Ryan Keyes, founder of Keyes Advisory Group, in a blue blazer on a golf course

A fractional operating practice

Executive horsepower, on demand.

A fractional operating practice for companies that need a real leader — running strategy, technology, finance, and go-to-market — without hiring a full C-suite. Enterprise pedigree. AI-augmented delivery.

Active Top Secret clearance 16 yrs Microsoft U.S. Air Force Army DOJ DOE/NNSA Azure & Microsoft 365 AI-augmented delivery

You don’t have a strategy problem. You have a capacity problem.

Mid-market companies rarely stall because the plan is wrong. They stall because nobody senior enough has the hours, or the range, to execute it. KAG puts one senior operator inside your business with the range to run the whole docket at the right altitude, without a bench of juniors billing behind him.

One operator’s week

Actual range
  1. MonRebuild the IT stack.
  2. TueFix cash conversion.
  3. WedClose a regulatory gap.
  4. ThuRewrite the distributor agreement.
  5. FriShip the board update. Tee time at two.

Seven lanes. One operator.

Most consultancies sell you a lane and staff it wide. KAG runs the lanes that actually decide whether a company grows, and runs them from the same chair.

Scope an engagement
  1. i.

    Fractional Executive Leadership

    A seat at your table with real authority, sized to the quarter you are actually in.

  2. ii.

    Cloud & IT Modernization

    Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra, Intune. Architected, migrated, and run hands-on, not advised from a deck.

  3. iii.

    Financial & Operational Intelligence

    Cash conversion, forecasting discipline, and dashboards the check-signer actually reads.

  4. iv.

    Regulatory & Quality Operations

    Quality systems, audit readiness, and the documentation nobody else on staff wants to own.

  5. v.

    Commercial & Go-to-Market

    Pricing, channel and distributor agreements, and a pipeline your forecast can survive.

  6. vi.

    Federal & Public-Sector Capture

    SAM.gov to award, with sixteen cleared years inside Microsoft Federal.

  7. vii.

    AI-Augmented Operations

    A one-person practice with the drafting, analysis, and follow-through throughput of a staffed office.

The proof, in figures.

Anyone can talk fractional. These are the numbers that follow Ryan Keyes from role to role, and the scale he’s been trusted with.

182%
FY20 revenue attainment on a $58.4M book of federal business.
WhereMicrosoft Federal, defense and national security accounts.
$83M
U.S. Army program led end to end, delivered at 97%.
ScopeProgram leadership across delivery, finance, and the customer relationship.
~90
Device M365 / Entra / Intune estate designed and operated hands-on.
DepthNot architecture-by-committee. Built, secured, and run personally.
60+
Country distributor footprint managed on the commercial side.
RangeContracts, pricing, and channel operations across six continents.
Ryan Keyes on an air station observation deck overlooking a flight line of fighter aircraft

Sixteen years inside U.S. defense and national security.

Microsoft Federal: Air Force, Army, DOJ, DOE/NNSA. Top Secret cleared. The public-sector paths your growth plan needs are ones he has already walked.

And yes, that’s him on the flight line.

If you need a leader more than you need a lecture, let’s talk.

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