The Premier Industrial Advisory Firm
Patriot Industrial Partners is a strategic advisory firm dedicated to strengthening America’s industrial base. We partner with industrial leaders to navigate policy shifts, plan growth & capital deployment, and execute performance improvements across the industrial lifecycle. Founded by Alex Krutz, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, our team blends policy fluency with hands-on operational and technical expertise. We deliver integrated support across industrial Policy, Planning, and Production for Transportation, Energy, Defense, Machinery, and Technology verticals. We create value for clients, improve performance, and create a durable competitive advantage.
Services
Rigorous assessment of operations, inventory, and planning processes surfaces inefficiencies, validates assumptions, and translates findings into concrete operational improvements.
From stabilizing facilities to resolving production constraints, direct engagement within operations drives measurable, sustainable improvements in throughput, quality, and cost.
Aligning supply chain development, program transitions, and long-range planning into a coherent strategy that positions industrial organizations to compete and grow.
Our Differentiators
Speed to Value
Assessments completed in days, enabling immediate action and faster path to measurable results.
Proprietary Site Assessment Framework
Structured, repeatable assessments that surface risk and value opportunities faster than standard approach.
Aero-Excellence
Readiness
Certified assessor-led readiness reviews, gap closure support, and improvement roadmaps.
Productivity Improvements Through AI Augmentation
Embedded AI capabilities that amplify your team's output - purpose-built for industrial environments.
250+ Global Projects Completed
U.S. - Canada - Mexico - UK - France - Italy - South Africa
South Korea - Malaysia - Japan - India
Featured Clients
Case Studies
Operational Due Dilligence
(Private Equity)
By harnessing the deep functional expertise of the Patriot team, the client was able to make rapid and informed decisions around strategic growth objectives, and better negotiate deal and investment into target company.
Strategic Planning
(Private Equity)
Aligned team, and built a plan that made for more efficient execution which would meet the board of directors annual operating plan.
Business Planning
(Privately Held)
Supported client initiative to review key contracts, bill of material and shipments for compliance to all ITAR contractual requirements for shipments to customers.
Operational Excellence
(Public Company)
Able to rapidly drop in, refine quality work instructions, manual, and operating quality practices one week ahead of AS9100 audit, which was successfully passed and single minor finding resolved within one week of audit completion.
Testimonials
We are a leading aerospace and defense boutique advisory that elevates business performance by implementing operational and business improvements that support of both strategic initiatives and tactical objectives. We have a clear mission to provide clients with the shortest project duration, with the fewest consultants having the right skill set to achieve client objectives. The firms value proposition is clear: Short duration, Good value, High impact. We are a specialized firm that specializes in aerospace, defense and space markets with a hyper focus in the verticals of value creation, operational excellence and supply chain optimization. The team is comprised of industry leaders with experience in manufacturing, supply chain, quality, program management and technical functions. We assess and implement operational and business process improvements. We work with companies at all levels of their operations, supply chain and program management organizations to define and implement business improvements. We implement strategies that increase productivity, eliminate waste and create value at all levels of the organization. Patriot Industrial Partners, Inc is a Veteran owned business headquartered in Orange County, California. Founded in 2019 by Alex Krutz, the team is comprised now of 45 advisors located throughout the U.S. and Europe. Following the principle of “shoulder to shoulder” partners, its industry experts advise middle market corporations and lower middle market companies and private equity firms world wide in aerospace, defense and space industries. The team has experience in airframes, engines and systems with previous careers at the airframe OEMs, Engines Companies and Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. Advisors have subject matter expertise in the areas of manufacturing, supply chain, quality, program management and technical disciplines.