Transform Your
Mid-Market Company Into an Agile Powerhouse

Specialized agile transformation and product leadership for growing companies (50-500 employees).

Get guaranteed results with our proven frameworks - or we'll work until you do.

— Wendell Adams, PrimeLab CEO

"Forward Mindshift has been an amazing strategic investment partner, helping through dedication to Primelab.io on furthering relationships, products, infrastructure, and most important strategic insight."

20+ Years Software Development Experience

From developer to team lead to CEO - we've walked in your shoes

$850K+ Average Annual Savings for Clients

Improved efficiency and reduced waste translate to real bottom-line impact

Certified Scrum Master & Bilingual Services 🇺🇸 🇪🇸

Professional credentials with global reach across the Americas

50-500 Employee Company Specialists

The sweet spot between startup chaos and enterprise bureaucracy

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Complete Agile Transformation with Proven Results

  • Your growing company is stuck between startup chaos and enterprise bureaucracy. Product delivery is unpredictable, teams work in silos, and scaling feels impossible.

  • Transform your entire organization with our proven agile velocity framework.

    What's Included:

    • ✅ Complete agile transformation roadmap & implementation

    • ✅ Executive coaching for C-suite and VPs

    • ✅ Team lead coaching and capability building

    • ✅ Access to our trusted development partner network

    • ✅ Measurable velocity improvements within 90 days

  • Optional but recommended for sustained success

    Ensure your transformation sticks and continues evolving with dedicated ongoing support.

    Extended Support Includes:

    • ✅ Monthly strategic check-ins and course corrections

    • ✅ Quarterly performance reviews and optimization

    • ✅ Advanced coaching for emerging leaders

    • ✅ Priority access for new challenges and growth phases

    • ✅ Success guarantee: We work until you achieve target metrics

  • $60K (Phase 1) + $40K (Phase 2) = $100K

    • Complete transformation 6 months.

    • +12 month assurance.

  • Growing companies (50-500 employees) in software, fintech, or tech-enabled services

Transform Your Product Managers Into Strategic Leaders

  • Your product team is reactive instead of strategic. PMs focus on features instead of outcomes. You need senior product leadership but can't justify $200K+ salaries.

  • Quarterly intensive coaching program that develops your existing team into product leaders who drive business outcomes.

  • Quarterly Package Includes:

    • ✅ 12 weekly 1:1 coaching sessions with your product managers

    • ✅ Monthly team workshops on strategy and prioritization

    • ✅ Quarterly strategic planning facilitation

    • ✅ Access to our frameworks, templates, and tools

    • ✅ 5 emergency consultation hours per month

    • ✅ Performance tracking and improvement metrics

  • $12K/Quarter - Ongoing Partnership

  • Mid-market fintech and software companies with growing product teams

Get a Senior CPO Without the $300K+ Salary

  • You need world-class product leadership but can't justify a $300K+ CPO hire. Outsourced development teams lack strategic direction and business alignment.

  • Ariel Pacay becomes your dedicated fractional Chief Product Officer (20 hours/week) while coordinating with our vetted development partners for seamless execution.

    • Product strategy and roadmap development

    • Weekly leadership team strategy sessions

    • Product team coaching and development

    • Development partner coordination and oversight

    • Monthly executive reporting with KPIs

    • Stakeholder alignment across the organization

    • Access to pre-vetted development teams

    • Strategic handoff from Ariel to execution teams

    • Quality oversight throughout development process

    • Agile methodology integration across all work

    • Budget optimization through partner relationships

    • Ariel's Time: 20 hours/week (typically Tue-Thu focus days)

    • Contract Length: 12-month minimum commitment

    • CPO Investment: $80K-120K annually (for Ariel's services)

    • Development Costs: Separate budget, managed and optimized by Ariel

    • Full Scope: Strategy through market delivery

  • Companies needing senior product leadership without full-time executive overhead

Why Choose Forward Mindshift

  • Unlike consultants who focus on enterprise or startups, we specialize in the unique challenges of growing companies (50-500 employees).

  • We're the only agile transformation service with a 12-month success guarantee. See results or we keep working.

  • Serve clients across Americas with English/Spanish capabilities 🇺🇸 🇪🇸

  • Ariel Pacay brings two decades of software development evolution from individual contributor to CEO.

  • Our methodologies have helped companies like Sony SIENA, Bayer Crop Science, Fox-NatGeo, and Box.

Metrics & ROI

  • Average improvement in delivery speed after 6-month transformation

  • Typical cost savings from improved efficiency and reduced waste. (source)

  • Average time to see ROI on agile transformation investment.

Deep Expertise in Your Industry

Fintech Focus

Specialized experience helping financial technology companies scale product development while maintaining compliance and security standards.

Software Factory Optimization

Transform development teams from feature factories into outcome-driven product organizations.

Mid-Market SaaS

Navigate the unique challenges of scaling SaaS products without enterprise resources.

“I underestimated how hard it would be to adjust my company to a working-from-home strategy, but with Ariel’s help, we were able to regain focus.”

— OLIVIA R., FORWARD MINDSHIFT CLIENT

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