About
Paresh Patel.
Managing Director, ActionCOACH South Carolina · Enterprise Catalyst · PMP · Six Sigma Black Belt · Founder, FICE Consulting.
- 25+ years in engineering & operations
- 9-figure P&L and capital programs
- 20% average cost out, no capex
The short version
He didn't read about it. He installed it.
Most business coaches have read about operational excellence. Paresh installed it — on factory floors around the world, inside nine-figure P&L and capital programs, and across global business units for Toyota, Michelin, Ingersoll Rand and TE Connectivity.
Now he brings that Fortune 500 discipline to owners and leadership teams in South Carolina. He coaches the owner, develops the team, and installs the structure that makes a business valuable — with or without its founder in the room.
He calls the owners he serves Unfinished CEOs: people who know there is a bigger, better-built version of their business they haven't created yet, and who are willing to change themselves to get there.
Who he works with
$3M–$10M
Getting ready for growth or sale. Turning an owner-dependent business into a company that runs — and sells — without you.
$10M–$100M
Operating-partner work: value creation, cost out, integration and exit readiness.
Growing owners
Through group coaching and the 12-Week MasterCLASS, for owners earlier in the journey.
Expertise
What he brings.
Smart factory & advanced manufacturing
Automation, applied AI, digital scaling and Lean Six Sigma — including standing up manufacturing technology platforms from scratch.
Operations & supply chain
Turnarounds and productivity work worldwide, averaging 20% cost out without capital investment.
P&L and program leadership
Nine-figure P&L, capital programs and global portfolios, with hard accountability for time, budget and results.
Strategy, M&A & footprint
Site selection, make-versus-buy, and bringing cultures, systems and supply chains together after a deal.
Strategic transformation
Making sure operational investment shows up in enterprise value.
Startup & venture-ready growth
The systems, cadence and leadership structure growing companies need to attract investment.
Education: M.S. Engineering Management, Ohio University · B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Kettering University · study abroad, Stuttgart, Germany.
The founder behind the system
Brad Sugars. Founder & CEO, ActionCOACH.
- 1993 founded ActionCOACH
- 87 countries
- Pioneer of business coaching
Brad Sugars founded ActionCOACH in Brisbane, Australia in 1993 and pioneered business coaching as a profession. Today ActionCOACH coaches and franchise partners work with owners in 87 countries.
Trained as an accountant, Brad has spent his career buying, building and selling companies. He is an author, speaker and educator. His recent books include The $1M, $10M and $100M Playbooks, The Formula for Change and Billionaire in Training, all free in our Learning Center.
Every ActionCOACH South Carolina client is coached on the system Brad built, with Paresh as your coach here at home.
The mission
South Carolina builds things. ActionCOACH South Carolina builds who builds them.
The goal: help lift South Carolina's economy by 10% by 2037 — carried by the thousands of businesses we coach.
For advisors, bankers & investors
The deal that isn't ready yet.
An owner whose business isn't sellable yet is not a dead lead. Send them here and get back a company that is ready to transact: diligence support, value creation after close, exit readiness and leadership development.