Growth Advisor to the Water Technology Industry

Find the Right Path to Accelerated Growth

 

New technology, complex market channels, and constricted regulations form a challenging web that’s hard to navigate.

We help you align your business vision, core values, and desired performance with customer needs to meet your goals and drive sustainable profits.

 
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Problems We Solve

We help you ask the right questions and find clarity of direction.

 

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Our core products are stagnating.

I can’t invest more in R&D; how do I grow?

How can I fill the gaps in my product line?

What is the potential of my new product?

Who are the right channel partners for me to work with?

What do I need to add to my product portfolio? “


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My growth plans are taking too long and costing too much.

My growth strategy isn’t aligned between my sales & marketing teams.

Who are the right partners to accelerate my growth?

What are the key trends I can capitalize on?

I need to find adjacent markets to sell my product into.”



 

You Need a Disciplined Growth Strategy That Drives Results

 
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Accelerated Growth Comes in Many Forms

You don’t have to be content with lower market performance.

 
 

Strategic Growth Plan Development

  • Establishment of growth goals

  • Define key market trends

  • Assess customer needs

  • Define resources and current capabilities.

  • Evaluate value chain & channels to market

  • Identify potential partners

  • Assess competitive positioning

Extending New or Current Product Lines

  • Assess product potential

  • Profile competitive landscape

  • Identify product gaps

  • Identify platform development/expansion opportunities

  • Propose strategies to leverage innovations and market position

  • Define product drivers and roadblocks

Expanding Into Adjacent Markets

  • Market size & growth rates

  • Assess current solutions

  • Solution Gap analysis

  • Value Chain and partner analysis

Access to New Capabilities Through Licensing or Acquisition

  • Define key market trends

  • Assess customer needs 

  • Technology & Product trend analysis

  • Identify platform development/expansion opportunities

  • Select target identification

Growth With Existing Customers

  • Strategic partnership strategies

  • Customer mix evaluation and strategy development

  • Product mix analysis and target selection

 
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Establish Meaningful & Attainable Targets

Business Vision + Core Values + Desired Performance

Aligning these with market realities is the key to a successful growth strategy.

To find the most probable path to success, we meet you where you are then…

  1. Understand and identify your desired outcome.

  2. Evaluate your strengths and capabilities compared to the current marketplace and/or value chain.

  3. Define the scope and timeline.

  4. Develop an outcome-based plan that is delivered in phases with concrete deliverables.

 
 
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Blue Arch Strategic Growth Strategies are Driven By…

Chuck Martz,

Chief Strategic Growth Advisor

He is focused on helping privately held, entrepreneurial companies that are passionate about water develop profitable, high-growth businesses.

This success is built on the development of growth strategies, innovation pipelines, and commercial launch programs in water technologies or other material science-based offerings.

In the past 5 years, Chuck has…

  • Driven > $100,000 in revenue for multiple clients

  • 2x the addressable market with minimal capital and OpEx investment for a mid-market manufacturer

  • Crafted teams that led to multiple high-quality customer acquisitions

  • Developed double-digit growth strategies with a multinational company

His background covers many areas, from Global marketing and supply chain organization leadership to licensing and M&A.

Chuck has worked in over 40 countries and has experience leading Fortune 500 businesses and working with entrepreneurial boards. This broad, 30-year background yields unique insights into how products, technology, and overall business goals can be integrated.

Chuck Martz's broad experience includes serving as the Global Marketing and Business Director for a Fortune 500 company in the Water Purification, Specialty Chemicals, and Coatings Industries, among many other successful business roles.

Chuck Martz is the founder and principal advisor of Blue Arch Development and…

Ambassador for The Rotary Water & Sanitation Action Group

Member of the board of directors for The Rotary Club of Cincinnati

Member of The Rotary Club of Cincinnati Foundation

Past Board Chair for the Commercial Development and Marketing Association

Past board member of The American Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals

 
 
 
Achieved greater than 10% annual revenue growth over a 5 year period through disciplined sales and marketing plan.

Growing in Adjacent Markets

Developed a growth plan with a mid-market plastics manufacturer to establish a position in an adjacent market using existing products.

Paving the way for double-digit growth, this extension doubled the addressable market with minimal capital and OpEx investment.

Consolidated SKU’s from >3000 to 1000, yielding lower cost, higher efficiency and continued sales growth with strategy that included product rationalization, new branding and positioning program.

Utilizing Competitive Advantage

Worked with a mid-market manufacturer to understand the company's true competitive advantage among existing and potential customers.

Insights resulted in the redesign of their go-to market strategy, sales, and technical service structure to enhance focus on the customers and partners most likely to drive success.

 
 
Streamlined product transfer from pilot/development scale to full scale commercialization and improved the ROI of technology development.

Segmenting Product Markets

Evaluated and prioritized six potential areas of opportunity for a client’s high-performance, technically superior product that was stagnant in key markets.

The creation of a focused-segment team that included sales, service, and design capabilities led to the acquisition of multiple high-quality customers.

Launched four new product technologies in multiple industries resulting in over $100 M in revenue annually.

Implementing Growth Tools

Worked with a multinational company to develop a double-digit growth strategy.

Tools were implemented to create dashboards for the key performance indicators across multifunctions. The tracking ensures plan visibility, control, and clear communications.

 
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Contact Blue Arch

Strategic Growth Advisors

Let's talk about the market growth challenges facing your product technology company.

 

Contact Us

(989) 859-6962

chuck@bluearchdev.com