Transformation
From Services to a Scalable Platform Business
Led a defense technology company's shift from T&M services to a product-led model with a repeatable commercial engine.
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Building businesses.
Scaling innovation.
Creating lasting value.
Executive operator, entrepreneur, and leader working at the intersection of strategy, technology, growth, and organizational transformation.
25+
Years leading revenue, operations, and teams
PE Exit
Bootstrap founder to private equity acquisition
$B+
Multiple billion-dollar product GTM launches
3
Boards served: two director seats, one advisory
Who I Am
An operator who turns complexity into growth.
I'm Fred Killingsworth. I started in the U.S. Army, serving lastly in the 101st Airborne Division, then award-winning B2B cold calling at Sprint, local, regional, and national account technical sales with Verizon, and national and global roles across Worldpay and Amazon. I founded and exited Hinge Global, and have led commercial strategy and operations, with a Top Secret clearance, for a defense technology company.
The common thread is the same in every chapter: Can we reimagine what is possible to create value that previously seemed impossible? Then stack the odds in our favor and execute.
Areas of Expertise
Leading companies through transformation, with clarity, speed, and results.
ClarityTransformation Strategy & Operating ModelVision into a plan people can execute: strategy, operating model, structure, and the numbers that hold them together.TransformationTechnology, AI & Secure PlatformsAI and secure platforms built with governance from day one, proven in national security and brought to commercial business.SpeedCommercial Growth & DistributionRevenue engines and distribution that last: channels, marketplaces, partners, and pipeline discipline.ResultsLeadership, Teams & Value CreationLeaders who develop leaders, teams that own the outcome, and companies that increase in value after working with you.
Featured Impact
Results. "Boos don't block dunks." Kobe Bryant
Results
Concept to Private Equity Exit in Four Years
Built Hinge Global with enterprise sales that crossed nine-figure GMV at peak, through two private equity transactions.
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Distribution at National Scale
Built Worldpay's nontraditional payment distribution with Microsoft, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon.
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How I think about growth, AI, and leadership.
Leadership
Seven Questions Every Board Should Ask About AI
A director's checklist for separating AI that pays from AI that performs.
Technology & AI
The Human Hour: How to Put AI on the P&L
Measure AI in hours returned, quality, and risk, not in pilots launched.
Business Growth
Distribution Wins: Lessons From Payments, Amazon, and Defense
Why the best product rarely beats the best channel.
Executive & Board
An operator in the C-suite and the boardroom.
Twenty-five years of building revenue engines, integrating acquisitions, and putting new technology to work. Companies and boards get a leader who has carried a number, closed a PE exit, and deployed AI in the most demanding environments on earth.
Go-to-Market & RevenueOperations & ScaleM&A & IntegrationAI Strategy & OversightLeadership & Talent
Executive OpportunitiesCOO, CCO, CRO, President, and GM roles at growth-stage through enterprise companies.Download Executive Profile ↓
Board & AdvisoryPE- and VC-backed, public, and nonprofit boards. Committee strengths in GTM, M&A, AI, and leadership.Download Board Profile ↓
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Different perspectives lead to better outcomes.
Executive roles, board seats, investments, partnerships, or a conversation worth having.
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