Jacob Rubach
Turning operational chaos into scalable businesses.
Brisbane, Australia
under management
led across sites
in ten years
fulfilled
I'm an investor, director and growth strategist turning operational chaos into scalable businesses.
Over the last decade, I've grown teams from 15 to 50, scaled annual revenue from $10 million to $30 million and led businesses through the operational pressures that expansion creates.
Today, I work with ambitious companies that need structure, leadership and direction to turn momentum into scalable success.
I'm building a portfolio focused on joint ventures, strategic investments and advisory partnerships.
Four ways I engage with the businesses and operators I take on.
Advisory & Board
I take advisory and non-executive board positions where lived operator experience matters more than corporate titles. Particularly multi-site SME operations, family-owned businesses navigating growth or succession and operations moving from manual to system-led.
Strategic Investment
I invest in operator-led ventures, distribution and supply chain plays and businesses with strong fundamentals seeking capital to scale or experience to take them to the next level.
Joint Ventures & Acquisitions
I'm open to JV partnerships and acquisition conversations with owners considering succession, sale or capital partnership.
Growth Strategy
I work with ambitious companies that need structure, leadership and direction to turn operational momentum into scalable success, particularly when the systems that built the business are no longer the systems that will scale it.
Patterns earned, not claimed. Numbers where they hold up.
Built
- Grew a multi-site distribution business from one store to four
- Scaled annual revenue from $10 million to $30 million
- Built teams from 15 people to 50
- Led teams from the age of 19, earning trust through consistency and execution
Negotiated
- Multi-year supply agreements with multi-billion-dollar international manufacturers
- Exclusive distribution rights on selected product lines
- Exported product into overseas projects
Operated
- Supported the fulfilment of more than half a million customer orders across thousands of construction projects
- Led ERP and HR system rollouts across the operation
- Built custom software and systems
- Inherited and corrected fifteen years of bookkeeping records
- Rebuilt pricing logic from the ground up across the network
Governed
- Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
- State Advisory Committee member, Australian Walls and Ceilings Institute
- Highest-rated in the local market
Available for podcasts, panels and stages where the audience is operators, owners, founders and investors building something real.
Topics
Turning operational chaos into scalable systems.
The frameworks behind multi-site growth what happens when momentum becomes pressure.
The operator-to-investor transition.
What it actually takes to step out of the seat and back other operators into it.
Negotiating with manufacturers many times your size.
The asymmetric playbook for SME owners and family businesses.
AI-enabled execution in old-school industries.
Not the hype. The practical use cases working today.
Inheriting, fixing and scaling a family business.
The cultural and structural work not the highlight reel.
I'm currently open to advisory roles, investment and acquisition opportunities.
[email protected]I look forward to scaling with you.