About Tactical.ly

I build businesses
that perform.

I'm Hayden Judd, and I founded Tactical.ly to work with businesses the way I believe actually works. Not through presentations and recommendations, but by getting in alongside leadership teams and doing the work that moves performance.

The journey

20+ years building, scaling, and turning businesses around

From early career sales leadership to COO and board roles across three countries, I've spent my career inside businesses working on the things that actually move the needle.

Early career

Business development and sales leadership

Built my career on direct sales and go-to-market strategy. Learned how to open doors, build relationships, and close commercial deals across industries. Sales capability has underpinned everything since.

Closing ratio: 68%

International

Agencies and startups across NZ, London, and New York

Founded and led businesses across three countries. Worked with ambitious companies to bring operational rigour and commercial clarity to periods of rapid growth.

NY startup: $0 to $5M USD ARR by year five

Governance

Board advisory and special advisor roles

Established boards, served as special advisor, and provided governance support across multiple industries. Helping founders transition from startup mode to structured, scalable leadership.

Board establishment and advisory

Scale-up leadership

CEO, Pixel Fusion

Took a digital agency from a tight team of 8 to 45 people, building the operational foundations, leadership capability, and client relationships that made growth sustainable.

Revenue growth: 5.6x

Transformation

Chief Operating Officer, ImpactLab

Led the operational and commercial transformation of a social impact measurement company. Built the technology and systems that made impact measurement faster and more accessible.

EBITDA turnaround: -137% to +26%

Now

Founder, Tactical.ly

Working with NZ businesses to drive performance through operating model transformation, executive consulting, and applied agentic AI. You get someone who's done the job before. I get to work on businesses that matter.

30+ companies 74 NPS

How I work

Transformation before technology

Every engagement starts with understanding how the business actually operates. Not the org chart version, but the real version: how decisions get made, where the bottlenecks are, what the leadership team spends its time on.

From there, we work on the foundations. Strategy alignment, operational clarity, leadership capability, and the systems that connect them. The goal is always a business that performs better and is genuinely easier to run.

Technology comes after the foundations are solid. When a business is operationally ready, AI and automation can have an outsized impact. When it isn't, they just add complexity. That's why we lead with transformation and follow with technology.

Methodology

Organisational Performance Framework

Our work is underpinned by a practical framework that connects the core drivers of business performance: strategy, people, operations, and technology working together.

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Track record

The numbers behind the work

Years of executive and consulting experience

Revenue growth delivered at Pixel Fusion

EBITDA swing at ImpactLab

Sales closing ratio across engagements

Industries and sectors

I've worked with businesses across a wide range of industries, from professional services and technology to construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. The common thread is always growth, performance, and the operational challenges that come with both.

Professional servicesTechnologyHealthcareConstruction and tradesManufacturingRetail and e-commerceFinancial servicesCreative and mediaNot-for-profit

How I've typically helped

CEO, COO, and board advisory roles across startups, scale-ups, and established SMEs. I've led teams through rapid growth, restructuring, turnarounds, and the operational complexity that comes when a business outgrows its original setup.

Whether it's a founder who needs a thinking partner, a leadership team that needs structure, or a board that needs commercial clarity, I work on the problems that actually matter to the people running the business.

Our mission

Supporting New Zealand businesses to transform and become stronger than ever

We want to help build economic growth in New Zealand by enabling our clients to build better businesses. Organisations that are high-performing, scalable, increasingly profitable, and genuinely world-class.

How we show up

What we believe

Seek first to understand

We ask the right questions and deeply understand the people we work with before trying to deliver solutions. Empathy first, ideas second.

Value at every interaction

Every conversation should leave people better off. We learn from every interaction and provide purposeful value in return.

People above process

You build people and they build the business. Processes only work when you focus on the humans who enable them.

Enable and educate

Teaching people is better than doing it for them. When more people can do the work, the whole organisation gets stronger.

Honesty and transparency

No smoke and mirrors. We act with complete honesty and transparency. If something needs to be said, we say it.

Work smart, play hard

Life is a balance. We believe in doing great work so you can get out and do whatever you love. For us, that happens to be cycling.

Based in Auckland

Local presence, international perspective

Tactical.ly is based in Auckland, New Zealand. I work with businesses across the country and bring an international perspective from years spent building and leading companies in London and New York.

I love working with Kiwi businesses. The ambition is here, the talent is here, and the opportunity to build something genuinely world-class has never been better.

Let's have a conversation 021 246 5195

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I build businessesthat perform.