Last Updated on: 22nd November 2023, 12:25 pm
Mach49, a leading growth builder for global businesses, is proud to announce the appointment of Chris Tacy as its Chief Strategy Officer. This expansion of its services will focus on providing strategic guidance for corporate growth in fast-changing markets.
The Venture Strategy practice combines conventional strategy rigor with lean, customer-focused design thinking to boost the strategic capacity and readiness of its clients. The team of experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and executives works hand-in-hand with clients to unlock new growth opportunities.
Chris Tacy, the newly appointed Chief Strategy Officer, believes that it is important to have a well-executed strategy in order for growth to be achieved. He said, “Failing to execute is always a fail, but so is the perfect execution of a flawed or missing strategy. Everything we do is grounded on logical, smart strategy.”
With the emergence of new business models and AI transforming work, Mach49’s Venture Strategy practice is helping clients use AI as a growth-driving tool. This includes refining decision-making processes and optimizing growth strategies.
Chris Fisher, Chief Strategy Officer for Xerox and Managing Partner for Xerox Ventures, commented on working with the Mach49 team, “They quickly brought to bear a tremendous amount of subject matter expertise and market data. They operated swiftly and efficiently, and in deep partnership with our teams, which assisted us in making decisions rapidly across numerous topics and projects.”
Mach49 Founder and CEO, Linda Yates, believes that Tacy’s background and experience makes him the perfect link between Global 1000 boardrooms and Silicon Valley. She said, “Chris understands what our clients are going through because he’s gone through it too. He’s been a founder, he’s been in the C-suite of a publicly-traded company, he’s been a VC, and he’s worked in private equity. That’s an incredibly rare combination that allows him to help clients see the growth opportunities that this period of rapid change is creating.”
Mach49, headquartered in Silicon Valley, has offices in Redwood City, Boston, London, and Amsterdam. It partners with global businesses to build their growth engines through venture building, venture investing, venture transformation, strategic partnering, and targeted M&A. Its team of successful serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and C-suite executives have collectively generated over $60B in market value over their operating careers.
Linda Yates is also the author of The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed (HBR Press, October 2022). It was recently selected by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Pink as one of “7 Startup Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read”.
Mach49 is committed to helping its clients unlock meaningful growth in a disruptive, ever-changing environment.
Today, Mach49 announces its expansion into Venture Strategy with the appointment of Chris Tacy as Chief Strategy Officer. The Venture Strategy practice uses Mach49’s outcome-driven approach to achieve venture-style growth for its clients. The team is helping clients use AI as a growth-driving tool, providing strategic guidance for corporate growth in fast-changing markets. Chris Tacy is the perfect link between Global 1000 boardrooms and Silicon Valley, with over 25 years of experience blending business, innovation, strategy, and entrepreneurship. This expansion builds on Mach49’s track record of helping many of the world’s largest companies build and invest in successful new ventures.
