Boutique C-Suite consulting & custom technology

Real-world experience.
Executed, not advised.

Bunnell Hill Partners embeds battle-tested C-suite operators into your business: fractional executive leadership, custom platform development, and practical AI strategy, grounded in decades of real operating experience.

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Platform revenue

$500M+

Generated through platforms we built

Startups raised & exited

6+

Seed through liquidity event

Active platform users

100K+

On live systems running today

C-suite experience

20+

Years of operating leadership

"We don't hand you a report and walk away. We sit in your seat, having actually sat in many seats like yours before."
Bunnell Hill's partners have led organizations from inception through capital raises, M&A transactions, and shareholder liquidity events. Our clients gain access to executives who have personally navigated the exact terrain they face, and who stay accountable to outcomes, not deliverables.

What we do

Three disciplines. One integrated team.

Built to work alone or together, depending on where you need us most. Every engagement is led by a partner, not handed to a junior associate.

01 / Fractional C-suite

Fractional C-suite & business operations

Seasoned CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CISOs embedded directly in your organization. Executive-level horsepower without the full-time cost, deployed precisely where you need it most.

  • Interim & fractional CEO / COO / CIO / CISO
  • Operational restructuring
  • Growth strategy & execution
  • Capital raise readiness
  • M&A advisory & due diligence
Embedded Outcome-based Partner-led
02 / Platform development

Custom platform & software

We build enterprise-grade platforms, not prototypes. Our track record includes SaaS systems serving hundreds of thousands of users and processing hundreds of millions in transactions, still live and running today.

  • Enterprise SaaS architecture
  • Mobile & web application build
  • Product strategy & roadmap
  • AI-enabled solutions
  • MVP to market launch
SaaS Mobile Onshore + offshore
03 / Legal tech & ops

Legal tech & law firm operations

Deep operational and technology expertise built from years inside law firms and legal tech companies. Whether you're modernizing your practice or building a legal tech product, we've been on the inside of both.

  • Law firm operations overhaul
  • Practice management implementation
  • Legal tech product development
  • Process design & change management
  • Startup to Series A advisory
Practice ops Product Change mgmt

Platform track record

We don't just advise on technology. We build it.

The platforms Bunnell Hill's partners have architected and launched aren't hypothetical. They are live, processing real transactions, supporting real businesses, every single day.

Our custom development engagements span mobile, browser, agentic, and enterprise SaaS, built onshore and coordinated offshore, from initial concept through long-term support.

SaaS platforms with six-figure active user bases
Transaction processing at institutional scale
Full lifecycle: concept → build → market → support
PE & public company acquisition exits

Revenue

$500M+

In revenues generated through platforms we built & operated.

Active users

100K+

On live platforms still running today.

Liquidity events

6

Startups carried from seed through successful exit.

Acquirers

3

PE & public company buyers across our portfolio.

AI strategy

Real-world AI. Not a science project.

We've watched companies throw AI at every problem and call it innovation. That's not a strategy. That's a budget drain.

Bunnell Hill's approach to AI is grounded in the same operating discipline we bring to every engagement: identify the real problem first, then determine whether AI is the right tool, and if so, how to deploy it in a way that creates durable business value. We sit at the intersection of business operations and technology, which means we evaluate AI opportunities the way a CFO, a COO, and a CTO would simultaneously.

We're actively implementing AI-driven solutions for clients today: workflow automation, intelligent document processing, and data-informed decision layers, all designed with measurable ROI as the starting point, not a footnote.

01

Business problem first

Every AI engagement begins with a clear articulation of the business outcome it must deliver. We never start with a technology and search for a use case.

02

Operator-vetted implementation

Our team evaluates AI integrations the way operators do: through workflow, staff adoption, security, and bottom-line impact. Not through a vendor's demo.

03

Scalable, not experimental

We design AI solutions for production environments, not pilot programs that never move forward. Built to scale with the business, not impress in a boardroom.

Case studies

Real work. Real results.

Client names protected. Every result below reflects an actual completed engagement.

Legal Technology

Concept to $1M seed & product launch in under 12 months

A legal tech startup engaged Bunnell Hill at the pre-revenue stage. We guided product architecture, built out the founding team structure, led investor readiness strategy, and facilitated a seed raise that culminated in a successful close and product in users' hands within year one.

Seven figures in seed capital raised
Product shipped to market within 12 months
Founder retained as CEO through next funding stage
Platform Development

Enterprise SaaS: $500M+ in lifetime transaction revenue

Bunnell Hill's partners architected, built, and scaled an enterprise SaaS platform from inception through acquisition. The platform scaled to support hundreds of thousands of active users and continues to operate today under the acquiring entity.

$500M+ in transactions processed
100,000+ active users at peak
Successful acquisition by strategic buyer
Fractional CFO / M&A

M&A advisory & fractional executive leadership

A mid-market investor engaged Bunnell Hill's CFO-level partner to examine financials and diligence materials, negotiate key deal points, make investor recommendations, and guide buyers through a full acquisition, from letter of intent through close.

Transaction closed on target terms
Buyer achieved acquisition objectives
Bunnell Hill retained for ongoing advisory

Confidential · Names protected at client request

Why Bunnell Hill

Built for operators, not pitch decks.

We are not a consultancy that studies your business. We are operators who run alongside you.

The work that ships, not the work that explains.

Every partner at Bunnell Hill has actually run companies. They've made payroll, closed funding, shipped products, and navigated M&A. We don't study these situations from a distance. We've lived them.

We embed with your team. We attend your leadership meetings. We hold short-term operational pressure and long-term shareholder strategy in view simultaneously, and we stay accountable to outcomes rather than deliverables or billable hours.

The people you meet at proposal are the people who do the work. That's not a tagline. It's how the firm is built.

01

Operators first

Every partner has run companies and made the calls themselves.

02

In the trenches

Embedded with your team for leadership meetings and real decisions.

03

Both horizons

Immediate operating pressure and three-year shareholder plan.

04

Partners show up

You'll never be handed to a junior analyst. The partners do the work.

"We went from concept to raising close to seven figures in seed capital and a product launch in less than a year. They guided us through challenges we didn't even know we had, and let us see our vision actually arrive in the hands of users."

Founder · Legal Technology Company · Bunnell Hill Client

The team

Experienced operators at every level.

No pitch decks. No junior associates. A direct conversation with a partner about what you're actually facing.

Lee Midkiff

Lee Midkiff

Founder & Managing Partner

Lee brings decades of C-suite operating experience spanning enterprise software, franchise systems, agri-technology, legal industry operations, thoroughbred partnership development, insurance operations, and financial technology. As founder of Bunnell Hill, he has personally led organizations from inception through capital raises, complex M&A transactions, and shareholder liquidity events.

Bunnell Hill's extended team of partners and associates brings C-suite depth across finance, technology, legal operations, and business development, deployed precisely based on your engagement's needs.

Collective expertise

Corporate Finance M&A Advisory SaaS Architecture Product Strategy Law Firm Operations Legal Technology Venture Capital Private Equity Franchise Development AgriTech / CEA AI Strategy Capital Markets Board Advisory Change Management

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