INSIGHTS

The Understanding That Create Opportunity.

Access Team Members:

Michael Strand
Senior Project Manager
Meghana Palakodeti
Analyst
Nik Kapauan
Managing Director
Mission

To convert complex data into actionable intelligence, delivering the clarity and foresight required to make confident, high-impact decisions.

Case Studies

Nine

occupancy stores forecasted, showcasing location-specific behavior patterns.

Two Week

ahead visibility.

2.5 Dogs

variance of demand predicted.

Nick Tierno recently transitioned from ASTP into his current role as VP of Corporate Development ACE at Zeus where he is supporting inorganic growth (M&A efforts) through sourcing, diligence, and deal execution activities

Research Automation

Turning endless information into actionable intelligence leaders can actually use.

The Challenge

The Reality

Research takes time leaders don’t have, and even if the research exists, it’s hard to extract the insights that matter.

The Result

Important shifts go unnoticed or reach decision-makers too late.

The A2C Solution

Access automates research to provide leaders with real-time, relevant insight in the format they want.

  • Automate research across industries, companies, and macro trends.
  • Leverage AI to highlight the most relevant signals.
  • Deliver curated outputs via reports, weekly briefs or short-form podcasts.
  • Continuously refine the research engine to improve relevance and timeliness.

Align with management to anticipate upcoming talent needs.

Define role success profiles and requirements to clarify what “great” looks like.

Source candidates through Access’ network and trusted search partners.

Coordinate third-party search firm activity for efficiency and alignment.

Partner with management to asses leaders and manage interview coordination.

Where beneficial, engage Access’ functional experts to support assessment.

Facilitate offer management to accelerate hiring decisions.

The Impact

Awareness

Faster awareness of key market shifts and opportunities.

Commonality

Shared context across teams.

Time Savings

Less time searching for answers.

Market Signals

Helping leaders leverage external data to identify market, operator, or customer opportunities. 

The Challenge

The Reality

Understanding a market takes time as critical data lives everywhere and it rarely connects into a single picture.

The Result

Teams rely on outdated or incomplete information, missing early signals of opportunity or risk.

The A2C Solution

Access aggregates hundreds of data points to illustrate real time markets and operators movements.

  • Combine multiple data sources into one organized view of each market.
  • Highlight momentum by tracking operator behavior and customer activity.
  • Leverage external data signals to uncover internal performance drivers.
  • Compare markets to identify where the best opportunities exist.
  • Keep insights current with continuous updates and real-time signals.

Align with management to anticipate upcoming talent needs.

Define role success profiles and requirements to clarify what “great” looks like.

Source candidates through Access’ network and trusted search partners.

Coordinate third-party search firm activity for efficiency and alignment.

Partner with management to asses leaders and manage interview coordination.

Where beneficial, engage Access’ functional experts to support assessment.

Facilitate offer management to accelerate hiring decisions.

The Impact

Structure

A living market map that stays current, structured, and actionable.

Visibility

Visibility into trends, emerging players, shifts in demand, and individual performance.

Data

Data-backed confidence on where to invest, expand, or pivot.

Macro Indicators

Giving operators an early view of the forces shaping their markets, industries, customers, and economic performance.

The Challenge

The Reality

There’s no shortage of macro data, but most of it’s built for public markets and headlines, making it hard to see what actually matters for private operators.

The Result

Leaders overlook macro signals and react late to changing conditions, missing opportunities and increasing exposure to headwinds.

The A2C Solution

Access tracks and models the macro indicators that matter most to each business, linking external data to internal performance evaluate impact, and when that impact will hit.

  • Build sector-specific indices that reflect real market behavior in the lower middle market.
  • Connect macro trends to each company’s performance data.
  • Identify leading indicators that predict operational impact weeks or months in advance.
  • Deliver actionable insights via dashboards, reports, and executive briefs. 

Align with management to anticipate upcoming talent needs.

Define role success profiles and requirements to clarify what “great” looks like.

Source candidates through Access’ network and trusted search partners.

Coordinate third-party search firm activity for efficiency and alignment.

Partner with management to asses leaders and manage interview coordination.

Where beneficial, engage Access’ functional experts to support assessment.

Facilitate offer management to accelerate hiring decisions.

The Impact

Visibility

Earlier visibility into relevant macro shifts.

Clarity

Clear understanding of which factors matter, why, and how far out to look.

Confidence

Greater confidence in planning, pricing, and investment decisions.

Integrated Analytics

A unified analytics layer that fuses internal data from all core systems with external datasets into a single, real-time environment. It gives leaders the ability to monitor performance as it happens, analyze cause-and-effect relationships, and uncover opportunities before they appear in traditional reports.

The Challenge

The Reality

Most companies have plenty of data but can’t turn it into insight fast enough to drive value.

The Result

Teams work with partial context and lagging indicators, reacting to what already happened instead of what’s next.

The A2C Solution

Access builds a unified analytics layer that turns data into foresight by connecting all core internal systems with external signals.

  • Centralize data from across systems into one connected, real-time environment.
  • Analyze relationships to understand cause and effect.
  • Deploy predictive models that anticipate shifts before they appear in reports.
  • Continuously refine models and insights, compounding value as more data connects.

Align with management to anticipate upcoming talent needs.

Define role success profiles and requirements to clarify what “great” looks like.

Source candidates through Access’ network and trusted search partners.

Coordinate third-party search firm activity for efficiency and alignment.

Partner with management to asses leaders and manage interview coordination.

Where beneficial, engage Access’ functional experts to support assessment.

Facilitate offer management to accelerate hiring decisions.

The Impact

Connectivity

A single, connected view of business performance that updates in real time.

Visibility

Predictive visibility into future trends, risks, and opportunities.

Quality

Smarter, faster decisions fueled by insights that learn and improve over time.

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