Partnering with operators and investors of businesses in the built world.

About

Jon Dearing is Managing Principal of Advertent.Jon is a versatile executive leader, with proven success bringing products, services, and solutions to market, and optimizing portfolios for profitable growth.His unique background includes executive roles at a global building materials firm, global infrastructure services firm, as well as in the public sector.Most recently, Jon led growth for the Urbanization Solutions business line at Cemex (NYSE: CX) – a vertically-integrated producer of cement, aggregates and concrete – where he focused on businesses aligned to the future of the built environment.Previously, Jon held a leadership role at AECOM’s (NYSE: ACM) Cities Initiative developing and delivering integrated, multi-benefit solutions to address pain points in the urban environment. He also served in multiple roles in strategy and operations during a period of rapid change and growth.Jon started his career in local government as a policy advisor to the Los Angeles City Council, the governing body of the second largest city in the United States.Jon received an MBA from UCLA and a BA from UC Berkeley.For more details, visit Jon on LinkedIn.

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Expertise

Approach

The Advertent approach is purposeful and pragmatic.We specialize in all of the following services and outcomes.DISCOVER
⬥ Assessing your market, customer needs, customer types, value proposition, product portfolio.
⬥ Maximizing your use of data, by leveraging internal and external data sources.
⬥ Creating a thorough and objective landscape for effective decision-making.DEFINE
⬥ Establishing strategic options and paths forward for allocating capital and resources.
⬥ With clearly identified key success factors, investment criteria, value creation levers, and risk mitigation.DECIDE
⬥ Consolidating the strategy, using the frameworks and criteria previously defined.
⬥ Enabling smart and timely decisions, now and going forward.
⬥ Multiplying the number of no regrets moves in the short term.
⬥ Building confidence and increasing actionability on more transformational opportunities.DELIVER
⬥ Executing to your highest potential.
⬥ Implementing strategic projects, acquiring new businesses, going to market, winning new customers, outperforming the competition.
⬥ Putting the right people in the right place to do great things together.

Clients

We are experienced serving clients across a wide range of industries and stakeholder types.Industries
Building Materials, Infrastructure, Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC), Climate Tech, Circular Economy, Waste and Recycling, Built World SolutionsBusiness Types
Large Corporations, Middle Market, Startups and New VenturesInvestors
Private Equity, Asset Managers, Venture Capital

Contact

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