Our approach
Close to the people. Serious about the work.
KSIG brings senior financial judgment and a founder's perspective to consequential business decisions. We take time to understand the people, economics and practical constraints behind the numbers.
Karl Ohlemann leads engagements as Principal and interim or fractional CEO/CFO. Sydney Ohlemann, a part-time Finance & Strategy Intern at UW Foster, supports supervised analysis, research and client materials. Additional executive and specialist support is confirmed around each engagement.
We use AI agents to build and improve our own systems and offer the same approach to clients, with accountable people reviewing advice, commitments and approvals.
The Name
"Built on something that lasts."
KSIG carries a deliberate legacy. Karl Siegmar Ohlemann and his father Siegmar Karl Ohlemann — two names, mirrored across a generation. His father escaped East Germany at 14, became the fastest 800m runner in North America, won Silver at the Pan American Games, and carried Canada's closing ceremony flag at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
He trained under Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon alongside a young Phil Knight, and remained a lifelong friend of both men. He is named in Bowerman and the Men of Oregon — the book that documents the founding of Nike.
Two generations. One belief — the people who build lasting things do it through will, over time, with no guarantee of an easy path.