About your organization.

Candor works with growth-stage technology companies experiencing M&A or other transformations to quickly optimize and get on a clear path to success.

We only work with organizations when the climate, personalities and incentives aligned to ensure everyone will see the kind of results everyone will be proud of.

About our team.

  • Being born and raised on a 5th generation working farm Tammy comes by her experience with organizational dynamics honestly, learning from a very early age about the complex internal dynamics and economic pressures organizations face.

    She has carried that knowledge into her career. As a Ph.D of organizational psychology, accomplished speaker, professor, and C-suite business leader, she knows the nuanced art of uplifting employee experience along with the bottom line.

    All Candor’s work starts with Tammy. She fuses analytical and empathetic methods to expose the roots of what holds leadership teams back from achieving their strategic goals and deploys our proven methodology to set the course for creating thriving cultures.

  • Kris’s passion for helping organizations thrive is born out of her diverse business background that includes experience with a Fortune 100 company, Private Equity, Global manufacturing, and Healthcare Technology, with 20+ years in international sales, management and leadership.

    Bottom line - Kris loves setting companies up to thrive in the process of getting business done. From scaling up to right-sizing organizations, Kris’s passion surrounds driving revenue, integrated business planning, and systems implementations.

    Kris leverages her resourceful, people-focused, and process-oriented, approach in working with Candor companies to overcome obstacles and establish the organizational habits and processes that ultimately lead to realizing vision.

  • A visionary go-to-market executive, Lindsay has spent over 20 years working on the forefront of technology innovation. Whether building new high-growth businesses or re-invigorating legacy brands, Lindsay is known for her ability to reach horizontally across organizations, harnessing the diverse talents of the entire team, connecting the right resources at the right times, and mobilizing talent to deliver high-value, customer-focused, and market-ready objectives.

    Her experience spans SaaS platforms, generative AI, data-driven marketing, and enterprise software, across FinTech, HealthTech, Hospitality and e-Commerce verticals.

    Product, Marketing, Sales, and Ops, are all first languages for Lindsay and with Candor she works to unite, and rally diverse cross-functional teams to around a dynamic go to market strategies.

  • As a designer, artist, entrepreneur, business strategist and leader, Kyle has the unique ability to inhabit multiple perspectives, make critical connections, and artfully synthesize meaning.

    Driven by a relentless curiosity and a desire to create positive change, Kyle has successfully launched and scaled multiple ventures across various industries, earning a reputation for his ability to identify emerging trends and capitalize on untapped market opportunities. With a keen eye for market dynamics and a deep understanding of consumer behavior, he has helped numerous companies navigate complex challenges and achieve their full potential.

    Kyle excels at crafting tailored solutions that deliver tangible results and works as the Growth Architect in Chief for Candor working to knit our team together with yours to ensure the optimal realization of our work together.

  • With over three decades of expertise in brand narrative construction and successful marketing campaign development John’s career spans a broad spectrum, from nurturing early stage tech companies to steering Fortune level enterprises towards market dominance.

    As a strategist and futurist, John excels at simplifying complex concepts into compelling, market-ready stories. His role at Candor is pivotal as he leads the overall vision, and the brand, launch, and marketing strategies we design for our clients.

    Passion is at the heart of all John does and his passion for seeing companies with great technology solutions reach their potential is what led John to start Candor. His leadership ensures that Candor’s strategies are not only insightful but also profoundly actionable, making growth a tangible reality for every company we partner with.

Vision

Candor exists to move companies from “Great Potential” to “World Changing Reality”.

Sincere Honesty

We call it the way we see it. The current speed of innovation and the resulting market dynamics leave no time for games or dancing around the truth. We are kind, but we won’t mince words.

Serious Fun

We delight in doing great work with great people and desire to be agents of the kind of culture we hope to see fostered in the companies we have the privilige to work with.

Determined Curiosity

We understand the moment we think we know we’re at risk of not knowing. We are quick to ask questions without fear of exposing our own ignorance and value the learning that comes in the process.

Humble Excellence

We are perfectionists who have been tempered by experience. We love doing the right thing the right way and letting the results speak for themselves.

Diverse Perspectives

We believe the best solutions consider a wide variety of points of view and our process makes way for that to occur. We live it in our team and model an inclusive spirit in our work.

True Victory

Real success is win-win-win. The best accomplishments are born out of high integrity and we endeavor to realize that in all we do.