The name Rock Pine Partners embodies the growth and strength of a lone pine tree on a mountainside, reflecting our mission to help clients thrive beyond the limits of today.

Greg Valyou is the heart and soul of Rock Pine Partners; we don’t pretend to be a 1000-person firm. When you hire Rock Pine Partners, you get Greg - supported by a team of really smart people! Clients want that direct access to Greg and are willing to pay for that exclusivity. They know they are working with a proven and accomplished leader and strategy expert who will achieve the results they need. Greg's driving purpose and passion are to inspire growth and greatness in others!

Greg Valyou combines strategic insight with real-world execution to help organizations grow, scale, and realize their full potential. The five things Greg can do better than anyone else: Create winning strategies to fix and drive revenue growth and improve business performance. Build and scale a company, division, or business unit to amplify results. Provide and execute a "right-sized" roadmap for innovation that aligns enterprise strategies and solutions (People, Process, AI, ERP, and Data) to realize and maximize organizational and market potential. Guiding the path to M&A-focused exits and equity events, contributing to significant business value creation through strategic preparation, positioning, execution, and consolidation. Coach, thought leader, speaker, and author with deep insights into business strategy, AI, and value innovation.

There are three main service categories. Advisory and Consulting C-Level and executive strategy and insights to drive growth, navigate complex challenges, and provide decision-making support. Greg is also open to board roles. Fractional C-level support Executive leadership on a dedicated basis, providing consistency, focus, and commitment to an integrated team member. Typically, Greg takes on only 1-2 clients in this capacity at one time. Consulting projects and workshops Typically, Greg is most interested in organizations, companies, and projects that create big and impactful changes. He likes pushing the envelope! Advisory and Consulting, as well as Fractional C-level support, typically begin with a six-month commitment to provide the optimal runway for driving meaningful change and impact. Every client is unique, so we work closely with each one to design a program tailored to their specific goals and challenges.

As you can imagine, Greg has a pretty full schedule and can’t always work with everyone. When his schedule or client roster is at capacity and the need is immediate referrals are made to some great colleagues from across the globe. Greg prefers to work with a handful of clients on a long term basis and not provide short-term, one-and-done. Greg has also developed a series of personalized workshops that provide small to medium-sized businesses access to world-class services typically available only to the world’s largest organizations. While many of his clients and work can’t be disclosed, there are many public testimonials, references, and details to validate his impact. Several can be found within this website or on client websites. Some of his references and clients are industry titans that frequently appear as experts on global news programs.

Lori spent years as a top consultant and manager with big consulting firms like Accenture. She manages the business, operations, legal, and tax and collaborates with Greg on specific projects. Fast fact: In Greg and Lori’s early careers, they worked for the same global client for competing firms, although not in the same business division or professional specialty. Both were recognized as outstanding contributors and leaders who drove big strategic change by the client and their consulting firms.

Whether a client is developing an innovation strategy, solving a major challenge, implementing an enterprise solution, scaling, or working toward a multi-million-dollar valuation, Greg emphasizes the importance of considering the value of the outcome. Pricing for most services is fixed and value-based, not hourly. Equity, commissions, and performance-based compensation are also considered as part of the overall structure.

Greg does. It takes work to write, and it is something Greg has a passion for, and it shows. Articles are often well-researched papers that provide depth and knowledge. Greg uses no ghostwriters, although he actually ghostwrites for a few client companies.

Greg draws on his innumerable professional experiences and looks back at some of his clients and what they struggle with, what they should do, consider, or just what is interesting. For example, Greg released an AI book in 2019 designed to help business leaders understand start, get in front of, and capitalize on AI. That was four years before ChatGPT, Gemini, Google Studio, Perplexity, Co-Pilot, was on anyone’s radar.

Yes! Greg is passionate about sharing his insights and knowledge, especially around disruptive strategies and solutions. Before Generative AI became mainstream, Greg delivered presentations on AI's business, ethics, and marketplace impacts at events, conferences, user groups, and meetups, across the United States. Some of his favorite events were sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA), IBM, Box Boat, Sage Solutions Consulting, Meridian Partners, and ASUG (SAP), to name a few. Contact Lori and she will help you bring Greg in for your next event.