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About Bunnell Hill Partners: a firm of operators
Bunnell Hill Partners exists for companies that need senior leadership in the seat, not another set of recommendations. Every partner has run something.
Why the firm exists
A mid-market business can have some very big-company problems without a big-company management team. There may be no full-time CIO, no one who can take ownership of a stalled technology project, and not enough capacity at the top to fix everything that needs attention.
We built the firm for that gap. Our partners take executive seats, carry the work themselves, and build the systems that let the result outlast the engagement. We are deepest in regulated industries, where domain detail decides who can compete.
How the firm is built
Small on purpose, structured to scale with the work rather than with headcount.
Partner-led
A partner with C-suite operating history leads every engagement. There is no associate layer to train on your time.
Senior people only
Each engagement is staffed with senior operators chosen for the work in front of the client.
One firm, one method
Every partner works to the same method, the same reporting standard and the same hand-off discipline.
The Bunnell Hill operating model
Every engagement follows the same arc, whether it lasts a quarter or several years.
Learn the business from inside
A partner joins your leadership rhythm, reads the numbers, talks to the people doing the work, and agrees with you what success looks like in terms you can measure.
Run the plan
We carry the work ourselves. That can mean holding an executive seat, rebuilding a platform, closing a transaction, or all three, with the right partner on each.
Hand it to your team
We hire or develop the person who keeps the seat, document how the work runs, and step back. Many clients keep a partner on as an advisor afterward.
Partner-led, every time
The partner you meet at the first conversation runs the work.
Structured to fit
Fractional, interim or fixed-scope engagements, on a monthly retainer or a fixed fee.
Accountable to outcomes
We measure our work by what changed in your business, not by the reports we leave behind.
What we hold ourselves to
Take the seat
We accept the accountability that comes with an executive role. If the decision is ours to make, we make it and own it.
Build for the hand-off
From the first month, we plan for the person who will run the work after us. Dependence on the firm is a failure, not a business model.
Respect the rules
In regulated industries the rules are the work. We design for them from the start, and we keep licensed professionals in authority where the law requires it.
Claim only what we can prove
We describe our work conservatively, protect client confidentiality, and measure success in results the client can see.
About the firm, briefly
What does Bunnell Hill Partners do?
Bunnell Hill Partners places senior operators in CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO and CISO seats at growing, owner-led businesses on a fractional or interim basis, and its in-house engineering practice builds and runs custom software, AI agents and managed services.
Where is Bunnell Hill Partners based?
The firm is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and works with clients across the United States.
Who leads Bunnell Hill Partners?
Lee Midkiff is Founder and Managing Partner. He co-founded ExpressClose, sold to Radian Group in 2002, and built CIN Legal Data Services, which exited in 2012 and is now part of Stretto.
Which industries does the firm work in?
Legal services and bankruptcy, consumer financial services, education and nonprofit administration, insurance and insurtech, mortgage and title services, franchise and multi-site operations, and private investors and owner-led companies.
How is an engagement structured?
Engagements are partner-led and run as fractional, interim or fixed-scope engagements, on a monthly retainer or a fixed fee. Each follows the same arc: learn the business, run the plan, hand it to the client's team.
More about the firm
Bring us the problem you need someone to own.
Executed, not advised.
The first conversation is with a partner. We will talk through what you are facing, what you have already tried, and whether we are the right fit.
Conversations are confidential.