PERFERO ADVISORY

Data at the core of strategy & management in Space and for terra firma Industrial Tech….

Strategy advisory and management consulting for organizations in advanced space, industrial IoT and automation, infrastructure technology, and data analytics serving industrial, government, commercial, and infrastructure markets.

What we do

We help our clients develop strategy and guide management in its execution … helping clients become data-centric organizations along the way. Our approach often occurs in two scenarios:  A company is entering the next phase of potential growth and requires transformative change -- or a company has remained stagnant for several years and needs a jump start. In either case, there is an opportunity to expand and grow. It can be challenging, costly and a lost opportunity if not planned, activated and implemented correctly.  Perfero has helped transform and grow companies from $10M to $1B -- providing ENDURING corporate strategy, operating strategy, sustained execution, business and operational intelligence all on a global scale.

Harnessing a wide range of data sources, Perfero provides strategic advisory and management consulting that drives ROI — while building Data-as-an-Asset value. We answer the big commercial, strategy, and management questions, then help put the answers to work.

Where We Help:

  • Corporate strategy — growth through organic, acquisitive, exit, and liquidity paths

  • M&A — target identification, investment-thesis development, and due diligence

  • Capital and investor partnerships to fund material growth

  • Product strategy and management

  • The most scalable business model — including the right partnerships

  • Regulatory, legal, technology, and engineering considerations

  • The optimal go-to-market opportunity and marketing strategy

  • Operational models and scenarios with the greatest potential — financial, talent, operations, global

  • Business plan development, implementation, and execution

  • Fractional C-level leadership to help lead and implement

We size the Service Addressable Market that actually matters to your decision — a TAM doesn’t.

Data at the Core

Data to operate. Data to monetize. We treat data as an asset which is managed, valued, and put to work across strategy and operations.

Three Paths from Discovery to Results

Perfero is a tireless partner from discovery to results. Engagements follow a comprehensive process we call ACE — Analyze, Choose, Execute — and can start at any of three points depending on where you are.

1 · Discovery & Diagnostics

A focused initial analysis using your existing company data and executive input — sales, market, and financial data, plus management interviews. A low-cost entry point that prescribes a strategy and management direction, observing and recommending opportunities for growth and operating improvement.

2 · Strategy & Ops Development

The full ACE process. Analyze — deep external-market and internal-operations review. Choose — weigh evolution and financial return across growth by acquisition, partnership, or organic means, or an exit strategy. Execute — develop and implement a plan with clear objectives, actions, and anticipated outcomes.

Who We Serve

We work with private equity-backed, privately held, venture-backed, family-run and family-office-owned, publicly traded, and public-sector organizations, typically in growth-platform or exit-planning situations.

Global space-based infrastructure organizations serving industrial, government, and infrastructure markets; and industrial organizations with infrastructure and operations across industrial, manufacturing, government, and commercial markets.

  • Space & Aerospace

  • Manufacturing·

  • Defense / Intel

  • Civil · Public Safety / First Responders

  • Maritime

  • Agriculture

3 · Results — retained or fractional

A retained, ongoing relationship — including Fractional CxO leadership — to direct operational traffic, drive implementation, and ensure results.

  • Utilities

  • Pharma / Biotech

  • Oil & Gas

  • Transportation & 3PL ·

  • Automotive

  • Mining

  • Telecom & Media

  • Food & Beverage

  • Chemical

  • Renewable Energy

Big ideas, real impact.

Jon Kirchner built Perfero Advisory around hands-on operating experience, not theory. Here's a quick introduction — watch more for his take on the space industry.

PERFERO MATRIX CONSORTIUM

Now leading the Flagship Consortium.

The integrated team helping investors and operators separate viable Orbital Data Center concepts from technically impossible ones.

Experience & Leadership

I'm Jon Kirchner,  a  CEO and C-level general management and strategy leader with sector focus in Advanced Space, Industrial Automation & Robotics, Highly-Engineered Solutions, Infrastructure Technology, Engineering, Aerospace and Industrial IoT sectors.  I'm known for "doing what I say I’m going to do" in building, leading and transforming global industrial, satellite, space, manufacturing, critical infrastructure, data-focused and industrial IoT organizations.

Data of all kinds are at the core of how we create and build. Understanding markets, distilling them down to actionable opportunities and then articulating a clear path for you to exploit them and create value -- these are the things we do to help the companies and organizations we serve.

I've led international and US-based companies including start-ups and joint ventures, accompanied by global P&L management and accountability for companies from $10M to $500M. I'm an innovator in corporate/operating strategy, solution and product development, and creator of global alliances.  I'm an operational athlete -- having set-up multi-national/multi-cultural operations Europe, the US, South Africa, India, Middle East, South East and the Americas. 

Let’s talk about where you want to go.

jon@perferoadvisory.com · +1.610.203.9324