gap.
Built for execution. Many advisors top at the plan. Breakwater stays through activation and beyond, with clear owners, milestones, and a management rhythm that keeps priorities aligned as the business evolves
Right-sized for your stage. Growing companies need senior-level strategic and operational expertise applied where it counts. Every engagement is scoped to fit and focused on the work that matters most with minimal process.
A system that outlasts the engagement. The outcome isn’t a static plan. It’s a repeatable system your team can run long after the engagement is finished.
Grounded in experience. The Breakwater approach is grounded in founder Sarah Remis's direct experience on both sides of the table: helping portfolio companies create value as a private equity leader and executing those plans as an operating executive.
Strategy that gets executed,
not just delivered
Flexible engagement models designed to meet the needs of each client
Meeting you where you are. No two companies start from the same place. A business still pressure-testing its fundamentals benefits from a different engagement than one that has a strong plan in-place and needs help executing it. We tailor the scope, depth, and cadence or each engagement based on your company’s maturity, resources, and goals. Some clients begin with Foundation Validation and work through the full cycle. Others engage us for an Activation Sprint or ongoing advisory support. As the business grows, the work can evolve with it.
Let’s begin the conversation.
Not sure where to start? We’re here to help. Whether you’re a sponsor looking for support across your portfolio or a leadership team trying to turn a plan into results, we welcome the conversation. Share a bit about your situation and we’ll be in touch.