What I'm doing now

Last updated July 2026.

Currently

Searching for a business to buy and operate

A dual-track search in the Phoenix metro, industrial and services.

• Solo, as owner-operator: deals of roughly $2M to $7M total value (about $500K to $1.5M SDE).
• Through a private equity sponsor, for larger deals: roughly $1.5M to $5M EBITDA.

What I look for: founder-led, high-gross-margin niche B2B. Embedded repeat customers. Succession situations. Off-market preferred. The best targets are often the ones no one has heard of. Unglamorous, quietly essential, still standing after decades. A business that has persisted that long without a name is usually doing something right. Construction-related and project-based businesses get an extra look, since that is where my operating experience runs deepest.

I have evaluated 100+ opportunities, on my own and alongside a PE sponsor. Several have reached IOI, LOI, and formal diligence. None over the line yet.

Advising on applied AI

Through PR Advisory, I help companies put AI to work on real operations. My last engagement started as a one-month pilot and became a standing advisory role. See A project brain for a nine-figure build.

Open to an operating seat

I am open to the right incoming CEO, COO, or other senior operating role where my operating-layer experience applies.

Previously

Fourteen years building the systems companies run on. The full arc is on Work.

• Throughline Labs. Co-founded an AI analytics company for homebuilders. Wound it down in 2026 when off-the-shelf agents made the product a commodity. The method.
• Mosaic. Led product as a construction technology company grew from 15 people to 150+ and delivered $500M+ in cumulative project revenue. The operating layer.
• Symmetry and The True Life Companies. Underwrote and deployed $150M+ across residential land and real estate.

Get in touch

If you are a business owner, broker, investment banker, or fellow operator and want to talk, reach me at parker@parkerrounds.com.