Pratumi Advisors turns the deal thesis into an executable integration plan and leads it through delivery. We align decision rights, operating processes, systems, reporting, and leadership accountability so the combined business can operate as one and deliver the value promised in the deal.
One executive accountable for making the acquisition work.
Pratumi Advisors offers fractional and interim acquisition integration leadership for $10M-$150M companies, from signed LOI through the first year after close. We turn your deal thesis into an executable integration plan and lead it through delivery, aligning decision rights, operating processes, systems, reporting, and leadership accountability so the combined business can operate as one and deliver the value promised in the deal.
Pratumi Advisors acts as your integration lead, a fractional executive, accountable for turning the deal thesis into operating results.
We work alongside your team and drive the integration plan from the deal thesis to operating results over six to twelve months. Pre-close work is planning and Day One readiness. Execution begins after close. Each integration is different, but a typical engagement follows three phases.
Days 1-30
Establish the baseline
Clarify the deal thesis, committed outcomes, consolidation targets, major risks, decision rights, and who owns each work stream.
Days 30-90
Move to execution
Launch the highest-value priorities, set the management cadence, close accountability gaps, surface blocked decisions, and start capturing measurable gains.
Months 3-12
Run as one business
Drive toward a stable operating model with consolidated systems, reporting, and accountability, then hand the cadence to your leadership team.
We work alongside deal counsel, bankers, accountants, and operating partners, not in place of them.
A single executive owns integration governance, decisions, and follow-through, reporting to the CEO.
Every workstream traces back to the synergies and consolidation gains the deal was underwritten on.
Progress, risks, and value capture are reported on a regular cadence, in terms a board can act on.
Pratumi Advisors stops integration drift from eroding the value of the deal.
Get started with a 30-minute conversation to discuss where your integration stands.
Pratumi Advisors provides executive experience focused on translating the acquisition thesis into an operating plan– and driving it through execution.
The acquisition is complete, or close to it. The people who would normally lead the integration are the same people responsible for customers, cash, and this quarter’s results.
Without a dedicated owner, critical decisions get distributed across functional leaders. Duplicate costs persist, systems stay fragmented, accountability blurs, and expected consolidation gains begin to slip. Your team is already running the business. Let Pratumi Advisors lead the integration.
Stephen Wade ©2026
Not every measure will apply to every deal. They should be selected according to the deal thesis.
Pratumi Advisors takes its name from PRATUM, the Latin word for prairie or meadow; a defined place where growth can take hold. Prairies are vast, self-sustaining native grasslands, while meadows are smaller, often transitional spaces dominated by grasses and wildflowers. Pratumi Advisors excels in creating a functional, contained space within the open fields.
Organizations are kept confidential; the results are not.
A national media company under covenant and cash-flow pressure, with two divisions and 90 properties.
Consolidated leadership across both divisions into a single shared-services operating model.
Leadership positions consolidated from 111 to 38, with $3.7M annualized savings.
A regional media group integrating acquired business units.
M&A integration, IT infrastructure upgrades, and a robust restructuring of sales and operations.
A 30% cost reduction and 50% growth in non-traditional revenue.
A public organization with 1,000+ employees, a $325M operating budget, and a $900M capital budget.
Chief Executive and CFO; consolidated financial data and introduced analytics-driven reporting.
Multi-million-dollar budget surpluses; labor agreements negotiated across seven bargaining units.
Stephen Wade founded Pratumi Advisors to give CEOs of $10M–$150M companies what most can’t justify hiring full time: an experienced executive who owns the integration from signing until the combined company runs as one business.
Stephen connects the economics of the deal with the operating model, technology, decision rights, and people required to make the combined business work. His experience includes consolidating two divisions and 90 properties into a shared-services model, integrating acquired business units, modernizing systems and reporting, and leading complex organizational change.
Stephen has served as regional CEO and CFO for a national media company, and as chief executive and chief financial officer of a public organization with more than 1,000 employees, a $325 million operating budget, and a $900 million capital budget. He has negotiated labor agreements across seven bargaining units, served as finance lead on three public bond issuances, and led the change management that makes new structures hold.
Stephen’s nationally recognized landscape photography is featured throughout this site.
Tell us where your acquisition stands and where the integration is beginning to stall. We will respond within one business day.
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