San José, California Independent Advisory Practice
Independent operating counsel for owners, boards, and executives across manufacturing, retail, and distribution.
Rowe Meridian Group℠
Operations rarely fail for lack of effort. They fail where priorities compete, ownership is unclear, and standards live in memory rather than in the work.
The firm exists to close that gap. Engagements begin with what the operation is actually being asked to do, then establish the standards, decision rights, and review cadence that make the answer repeatable — with named owners, visible measures, and a sequence leadership can hold.
The work is independent and senior by design. No layered teams, no template deliverable. One principal, accountable to the result.
Three lines of work
01 · Operating counsel
For leaders facing inconsistent service, unclear accountability, or competing production priorities.
Focus the work on operating standards, decision rights, and a review cadence — with clear actions, owners, and measures of progress.
02 · Transformation advisory
For owners and executives navigating growth, succession, or operational complexity.
Connect the operating model, people, and priorities in a practical roadmap with a clear sequence and milestones.
03 · Select speaking
For executive teams and organizations exploring discipline, accountability, and performance at scale.
A focused talk or working discussion shaped around the audience, the leadership challenge, and the agreed brief.
The first conversation establishes the need, fit, and scope of the work. Strategic partnership inquiries are also welcome.
How an engagement runs
Every engagement follows the same discipline, whatever the sector. The sequence is what makes the result hold.
Name the commitment — service, cost, safety, yield — before naming a solution.
Find where priorities diverge, ownership blurs, or information stops moving.
Install standards, decision rights, and a review rhythm with named owners and exception management.
Transfer the habit to the leaders who own it, so performance does not depend on the adviser.
Selected results
Twenty percentage points gained in six months.
Consecutive days without a recordable accident.
Operators, planners, and leaders under direction.
From plant operations to national supply chains.
Results achieved across the principal's twenty-five-year operating career in advanced manufacturing, national grocery operations, distribution, and supply chain.
Ŵendell Røẅe™
Founder & Managing Principal
Twenty-five years from frontline supervision to executive leadership across seven industries — building accountable teams, clear operating standards, and repeatable performance in manufacturing, retail, distribution, and supply chain.
Currently Senior Director of Operations at Applied Materials, following executive operations and supply chain leadership at Albertsons Companies as Vice President, Operations & Supply Chain.
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Strategic conversations
Advisory, operating counsel, strategic partnership, and select speaking inquiries.
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