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Who we are

Operators who have done the work.

Everyone here has run teams, carried a number and fixed broken pipelines. We diagnose before anyone spends on a solution.

35+
Board seats held across the team
20+
Core operators, backed by advisors and specialists
Over $35B
Of enterprise value created by core partners in companies they have run
10%
Of profits donated to causes our clients care about
Why AGS exists

Diagnose before you prescribe.

Training without diagnosis is guessing. And guessing is the most expensive thing a revenue organization can do.

Mark Petruzzi and Alan Rudolph built AGS on that principle. The diagnosis is the only responsible starting point.

01
Data and diagnostics

Find the root cause first. We benchmark people and the operating model around them.

02
AI and technology

AI where it creates real leverage, with curated platforms across the revenue lifecycle.

03
Human performance

Change how people sell, coach and lead. Execution is always the final lever.

Leadership

Built by operators. Run by operators.

Revenue stalls, leaders reach for solutions, and nothing changes because nobody diagnosed the problem. We have seen it hundreds of times.

Mark Petruzzi
Mark Petruzzi
Founder, CEO & Expert Accelerator
AI StrategyRevenue ArchitectureEnterprise GTMPE/VC Advisory

Revenue transformation leader and AI strategy advisor. Bestselling author of Selling the Cloud and Data and Diagnosis-Driven Selling, and former Expert Advisor to Genpact and BCG. Leads the AGS AI advisory practice and co-hosts Selling Intelligence with Alan Rudolph.

2 books
Bestselling author
BCG / Genpact
Former Expert Advisor
Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph
COO & Expert Accelerator
Multiple PE/VC ExitsFormer COO, MitratechFormer COO, Cendyn

Former COO at Mitratech and Cendyn, with multiple exits alongside some of the most demanding PE/VC firms in the market. Leads the AGS PE/VC practice.

Multiple
PE/VC exits
2x COO
Mitratech and Cendyn
Alan Rudolph, COO & Expert Accelerator

Operating partners need someone who has lived the hold period.

Alan has delivered board-ready results on the clock of an active investment, more than once. Sponsors and management teams trust that.

New: AI-Charged™ Value Creation Plan
Revenue Health Audit in 30 days. Full board-ready plan in 75.

Four phases from Revenue Health Audit to Exit Readiness, each tied to exit multiple. No long-term commitment.

Explore PE/VC value creation
Expert Accelerators

The bench AGS deploys on client engagements.

Senior operators, each deployed when an engagement needs their specific experience.

Paul Melchiorre
Paul Melchiorre
Enterprise GTM and CRO Advisory & Expert Accelerator

Senior leadership at SAP, Ariba, and Anaplan. Board-level GTM advisor and executive coach to CROs on complex enterprise engagements.

Jim Jensen
Jim Jensen
GTM Leadership and Executive Coach & Expert Accelerator

Keynote speaker and executive coach for GTM leadership and accountability. Deployed when leadership behavior change is the primary lever.

Anthony Tortolini
Anthony Tortolini
Services Go-to-Market Leader & Expert Accelerator

Expert Accelerator on the AGS operating bench. Full profile coming soon.

KK Anderson
KK Anderson
Sales Assessment and Competency Leader & Expert Accelerator

Sales transformation operator with 15+ years inside sales organizations. 600+ organizations transformed, 15,000+ competency evaluations completed, and more than 2 million sales professionals benchmarked.

Cary Correia
Cary Correia
AI Transformation Leader & Expert Accelerator

Turns AI adoption across revenue and operations into measurable execution gains instead of tooling sprawl. Co-author of recent AGS insights on AI, data, and operational leverage.

Brian Hadley
Brian Hadley
Manufacturing Practice Advisor & Expert Accelerator

Sales enablement specialist for manufacturing and industrial companies, including distributor-led sellers. Turns diagnostic findings into rep-level behavior change through workshops, coaching, and management accountability.

Tracey Newell
Tracey Newell
Enterprise Sales Strategy & Expert Accelerator

Former EVP at Proofpoint and President at Informatica. Board member deployed where enterprise sales strategy needs top-level executive leadership.

Charissa Franklin
Charissa Franklin
GTM Alignment and Leadership Coach & Expert Accelerator

Advisor and coach on organizational design, leadership enablement, and cross-functional collaboration. Deployed when alignment across revenue functions is the blocker.

Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell
GTM and Commercial Value Creation & Expert Accelerator

Former CRO of ClearCompany, where he helped scale ARR from approximately $1M to $80M across founder-led, growth-equity, and PE ownership. Brings deep operator experience across GTM transformation, customer growth and retention, channel strategy, M&A value realization, and commercial VCP execution.

David Corso
David Corso
Healthcare Revenue Growth and Strategic Partnerships & Expert Accelerator

CRO/CCO-level operator with 35+ years driving enterprise growth. Experience spans payer, provider, national accounts, public sector, labor & trust, healthtech, AI and data, with leadership roles at Elevance, UHC and BCBSA. Deployed on GTM transformation, market expansion and strategic partnerships.

Ben Pastro
Ben Pastro
Professional Services Advisory & Expert Accelerator

Scales professional services organizations and aligns them to post-sale growth. Deployed when PS revenue and customer value realization are the focus.

Ray Rike
Ray Rike
RevOps and GTM Metrics & Expert Accelerator

Founder of Benchmarkit. Builds GTM metrics, forecasting systems, and growth accountability for SaaS firms.

Pam Corso
Pam Corso
Healthcare Operations and Performance & Expert Accelerator

Operations executive with 35+ years leading complex healthcare organizations (Elevance, UHC), including 19M+ members and $32B in annual claims spend. Deep expertise across claims, benefits, service, workforce and vendor operations. Deployed on transformation, performance improvement and operating-model execution.

Anneke Seley
Anneke Seley
Inside Sales and AI Integration & Expert Accelerator

Founding author of Sales 2.0 and an inside sales pioneer. Now focused on integrating AI into sales processes.

Eddie Birchfield
Eddie Birchfield
Healthcare Sales Leader & Expert Accelerator

Decades of sales leadership across payers, providers, and healthtech. Leads AGS's healthcare sales work in complex healthcare organizations.

Michael Pistiolis
Michael Pistiolis
FSI Practice Lead & Expert Accelerator

Leads revenue modernization and digital transformation across financial services, insurance, and fintech.

Peter Black
Peter Black
Strategic Advisor & Expert Accelerator

GTM strategist for founders, CROs, and investors, with roots in early-stage ventures and enterprise consulting.

Mary Chamberlain
Mary Chamberlain
AI Services Market Leader & Expert Accelerator

Operationalizes AI in GTM across consulting, customer success, and sales enablement. Deployed when AI adoption and change management are the primary challenge.

Operations and delivery

The team behind every engagement.

Keeping every engagement on time and to standard.

Helette Nicoll
Helette Nicoll
Inside Sales on Demand Lead

Manages client relationships and supports execution on client projects, including outsourced BDR work.

Lexi Escarta
Lexi Escarta
Marketing on Demand Lead

Supports AGS marketing across campaigns, content, and client engagements, and keeps day-to-day execution on track.

10%

We give 10% of profits to causes that matter.

A structural commitment built into the firm from day one, split across three causes.

Youth Empowerment

Programs that give young people the skills and confidence to build their futures.

Medical Research

Research that improves outcomes for patients and families.

Food Security

Fighting hunger in the communities that need it most.

Organizations we have worked with

Clarity fast, from people who have done the work.

Start with a Pipeline Clarity Call.