We’ve lived your chaos. Now we’ll help you beat it.
To my fellow service-based business leaders:
I’ve always believed hard work should count for something. But for a long time, it felt like the harder I worked, the more my business owned me.
I started out the way many owners do, with a truck, a vision, and no roadmap. There were seasons I felt like I had no more to give. There were nights I was out on the job until midnight, only to be back at the shop by 5 a.m. the next day. Payroll, scheduling, repairs, hiring; it was all on me. As the business grew, the pressure didn’t ease up; it just changed shape.
Over the years of building multiple companies, I learned the ropes the hard way, built a team that became like family, and figured out how to scale without losing what made us who we were. We won, and we learned. There were a lot more lessons than wins. We hit milestones I never dreamed of. We got noticed. We won awards that reminded me how far we’d come. But none of that mattered as much as building something real with staying power.
I successfully exited one business and dissolved another. It was the right move, but also forced me to face a hard truth: too many owners out there are carrying the same weight I once did, growing fast but alone. So, I built Tandem to change that.
Tandem isn’t a consultancy. It’s a partnership. I walk alongside owners who are where I’ve been; the ones who’ve built something good but know there’s more ahead if they can just get out of the grind long enough to lead again.
I don’t bring theory. I bring experienced lessons and the belief that every owner deserves to build a business that serves their life, not the other way around.
– Glenn McConnell, Founder, Tandem Pathway
Awards and Accolades
I never set out to win awards or recognition, I’m proud of the work that’s been acknowledged along the way. Each one is proof of what’s possible when you lead with grit, humility, and heart and is proof of what’s possible when you keep showing up to win or to learn.
– Glenn McConnell
The Tandem Difference
Tandem Pathway brings hard-earned insight, real tools, and a partner who walks the path with you.
Advisory Board
Always have a mentor. Always be a mentor.
JT Terrell – Independent Senior Consultant, Beast Practices Consulting, LLC
JT brings a career built in the trenches of service industries; founding and running event-rental and consulting businesses, coaching leadership teams, and helping organizations scale with real-world muscle. Now on Tandem’s advisory board, he lends his practical strength and no-BS insight to make sure our strategies aren’t just smart on paper, but executable in the field.
Joe Kustelski – Co-Founder, Chalkline Sports
A seasoned entrepreneur and technology leader, Joe Kustelski has spent his career bridging business strategy and innovation across music, sports, and live events. As a founder and executive of multiple high-growth ventures, he brings sharp operational insight and a builder’s mindset to Tandem’s advisory board, helping ensure every idea is rooted in real-world execution and long-term value.
Angela Proffit – Founder & CEO, Angela Proffit, LLC
Angela turned her deep experience in the high-pressure world of luxury events and wellness into a clear mission: make business livable and leadership sustainable. As founder of GSD Creative, she brings her operational grit, culture-first mindset, and real-life turnaround story to the Tandem advisory board, helping ensure our ideas hold up when every schedule’s tight, every margin’s thin, and the team is running at full throttle.
Bryan Ansley – Chief Executive Officer, SIS Checking Solutions
Bryan has built and led payment and identity-security businesses through high-stakes complexity and rapid growth. As an entrepreneur who’s scaled companies and tackled real operational headwinds, he joins Tandem’s advisory board to ground our vision in hard-earned execution and help keep us sharp, aligned and pragmatic.