Founder-led. Team-delivered. Built around your needs.

CERES Collaborative is an advisory and long-term ownership partner helping mission-driven organizations, public institutions, and growing businesses turn strategy into measurable results and build lasting value.

Consultants collaborating with a diverse group of community leaders

Why CERES

Experience shaped by complex decisions and real accountability.

We know that every dollar, decision, and outcome matters.

Our experience spans engineering, finance, operations, M&A, P&L leadership, organizational strategy, human resources, and nonprofit governance. That range allows us to see the whole organization—not only one function or one symptom.

We pair that experience with a collaborative model built on direct access, candid thinking, and practical execution.

Whether serving as advisors, operating partners, or owners, our focus is consistent: translating strategy into action and building organizations that thrive over time.

Who we serve

Supporting the organizations that make the greatest impact in our communities.

Our advisory clients typically include established businesses with annual revenues of $5 million to $100 million and nonprofits with operating budgets in that range, generally employing approximately 25–500+ people.

These ranges describe our core advisory focus rather than strict requirements or acquisition criteria. The strongest fit is an organization navigating growth, leadership transition, operational complexity, or execution challenges.

Shared community impactSenior-level partnership for organizations that strengthen communities.

Local opportunity

Growing businesses

We work with founder-led, family-owned, closely held, and private equity-backed companies to clarify strategy, improve operations, and strengthen performance.

Mission and reach

Nonprofits

We help nonprofits, foundations, and associations build capacity, improve stewardship, engage stakeholders, and translate purpose into measurable impact.

Public value

Government agencies

We help public leaders navigate complexity, improve accountability, align stakeholders, and deliver better outcomes.

Firm leadership

Senior leadership. Clear accountability.

Managing Partner and Co-Founder Kyle Pierce leads CERES, client relationships, and engagement oversight, bringing together the expertise and delivery support each assignment requires.

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Kyle Pierce

Chemical engineer, MBA, and former Fortune 500 senior leader with more than 25 years of experience spanning manufacturing, commercial operations, consulting, global trading, strategy, culture, and enterprise transformation.

Kyle has led cross-functional work across acquisitions, divestitures, and integrations in global markets and brings extensive expertise in data benchmarking, performance analytics, and translating comparative insights into practical improvement priorities.

Over the past 15 years, he has also served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including as co-chair of two.

Our team model

Expertise matched to the work.

CERES Collaborative combines senior leadership involvement with teams assembled around each client’s needs. Led by Managing Partner and Co-Founder Kyle Pierce, we bring together consultants, subject-matter specialists, and project leaders as engagements require.

Each team works within CERES’s methodologies, delivery standards, and values, with clear responsibilities, milestones, and accountability. Our approach connects strategic guidance with hands-on implementation, helping clients strengthen performance and build the capacity to sustain improvements.

Strategic advisory

Jeff Ngo

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

Jeff provides strategic counsel to CERES Collaborative, contributing perspective on business direction, operational improvement, and long-term opportunities. His advisory role supports the firm’s approach and development, while Managing Partner Kyle Pierce leads client relationships and engagement delivery.

A chemical engineer and UT Austin MBA, Jeff brings more than 20 years of experience across plant operations, investment banking, corporate development, and global commercial leadership.

Our Commitment

Stronger organizations. Stronger communities.

CERES Collaborative is committed to strengthening organizations and the communities they serve.

We are committed to serving a broad and diverse range of clients across industries, sectors, and communities, respecting the different perspectives, experiences, and priorities each brings.

We help businesses and mission-driven organizations build capacity, improve effectiveness, and translate strategy into meaningful results. In every engagement, we listen carefully, work collaboratively, and focus on leaving the organization stronger.

Senior leadership. Shared accountability.

Work with a team built around your priorities.

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