HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

WE HELP GREAT COMPANIESGET BIGGER

We’re not silent partners. We roll up our sleeves, building the systems, structures, and talent a business needs to grow without breaking, because real growth means keeping customers happy, crews strong, and standards high while the numbers climb. You run your shop and your trade — we help build the business around it.

YOUR NAME STAYS RIGHTON THE DOOR

You spent years earning your reputation, your relationships, and your crews’ trust. That doesn’t change. Your company keeps its name, its people, and its identity in the market — because that’s exactly what made it worth partnering with.

WE BACK THE BEST—WE DON'T FIX THEM

We look for companies that are already winning: loyal customers, steady profits, a name the market respects. We're not here to change what works — we're here to give great operators the room, and the resources, to grow.

OPERATORS, NOT FINANCIERS

WE'VE BEEN IN YOUR BOOTS

We’re operators, not financiers. We’ve built companies, made payroll, chased receivables, and sweated the same things you do. That’s why we know the last thing a great business needs is someone from finance explaining how it’s done.

WE WIN TOGETHER

Our structure is simple: when one company wins, we all win. That alignment is what turns a group of good companies into something stronger than any one of them alone.

A BIGGER TABLE

Great trade companies usually grow alone, competing for the same talent and customers, solving the same problems in isolation. Our network gives you a bigger table to sit at: independent companies that share relationships, know-how, and each other’s strengths. You stay you, with more people in your corner.

JON ZAKIN

Founder/CEO

Jon is a seasoned operating executive and investor specializing in scaling technology ventures, strategic acquisitions, and institutional value creation. His approach is founded on over three decades of senior executive and board leadership, including driving US Robotics from $18M to $2B as EVP and Board Member before its $7B exit to 3COM, and serving as an early investor and interim CEO of Cleversafe, which was acquired by IBM for approximately $1.2B.. Linkedin: jonathan-zakin

SHEA HAMILTON

Founder/President

Shea is a results-driven entrepreneur and investor specializing in corporate strategy, M&A and aggressive organizational scaling. His approach is founded on over a decade of hands-on executive operating experience, including transforming Volume Freight into a national eight-division industry leader, which was recognized by Profit500 as Canada’s 4th Fastest-Growing company at exit. Linkedin: shea-hamilton-tradescope

BROOKLYN HURST

Chief Integration Officer

Brooklyn is an operator who has spent his career inside project-based businesses, building the systems that let them grow. His approach is grounded in over a decade of design-build leadership, including serving as COO of Genuwine Cellars — where he drove 6x revenue growth and a 49% gain in profitability — and founding Design-Build Blueprint, following his training as a corporate lawyer at one of Canada's top firms.

LINSY THOMAS

Vice President, Controller

Linsy is a CPA who has spent her career building the financial infrastructure behind growing and acquiring construction businesses. Her approach is grounded in over 15 years of accounting leadership, including establishing the SOX and GAAP foundation as Controller of a publicly traded homebuilder and managing purchase price accounting, system integrations, and ERP work across multiple acquisitions in rapid succession, following a decade of audit and internal controls at a national firm.

RANDALL WINTERS

M&A/Finance Advisor

Randy is a private equity investor with 25+ years in buyouts, capital markets, and strategic transactions, and is the founder of E.L.K. Capital Advisors following a senior role at Deutsche Bank.

MARK NYBLOM

Senior Advisor

Mark is a real estate developer with nearly three decades in residential community development, including founding Rosewood Communities (acquired by United Homes Group in 2023) and currently leading Crestline Developers.

HARMON SMITH

Senior Advisor

Harmon is an operating executive with nearly three decades in homebuilding, including serving as EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Pulte Group and currently on the board of Interior Logic Group, a Blackstone portfolio company.

ERIC WAGNER

Senior Advisor

Eric is a commercial real estate executive with over two decades in project management and construction delivery, including serving as CBRE's Regional Leader for Advisory Project Management (Northeast) and Americas Leader for Principal Delivery.

SOUTHWEST PLUMBING JOINED TRADESCOPE IN 2025

Same name, same crews, same reputation South Floridahas trusted for years, now growing with a team behind it.They're the first of a family of great trade companieswe're building, one at a time.

Yours could be next.

Thinking about what’s next?

If you own a commercial trade business and you’ve started wondering about your next chapter—selling, growing, or just talking to someone who’s been there—we’d like to hear from you. No pressure, no pitch. Just a conversation.

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