Gallarus Advisors
Gallarus Advisors is an independent advisory and development firm founded by Dan McCarthy.
Gallarus works with private equity firms and their portfolio companies on strategy, growth and transformation, and develops independent products and practices focused on structured reflection, attention and sensemaking.
Advisory
Gallarus works selectively with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, drawing on more than three decades of experience building, leading and transforming media, information, data and technology businesses.
Engagements range from advisory work to active operating roles and focus on questions of strategy, growth, organization, product and business transformation.
Dan McCarthy
Dan McCarthy has spent more than three decades building and leading businesses serving specialized professional markets.
He served as CEO of Dodge Construction Network, where he led a period of significant growth and transformation, expanding the company’s position as a provider of data, insights and software to the construction industry.
He has also served as CEO of Taunton Press, NCI, Primedia Enthusiast Media and Cowles Business Media, and has advised private equity firms and their portfolio companies on strategy, growth and operational transformation.
Structured Attention Projects
Gallarus also develops tools and practices for structured reflection — ways of paying closer attention to experience, creating perspective and making room for insight without prescribing what the answer should be.
The Authentic Growth Project
An evolving body of work exploring structured reflection: practical ways of paying sustained attention to experience, recognizing patterns, developing perspective and making more deliberate choices.
Cairn Practice
A simple recurring practice for structured reflection, using symbolic prompts, writing and quiet attention.
The Hermit’s Way
A private Tarot journal that uses cards, writing and reflection to bring readings back to the user's own experience.
Interactive Resources
Practical tools for clarifying customer needs, sharpening value propositions and thinking through strategic choices.
Contact
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