The Guy

For most of my career, I’ve been “the guy.”

Not the one with the flashiest title. Rarely the loudest voice in the room. You know the guy, right? The one people call when things get complicated.

The one who can cross departments without friction - operations, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, sales, customer service, compliance, marketing, human resources, tech - I’ve lived in all of them.

I learned how to build bridges where silos existed. How to translate when teams were speaking different languages. How to be the glue when growth, pressure, or change threatened to pull everything apart.

Being “the guy” means accountability without excuses. It means seeing the whole system, not just your lane. It means stepping in when ownership is unclear and staying until it’s fixed.

That role doesn’t always get the spotlight. But it’s the reason companies scale, teams trust each other, and results actually stick.

If you’ve ever been that person - the connector, the stabilizer, the one who makes it work - you know that being “the guy” isn’t about ego. It’s about responsibility. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.