[LT]LARRY THORPE
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ABOUT THE OPERATOR

I don't chase titles. I build systems.

I've worked inside institutions and I've built outside of them. Across corporate leadership, entrepreneurial ventures, and constrained manufacturing environments, the pattern stays the same:

▸ identify friction
▸ build structure
▸ execute consistently
▸ scale what works
Larry Thorpe at work
RESULTS FOLLOW STRUCTURE
SYS.01 // THE ARC

From barracks to boardrooms.

01 · FAMILY
Oldest of ten

Responsibility came early — and never left.

02 · MILITARY
Service

Discipline, accountability, and execution under real consequences.

03 · CORPORATE
Leadership

Operational management refined at scale — 43 stores at a time.

04 · FOUNDER
Entrepreneurship

Adaptability, resourcefulness, and disciplined decision-making.

Different environments. Same operating principles.
SYS.02 // THE CURRENT CHAPTER

Pressure reveals weak systems. Strong systems endure.

In 2025 a serious accident took me out of day-to-day manufacturing operations. The recovery became a build: my own AI-driven operating structure — force multiplication that thinks the way I do, at a scale I couldn't sustain alone.

Then I pointed the doctrine at the clearest problem I could find: Client Intake Solutions — attribution and AI intake for out-of-home, the last unmeasured channel in advertising. Three products live today: ALEC, AXEL, and STAN.

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In the field
SYS.03 // WORKING WITH ME

What you can expect.

Direct communication
Structured problem solving
Clear accountability
Measurable outcomes

I'm not interested in optics. I'm interested in systems that perform.

THE RECEIPTS

The life above has paper behind it.

Documents are archived as they were — some are scans, all are real. Case-specific evidence lives on each case file under Track Record.

PDFResumeThe full record, one document.Read → PDFBio — One-PagerWho I am, on a single page.Read → PDFLetters of Recognition — GMARecognition letters, archived.Read → PDFLetter — Army First SergeantCharacter and performance, from the man who saw it.Read → CERTIFICATEPrecinct Captain — 2020Civic leadership, documented.View → AWARDGMA — Royal Rangers Gold Medal of AchievementEagle Scout equivalent — awarded with endorsements from President Bill Clinton, Senator Dick Durbin, Governor Jim Edgar, and Mayor Richard M. Daley.View →
IN THE PRESS — NATIONAL & LOCAL COVERAGE, ONE EVENT
WW2 veteran Ervin Julian acknowledged by the President — Phoenix rally
Fox News — watch ↗ ABC15 — read ↗
AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Some records don't belong on the open internet: military discharge (DD-214), Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Foxhole Armor independent ballistic testing — and for qualified investors, the CIS pre-seed round diligence set: business plan, financial model, and live product walkthroughs.

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Where to next?

HIRE ME
Do you have a problem worth solving?

My focus is on the current build — but for the right problem, I take on select consulting and leadership engagements.

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COME SEE WHAT'S NEXT
Something big is being built.

CIS is live, raising seed, and just getting started. Come hear the story — and if it grabs you, join me for the ride.

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