Gustavo Valente

Gustavo Valente is a business transformation expert who specializes in Leadership Alignment and Productivity Improvement through Flow Management principles from the Theory of Constraints (TOC). With extensive experience in turnarounds of midsize companies, Gustavo empowers leadership teams to break through bottlenecks, align strategic focus, and maximize productivity.

His Leadership Alignment Workshop is designed to eliminate the #1 constraint in most organizations: misaligned decision-making. By setting ambitious targets and turning obstacles into actionable steps, Gustavo helps leadership teams gain strategic clarity, build trust, and engage in collaborative problem-solving. This workshop has been successfully delivered to companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and metal surface finishing industries, resulting in accelerated decision-making, faster execution, and sustainable growth.

Gustavo also specializes in Flow Management, helping companies optimize throughput and productivity. For example, by applying TOC principles, he assisted a commercial vehicle manufacturer reduce cycle times by 50%, leading to a 40% revenue increase and improved on-time delivery from <60% to >95%. In another case, his strategies unlocked $5M in additional revenue for a plastic injection manufacturer by eliminating production  bottlenecks.

Having collaborated with Ken Kozicki on numerous successful turnarounds, Gustavo’s proven methodologies align leadership, streamline execution, and drive scalable success.

Ken Kozicki

Ken Kozicki is a seasoned executive with over 35 years of experience, including 15 years in leadership roles such as President and COO, and fractional CEO and CMO engagements. Throughout his career, he has guided businesses in the Industrials, Distribution, and Renewables sectors, helping them overcome revenue challenges, scale operations, achieve operational excellence, and maximize valuations. Ken’s expertise lies in business transformation, with a strong focus on identifying bottlenecks and executing strategies that drive sustainable profitability.

Defining “Business Resurgence”
Traditional business interventions are often described using terms like turnaround, fix, scale, grow, or leverage—all of which focus on isolated aspects of change. However, as a result of Ken’s work at the helm, he recognized that these terms fail to capture the full holistic transformation required to restore profitability an unlock long-term growth.

This aligns with Peak’s definition of Business Resurgence: a structured yet dynamic approach that integrates turnaround, revenue growth, scaling, and optimization elements to revitalize businesses. The resurgence process is not just about fixing a problem or scaling blindly but about strategic reinvention, ensuring sustainable, profitable growth that positions the
company for long-term success.

Peak Growth Solutions (PGS) specializes in business resurgence for midsize manufacturing and distribution companies that aspire to grow but struggle with operational inefficiencies, leadership misalignment, or declining financial performance. With a team of experts across different disciplines, we offer a holistic approach to organizational turnaround and scalable success.

One of our core methodologies is Theory of Constraints (TOC), which we use to improve productivity and align leadership through IOMapping. Leadership coaching, spearheaded by Rick Drumm, further strengthens executive performance and strategic execution.

Ken plays a hands-on role in driving the transformation process. His key contributions include:

• Providing real case examples to inspire teams during the Leadership Alignment Workshop, helping them identify “what to change.”
•  Delivering a structured presentation module on “how to execute” after identifying constraints.
• Guiding the leadership team post-workshop through weekly execution meetings that track KPI progress, and ensure that strategies translate from the what to change into the how to execute.
• Facilitating conflict management ensuring execution challenges are proactively addressed.

Sergio Frias

Sergio is a Customer Experience Expert, a Teacher, Speaker, Mentor, Author and Consultant. He developed a Methodology called NICE to transform Product or Process oriented companies into Customer Centric organizations. The methodology is based on the Reviewing Processes, Updating Technology, Developing People and Changing the Culture. He developed his Customer Experience expertise working for the Aerospace, industry where he served as Vice-President at Embraer, Bombardier and De Havilland. As the President & CEO at CX Hub, a Canadian consulting firm, Sergio helps People and Enterprises to put the Customer at the Center of their business to promote Employee Engagement, Customer Satisfaction and Financial Results, balancing the Art (Enchantment) and the Business (Operational Efficiency) aspects of Customer Experience.