Robert Blake-Ward, former CEO of Powerhouse. Scaling Facilities Services Company from $28M to $460M Revenue

​Join Robert Blake-Ward, who grew Powerhouse from ~$28M to ~$460M during his tenure as CEO (2011–2025), including a sale to private equity in 2019 backed by Lincolnshire Management and VSS Capital Partners.

​This conversation will focus on value creation—what it actually takes to scale a people-heavy field services business, from the scrappy early days to operating at PE scale.

​We’ll cover:

• ​How to build and operate a multi-site services platform — organic growth, acquisitions, and integration lessons

• ​What actually breaks first in field services at scale — people, span of control, systems, and execution

• ​What PE gets right (and wrong) in field services — where sponsors add value and where field reality clashes with timelines

​👥 Who Should Join

​Field services operators, acquisition entrepreneurs, and PE professionals building—or underwriting—services platforms who want a real-world view of scaling execution.