Built on Experience. Driven by Results.
Focused on What Matters.
About Us
At Marlow Advisory Group, we believe that transformation starts with clarity—clear goals, clear processes, and clear alignment between people and purpose. Our work is grounded in decades of hands-on leadership experience, strategic insight, and a deep understanding of how to turn vision into measurable results.
Founded on the principles of integrity, execution, and long-term value creation, we partner with organizations to navigate complexity, seize opportunity, and build systems that scale. At the heart of our approach is a belief in practical strategy, continuous improvement, and leadership that empowers people at every level of the organization.
That philosophy is reflected in the leadership of our founder and president, Geoff Marlow.
Geoff Marlow
Geoff Marlow brings over 30 years of unparalleled experience and achievement to the industry, solidifying his reputation as a principled leader and innovative strategist. He has held senior-most executive roles across mid-sized specialty manufacturers, multi-billion-dollar manufacturing enterprises, and as an entrepreneurial start-up manufacturer’s representative within a top 10 construction market. Most notably, Geoff led his start-up representative agency to unprecedented success, growing it into the largest agency in its market within just five years.
Known for fostering strong manufacturer, staff, and customer relationships, Geoff has a proven history of delivering success with industry-leading companies. By integrating well-refined processes and aligning strategies with purpose, he ensures teams thrive under clear direction. Geoff specializes in helping organizations “define what good means” while establishing programs that empower teams to understand how achieving excellence directly drives success for the company and themselves.
Academically, Geoff’s background is both distinguished and influential. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School, where he majored with a special emphasis on Sales and Sales Force Management. Under the mentorship of renowned professors Neil Ford, Gil Churchill, and Orv Walker, Geoff developed a comprehensive foundation in effective sales leadership—a relationship with learning and leadership that continues through his long-term professional associations.
Geoff Marlow is a visionary leader who combines strategic expertise, extensive industry knowledge, and a values-driven mindset to deliver meaningful outcomes for both individuals and organizations. Renowned for his ability to quickly analyze complex challenges, he excels at crafting clear strategies, defining measurable goals, developing actionable plans, and ensuring effective execution that drives impactful results.
Surrounding Every Engagement with the Right Expertise.
MAG’s engagements are supported by a carefully curated network of senior industry practitioners, functional specialists, and cross-sector advisors. This network is not a rolodex. It is a practiced bench of trusted professionals who bring deep credentials in specific disciplines and who are engaged selectively based on each client’s needs.
Our extended network includes expertise across:
- Lighting and electrical channel strategy, including manufacturing, specification, distribution, and rep agency dynamics
- Cross-border market entry and international business development
- Private equity transaction support, due diligence, and portfolio operations
- Financial modeling, M&A advisory, and valuation
- Legal counsel in commercial contracts and channel law
- Sales force design, performance management, and training
- Brand positioning and marketing communications
- AI integration and operational workflow design
- Organizational design
- Fractional executive leadership and management—embedding experienced operators to lead initiatives, own outcomes, and drive execution without full-time overhead
Network Spotlight
Blake Marushak
AI Integration & Intelligent Workflow Design
As founder of Shak AI Coaching, Blake has partnered with organizations across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, professional services, real estate, and technology, to embed artificial intelligence directly into their operations. His focus is practical: replacing manual bottlenecks with scalable, intelligent workflows that deliver measurable results from day one.
Blake’s expertise spans custom AI assistant development, no-code and low-code automation, CRM personalization, pipeline automation, and the design of AI agents tailored to specific business functions. He brings both the technical architecture and the change management perspective needed to ensure that AI investments take root operationally, not just on paper.
At Marlow Advisory Group, Blake supports engagements where AI readiness, workflow modernization, or intelligent automation is a component of the client’s strategic agenda.