A stronger finance seat.
Cash visibility, FP&A, controls, working capital, lender confidence and board-ready reporting. Senior ownership of the finance function, from urgent stabilization to durable capability.
CFO services & experience →Deep CFO expertise · Broader executive perspective
Interim & fractional CFO and executive leadership.
Financial clarity. Hands-on operating judgment. Practical AI. CFO leadership comes first, with fractional COO and CEO mandates for founder-led businesses navigating growth, operational complexity and transition.
One KSIG relationship, with the right executive and specialist expertise coordinated around your business. Washington roots. Nationwide engagements.
Ask Karl
Explore Karl’s work with Anna, his AI guide.
25+Years as a founder-operator & finance leader
$100M+Annual-revenue enterprise experience
200+People led across multiple locations
$200M+Cumulative revenue · Businesses built from $0
Karl Ohlemann’s career record; not KSIG client results.
Where we help
Start with the decision your business needs to make.
CFO leadership is our foundation. We connect the numbers, operating realities and people needed to move the business forward.
Clarity through change.
Fractional COO and CEO leadership around a defined mandate: clarify accountability, strengthen operating cadence, improve workflows and reduce founder dependency through growth or transition.
Explore operating leadership →Better ways to work.
Finance systems, AI strategy, workflow automation and client engagement systems. Build around useful decisions, responsible people and controls that hold up in practice.
Technology & AI services →The Studio · KSIG Advisors’ marketing partner. Branding, marketing, advertising and social media, connected with websites, client portals, secure document workflows and automation. KSIG manages the engagement; The Studio delivers agreed marketing and creative services. Explore The Studio →
Construction & infrastructure depth. WIP, job costing, retainage, project cash flow, bonding and lender readiness are part of our operating experience. Explore project-based CFO services →
Experience behind the advice
Built from inside the business.
From instability to financial visibility.
Karl helped lead a turnaround from net operating loss to strong net profitability within twelve months, while building forecasting, treasury, reporting and lender readiness.
Read the CFO experience →Finance built alongside the company.
From a standing start to more than $200M in cumulative revenue over 13 years, with the finance function, systems and capital relationships built to support scale.
Meet the operator behind KSIG →Selected examples from Karl’s career. Engagement scope and outcomes depend on the business and circumstances.
Working together
You should know who’s responsible—and what happens next.
Understand what matters.
Start with your situation, priorities and timing. We listen before proposing the work.
Agree a useful plan.
Define scope, a KSIG lead, specialist needs and a communication rhythm that fits your team.
Make progress visible.
A personal welcome, shared priorities and a first-30-days roadmap keep the next step clear.
We use AI agents to build and improve the systems behind our own practice and brands. We offer that same approach to clients, with people accountable for advice, commitments and approvals. Explore client engagement systems →
People you’ll know
Personal attention. Coordinated expertise.
Karl Ohlemann
A founder-operator and CFO bringing senior judgment, hands-on execution and accountability to KSIG engagements.
Meet Karl →Sydney Ohlemann
A UW Foster School of Business student supporting supervised analysis, research, models and client materials.
Meet Sydney →
Marketing & Creative
The Studio ↗
Emerson Louise Ohlemann · Principal
Led by Emerson Louise Ohlemann, The Studio is KSIG Advisors’ marketing partner, delivering branding, marketing, creative content, photography and videography within KSIG-managed engagements.
Explore The Studio →The KSIG Ecosystem extends the team’s reach across executive leadership, board support, transactions, legal, finance and wealth resources. Specialist availability and delivery arrangements are confirmed for each engagement.
The story behind KSIG →A closer look
Useful thinking. Practical next steps.
Why a 13-week cash forecast matters.
A practical starting point for liquidity visibility and timely decisions.
Read the insight →Build a finance operating system.
Connect reporting, people, systems and decisions around the business.
Read the insight →Prepare for the next chapter.
Explore the financial and operating work behind exit readiness.
Explore the 360° Exit Ecosystem™ →Executive talent · Ecosystem collaboration
Bring your experience into meaningful work.
KSIG welcomes conversations with experienced finance and executive professionals as well as independent firms and specialists whose capabilities complement our client work.
Explore ways to work with KSIG →Let’s get acquainted
What’s the decision
in front of you?
Tell us a little about your business and what needs to change. We’ll use that context to prepare for a useful conversation. No account needed. No commitment.
Start a conversation