THE ENGAGEMENT

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Business re-engineering and implementation guidance.

Start with a specific operating problem, improve selected operations, or undertake a broader redesign. We map the business, design improvements, develop the execution plan, and guide implementation with leadership.Starting at $10,000/month · Month-to-monthScope and fees vary with the work required. Your team and separately funded vendors execute implementation. Software and AI systems are scoped separately.

DRKENT

WHO WE ARE

Our world class team, at your service.

Our team brings commercial, operational, and financial experience to business assessment, re-engineering, execution planning, and implementation guidance, working directly with owners and leadership teams.

GRAYSON COX

DRKENT FOUNDER/CEO & SENIOR CONSULTANT

Grayson developed DRKENT’s business re-engineering method and leads its consulting delivery and research direction.He believes a business should be engineered like an extremely efficient factory: converting cash inputs into customer value and cash outputs with the least necessary time, labor, and capital. Every requirement, function, approval, handoff, process, and tool must earn its place.His method applies the five-step engineering algorithm used at SpaceX and Tesla to drive manufacturing efficiency: question requirements, delete unnecessary work, simplify and optimize, accelerate cycle time, then automate.He targets bottlenecks, waiting, rework, and unnecessary complexity across the connected operation. Performance is measured through output, quality, cycle time, cost, and cash conversion—with the long-term goal of increasingly autonomous execution.

MICHAEL SAKMAR

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Michael brings executive and professional-services leadership experience from GE, Rockwell Automation, Epicor Software, and Dragos. His background includes leading GE Digital’s global cybersecurity consulting practice and serving as Vice President of Professional Services at Dragos.At DRKENT, he applies our re-engineering methodology to organizational structure, management responsibilities, service delivery, and operating controls. He helps challenge requirements, remove unnecessary coordination and approval steps, and translate redesigned operations into clear decision authority, accountable owners, and implementation priorities.His experience connects the engineering of a better operation with the practical work of leading people, coordinating technology, and delivering results.

PAUL KAUWE

DRKENT CFO & SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT

Paul maps businesses from a financial perspective, tracing how cash moves through operations and identifying waste and inefficiencies. Applying DRKENT’s re-engineering methodology, he helps estimate implementation costs, cash requirements, and ongoing operating budgets for proposed redesigns.His background includes financial analysis and budgeting at Confluence Health and Lourdes Health. Alongside client consulting, Paul serves as DRKENT’s CFO.

JAMES SCHEER

VP OF SALES

James leads DRKENT’s consulting sales team and builds relationships with prospective customers. His background spans automotive sales, sales management, and real estate.He works with owners and leadership teams to understand their priorities and develop consulting relationships. His automotive experience also informs DRKENT’s consulting work in that industry.James is building a world-class sales team for DRKENT, centered on understanding customer businesses and developing long-term relationships.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS

Under human direction.

DRKENT researches the infrastructure for autonomous businesses: company-wide monitoring, enterprise digital twins, executive intelligence, and agents that coordinate and execute work. We help customers prepare their operations today and adopt capabilities as they become available, pursuing their existing objectives with human visibility, direction, approval, and intervention.

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