Operating system design
Cadence, decision rights, and metric architecture. The chassis the business runs on, defined explicitly and instrumented end-to-end.
Baseline Partners — Est. 2019
Engineering systems.
Engineering business.
We are an engineering-led advisory firm. We design the operating systems that run modern companies — measurable, auditable, and built to compound.
A practice built around four disciplines.
Each capability is delivered by senior operators who have built and run the systems they advise on. No layered teams. No throwaway decks.
Decision infrastructure
Data contracts, semantic layers, and the analytics surface area the executive team actually uses to commit capital.
Capital & planning
Three-statement models, scenario engines, and board materials engineered for defensibility under diligence pressure.
Embedded operators
Senior partners deployed in-seat for 90–180 days to install the system, transfer it to the team, and exit cleanly.
A method, not a methodology.
Four steps. Linear when the problem is clear, iterative when it is not. Every engagement closes with a written transfer document.
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Baseline
Two-week assessment. We map the operating surface — cadences, metrics, data lineage — and produce a written diagnosis.
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Design
Target operating model, instrumentation plan, and a sequenced backlog. Reviewed against second-order risk before we proceed.
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Install
We sit in the seat. Cadence is run, data contracts are written, models are built — by us, then handed across to the team.
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Transfer
A written runbook, a 90-day review, and a clean exit. The system is yours; we are reachable.
Selected casework.
Four representative engagements. Names withheld under standard confidentiality; references available on request.
Climate · Series C
Replaced a stalled OKR program with a metric-led cadence. Forecast accuracy moved from ±28% to ±6% inside two quarters.
Industrial · €1.2B
Built a semantic layer across four ERP instances. Board pack compiles in nine minutes; reconciles to the cent.
Fintech · Pre-IPO
Three-statement model, audit-trailed assumptions, scenario engine. Survived two rounds of bank-side diligence unchanged.
Healthcare · Multi-site
Senior partner in-seat for 180 days. Built the operating cadence, hired the permanent successor, transferred and exited.
Engagements — 2026
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We accept a limited number of new engagements each quarter. Briefings are 45 minutes, conducted under NDA, and chaired by a partner.
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