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An independent advisory firm for the firms that win government work.

Aptos Strategy Group is not a government contractor. We are the strategic advisory team that founder- and CEO-led govcon firms bring in when pipeline, leadership, and exit narrative all need to move at once.

Who we serve

Founder- and CEO-led govcon firms with real ambition.

Most engagements are with firms between roughly $5M and $250M in revenue, where the next pursuit, the next hire, and the next exit move are all in play simultaneously.

We work best with operators who want directness, hard-edged trade-offs, and a partner that will own the operating story — not just produce a deck and disappear.

Principles

How we work.

  • Independence

    No prime/sub conflicts. We work for the firm hiring us — only.

  • Operator-first

    Built by people who have run capture, hired the bench, and lived through diligence.

  • Compounding work

    Every engagement leaves behind reusable intelligence and a sharper operating story.

  • Confidentiality

    Engagement learning is structured and reusable; what's yours stays yours.

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Connected practices: Intelligence, Capture, Talent, Enterprise Value
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Stages in the Aptos flywheel — designed to compound
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Day strategic intake — the most common starting engagement
VA
Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia
What we don't do

Honest about the boundaries.

We are direct about where Aptos ends and where another professional begins. The list below is a feature, not a disclaimer.

Not a government contractor

Aptos does not bid, prime, or subcontract federal work. We advise the firms that do.

Not a recruiter farm

We don't push volume résumés. We work shortlist-first on the seats that change the firm's trajectory.

Not legal, tax, or audit

We coordinate with — and complement — your legal, tax, and audit advisors. We don't render those opinions ourselves.

Not a guarantee shop

No promised wins, no promised multiples. We are honest about probability, leverage, and risk.

Not a deck factory

Engagements are scoped to outcomes — capture lifts, hires made, readiness gaps closed — not slide counts.

Not a black box

You see the diagnostic, the plan, and the trade-offs. The firm — and its board — own the call.

Want to know if we’re the right fit?

A 30-minute strategy call gives both sides what they need to decide. No deck. No pitch. Just a working conversation.