Jay Holstine
A managing director with Compass Advisory Consultants since 2013, Jay Holstine recently became a CEO Peer Group Advisory / Chair with Vistage Worldwide, Inc., in Plano, Texas. In this position, he coordinates and engages with chief executive officers on various matters of corporate leadership and corporate growth, with an overriding goal of delivering long-term results through personalized executive coaching sessions and facilitating the group’s shared wisdom. Jay Holstine is particularly skilled when it comes to strategy and operations consulting, active listening, and issue facilitation. His work at Compass Advisory Consultants involved coaching business leaders on everything from effective startup processes to successful exit strategies.
Jay Holstine studied mechanical engineering at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, graduating with a bachelor of science in 1986. During his time at the university, he became a member of both Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma, engineering and mechanical engineering honor societies, respectively. A few of his early career positions included operations and supply chain consulting with Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, plant manager at Taylor Environmental Consultants, a $20 million scientific instrument manufacturer near Asheville, North Carolina, and CEO & President of SigmaFlow, a cloud-based process management software company in Plano Texas, and CEO & President of Freightflow, a cloud-based Transportation Management Solution (TMS) software company is Reno Nevada.
CEO Peer Group Advisor / Chair – Jay Holstine
Jay Holstine is a CEO Peer Group Advisor / Chair at Vistage Worldwide, Inc., in Plano, Texas. He leads a group of 16 high-performing executive leaders who meet monthly provide comprehensive CEO coaching services. These are CEOs who are going beyond their current achievements to inspire growth in those they lead, and in their companies, to drive lasting improvements and make their communities a better place.Jay Holstine is also the managing director of Compass Advisory Consultants, a provider of consulting services to businesses such as early startups and multi-million-dollar corporations preparing for successful exits.Jay Holstine began his career as a product engineer with General Motors in Dayton, Ohio, followed by an operations consulting role with New York City’s Accenture Consulting and a supply chain consulting job at Deloitte Consulting. He then managed a manufacturing plant near Ashville, North Carolina, and has spent the last 20 years serving as the CEO of several software companies. He holds a bachelors of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas.
Jay Holstine – Experienced Operations Consultant & Business Executive
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a software CEO and operations management consultant, Jay Holstine works with business leaders and companies seeking to achieve diverse objectives, such as improving revenues, developing sales strategies, and pursuing other operational goals. Jay Holstine also serves as managing director at Compass Advisory Consultants, where 30 percent of his clients have achieved successful exit outcomes. In addition to assisting with positioning for potential exits, he offers coaching services in the areas of restructuring company segments, building teams, and raising investment capital. Jay Holstine also provides consultations to business leaders at Vistage Worldwide, Inc., where he is the Chair of a CEO Peer Advisory Board. After growing a software company for 12 years, uncovering new markets, and ultimately selling it, Jay wanted to develop Leaders, help them make better decisions, help them grow their companies. Jay’s goal is to build a Legacy of amazing people that can positively Impact our communities. In an executive peer group, there is a kind of shared wisdom (from successes as well as mis-steps,) that helps you re-think accepted practices and habits, in order to forge new paths of success.Mr. Holstine has been the CEO of several software companies. For example, he served as CEO and president of FreightFlow, a Transportation Management Software company – headquartered in Reno Nevada, and SigmaFlow, a human-centric business process management software company – headquartered in Dallas Texas, and RigLocker an oil & gas rig maintenance software company – headquartered in Dallas Texas. He prepared for his career by earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas and working on software development projects when he worked for Accenture Consulting and Deloitte Consulting.
Jay Holstine – Providing Personalized CEO Consultations for Executives
Jay Holstine has brought together 16+ high-performing CEOs, from non-competing businesses who benefit greatly from the diversified and shared wisdom of this group. The group receives immediate value by Jay Holstine’s experience: Start-up CEO, Seasoned growth CEO, successful Private Equity exit, management consultant specializing in operations improvement and manufacturing plant manager. The CEO Peer Advisory Group members have in common a growth mindset, a wiliness to bring vulnerabilities to the meetings, and boldness to incorporate needed improvements. In an executive peer group, there is a kind of shared wisdom (from successes as well as mis-steps,) that helps you re-think accepted practices and habits, in order to forge new paths of success. The members are on a mission to create and build the best company, environment, and mindset that they can…. To make a difference in our community.Jay Holstine also serves as managing director of Compass Advisory Consultants, where he leverages more than two decades of experience in business optimization. He assists early stage startups in the areas of innovation, stability, profitability, growth, and preparing a business exit strategy. His accomplishments include helping 30 percent of his clients achieve successful exits.