Business Thinking Partner
About Brian Carries Naar
- CPA
- 15+ years in business & leadership
- 7+ years as VP Sales
- ICF Member · PCC in progress
Most leaders don't lack capability or commitment.
What they often lack is the opportunity to step back from everything demanding their attention.
As organizations grow, decisions become heavier, priorities compete, and it becomes harder to see what actually matters.
I work as a thinking partner to executives and founders navigating exactly those decisions.
How I think
I spent most of my career inside the problems, not beside them.
As a CPA, I learned to trust structure. As a VP Sales helping scale a SaaS company from two to 35+ employees, I learned that structure alone doesn't decide anything. People do.
And what I saw, again and again, is that the decision was seldom the hard part. It was everything around it: competing priorities, concerns no one says out loud, and the quiet weight of being the one who has to choose.
So my work isn't about adding more input. It's about removing what distorts the view until the decision looks simpler than it did.
What it's like to work with me
I've sat where you're sitting. Facing a decision that affects people, revenue, and reputation, with no obvious right answer.
I bring experience and perspective, but I don't assume I have your answer. I listen for what isn't being said. I ask the question you've been circling. And I help you examine what's really going on without rushing toward a conclusion.
You leave with your own decision, not mine. That's deliberate.
Clarity only holds if it's yours.
“Working with Brian was a truly rewarding experience. He has a strong ability to connect on a personal level while creating a space where I felt seen, supported, and understood.
His insight, encouragement, and thoughtful approach helped me gain greater clarity, confidence, and motivation to move forward with my goals.”
Experience
Before launching Wrize Horizon, I spent more than seven years as VP Sales at Amélio, helping scale the company from two people to 35+ employees and an international SaaS platform used by 650+ organizations across 58 countries.
- CPA with 15+ years in finance, business, and leadership
- ICF Member · PCC in progress · Certified in NLP (CQPNL)
If you're navigating something important, we can start with a simple conversation.
30 minutes. No preparation needed.
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