Where Others Advise.
We Transform.

What do the best-run consumer businesses do differently?

Our System Readiness Score benchmarks your business against industry leaders.

AI diagnostics + executive expertise reveal where you stand—and what to do next.

Franchise Growth

Scale your franchise with clarity, structure, and sustainable performance.

Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Strengthen operations, improve margins, and drive long-term growth.

M&A Transactions & Advisory

Navigate transactions with confidence and maximize value.

Trusted by the brands that defined the industry. Chosen by the brands that will define it next.

Find Out Where You Stand.

Every StratonHunter engagement starts the same way — an X-ray of your business using our proprietary PerformANT AI , delivering your System Readiness Score across structure, performance, and growth. Then we show you exactly how to improve it. The result is measurable: stronger revenue, sharper organizational structure, better communication, and more efficient operations.

Franchise Growth

Led by Rob Carmichael, our Franchise Growth division works with consumer-facing franchisor brands across every vertical — restaurant, retail, fitness, and beyond. Powered by PerformANT AI , our System Readiness Score diagnoses Head Office functionality, system operations, and scalability for franchisors ready to grow, optimize, or transact.

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Manufacturing

Led by Kim Cunningham, former COO of Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, our Manufacturing division offers direct executive oversight to mid-tier food & beverage manufacturers. Powered by PerformANT AI , our Growth Diagnostic identifies where margin, channel, and commercial opportunity are being missed.

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M&A & Transaction Advisory

We know what drives high-performing businesses — it’s the foundation of everything we do. So when you’re ready to sell, raise capital, or transact, you’re working with a team that already knows where your value lives and how to maximize it further. Led by Lubo Zizakovic — 30+ deals, nearly $1B transacted.

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Where Others Advise. We Transform.

Listen

Before anything else, we listen. Our proprietary PerformANT AI performs a complete X-ray of your business—capturing what your system is telling you, whether you can hear it or not. We uncover the signals, patterns, gaps, and opportunities shaping your organization from within. All delivered within four to six weeks, giving your leadership team clarity without the wait.

Learn

Your System Readiness Score is your business seen clearly—for the first time. We walk your leadership team through what it means: where you’re strong, where you’re vulnerable, and where growth and valuation are being left on the table. Then we build a roadmap to strengthen your systems, unlock opportunity, and move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Act

We Communicate. PerformANT AI means nothing without a clear plan to act. Your dedicated SHG team turns your System Readiness Score into a Communication Playbook—aligning leadership, clarifying priorities, and strengthening what works. We build what’s missing, create organizational alignment, and provide the clarity and discipline needed to drive your next stage of growth and increase enterprise valuation.

Backed by Experience. Focused on Your Outcome.

What sets The StratonHunter Group apart isn’t just what we know — it’s what we’ve done. Our team brings together over a century of combined experience across franchise operations, food & beverage manufacturing, brand development, capital markets, and enterprise value creation. We’ve built systems, led turnarounds, launched brands, closed deals, and sat in the seat you’re in. We don’t just advise. We work alongside you.

Meet the Experts Behind the Growth

Discover the people, experience, and leadership driving business growth and building lasting partnerships.

Anna Mancini is the Director of Sales and Business Development at The StratonHunter Group, bringing over 20 years of senior sales and operations leadership across the competitive fitness and financial services sectors. An entrepreneur who has owned her own fitness company and worked with the CFIB to support independent business growth, Anna understands firsthand what it takes to build, scale, and sustain a thriving business. Her experience leading franchise territory expansion across Canada gives her a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities multi-unit operators face as they grow. She leads with transparency and heart, building genuine partnerships and putting people at the center of every strategy designed to drive growth.

Rama Krishna Shikaram is a hospitality and business operations leader with over 20 years of experience across multi-unit restaurants, hotels, airport hospitality, and retail. He brings a strong focus on operational excellence, business growth, financial performance, and exceptional guest experiences. With a hands-on, people-first approach, Rama helps businesses improve performance, strengthen systems, and develop confident, capable leaders. He believes lasting success comes from empowering people, fostering accountability, and turning opportunities into measurable results.

Robert Mauro is a senior operating and finance executive with over 25 years of experience across food and beverage manufacturing, packaging, and consumer products businesses. He has held President, General Manager, and senior finance leadership roles for founder-led, family-owned, and private equity-backed organizations, combining hands-on operational leadership with deep financial expertise. Robert's core strength is helping mid-sized manufacturers of consumer brands grow profitably by strengthening how the business operates. He has led manufacturing and supply chain teams to improve efficiency, shorten lead times, and reduce costs, while building the planning, reporting, and financial discipline that owners and boards rely on. He works alongside owners, boards, and private equity sponsors, and brings the same hands-on approach whether the business is integrating an acquisition, working through a turnaround, or preparing to scale. A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA), Robert is known for building genuine partnerships with founders and ownership, translating financial and operational complexity into clear priorities that teams can act on