Jay Harrison

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ABOUT JAY HARRISON

I build, fix, and scale PE-backed businesses.For 30 years, that\'s been the job — regardless of what the title said. I\'ve taken full ownership of enterprise outcomes — strategy, P&L, team, go-to-market, and board relationship — across turnarounds, post-merger integrations, and growth accelerations. Whether the business was $145M or $3B, the pattern is the same: something is broken or stalled, the existing playbook has stopped working, and someone needs to own the reset and deliver the number.In 2023, I founded Vector Growth Labs — a sponsor-deployed operating platform designed to accelerate growth, expand EBITDA, and institutionalize operating discipline across lower-middle-market portfolio companies ($20M–$200M). We\'ve scaled to 40 professionals and $10M in revenue, bootstrapped, serving 15+ PE sponsors and 30+ portfolio companies as an execution engine alongside fund partners and portfolio CEOs.Value-creation playbook deployed across $10B+ in P&L ownership:100-day commercial and operating resets (ICP clarity, pricing, KPI cadence, sales discipline)EBITDA expansion through SG & A rationalization, utilization governance, and rate optimizationPost-acquisition integration across GTM, delivery, and operating model consolidationBoard-ready performance governance and exit readiness positioningBefore that, I held full business-unit P&L ownership at Cognizant ($3B digital engineering platform, professionals), Ellucian (H&F/TPG — cloud transformation and exit readiness), SAP ($1.5B consulting division — 48% revenue growth), and ABB ($650M software turnaround — margins from 5% to 23%).I work best when the stakes are high, the timeline is tight, and the existing system no longer supports the next phase of performance.Representative PE sponsors: Vista, Ridgemont, Hellman & Friedman, JMI, TPG, Leonard Green, Endeavor Capital.