Chris Breen, MBA

I help owner-led construction, trades, and oilfield-services companies run better, and I develop the people who run them. I spent 25 years in Western Canada's energy and process industries, growing from the engineering bench to leading a ~90-person business unit across 12 field offices with full P&L accountability. After that I spent several years inside owner-operated businesses as an advisor. I've seen how dozens of them actually run, where they break, and what fixes them. Today that work runs through LocalWorks Business Builders on three tracks: Operations. I step in as a fractional operations leader for owner-led companies in the $5M to $50M range. I get clear on what moves the numbers, build the cadence to move them, and turn what lives in the owner's head into systems the team can run. That now includes AI. I'm building an estimating engine for a renovation contractor that drafts the first pass, so the owner validates instead of starting from a blank page. People. DISC-based communication coaching and team alignment, so the people on a team stop working around each other and start working with each other. Learning. I design and deliver leadership programs.