Meet Eikon-X Managing Director and Strategy & Business Consulting expert Andy Brown

In an interview with Midland Times, Eikon-X Managing Director Andy Brown discusses his innovative consulting firm. 

MT: What services does Eikon-X offer?

Eikon-X is a global consulting, recruiting, and operations firm. It was was born from a vision to help clients focus on their core business with Eikon-X as partners to design, build, and run non-core functions. Our employees served as former corporate leaders, giving us first-hand experience to understand the realities involved in driving change in a corporate environment. 

Our primary target is companies that are on a growth trajectory. We help enable their growth by becoming their back-office partner. What started off with offering limited services has now grown to nine practices including Strategy & Business Consulting, Information Technology (IT), Human Resources Operations, Finance & Accounting, Recruiting, and Commercial, Contracts, & Compliance, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Health, Safety & Environmental. 

MT: How did Eikon-X begin? 

Three years ago, there were a couple private equity owners who were in the oil and gas industry— one was based in Midland and the other in Houston. They saw a market in the Permian Basin  spurred by oil and gas activities, services, and products that are either not well provided by the big players or are too expensive. That niche in the market pushed them to offer oil and gas production, engineering, services, products, tools, and more. 

Over the course of a year, they developed and launched 6-8 companies in the Midland and Houston area. They realized they did not need different back-office operation teams in each one of those companies. Instead, they created a company that could be a back-office support service. It has grown ever since.

MT: What sets Eikon-X apart?

We offer nine services, but we are customizable. If our client is only looking for assistance in Human Resources, then we will assist in that needed area. 

We also understand that clients may need to see us in action to see what we can do, and to build trust with us. That's where we see the relationship between our company and our clients start to bloom. 

Having spent a lifetime in large consulting firms, I know how they operate, how they are structured, the pricing, and much more. We don’t unload a large number of low-cost resources onto our clients which tends to overwhelm them. We bring the subject matter experts who have the customized solutions and the tips to affect change quickly. 

MT: What are some of the common pitfalls start-up companies face?

Start-ups are precarious, just by nature. There are always capital constraints, demands for different directions, and committing too much without having either the products or the services to stand behind it. Sometimes it's quite easy for start-ups to fall on their face. Part of what we assist with is helping them see where they are going, how fast they are going, where they need to be making investments, how to build the right operating model, and more. We like to meet with clients and conduct an orientation session to learn about their vision and where they want their company to be. 

To learn more about Eikon-X, visit https://eikon-x.com/.