Experienced leadership for companies navigating change
Lars Vaule provides leadership, board governance, and advice to lower middle-market businesses navigating transitions, growth, or in need of revitalization.
SERVICES
Interim Executive Leadership
Step-in CEO, COO, or CFO for companies facing leadership gaps, ownership transitions, or distress. Full P&L accountability and direct board reporting. Every engagement led personally, with trusted domain experts added as needed.
Board Service & Governance
Board membership and advisory roles for family-owned and lower middle-market businesses navigating CEO succession, ownership transitions, capital allocation decisions, and governance professionalization.
Advisory
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Focused engagements on operational improvement, strategic alternatives, ownership transitions, and preparing businesses for investment or sale.
Lars Vaule
Principal
I started my career on the factory floor of a family-owned plastic molder in Lewiston, Maine. After business school and leadership experience ranging from startup ventures to a $200M apparel manufacturer, I returned to lead the business as President, driving a commercial and operational revitalization and achieving 20% revenue CAGR over four years. Today, Jones & Vining is a nearly century-old global footwear components manufacturer serving major brands including Nike, Adidas, and New Balance.
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I have experienced family business ownership in good times and bad, as a shareholder, board member, senior executive, and family member navigating generational change. That experience informs everything I do.
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I hold an MBA from Stanford and am an instrument-rated private pilot.