Decision Intelligence. Enterprise Value.
We Create Exponential Enterprise Value.
For CEOs, private companies, and their investors
Performance-aligned. Outcome-driven.
Ironheart is part of the market’s most sophisticated ecosystem model for private companies, available without its most punitive structural consequences.
Enterprise value is created across the thousands of decisions CEOs and management teams must make day-to-day. The Mailander platform is where those decisions become exponential.
Chris Mailander counsels companies and governments managing the arduous decision paths which precede extraordinary outcomes.
His client roster has included MasterCard, Bank of Montreal, the Federal Home Loan Bank System, Unisys, Visa, KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint, the President of Nigeria, the Government of Iraq, and a host of mid-market leaders and Silicon Valley innovators seeking to transform industries. He has negotiated tenders and commercial transactions in more than forty countries across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, including in conflict and post-conflict economies.
Mailander was previously an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School and an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. He is author of Judgment (2023) and The Craft (2019), host of A-ha with Chris Mailander, and is a contributor to Fast Company. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.
Enterprise value architecture for private companies — now available as a platform for the first time.
The structural spine from strategic game-planning through financial harvest that the market has never offered.
Until now.
Chris Mailander has worked with leaders around the world.
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U.S. Senate
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. State Department
Republic of Iraq
Ukraine
U.S. Federal Communication Commission
U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
The World Bank
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Asian Development Bank
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Center for Strategic & International Studies
U.S. Agency for International Development
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Bancomer
MasterCard
Visa
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Bear Stearns
Bessemer Venture Partners
Norwest Venture Partners
Fairmount Partners
Bain Capital
VentureSouth
JPMorganChase
Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
Dubai International Financial Centre
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SAP
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Dell
Medici AI
IBM
CSC
RF-SMART
AOL
SourceFuse
Cognizant
NJ Transit
Cisco
Sun Microsystems
Washington Post
New York Times
Unisys
Siemens
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Millicom
Telmex
Alcatel-Lucent
Nextel
Sprint
Motorola
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Atlas Organics
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Terra Firma Organics
Climate Interactive
Terra Fiber
Crush-It
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Pfizer
Genentech
Anthem
Health Access Solutions
Alignment Healthcare
Himark
AltaMed
CareMore
Valley Health Plan
Ascension
Merck
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KPMG
BearingPoint
PWC
CapGemini
Accenture
Deloitte
West Monroe
Omnicom
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Springfield Energy
First Energy
Whitney Logistics
Miles Ahead Brands
Chris Mailander is a frequent commentator on those decisions affecting our corporate, economic, political, and global security interests.
Decision-Making Strategies & Methods
Strategy & Decision-Making
"What Mailander has delivered in "Judgment" is a treatise for how to get it right when it matters most."
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"The Craft" is one of the most well-written business books I've read in the last decade.
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"What Mailander has delivered in "Judgment" is a treatise for how to get it right when it matters most." • "The Craft" is one of the most well-written business books I've read in the last decade. •
In his books, Judgment and The Craft, Chris Mailander delves into the art of mastering critical decision-making and unveils the hidden codes and methods that unlock exponential financial growth.
Masterclass
Inspired by 30 years working quietly in the sealed-off conference rooms of global corporations, national governments, and mid-market leaders navigating their most critical moments, veteran corporate strategist Chris Mailander reveals key lessons helping today’s CEOs achieve their greatest success.
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Mailander Podcast
Unpack the decisions, frameworks, and hard-won wisdom behind exponential outcomes, hosted by Chris Mailander, author of Judgment: The Art of Momentous Decision-Making, for leaders who treat judgment as a competitive advantage.
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Articles & Interviews
Ironheart works with a select number of CEOs and companies at moments of highest consequence — inflection points where the quality of strategic judgment determines whether enterprise value compounds or stalls.
We work directly. We work closely. And our fees are structured to reflect what we create together.
If the work is right for both parties, we will find it.
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