BEYOND THE STEADY STATE
We do what you don’t.
You built a successful business.
Your team handles the day-to-day.
When you’re ready for a transition, you need a different kind of partner.
When a business outgrows its initial setup, systems built piece-by-piece start to create friction.
In most small to mid-market businesses, core infrastructure is adopted incrementally as different departments scale.
As teams solve immediate operational bottlenecks in isolation, critical platforms end up operating in silos. Over time, leadership is left managing manual workarounds, legacy vendors and inflated software costs.
Each team handles their specific domain, but nobody is responsible for connecting the pieces and justifying the costs of the entire operational engine.
TAIL WAGS THE DOG
Strategic Decisions by Support Teams
High-level operational strategy routinely gets dictated by legacy vendors like MSPs or core software providers. They understand basic technical setup, but have little insight into your sales channels, fulfillment margins, or financial reality.
PATCHWORK ARCHITECTURE
Uncoordinated Technology Sprawl
Tools and software get adopted to solve an immediate pain point, often pushed by well-meaning internal team members reacting to a daily headache. Without an overarching roadmap, these tools end up half-implemented, isolated, or disconnected from the rest of your tech stack.
UNREALIZED REVENUE
Money Left on the Table
New sales channels, market expansions, and marketing initiatives sit unexecuted simply because no one on the team has the bandwidth or cross-functional expertise to build the back end execution layer required to support them.
WHERE WE FIT
We work with founders, family business owners, and investors facing major organizational shifts.
These high-stakes transitions demand a level of specialized, cross-functional execution that internal teams rarely have the bandwidth to manage alongside daily operations. We step in to provide independent, operator-led execution across four core transition states:
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Core platform shifts, whether migrating an ERP, replacing a POS, or adopting a dedicated CRM for the first time, carry massive operational risk when left solely to software vendors.
We provide independent, end-to-end execution across the entire transition lifecycle: driving requirements definition, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling, vendor evaluation, and technical workflow mapping. We stay in the trenches through implementation and rollout, ensuring your systems actually integrate cleanly so you never pay the price of a flawed rollout.
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Expanding into new sales channels, such as moving from DTC to wholesale, entering big box retail, or scaling cross-border, invariably fractures back office systems built for single channel operations.
We engineer the operational backbone required for multi-channel growth: orchestrating 3PL & logistics integrations, inventory synchronization, EDI compliance, and omnichannel order management. We align your backend technology with reality so you capture new revenue without crashing your supply chain or eroding gross margins.
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M&A value collapses when technical debt goes unnoticed prior to closing or when post-transaction integration stalls out mid-stream.
We protect your investment thesis on both sides of the deal. Pre-transaction, we perform operational and technical due diligence to uncover hidden debt, validate systems scalability, and derisk the investment before capital is committed. Post-transaction, we lead execution in the trenches: consolidating disparate tech stacks, mapping data unification, and streamlining cross-company workflows to turn deal-deck projections into operating reality.
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Scaling beyond founder-led tribal knowledge requires converting institutional memory into resilient operational architecture that operates reliably without constant executive intervention.
We build the governance framework that supports long-term continuity: codifying Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), resolving cross-departmental bottlenecks, establishing data governance, and building succession-ready infrastructure. We give leadership complete operational clarity, whether preparing a family business for the next generation or positioning a firm for a sell-side exit.
EXPERIENCED EXECUTION
Real Outcomes
True operational relief doesn’t come from a boilerplate playbook, a single software vendor, or a siloed fractional executive.
The Odd Agency brings a rare combination of technical strategy and organizational leadership, addressing both backend execution and team alignment.
“William and Laura looked across our entire operation to help us see the blind spots we were missing, unifying our processes from production all the way to the store shelves. They built the structural foundation that allowed my children and grandchildren to confidently step in and run our daily operations together.”
SUSAN RIGHETTI
Founder & CEO, Susie Q’s Brand
Partners
Our relationship began in 2013 when William was brought in as a fractional executive to architect systems for the businesses Laura was running.
Over a decade of hands-on execution has given us a deep understanding of how systems, teams, and market realities interact in the real world. We know exactly what it takes to align competing priorities, eliminate operational bottlenecks, and navigate the friction that occurs when major organizational shifts test legacy infrastructure.
We designed our agency model to be intentionally lean. There are no junior account executives or padded layers of overhead. When you partner with The Odd Agency, you get our combined expertise directly inside your business.
Laura Booras
Sales & Executive Advisor
Laura approaches business management from the perspective of a true industry operator. Her career in hospitality, CPG and premium beverage spans the entire commercial lifecycle, from running historic vineyard estates to scaling international beverage importing and distribution companies.
William Fernandez
Operations & Technology Advisor
William views technology strategy through the lens of a pragmatic, execution-focused executive. Having led multiple B2B agencies through successful acquisitions, he specializes in translating complex technical infrastructure into clear operational and financial reality for mature, multi-channel businesses.
HARD TRUTHS
Candid Feedback
Leaders bring us in to have the hard conversations. We share clear, honest realities about your business, delivered with respect and empathy.
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What to expect from us.
VENDOR NEUTRAL
True Independence
We maintain complete neutrality with outside vendors and service partners. Every referral we make is guided solely by what is a fit for your business objectives.
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ZERO BLOAT
Practical Simplicity
The best solution is the simplest one that reliably meets your goals. We build maintainable infrastructure that eliminates clutter without adding unnecessary complexity.
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GET IN TOUCH
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No sales reps or qualification scripts.
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