ABOUT US
Six Hickory Growth Advisors helps organizations grow by solving specific business problems, developing people growth plans, identifying and monetizing it's clients unique competitive advantages, and aligning growth goals with operations strategies and real estate footprints.
OUR SERVICES
STRATEGIC GROWTH ADVISORY
Growth companies can have all of the best laid plans on paper but oftentimes need a focused approach to ensure the strategic plan comes to fruition. Six Hickory Growth Advisors partners with your C-Suite to provide strategic plan review, operational strategy recommendations and specific metrics to track and deliver meaningful financial growth.
STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
At Six Hickory, we specialize in helping our clients achieve their growth goals through aligning strategy and operations and anticipating challenges before they arise. Including creating operational road maps and managing headcount growth and all that comes with it.
REAL ESTATE ADVISORY
We offer the institutional knowledge of a global brokerage combined with the independence and flexibility of a boutique consulting firm. Our representative experience includes leading global real estate operations for clients like Whirlpool, Motorola Solutions, and UnitedHealth Group gives us a uniquely practical and informed perspective.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Does your organization have a complicated business problem that keeps you up at night and have limited resources to focus on solving it? Is your management team fully aligned on the strategy that will drive your business growth? Has your historical growth brought your business to its knees and additional growth seems daunting? Six Hickory advisors has decades of experience solving complex problems, aligning management teams and removing the road blocks that are standing in front of business growth.
Meet the Team
Meet our Growth Advisors
Founder | Growth Strategist | Impact Architect
With two decades of experience at the intersection of consulting precision and entrepreneurial hustle, Katie is a seasoned co-founder and executive leader known for building smarter, leaner, and more profitable businesses. She blends sharp financial acumen with deep operational insight to solve complex problems, ignite growth, and keep organizations aligned to what matters most—measurable results.
From boardrooms to bootstrap startups, her expertise spans cost strategy, operations improvement, and talent development across industries. She's not just about scaling businesses—she's about scaling better businesses. The kind that grow sustainably, retain top talent, and outperform competitors by design, not chance.
Her mission? To transform potential into performance, and vision into traction.
Managing Director - Real Estate
With over 20 years navigating the high-stakes world of global commercial real estate, Jonathon Bifro brings a razor-sharp lens to strategy, asset management, and deal-making. A trusted advisor to some of the world’s most recognized brands—UnitedHealth Group, General Electric, Motorola, Whirlpool, and more—Jonathon knows how to turn sprawling real estate portfolios into streamlined, value-generating assets.
He doesn't just close transactions; he’s architecting transformation. His consultative, data-driven approach aligns every square foot with the core goals of the business, ensuring real estate becomes a lever for growth—not just a line item. Whether optimizing portfolios post-M&A, managing complex lease structures, or unlocking new market opportunities, Jonathon blends strategic vision with boots-on-the-ground execution.
His mantra? Real estate should work for the business—never the other way around.
Strategy Analyst
MICHAEL SMITH
With 7 years of experience in the fast-paced worlds of consulting and private equity, Michael brings a sharp analytical mindset and a bias toward action to every challenge. Focused on small and mid-market portfolio companies, he knows how to dig deep into the data, uncover the real story, and drive meaningful, measurable change.
From building operating models to identifying untapped growth levers, Michael bridges the gap between insight and execution. He specializes in working closely with management teams to craft strategies that aren't just smart—they're grounded, executable, and ROI-focused.
Our goal? To turn complexity into clarity, and strategy into results.
