Growth partner for private equity
A3XP helps private equity firms and portfolio companies strengthen the value creation plan through growth, commercial excellence, operational excellence and service excellence.
Private equity creates extraordinary opportunities to accelerate businesses. Yet most firms still lean on familiar levers like cost, supply chain and operations, while growth through new products and markets goes underused because it is harder to execute.
of private equity firms use product and market expansion as a value creation lever very often, even though more than half name it a top priority for 2025.
A3XP closes that gap. We connect commercial insight, product innovation and practical execution to strengthen the value creation plan (VCP), so portfolio companies turn untapped growth into results with clarity and speed.
What we do
One growth-led partnership, backed by three disciplines that make the plan stick.
We enhance your value creation plan by opening new markets and de-risking acquisitions, so the growth thesis holds up in the real world.
Explore growth servicesWin more, price better and retain longer.
Make the business faster, leaner and more reliable.
Turn service into a source of loyalty and recurring revenue.
Growth
Expanding into new products and markets is a top priority for most firms, yet fewer than three in ten use it very often. We help close that gap. We bring evidence and execution to the VCP, for organic expansion and for acquisitions alike.
Track 1
Find where your offering can win next, prove it quickly and take it to market.
Track 2
Validate platforms and bolt-ons before capital is committed, and plan the value after close.
Market expansion
Scan, Sprint and Launch grow the obtainable market. Commercial excellence grows the share you already serve.
The result: a sharper value creation plan with new revenue paths, validated before you invest and ready to execute from day one.
Discuss your VCPOur point of view
Innovation is not about more ideas. It’s about creating more value.
How we work
Practical, stage-gated work built around the pace and priorities of private equity ownership.
Define the growth objective, strategic boundaries and investment criteria.
Combine market signals, customer insight and existing capabilities to find promising spaces.
Test willingness to pay, feasibility and unit economics with real-world evidence.
Build the roadmap, mobilize teams and move the strongest ideas toward launch.
Where we focus
Practical growth work for complex B2B environments.
Engineered products, adjacent offerings and aftermarket growth.
New service models, recurring offerings and customer solutions.
Digital products, AI-enabled offerings and software adjacencies.
Let’s build what’s next
Whether you’re a PE operating partner or a portfolio company leader, let’s talk about how growth, commercial, operational and service excellence can strengthen your value creation plan.
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About A3XP
Dr. Ryan Pereira Founder & Principal, A3XP
Ryan has run the businesses, shaped strategy for the leaders who run them and invested alongside the firms that own them. Over 25 years, he has led global P&Ls from $10M to more than $250M across industrials, food technology, aerospace, medical devices and consumer products, delivering turnarounds, acquisitions and record EBITDA.
He brings strategy consulting experience from MBB, where he advised clients across industrials, aerospace and defense (A&D) and services on growth, margin expansion and M&A. Through A3XP, he helps private equity firms find, diligence, run and grow investments.
Why A3XP
One partner, so the plan that wins the deal is the plan the business can deliver.
01 · Operator
02 · Strategist
03 · PE investor
Credentials
Work with us
Tell us about the platform, the bolt-on or the growth question you’re working on.
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ryan@a3xp.comOur work
A small subset of examples from our work.
01 · Product innovation and commercialization
10–30%
revenue impact
Launched and sold products across a range of industries, from consumer goods to medical devices and machinery. The launches drove tens of millions of dollars in new sales.
02 · Business model innovation
5%
revenue increase in year one
Introduced a used equipment leasing model that grew revenue 5% in its first year.
03 · Value creation plan
New platform
created
Supported multiple diligences and created the value creation plan (VCP) that led to the creation of a new platform.
In their words
Colleagues and mentors on working with Ryan.
I hired Ryan as a Division President at JBT, where he delivered profitable growth. I later promoted him to Group President, where he led a strategic acquisition in Spain and its successful integration. Ryan consistently demonstrated a keen eye for emerging technologies, innovative business models, and growth opportunities.
I’ve worked with Ryan and witnessed firsthand his ability to launch patented, branded consumer products and drive growth across new markets and sales channels.
I had the pleasure of supervising Ryan during his doctoral studies in Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Michigan. At the time Ryan was a manager of product development at an automotive supplier that had many automotive customers. Given his first-hand access we agreed he would write his dissertation as three case studies contrasting the highly effective way Toyota worked with his company compared to American auto makers.
The dissertation was titled ‘Lean Product Development Effectiveness: Managing Tools, Processes and Relationships.’ Often students who focus on practical case studies have difficulty getting published in peer-reviewed academic journals, but Ryan got all three case studies published due to the rigor of his work and his persistence.
I was proud to see Ryan get promoted to increasing senior executive leadership roles across multiple industries, including serving as Group President at JBT Marel (NYSE: JBTM) and as an Expert Advisor at [an MBB firm]. Throughout his career, he has consistently combined his deep technical expertise, understanding of people and organizations, and leadership skills to deliver outstanding results.