KARL OHLEMANN

Founder-Operator | Interim & Fractional CEO/CFO | KSIG Advisors

25+ yearsFounder-operator experience

$30M+Business scaled to annual revenue

$200M+Cumulative venture revenue

200+Employees led

Executive profile

Karl Ohlemann brings more than 25 years of founder-operator and financial leadership across construction, infrastructure, and technology. His experience includes helping lead a Portland/Seattle enterprise generating more than $100 million in annual revenue, opening its Seattle market, and later scaling a business to more than $30 million in annual revenue. He has led teams of more than 200 and built businesses generating over $200 million in cumulative revenue.

Through KSIG Advisors, Karl provides hands-on interim and fractional CEO/CFO leadership to founder-led and growth-oriented companies navigating liquidity constraints, operating complexity, capital needs, finance-function development, and ownership transitions.

Selected expertise

Liquidity and working capital: 13-week cash forecasting, cash conversion, lender communication and financing readiness.
Financial operations: FP&A, job cost/WIP, margin visibility, controls, reporting cadence and finance systems.
Strategic execution: Growth, turnaround, capital planning, diligence preparation, enterprise value and owner dependency.
Technology economics: AI governance, automation, build-versus-buy analysis, ROI and total cost of ownership.

Leadership and professional affiliations

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, member; National Small Business Association Leadership Council and Economic Development Committee; ACG Seattle; Association for Financial Professionals; former board member, Building Industry Association of Washington and Central Washington Home Builders Association; Fiber Broadband Association AI and infrastructure working groups.

Professional recommendation

“I would recommend Karl as one very knowledgeable and very experienced person to help lead your business in a positive direction!”

Dennis Bourdeau | Director of Corporate Development, Trident | Longstanding commercial vendor partner

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