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Our Mission

Embedded Executive Leadership for Companies That Need to Accelerate Growth

Prairie Son Consulting provides embedded fractional C-suite leadership for companies facing growth, execution, capital, or transition challenges. We step in as operators, align teams, make decisions, and drive measurable outcomes without the cost or delay of a full-time executive hire.

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Gain leadership from FlexExecs without full time overhead.

We embed experienced executives into your business to identify what’s blocking growth and fix it. No handoffs. No layered teams. No strategy without execution. We own outcomes.

Fractional CMO
Provides senior marketing leadership focused on positioning, go to market strategy, pipeline growth, and revenue impact. This role owns direction and execution, not just messaging. We take ownership of your growth function. Strategy, team, execution, and performance.

Fractional CRO
Takes control of the revenue engine. Aligns sales, marketing, and operations to drive commercialization and predictable growth. Aligns sales, marketing, and revenue operations to create predictability and momentum. This role removes friction across the revenue engine and drives measurable growth.

Fractional COO
Owns execution discipline. Ensures priorities move, teams align, and operations scale. Strengthens execution discipline, operating cadence, and cross functional alignment. This role ensures priorities move cleanly through the organization.

Fractional CEO

Steps in during critical moments to align vision, decision-making, and execution.  Provides experienced executive leadership at critical inflection points during moments of transition, growth, or uncertainty.  This role aligns execution with board and investor expectations while stabilizing the business and moving it forward with confidence.

Fractional Strategy Lead
Pressure tests the business model, clarifies what matters now, and helps leadership make confident decisions in moments of change or growth.

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SERVICES

ENGAGEMENT MODEL

EMBEDDED EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

We step in as CMO, COO, CFO, or CEO to take ownership of critical functions and drive outcomes.

  • Lead teams and functions

  • Make decisions

  • Own performance

OPERATIONS AND LEADERSHIP ALIGNMENT

We install execution discipline across the business so decisions move and teams stay aligned.

  • Clarify ownership

  • Improve speed of execution

  • Eliminate internal friction

GROWTH CONSTRAINT RESOLUTION

We identify what is actually slowing growth and fix it.

  • Isolate revenue leaks

  • Remove bottlenecks

  • Align priorities to what drives results

CAPITAL STRATEGY AND INVESTOR READINESS

We position your business to raise capital with clarity and confidence.

  • Strengthen your growth story

  • Align financials, metrics & milestones

  • Prepare leadership for investor conversations and diligence

GO TO MARKET & REVENUE ALIGNMENT

We connect strategy, sales, marketing, and operations into one system that produces consistent results.

  • Align pipeline to revenue

  • Improve conversion and efficiency

  • Remove friction across teams

BUSINESS MODEL & STRATEGIC DIRECTION

We pressure test your business model and define the direction required for sustainable growth.

  • Validate positioning and market fit

  • Prioritize where to focus and where to stop

  • Align strategy to real market opportunity

Latest Case Study

How a Growth-Stage Company Broke Through Stalled Revenue

Client
Healthcare Tech and SaaS

Situation: A founder-led company with strong product-market fit but no scalable growth engine.

  • Revenue inconsistent and founder-dependent

  • Weak positioning in a crowded market

  • Marketing spend with no clear ROI

  • Sales process unstructured and reactive

  • Preparing for a capital raise with no clear story

What they needed

Executive-level leadership without adding full-time overhead

PSC Approach

Fractional CMO and revenue leadership embedded into the business

  • Repositioned the company around a clear, differentiated value narrative

  • Built a focused go-to-market strategy aligned to ideal customers

  • Implemented a structured sales pipeline and qualification process

  • Launched targeted inbound and outbound programs

  • Established weekly operating cadence with KPI accountability

  • Rebuilt messaging, website, and investor narrative

Results in 6–9 months

  • 2.5x increase in qualified pipeline

  • 40% improvement in close rate

  • 25% reduction in sales cycle

  • 3x increase in inbound leads

  • 35% lower cost per lead

  • First enterprise deals closed

  • $8M capital raise supported

  • Positioned for strategic acquisition discussions

PRAIRIE SON CONSULTING

We are a global strategic group of fractional (FlexExecs) that embed experienced executives into your business to fix what is slowing growth.

Prairie Son Consulting is a group of operators, not advisors. We step in as fractional C-suite leaders across startups, SMBs, and established companies that need to move faster and execute with precision.

You gain the right leadership at the right time, aligned to your priorities, your growth stage, and your need for results.

 

Companies do not stall because of a lack of ideas. They stall when leadership, strategy, and execution fall out of sync.

That creates:

  • Slow decisions

  • Leaking revenue

  • Inefficient growth

  • Teams working in silos

That is what we fix.

We have built, scaled, and led companies across industries. We are brought in by founders, CEOs, and boards when progress slows and accountability is missing.

We take ownership.
We make decisions.
We drive execution.

Strategy and execution operate together in one model.

You do not need more advice.
You need experienced leadership.

We work with companies facing real constraints:

  • Growth has stalled or become unpredictable

  • Teams are executing but not aligned

  • Hiring a full-time executive is too slow or too expensive

  • You are preparing for funding, scale, or exit

  • Strategy exists but execution breaks down

How we fix it:

  • Embedded C-suite leadership that takes ownership of outcomes

  • Alignment of strategy, execution, and teams

  • Clear go-to-market tied directly to revenue performance

  • Founder and leadership alignment to remove decision friction

  • Investor-ready positioning, metrics, and narrative

  • Business model pressure testing and prioritization

  • StraTactical execution, strategy tied directly to delivery

 

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ABOUT US

WE HAVE DIFFERENCE MAKERS

WITHIN OUR STRENGTHS

We're your partner for helping you grow from the NOW to the NEXT. We help companies and startups from all over the world materialize their ideas into success.

100+

YEARS EXPERIENCE

100%

RETENTION

GOAL RATE

10+
INDUSTRY
INNOVATIONS

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP RANCH HANDS

We are experienced executives embedded into companies at critical moments.

We bring leadership, alignment, and execution together under one model to accelerate growth and deliver results.

We are not an external layer. We operate inside your business as partners.

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ERIK HAWKINSON
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ERIK HAWKINSON

PSC Founder

CEO | CMO |COO | CRO

Creative Problem Solver In Business Acceleration & Commercialization. Scaling Revenue for Market Impact.

307 314 9124

Erik@prairiesonconsulting.com

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JOHN VALENTINO
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JOHN VALENTINO

C-Suite Performance Partner

CFO |COO

World class expert in Management Consulting • Financial Consulting • Strategic Planning • Project Management

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NATASHA GIORDANO
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NATASHA GIORDANO

PSC Executive Operating Partner

CEO | COO | CRO

5X Biopharma CEO | Board Director | Strategic Advisor | 2X FDA Approvals |Commercialization |Capital Strategy Transformation

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HEATHER FRAHM
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HEATHER FRAHM

C-Suite Performance Partner

CEO | CMO 

Investor | Scaling Growth-Stage Companies

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DINA REY
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    DINA REY

    C-Suite Performance Partner

    CMO | CDO

    Award winning strategic designer  and digital expert across the healthcare industries. 

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    PATRICK RETIF
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    PATRICK RETIF

    C-Suite Performance Partner

    CIO

     

    Biotech & Life Sciences | Commercial IT Systems · Data & Analytics | 15+ Rare Disease & Commercial Launches

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    C-Suite Performance Partner

    CMO | CCO | CRO

     

    24-Year Roche Leader | MedTech & Healthtech | Commercial Clarity | Commercialization | AI-Driven GTM | $127M ROI |

    JIM LEFEVERE
    JIM LEFEVERE
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    J I M  L E F E V E R E

    CMO | CCO | CRO

    24-Year Roche Leader | MedTech & Healthtech | Commercial Clarity | Commercialization |

    AI-Driven GTM | $127M ROI | 

    PROGRESS COMES FROM THE INTELLIGENT USE OF EXPERIENCE

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    Our verticals are now expanding and our talent is growing with each success.

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