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John Vyhlidal

I help experienced operators and mid-market leaders execute.

Twenty years inside the Air Force, PwC, ConAgra, and Nike. Now I do that work independently, AI included. You get the same person in a client meeting and a football argument.

20+
Years operating
80+
Locations changed
$25M+
Cost taken out
John Vyhlidal
Founder, Unleash Epic, LLC

Currently building
The Poll: an open college football ranking.

It's what happens when you point what you love at what you know how to do. Every equation and every input is public. Fork it and beat it.

MIT licensedthepoll.ai →Source →
Work

Three ways the work starts.

Sharpen the offer

One clear offer a senior buyer understands in a sentence. Usually the hardest part.

Build the operating system

The routines, owners, and decisions that keep the work moving without you in the room.

Put AI where it pays

One workflow where AI earns its keep, wired into how the work already runs.

Story

The short version.

  1. Air Force2001–2006Operations. A broken system showed up as a real problem the same day.
  2. PwC2006–2010Audit and controls. I learned how companies run versus how they say they run.
  3. ConAgra2010–2015Rebuilt enterprise processes.
  4. Nike2015–2023Led a 20-person finance strategy team and a culture change across 80+ locations.
  5. Unleash Epic2023–presentFounded 2017, full time since 2023. Same work, for people who own the outcome.

Same job the whole way through. Make the thing actually happen.

If you're an experienced operator going independent, done being one person in the meeting and another at dinner, we'll get along. AI makes that leap smaller than it used to be.

Principles

How I work.

Contact

Let's talk.

Tell me what you're building. I answer my own email.

john@unleashepic.com