Who We Are
Chris Jarrard
At J5 Business Advisors, our mission is to empower businesses with expert advice and strategic insights. We believe that every business has the potential to thrive with the right guidance.
Chris Jarrard has over 25 years of experience in business. The last 15 years he has pursued his entrepreneurial passion and focused on starting, acquiring, building, merging, and selling small businesses with less than $50M in top line revenue. Chris has held numerous positions including CEO, President, COO, CFO, and Chairman of the Board.
Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures he spent over ten years building and growing products and programs at CSC Supply Chain, Raytheon, BNSF Railroad, and American Airlines. Chris graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Logistics and is a Certified Entrepreneur from SMU in Dallas. He is completing his Financial Planning & Analysis Certificate from the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.
During the course of his career he has encountered and managed through every possible challenge or problem a small business owner can face. He has won and lost, learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. Chris wants to use his experience in small business to help entrepreneurs to be successful, make wise decisions, and enjoy growing their businesses.
Chris specializes in strategic planning, financial planning, and problem resolution. He wants to work with you now so that you can manage your business with less stress, frustration, fear, and anxiety. Rather than going it alone, reach out to J5 and ask for Chris to give you a free consultation. What you can trust about J5 is that we are very selective in who we take on as clients and will be honest with you from the beginning if we aren't a good fit!
Give Chris a call today!
214-649-9317
Our Experience
- WebTransport - Business Plan, Investor Presentations, Seed Funding
- FreightWise - Technology Integration, Merger Execution, Platform Development & Project Management
- iPartsPlusMore - Manufacturing, Distribution, Marketing, Retail
- Sublink Stage - Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, General Business Administration & Management
- Gotta Go Trailways - Business Acquisition, Mergers, Strategic Planning, Financial Planning, and General Management
- Buses By Bill - Merger, Acquisition, Capital Planning, Human Resources, & Operational Integration
- Brazos Tours - Acquisition, Planning, Problem Resolution, Litigation Support, and General Management
- American Airlines - Brand Management, Strategic Planning, Project Management
- Raytheon - Government Contracting and Administration, Foreign Military Government Accounts, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- TBL Group - Board Leadership, Strategic Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis, Private Equity, Investment Planning and Strategy, Problem Resolution and Litigation Support
- SG Blocks / SG Echo - Manufacturing, Transportation, and Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Financial Planning and Analytics
- Worth Steel Fabrication - Investment Planning, Start Up, Growth, Operations, Manufacturing, Logistics, Litigation Support, Bankruptcy Planning, Bankruptcy Exit, Capital Planning
- USFS - Risk Mitigation, Government Compliance, Corporate Governance, Small Business During COVID Pandemic, Financial Planning, Banking, Lending, Litigation Support, General Management, and Problem Resolution
- Echo Financial - Equipment Management, Leasing, Business Plan, Strategic Planning, Capital Planning, Financial Planning, Client Engagement, Marketing, and Management
- Center For Neuroperformance - Strategic Planning, Marketing, CRM System Integration, and Owner Counsel
- Peaceful Advocate - Strategic Planning, Corporate Structure, Back Office Administration, and Owner Counsel
Our Approach
- We will evaluate our FIT for you and your business. If we don't believe we are a good FIT we will assist you in finding advisors that are. Credibility in our process matters most.
- Prior to engagement, we will agree on scope of work and conduct research / build a plan
- Learning by being exposed to your business on site will be key
- We will conduct interviews, further research, and begin documenting our learnings
- As we progress with fulfilling our scope of work we will present progress reports
- Our goal will be to emphasize business process with an implementation timeline that works with your schedule
- We will be here for as long as it's required to assist with execution and implementation of a final plan
- We will work to incorporate key performance indicators and success metrics and capture data to demonstrate the success of the implementation strategy
- Everything we do will be goal oriented and your protection and support as the owner in mind
- We have been in your shoes and our approach will be dedicated to the realization that we appreciate how much pressure and stress small business owners can be under. We are here to help alleviate that pressure and stress by providing wise and experienced advisory services.