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Kris Cravey
Chief Operating Officer
Kris is the Chief Operating Officer at Fahrenheit Advisors, where he oversees the firm's strategy, growth, and delivery of client services. With extensive experience in executive leadership roles, Kris has a proven track record of success in scaling and operating startups, middle-market, and large enterprises. Before joining Fahrenheit Advisors, Kris served as the Chief People Officer at a groundbreaking last-mile delivery and drone technology startup partnered with Walmart. Kris helped… -
Ryan Whitlock
Director
Ryan is an experienced HR professional with over 20 years of experience in building teams, driving company culture, developing key metrics, and creating an employee experience centered around the company's mission, vision, and values. He is well-versed in thoughtfully scaling startups and establishing best practices and systems for recruiting, benefits, employee development, internal communication, and building culture. His experience building out HR departments gives him the ability to manage and… -
Mike Kolar
Director
Drawing upon extensive financial management expertise across professional services, wholesale, manufacturing, retail, and eBusiness industries, Mike excels in collaborating with high-profile executives to support critical decision-making and navigate complex business, data, and system challenges. His proficiency includes financial analysis, strategic planning, system implementation, and process improvement, enabling clients to drive profitability, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve strategic goals. Mike began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen’s assurance practice… -
Charlie Petrolia
Senior Director
Charlie is an HR executive experienced at directing change management initiatives that achieve business goals and drive world-class employee experience. By melding his Corporate HR leadership with operations acumen, he inspires high-performing remote/onsite teams to deliver profitable revenue growth. Charlie has over 18 years of HR leadership experience at multi-billion-dollar companies. More recently, with Fahrenheit Advisors, Charlie has helped middle market companies and non-profit clients in Interim CHRO and Interim People… -
Clay Cosby
Senior Director
Clay has over 20 years of experience managing a wide range of financial activities, including planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting. He specializes in turning raw data into meaningful action to improve processes, fine tune strategies, and boost staff development. With expertise in operations, marketing, sales, and project management, Clay easily helps clients build strong cross-functional teams. His career has included financial oversight of numerous manufacturing, service, and sales operations. Clay… -
William Hall
Managing Director
Will is a results-driven executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in Business Development, Sales/Marketing, and Consulting. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on growth initiatives followed by tactical execution in early to mid-stage manufacturing companies. Will’s background includes managing categories with Big Box retailers, building international markets, launching new products and new brands as well as building sales processes and commercial teams. As a Managing Director at Fahrenheit, Will… -
Peter Grimm
Managing Director
Peter leverages his background in national security and experience as a strategy consultant and PE-backed CEO to help clients navigate rapidly changing environments. He is skilled in corporate strategy, market analysis, competitive intelligence, disruption planning, disruption preparedness, and organizational leadership. Following service in the US Navy and as a counterterrorism analyst at a US government agency, Peter spent 8 years in the Strategy Practice of Deloitte Consulting. Peter then served… -
Andrew Born
Senior Director
With a unique background that combines extensive transactional experience in investment banking and private equity with hands-on operational experience at an early-stage tech startup, Andrew offers an informed perspective to his clients. He delivers long-term value through his expertise in financial modeling and complex analysis, strategic planning and execution, cross-functional coordination, and executive-level reporting. His entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity, and candid communication style help him to quickly build trust with… -
Doug Moore
Managing Director
Doug has more than 20+ years of C Level retail and eCommerce experience with extensive experience delivering integrated strategies for operations, eCommerce, merchandising, organizational structure, acquisitions, raising capital and driving profits in the public and private sectors. He is a hands-on, high-energy executive that can drive change and results on an interim or permanent basis. His experience as a CEO in a PE or public company makes him highly flexible… -
Donna Labrador
Director
As an innovative accounting and finance professional, Donna has the unique ability to utilize over 20 years of experience for a variety of companies, both small and large. Because she can leverage her experience in areas such as accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and process improvement, she can quickly identify areas in need of improvement and implement solutions. Through her succinct ability to assume responsibility, she provides stability and reliability for… -
John Griffin
Managing Director, Executive Search & Recruiting Practice Leader
John leads the Executive Search & Recruiting practice and has held recruiting leadership roles in both small agencies and large corporate environments, developing and executing on sourcing strategies across multiple functional areas. John brings a robust perspective through a variety of operational leadership roles in addition to over 12 years in talent acquisition. He has a passion for building strong relationships and developing top talent. John started his recruiting career… -
Dale Lachniet
Managing Director
Dale Lachniet is a seasoned Financial and Operations Executive with over 35 years of experience. He has significant Operations and Finance experience which gives him the ability to ensure that all aspects of an operation are considered in significant decisions impacting the enterprise. He spent the first 11 years of his career working in Public Accounting with Price Waterhouse and Ernst and Young serving a variety of clients from public…