Operators who have led a crew and shipped the code.

Fiveline is a small team of operators. Between us we have led Marine infantry units, built early-stage companies, run operations inside a holding company’s newly acquired service businesses, and studied at Tuck how small businesses get bought and what happens after. What we share is this: each of us has taken over something someone else built and made it work with the people and systems that were already there.

That experience taught us that the people doing the work know things the org chart does not. In a service business, what matters lives with the senior tech, the dispatcher, and the person who has run the same route for twelve years. They do not hand it to a consultant in a polo shirt. They hand it to someone who rides along, asks the right questions, and does not waste their time. That is the part of this work we are best at, and it is why the tools we build get used.

I spent [X] years as a Marine infantry officer. The job was taking over a unit someone else built, learning the people fast, and making it work with what was there.

After the Marines I [Evan: one line on startup roles; keep only what earns credibility here]. Then I ran operations inside a holding company’s newly acquired service businesses, which is where the tools on the See It Work page were built. My MBA is from Tuck, where I spent two years on how small businesses get bought and what happens after.