Operating

I help businesses reach their next level.

I work with founders, owners and investors when a company has real potential but needs stronger execution, operating discipline or leadership to reach the next stage.

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Nitin Bajaj leading a room of founders and operators

Experience

I've spent 25+ years building and operating.

My experience spans businesses at different stages, industries and markets, including operating work across 10 countries.

10 countriesOperating experience

14 acquisitionsCompleted or co-led

$1B+M&A

$400M+Revenue responsibility

When I Am Useful

Clear operating problems, real authority to move.

Growth has stalled

The business has traction, customers and revenue, but the next stage requires sharper priorities, stronger execution and fewer distractions.

The founder has become the bottleneck

The company still depends too heavily on the owner for decisions, relationships or day-to-day management.

The company needs operating discipline

Strategy is not the issue. The work is building systems, accountability, cadence and leadership capacity.

An acquisition or integration needs leadership

The business needs someone who can connect deal logic to execution after the transaction closes.

The business is preparing for its next chapter

The company is ready for succession, expansion, professionalization or a new operating model.

How I Work

I work close to the problem.

I usually work directly with the founder, owner, CEO or investor.

The role depends on the problem. Sometimes I operate alongside the leadership team. Sometimes I help diagnose the business, structure priorities and build the team or systems needed to execute them.

I am most useful when there is a real business to improve and enough authority to make things happen.

Representative Work

Documented operating patterns.

Scaling revenue responsibility

Situation: Businesses with real market opportunity needed stronger operating rhythm across growth, product and execution.

Action: Led cross-functional operating work, clarified priorities and connected strategy to daily management.

Result: Helped build and operate businesses with more than $400 million in revenue responsibility.

Acquisition execution

Situation: Growth required disciplined inorganic expansion and post-deal operating focus.

Action: Worked through acquisition strategy, deal execution and integration priorities across multiple companies and markets.

Result: Completed or co-led 14 acquisitions representing $1B+ in M&A.

International operating complexity

Situation: Teams and customers across regions needed operating clarity without losing local context.

Action: Built systems, teams and execution cadence across markets with different customer, cultural and operational realities.

Result: Operating experience across 10 countries.

Have something worth building?

If there is a business with real potential and a meaningful operating problem, I am interested in the conversation.

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