About

Growth advisory, built with experience and proven success.

JLN Growth Management is a growth advisory and consulting firm built on the belief that every company deserves senior-level leadership and proven execution.

The firm

JLN was founded on a straightforward belief: every company — regardless of size, stage, or sector — deserves access to senior-level leadership, strategic expertise, and proven execution that drives real, measurable growth.

We work with early-stage startups, PE- and VC-backed companies, and established organizations that are growing, expanding into new markets, restructuring their sales organizations, or navigating turnaround situations. Our engagement model is flexible by design — structured around what each client actually needs, not a predetermined formula.

At JLN, we are practitioners first. We come in, assess quickly, build deliberately, execute with urgency, and deliver results that move the business forward — across channel sales, direct sales, business development, vertical-market strategy, market expansion, and organizational restructuring.

Imagery — The practice at work
The founder
Portrait — Chris Feusner

Chris Feusner

Founder & Principal

Chris is a senior sales executive and growth advisor with 21+ years of experience leading high-performance revenue organizations across the security-technology industry — spanning startups, private equity-backed companies, and Fortune 500 environments.

Throughout his career, Chris has built and led channel partner programs, direct sales organizations, and business development teams — driving revenue growth, entering new markets, restructuring underperforming organizations, and delivering measurable results at every stage of company growth.

Previously across

  • Xonar Technology
  • Xtract One Technologies
  • AirSight
  • Omnigo
  • Motorola Solutions
  • Avigilon
  • Kratos Public Safety & Security
  • Stanley Security Solutions
  • Johnson Controls
  • ADT Security Services
Career highlights
$14M+
Qualified pipeline generated in 9 months at a pre-revenue startup
$228M
Peak annual revenue oversight
4
Startup & PE turnarounds led
4
Channel partner programs built from the ground up
121%
To plan — Top VP Performer, Motorola Solutions (2021)
75+
Peak team headcount managed
  • Scaled vertical-market revenue from $150M to $228M in two years at a Fortune 500 company
  • Led the largest geographic sales expansion in a Fortune 500 company
  • Deployed end-user demand-creation programs across 7+ vertical markets
  • Built global market coverage — North America, LATAM, EMEA, APAC, and Australia
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