Alpha Talks: What to do in your first 100 days as a $1bn company CEO | Jon Newhard, Yunex Traffic CEO

Alpha Talks: What to do in your first 100 days as a $1bn company CEO | Jon Newhard, Yunex Traffic CEO
What should a new CEO actually do in their first 100 days – especially when taking over a billion-dollar company in transition? In this episode of Humatica Alpha Talks, Humatica CEO Andros Payne speaks with Jon Newhard, CEO of Yunex Traffic, a global leader in intelligent mobility solutions and a former carve-out from Siemens, backed by Blackstone. Jon shares what it’s really like to take the helm of a newly independent business, from diagnosing the organization, defining the new operating model, and leading through transformation, to achieving strong growth, fast, with minimal risk. You’ll learn:

• How to prioritize and learn fast in your first 100 days as CEOWhy corporate carve-outs demand new operating models
• How to align your leadership team and empower decision-making
• When and how to engage external advisors effectively
• The communication pitfalls to avoid during transformation

Jon also explains how partnering with Humatica helped Yunex Traffic design and implement a leaner, faster, customer-centric operating model that improved NPS, organizational alignment, and CEO bandwidth, freeing leadership to focus on growth. Watch this if you’re a:

• New CEO stepping into a complex organization
• Private equity investor driving change in portfolio companies
• Operator navigating the carve-out-to-scale-up transition

Guests:

• Jon Newhard – CEO, Yunex Traffic (a Blackstone company)
• Andros Payne – Managing Partner, Humatica