Mission

Help business owners and investors grow profits and increase company value.

Vision

Be the go-to consulting firm that business owners and investors trust and come to for no-nonsense consulting that works well and works quickly.

Values

Integrity

Always do the right thing, even when no one is looking or will ever know.

AI First

Approach all work and solutions with an AI first mentality to increase capacity, capabilities, and quality, thus delivering more value with less cost.

Client Centric

Our success is measured by how much and how quickly we increase our clients' profitability and business value.

Pragmatic

We prioritize practical, simplified solutions & robust processes that deliver value quickly and efficiently.

Accountability

We own the outcomes—good or bad. We hold ourselves and our clients to high standards, ensuring we are always working to continually move the needle forward.

What We Do

Unlock Profit Potential
We help business owners uncover and implement high-ROI strategies to drive profitability—without increasing headcount or marketing spend.

Accelerate Business Value

We raise both EBITDA and the multiple through operational improvement, leadership development, and strategic positioning.

Prepare for Exit or Succession
We design and implement exit strategies that protect your legacy and maximize the sale or transfer value of your business.

Fix Functional Breakdowns

We strengthen leadership, streamline operations, optimize sales, and bring clarity to financial and strategic management.

Align Strategy and Execution

We help owners and teams build practical, focused strategic plans—and ensure they’re implemented with discipline.

Scale with Confidence

We help you build systems and structure that enable you to grow your company sustainably while reducing chaos and dependency on the owner.

How We Do It

Start with a Real Assessment

We begin every engagement with a clear diagnostic to understand what’s working, what’s not, and where the opportunities live.

Use Process to Drive Progress

We apply proven frameworks to create a structured path forward—with measurable milestones and clear accountability.

Focus on Quick Wins and Long-Term Payoff
We prioritize fast, visible improvements that generate momentum while laying the groundwork for lasting results.

Partner with You, Not Just Advise

We work alongside you and your team, embedding ourselves in your business to ensure execution and adoption.

Tailor Every Engagement

We adapt tools, training, and tactics to your team’s strengths, industry dynamics, and growth stage—never cookie-cutter.

Hold Ourselves Accountable
We take ownership of results, tracking ROI and progress every step of the way—because your success is our success.

Our Motivation

Past Big Wins
The best parts of our careers were when we achieved big success. The big, profitable successes occurred when the focus was on creating valuable solutions that benefited others. Here, we focus on creating offerings that drive profit and business value.

Present Clients

When our clients boost profits and multiples to raise business value and give us credit for the improvement, there is no greater compliment we can get from them and no better feeling because we go through the growing pains with them, so it becomes personal.

Future Ambitions
The start of this firm is just the start of a multi-year plan to forge new processes for growing profits and business value in this new AI world, as many firms will offer AI solutions to build wealth, we will focus on rapidly applying them to early adopting businesses.

Our Consulting Philosophy

Focus On Your Desires & Goals, Not Ours

It is your business, so understanding what you need and want for your future and the future of your organization is what we work hard to achieve.

Collaborate With All Stakeholders & SMEs

Effective facilitation requires input from all with a stake in the outcome and those that will make it happen, including subject matter experts (SMEs). The whole team needs to pull together to win and benefit from it, not just a few.

Straight To The Point

We want to provide value to all our clients, not beat around the bush and waste time your time or ours. We don't believe in racking up hours. Simply put, if we cannot help, we want to part as friends. When we can help, we operate on a fee per engagement basis with a scope of work that we mutual agree upon, designed to deliver impactful results you define & desire.

About The Founder

James Tennyson Knapp

James is the founder of Tennyson Knapp Consulting, a high-impact advisory firm built to help manufacturing and technical companies grow profits, boost enterprise value, and prepare for successful exits—with speed, clarity, and confidence.

He blends technical know-how with leadership development experience in a way few others can. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Business Administration, a Master in Economics, and a Masters Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics. He’s worked hands-on in some of the most demanding and technical industries—including aerospace, defense, automotive, agriculture, plastics, food, chemical, pharmaceutical processing, metal fabrication, and contract manufacturing.

James has led major initiatives for Fortune 500 firms and small manufacturers alike. His work has supported critical projects like

the F-35’s Electro-Optical Targeting System for Lockheed Martin and the James Webb Space Telescope, where he helped produce the beryllium mirror substrates and structural components used in deep space exploration for NASA. Other firms served are the U.S. Navy, U.S Army, USAF, Boeing, Raytheon, Honda, MTD, Caterpillar, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Penn Entertainment, Inc., (formerly Penn National Gaming), and national research labs—bringing deep problem-solving experience to every level of the organization.

In addition to technical depth, James is a certified Dale Carnegie Instructor for over a decade focused on leadership and sales training, and a certified DISC Assessment Facilitator, helping leaders and teams understand how personality impacts communication, culture, hiring, and execution. He uses these tools to build stronger teams, reduce friction, and help leaders get more done with less effort.

To fully leverage his technical and people skills, James brings a high level of expertise in sales and finance. His ability to understand people, technology, operations, marketing, and financial structure gives him a rare lens for identifying opportunities that deliver extraordinary ROI—often with short payback periods and minimal disruption. He is highly skilled at uncovering hidden potential within businesses, crafting pragmatic strategies, and quickly spotting the risks that could derail progress—so his clients can stay focused, move faster, and grow stronger.

What makes James truly unique is his ability to work with anyone—from shop floor teams to CEOs. His mix of technical, sales, finance, and people skills allows him to bridge gaps, align departments, and help companies move forward faster.

James is known for being clear, honest, and direct. He doesn’t show up with theory or fluff—just a simple yet robust plan that works and the leadership to get it done.

His mission is simple: to be the strategic partner business owners trust when they need to solve big problems, grow stronger companies, and create better futures for themselves and their teams.

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