Will Dahlstrom is the Founder & Principal of Black Knight Strategy Group LLC, an Austin, Texas strategy and operations firm he founded in 2024. He is a former COO, Integrator, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with two decades of leadership.
Will is an operator first. He has spent two decades leading people and businesses, including the COO seat in multiple industries, and he built Black Knight to bring that operating discipline to founders and leadership teams.
He is a West Point graduate and a Bronze Star recipient.
What he did: Served as COO of a National Top 100 roofing company (330+ employees), a multi-state national law firm, and a media and printing company.
How it helps you: He has sat where your Integrator sits. Coaching comes from experience, not a textbook.
What he did: Led the roofing company's 2024 private equity exit and integration, and led M&A in the cryogenics space.
How it helps you: If you're preparing for a deal or digesting one, he knows what the buyer will look for and what integration actually takes.
What he did: General Manager of multiple manufacturing businesses. Operating Partner across a five-company holding-company portfolio.
How it helps you: Lean, throughput, and the view from above multiple companies at once, which is the source of cross-industry opex multipliers.
What he did: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Integrator.
How it helps you: Root-cause problem solving paired with a proven operating cadence, tailored to your business.
What he did: Advisory board of Charity Charge (2025 to present). Has served on civic and nonprofit boards, including TEXSAR and a city commission.
How it helps you: Board-level perspective on governance and mission alignment.
"Black Knight" is a nod to the knight on the chessboard: the one piece that moves in a way no one else can.
Tell us where your business is headed and what's in the way. Thirty minutes, no pitch deck, a straight read on what to fix first.
or email will@bkstrategy.com · or call 512-773-7795