Wartime
CEO

Operate Like PE.
Lead Like a Wartime General.

We weaponize proven Private Equity and consulting playbooks for owner-operators. Ruthless focus on what moves stakeholder value. No noise. No fluff.

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What we do

Wartime CEO blends these core methodologies to help owner-operators build platform companies to survive shocks and buy their competitors.

Wartime Workshop

Solve real problems live in 2 hours

Bring your numbers. We bring the playbooks. You leave with decisions, next actions, and the cadence to execute.

  • Live hot-seats for 8-10 operators
  • PE/consulting tools, no filler
  • Follow-up checklist + upgrade paths
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Battle Results

Choose Your Path

“I’m in a Cash Squeeze”

  • 7-day runway plan
  • Live 13-week cash visibility
  • Weekly cadence
  • Best-practice cash controls
Crisis Cashflow

“I’m Building a Platform”

  • Exec-level finance
  • Drill-downs to root cause
  • PIP design & management
  • Organic scaling tools.
Executive Training

“I’m Scaling My Business”

  • Fractional C-suite
  • 1:1 strategy sessions
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Chad Krause

Before founding Wartime CEO, Chad worked with Alvarez & Marsal, one of the world’s leading turnaround and performance improvement firms, serving private equity-backed companies across industries.

There, he specialized in:

  • Crisis management and cashflow stabilization
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and integration support
  • Corporate turnaround and performance improvement

He learned what it takes to keep companies alive when every day matters. How to read the battlefield, not just the balance sheet.

That experience shaped his playbook:

Clarity over Panic
Discipline over Drift
Options over Excuses

When he transitioned from consultant to operator, becoming CEO of TeraGanix, a leading agriculture and soil health company, he saw the same challenges from the inside. Farmers, suppliers, and manufacturers alike were managing in chaos, reacting to problems instead of planning for them.
At TeraGanix, Chad applied the same turnaround principles he had used in private equity: impose rhythm, increase visibility, and focus relentlessly on liquidity and discipline. The results spoke for themselves: healthier operations, more confident teams, and sustainable profitability.
Wartime CEO was born from that blend of boardroom precision and battlefield experience, a system designed not for theory but for survival and scalability.