Coaching the behaviors for consistent decisions that enable growth, margin and enterprise value.

Executive coaching for complex businesses

Leadership is a personal journey shaped by experience, values, and passion—but proven through stewardship of people, performance, and trust. It is defined in the tensions leaders must navigate. Great leaders inspire people to do their best, while holding an uncompromising standard of performance—because respect for people includes honesty about results. They move with speed, but not recklessly—grounding decisions in data and judgment to arrive at the best answer, not just the fastest one. And they value loyalty, but never above integrity—because once values are compromised, trust is lost. Leadership is ultimately measured not by intent, but by the decisions made when these tensions collide—and the outcomes and culture those decisions create.

EXECUTIVE & CEO COACHING

I have turned around companies. Now I help their leaders do it.

David Dutton. Former CEO across NASDAQ, PE-backed and private industrial technology businesses. Standford Executive MBA. 20+ years in the room where hard decisions get made.

85% REVENUE GROWTH IN 2 IN 2 YEARS

85% REVENUE GROWTH IN 2 IN 2 YEARS

$400M LOSS TURNED TO PROFITABILITY

6->11% EBITDA MARGIN IMPROVEMENT

WHO IS THIS FOR

Built for CEOs navigating real pressure

Not coaching for everyone. Specifically for leaders in technically complex, PE-backed or growth-stage industrial and technology businesses.

PE-backed CEOs

Managing board expectations, capital constraints, and a mandate to grow business and EBITDA - simultaneously

Turnaround leaders

Brought in to stabilize, restructure, and reposition a constrained business for sustainable growth

Operating executives

Ready to step into the CEO chair for the first time - in industrial technology, manufacturing or semiconductors.

TRACK RECORD

Not framework. Results.

The same principles I coach are the ones I applied across three CEO roles over two decades.

MDC PRECISION - PE BACKED

85% revenue growth in 24 months with Semiconductor cycle

Improved EBITDA from 6% to 11% during manufacturing expansion. Doubled manufacturing capacity adding a low-cost factory in Viet Nam. Expanded addressable market by $1.3B through new higher margin product platforms.

CEO & BOARD DIRECTOR - SEMICONDUCTORS, LIFE SCIENCE, AEROSPACE

MATTSON TECHNOLOGY - NASDAQ: MTSN (1994 TO 2016)

$400M loss -> sustained profitability

Increased cash from $20M to $150M+. Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Implemented global operations with factories in Germany, California and South Korea with manufacturing partners in Taiwan and Japan.

PRESIDENT CEO & BOARD DIRECTOR - PUBLIC SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

SILVACO - PRIVATE

Revenue doubled + 6 acquisitions

Achieved sustained profitability. Established new SIP divisioin now representing 25%+ of revenue. Led transition to GAAP and public market readiness.

CEO, BOARD DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIRMAN - EDA SOFTWARE

BOARD EXPERIENCE

Strategy - Compensation - Audit committees

Served on boards of MDC Precision, Silvaco and Mattson Technology. Deep experience in capital deployment, M&A integration, and governance under constraint.

BOARD DIRECTOR ACROSS PE-BACKED, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMPANIES

About ForgeVector Partners Founder

David L. Dutton

FORMER CEO - BOARD DIRECTOR - EXECUTIVE COACH

I spent 20+ years as CEO of industrial technology companies — turning around a loss-making NASDAQ business, scaling a PE-backed manufacturer, and building a software company through six acquisitions. I've sat in the chair you're sitting in, managed the board you're managing, and made the calls you're losing sleep over. I don't teach leadership theory. I work inside your business, alongside you, on the real decisions — capital allocation, talent, execution, and the behaviours that either build or erode enterprise value. My approach is grounded in what I call Level 5 Discipline: the consistency to make the right decisions under pressure. Not the smart ones when it's easy — the right ones when the stakes are highest.

3-time CEO

PE=Backed CEO

NASDAQ CEO

Stanford Exec. MBA

Board: Strategy - Comp - Audit

@ForgeVectorPartners.com

Unlock potential with tailored executive coaching for growth and performance.

Executive Coaching Expertise

Fixing the decisions that limit growth, margin, and enterprise value

Performance Improvement Strategies

Focus on talent - right position high performanceRelentless focus on correct capital allocationQuick decision executionResults over activty

Operational Excellence

Achieving results through aligned leadership and execution.