Luke Hutchins
Founder & President @Halo Strategic Group
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Founder & President @Halo Strategic Group
Charleston, SC, US
Founder of Halo Strategic Group, providing selective strategic advisory, go-to-market strategy development, and fractional commercial leadership for manufacturers, distributors, and PE-backed businesses operating in complex, multi-branch wholesale environments.Engagements are customized to client needs and range from targeted advisory and GTM design to interim and fractional leadership roles at the executive and national account level. Focus areas include commercial organization rebuilds, revenue growth, pricing and margin discipline, sales execution, leadership development, and operating rhythm implementation.Halo builds on advisory work performed alongside senior operating roles over prior years. I am actively open to the right VP / Chief Commercial Officer-level operating role, while maintaining selective advisory engagements.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration and Management, General
ABOUT LUKE HUTCHINS
Commercial and go-to-market executive with 20 years of experience building, scaling, and leading national sales and commercial organizations across manufacturer and multi-branch wholesale distribution environments in MEP, construction, and renewable energy markets.I spent nearly two decades at Milwaukee Tool, where I built and led national commercial organizations across electrical, utility, and renewable distribution. Most recently serving as Vice President of Sales, I owned national go-to-market strategy, led strategic and national account teams, and partnered closely with executive leadership on enterprise growth, profitability, and commercial planning. During this time, I helped drive sustained double-digit growth, expand penetration across complex distributor platforms, and build disciplined operating models that translated strategy into field execution.I later moved into distributor executive leadership, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Soligent with CCO-level responsibility spanning revenue, sales, marketing, pricing, and go-to-market execution. In this role, I led a large, multi-functional commercial organization and partnered directly with executive leadership and global stakeholders on growth strategy, organizational design, and enterprise performance.Today, through Halo Strategic Group, I apply that same operator mindset to help manufacturers, distributors, and PE-backed businesses bridge the gap between national strategy and local execution. Halo is built as an operating platform, not a traditional consultancy, focused on national go-to-market strategy, national account leadership, and execution models that ensure alignment holds at the branch and market level. Engagements range from embedded strategic advisory and fractional commercial leadership to partnering with agency teams or executing directly in select markets.
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