De-Risk Value Capture and Accelerate Value Creation
We combine senior operator experience with patented technology to craft custom solutions that break silos, eliminate EBITDA leakage, and mobilize teams.
The 2026 Macro Crisis & Our Thesis
In a “12 is the new 5” market, every month of delay erases millions at exit.
In 2026, private equity deal math leaves zero room for execution error. As reported in Bain & Company's Global Private Equity Report, higher borrowing costs (8–9%) and compressed leverage (30–40%) mean multiple expansion is dead. Reaching a standard 2.5x MOIC requires 10% to 12% annual EBITDA growth, double the historical requirement.
Yet standard value creation plans suffer from silent execution decay. Operational initiatives appear “Green” on slide decks, while manual friction, TSA extension penalties, process bypasses, and resistance to change quietly bleed margin beneath the surface. By the time variances show up in quarterly financial statements, the hold period is half over and that lost EBITDA is gone forever.
The 10x multiple penalty. At a 10.0x exit EBITDA multiple - the Q1 2026 mid-market benchmark in the Argos Index - every $100,000 of monthly EBITDA leakage doesn't just cost $1.2M annually. It destroys $12.0M of equity value at exit.
Transformation Arbitrage as loss prevention
Transformation Arbitrage (TA) is the financial discipline of capturing hidden margin before execution decay destroys it.
S - Execution Health Score
Evaluates cross-functional alignment, organizational behavior, and technology integration. Drops in $S$ indicate active EBITDA leakage.
p - Program Momentum
Tracks transformation velocity. Slippage in milestone delivery acts as a compound penalty against exit equity.
Ef - Efficiency Ratio
Benefits ÷ spend. Traditional consulting ($1M for $10M benefit, 10:1) bleeds $750k more than KTA execution ($250k for $10M, 40:1). That $750k fee differential equals $7.5M in lost exit equity.
The Due Diligence Calculator
Understand value and watch it grow in real-time
We use our Triple Play Arbitrage Calculator to quantify what internal DIY execution leaves on the table vs. our patented approach. We create a custom calculator during our initial interview and develop it together from day 1 to exit.
Map and control how Simpel works with your organization to deliver value across growth, efficiency and margin expansion plays
Use our transformation arbitrage engine to understand people and process risks sooner for more impactful interventions
Create your own, single solution for change data, analytics and action. Simpel experts transform data into actionable intelligence tailored to you.
Triple Play Arbitrage Calculator
Annual Waste Categories (Dollar Loss)
The Triple Play Results
Our Solutions
From assessment to execution, we support the entire lifecycle
5-day Kinetic Assessment
Scope: Simpel's experts use patented technology to quickly identify integration bottlenecks, cash leakages, and synergy dependencies. Using our AI co-worker, Rozzy, the data is transformed into an actionable plan built to optimize results.
Best for: due diligence and post-close integration planning.
100-Day Plan
Scope: We use patented technology to translate due diligence into a structured integration office that breaks silos and mobilizes teams. We blend years of experience with our patented technology to bring speed, agility and intelligence to the crucial first 100 days.
Best for: complex, programmatic buy-and-build platforms executing multi-asset add-ons.
Act, Learn, Repeat
Scope: Our work is designed in flexible sprints that emphasize a bias for action and improvement. Our goal is to scale efficiency for ongoing outcomes and an eye to the future.
Best for: portcos with stagnant EBITDA requiring immediate cost-reduction or systems modernization.
Our Mission: Your Capital Acceleration
Scope: Our focus is straight-forward: your success. We eliminate the heavy administrative burden of complex integrations and carve-outs, driving a seamless transition to your future-state operating model.
Best for: held portfolio companies preparing for a premium-multiple exit or recapitalization.
Our Methodology
Elite Advisory. Algorithmic Velocity.
The delivery model: the Consultech Obelisk
Top of the Obelisk: elite partner and Managing Director-level talent runs strategy and human-centered organizational design.
Body of the Obelisk: KTA (our patented change office technology) and Rozzy™ (the metacognitive AI co-manager) automate the massive coordination, tracking, and reporting overhead.
The LP/sponsor benefit: you pay only for senior-level judgment and strategic outcomes. KTA's AI-driven platform eliminates the invisible 40% margin leakage spent on junior consultant administration.
We don't bill you for junior analyst armies or static PowerPoint decks. We are an AI-enabled consulting firm built on Transformation Sciences. We fuse expert human judgment with the automated operational velocity of our proprietary technology.
Founded by Big 4 alumnus Nathan Gampel and codified in three pioneering published works, Transformation Sciences applies the physics of non-isolated systems to corporate change management.
Three pillars, translated for PE
Judgment, not headcount
The claim: Partner and Managing Director-level operators matched to your portfolio needs within 48 hours. No junior pyramids billing manual hours.
PE benefit: a steady, senior hand to execute complex transitions. We work directly through your portfolio teams, not around them, keeping management bandwidth focused on running the business.
Proof (Realized): backed by Big Four and Fortune 500 alumni with over 25 years of senior transformation experience and more than $100 million in transitions delivered.
Memory that stays
The claim: every workflow, milestone, operational dependency, and risk mitigation plan we build lands directly in KTA — the patented transformation control platform.
PE benefit: traditional consultants leave static slide decks and walk away with the institutional knowledge. With S&A, when our advisory engagement ends, your custom operational control plane and "portfolio memory" stay behind.
Proof (Realized): covered by US Patents US11645601B2 and US12067516B2. Fully secure, model-agnostic workspace that integrates directly with your Azure tenant.
Outcomes you can audit
The claim: no hand-waving or manual self-reporting. We introduce a rigorous, daily evidence trail that connects operational activity directly to financial outcome metrics.
PE benefit: every milestone labelled Realized, Projected, Target, or Illustrative — an audit-ready Value Capture Ledger that satisfies lenders, board members, and future buyers.
Proof (Realized): successfully validated through high-stakes transitions in financial services, asset management, and M&A integrations.
Use Case Example · PE-backed insurance MGA
Real outcomes we can stand behind
Context: a private equity-backed MGA executing an aggressive global "growth-through-acquisition" strategy. The client sponsor (CEO) lacked core integration infrastructure and required rapid, scalable support to de-risk cross-border TSA exits.
The S&A intervention: Simpel & Associates stood up an Integration Management Office (IMO) utilizing the KTA platform, providing partner-level oversight and real-time process analytics.
Problems we solve for executives in Private Equity
"Give us the asset you worry about most. Keep the other five. S&A deploys an elite partner in 48 hours, runs the execution on KTA, and ensures the value creation plan actually lands."
"Your 100-day plan, with an operational baseline signed and owned by the portfolio team by week two — underwriting value, not hoping for it."
"We work through your team, not around it. We don't drag your people into endless consulting slide-production. We leave the operating platform behind so you keep the capability."
"Provide your LPs with an auditable value-creation appendix. Defend continuation-vehicle marks with real-time, structural process evidence."
Trust Built into the Architecture
Security & Governance: All client data resides in your own isolated tenant under your final authority. Our AI workflows are completely model-agnostic, giving you a "Knowledge Guarantee" that outlasts any single model provider.
