About Exelis Group

Institutional depth. Direct principal accountability.

Exelis Group brings together senior operating leadership and a flexible network of experienced executives and specialists around each mandate. The model creates institutional depth without the layers of a traditional advisory firm—and keeps experienced leadership close to the decisions and the work.

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Who we are

A force multiplier for consequential work.

Exelis Group is a principal-led operating and advisory platform for owners, investors, boards and management teams facing critical inflection points. We combine direct senior involvement with a flexible network of experienced executives and specialists assembled around the needs of each mandate.

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Why Exelis Group is different

Investor perspective and operator judgment—through execution.

Our perspective is forged across operating, investing and advisory roles where strategy, performance and capital are inseparable. We move from diagnosis to accountable execution, working with leadership to build the mechanisms and capabilities that make improved performance durable.

Todd O. Glassman

Founder & Principal

Todd O. Glassman

Over the past 25+ years, Todd has worked across executive leadership, investing and advisory roles, helping owners, investors, boards and management teams build, scale, transform and institutionalize businesses, capabilities and strategic initiatives.

His work sits at the intersection of strategy, finance, operations, investing and execution. He is often brought in when something important must be built, fixed, scaled, transformed or professionalized—and when the organization needs more than recommendations.

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Working philosophy

The best operators understand the investor thesis. The best investors understand the operating constraints.

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Hold both perspectives

Connect investor intent to operating reality without losing sight of either.

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Make mechanisms explicit

Define the choices, owners, decision rights, measures, governance and cadence required to perform.

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Build to endure

Create leverage for leadership, embed the capability and leave the organization stronger than we found it.

Start a conversation

Bring the mandate, decision or constraint.

Begin with a private conversation about the situation, the stakes and what accountable execution would require.

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