Integrating Intelligence, Talent, and Enterprise Value.
The strategy partner brought in when the pursuit, the hire, and the exit are all in play at once.
Aptos Strategy Group, Inc. delivers senior operator judgment, AI-assisted workflows, and a vetted specialist network for GovCon companies, private equity firms, and portfolio companies. Headquartered in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Eight stages. One connected loop.
Click or hover a stage to explore how Aptos Strategy Group, Inc. converts market signal into enterprise value. Stages compound: each one makes the next one cheaper, faster, and more defensible.
Intelligence
Customer, program, and competitor signal that arrives early enough to change the bid.
Click any stage to exploreBuilt by a former VP-level GovCon growth operator.
Aptos is led by a founder with decades of mission-critical experience from the tactical edge to the executive suite, including more than 24 years across business development, operations, capture, talent, negotiation, and executive decision making in the federal market. The firm is built for CEOs, founders, investors, and growth leaders who need practical judgment, not theoretical consulting.
Read the full bioA technology enabled strategy firm for the federal market, and the investors behind it.
Aptos is not a government contractor. We are the strategy partner GovCon operators, private equity firms, and portfolio company CEOs bring in when market intelligence, capture decisions, talent gaps, and enterprise value priorities need to move as one connected system, instrumented with AI assisted workflows and industry-leading intelligence tools.
Independent and aligned with you
100% conflict-free advisory. As a non-contracting firm, Aptos provides strategic support with zero Organizational Conflict of Interest. We work for the firm hiring us, and only that firm, on the pursuits, leaders, and outcomes that matter.
Operator first
Built from decades of mission-critical experience from the tactical edge to the executive suite. Aptos turns strategy into executable decisions, not static slideware.
Network over headcount
Modern automation, AI-assisted analysis, structured workflows, and a vetted partner bench let Aptos move faster without exposing the proprietary methods that make the work valuable.
Four practices, one operating system.
Each practice can stand alone, or connect through the Aptos Flywheel into enterprise value.
Market Intelligence & Strategic Positioning
Landscape analysis, competitor benchmarking, and strategic roadmaps that turn the field into a position clients can win from.
- Customer and program landscape
- Competitor and teaming analysis
- Strategic roadmap and narrative
Revenue Capture & Win Leadership
Capture management, color-team grade proposal leadership, and growth strategy delivered through a vetted subcontractor network.
- Capture and call plan execution
- Proposal leadership and color reviews
- Growth and pipeline strategy
Executive Human Capital & Placement
Search and placement for the leaders who move PWin, with fractional executives for the months between hires.
- Executive search and direct hire
- Fractional growth leadership
- Capture, BD, and proposal bench
Enterprise Value & M&A Exit Advisory
Exit strategy consulting, M&A readiness, and the brand authority work that lets a buyer underwrite the multiple, not the risk.
- Exit narrative and buyer fit
- Readiness diagnostic and remediation
- Brand and thought authority
Three pillars feeding one outcome.
Intelligence informs Talent. Talent executes Capture. Capture builds into Enterprise Value. We work the system end to end so no pursuit, hire, or quarter gets stranded.
Intelligence
Landscape, agency, competitor, customer, and opportunity signal translated into strategic positioning.
Talent
Executive search, fractional leadership, and specialist bench capacity aligned to growth priorities.
Enterprise Value
Pipeline yield, EBITDA discipline, reporting maturity, and buyer-ready narrative built into one outcome.
From first conversation to measurable outcome.
Engagements run on a five-step rhythm. Most start with a 30-day strategic intake; the rest depends on what the diagnostic surfaces.
Discover
Strategic intake, document review, and focused market landscape read.
Diagnose
Pipeline, capture, talent, and enterprise-value gaps converted into a written diagnostic.
Design
Roadmap, capture plan, hiring path, and exit-readiness workplan with clear owners.
Deploy
Embedded execution through Aptos leadership, specialist partners, proposal support, and PMO cadence.
Drive
PWin lift, EBITDA discipline, and enterprise-value narrative tracked through measurable outcomes.
Different buyers. One Aptos system.
A CEO, investor, and specialist partner should all see where they fit within the Aptos model in less than one minute.
GovCon CEOs & founders
Use Aptos when pipeline quality, bid decisions, executive bandwidth, and growth narrative all need to move at once.
- Sharper opportunity focus
- Capture and talent gap closure
- Enterprise value roadmap
PE firms & portfolio leaders
Use Aptos to assess market position, revenue quality, leadership depth, and the operating work required to create value.
- Portfolio company growth thesis
- M&A readiness scorecard
- Board-ready action plan
Elite delivery partners
Join a selective Aptos network built for white-labeled, quality-governed execution under one premium client experience.
- Capture and proposal leadership
- Pricing, talent, finance, and SMEs
- Selective network standards
Where does your growth engine stand?
Move each slider to your honest current state. The composite score reframes the conversation we should have.
Mixed signals. A Strategy Call would calibrate the highest-leverage move.
Realistic operating moments Aptos is built to solve.
Representative and anonymized scenarios. They illustrate the kind of work Aptos performs without disclosing client-sensitive details.
Mid-market GovCon pursuit reset
Problem: A qualified pipeline existed, but bid/no-bid decisions were subjective and capture actions were not tied to customer evidence.
- Built a scored opportunity-readiness model
- Mapped incumbent and teaming gaps
- Created a capture action plan with owner cadence
Result: Leadership moved from scattered opportunity debate to a governed pursuit path with clear next actions.
Portfolio company growth thesis
Problem: The board needed a credible way to connect market positioning, leadership depth, and exit-readiness work.
- Assessed pipeline quality and revenue concentration
- Identified executive bench gaps
- Translated gaps into a value-creation roadmap
Result: Management gained a board-ready operating narrative tied to growth, EBITDA discipline, and buyer confidence.
Executive talent gap closure
Problem: A growth-leader gap was slowing capture discipline and forcing the CEO into day-to-day pursuit management.
- Defined permanent versus fractional role needs
- Prioritized capture and proposal bench support
- Built a phased hiring and transition plan
Result: The client had a practical coverage model that protected near-term pursuits while reducing key-person dependency.
How firms typically engage Aptos.
- Is Aptos a government contractor?
No. Aptos Strategy Group is a strategic advisory firm. We advise and support government contracting companies. We do not bid on, prime, or subcontract federal work ourselves.
- What size of firm do you work with?
Most engagements are with founder- or CEO-led firms between roughly $5M and $250M in revenue, where the next pursuit, the next hire, and the next exit move are all in play at the same time.
- Do you guarantee wins or specific multiples?
No. Aptos provides advisory and execution support. Outcomes depend on customer, competitor, and market conditions. We are direct about probability, leverage, and risk, and we do not promise what the market will not deliver.
- Do you provide legal, tax, or audit opinions?
No. Aptos coordinates with, and complements, your legal, tax, and audit advisors. We do not render those opinions ourselves.
- How are engagements typically structured?
Most start with a 30-day strategic intake, then move into a defined SOW with clear milestones, capture support, embedded fractional leadership, M&A readiness work, or a blend.
The federal market rewards firms that move on signal, fast.
Public market data, contract vehicle strategy, agency priorities, and competitor behavior shape how Aptos thinks about pursuit, talent, and value decisions.
HigherGov reported a record level of awards, roughly 9.5% growth over FY2022.
SBA reports $183.5B flowed to small business primes, above the 23% statutory goal.
Founder-level judgment anchors every engagement, not theoretical consulting.
Every engagement maps to the flywheel from early signal to enterprise value.
Open for strategic conversations.
Pick the entry point that matches the decision in front of you. Each is a real working session, not a sales call.
Request a Growth Diagnostic
A 30-day structured intake of pipeline health, capture posture, talent gaps, and value drivers. Comes back with a prioritized action plan.
- Pipeline and PWin baseline
- Capture and proposal readiness score
- Talent and teaming gap map
Book a Strategy Call
A 30-minute working call on a real decision: a pursuit, a hire, a teaming question, a bid or no bid, or an exit you are sizing.
- Bid/no-bid sanity check
- Capture or proposal pressure test
- Executive or M&A readiness
Get a Competitive Insight Report
A focused, AI-assisted scan of agency, vehicle, competitor, and teaming posture for one pursuit or one portfolio company. Delivered in days, not weeks.
- Competitor and incumbent posture
- Vehicle and teaming landscape
- Price-to-win signal and risk lens