About Us
A Team Committed to your Abundant Growth
At TransformCXO, our leadership is grounded in core values of Love in Leadership, Abundance, Ambition, and Bountiful Living. These principles guide our approach to business transformation, ensuring that every decision we make is people-first and purpose-driven. What sets us apart is our commitment to measurable results—using data-driven strategies to deliver real, scalable outcomes that accelerate growth and prepare your business for a successful exit.
A Chief Transformation Officer (CXO) serves as your fractional Integrator, steering your company's vision while actively identifying future growth opportunities. We're not just managing today's goals but also setting the stage for long-term success.
What is a Chief Transformation Officer
The CXO Core Values
Leading with compassion and care, placing personal connections and genuine concern for others at the forefront of our action. Prioritizing meaningful and authentic relationships, recognizing that our success is built on the strength of our connections - personal and professional.
Love in Leadership
Embracing a mindset of generosity, where we share our time, talent, and resources freely to uplift those around us and create values in every interaction. There is plenty of opportunity for everyone to WIN.
Abundance
Experience the rears of fulfilling relationships, seek enjoyment in your ideal career, unapologetically create massive wealth, feel joy, love, and gratitude in all facets of your life. The greatest way to honor your gifts is to exponentially share them with the world.
Bountiful Living
Pursuing relentless improvement and striving for excellence in every aspect of our work to achieve extraordinary results for our clients.
Ambition
Meet the Team
Kristyn Drennen - CEO | CXO | Value Growth Advisor
Kristyn Drennen serves business owners and their leadership teams as an EOS® Fractional Integrator and Chief Transformation Officer, leveraging her extensive career in both the corporate and SMB space to enact change and foster growth for companies nationwide. Kristyn designed our TCXO Proven Process, which takes leadership teams through a transformational journey.
She has enjoyed 18 years of experience as a Gallup-trained Strengths & Engagement Coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor for business owners pursuing an eventual equity event. Using a unique blend of EOS® and Exit Planning Institute® strategies, she helps companies build their intangible value to crush growth and profit goals and create FREEDOM for business owners. Simply put, Kristyn is transforming the world one leadership team at a time.
In addition to supporting companies with integrating systems and building a foundation for the future, she also accepts public speaking invitations for conferences, mastermind groups, and podcasts.
Kristyn’s greatest joy comes from creating memories with her family. She and her husband, Randy love to travel and spend quality time with their five children. They are her first priority and drive her passion for making the world better, one leader and one business at a time.
Paulina Walters - COO | CXO | Value Growth Advisor
Paulina Walters is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in operational roles, culminating in her tenure as a Chief Operating Officer (COO) and ultimately as a Fractional Integrator. She has been an EOS® (entrepreneurial operating system) enthusiast since 2016 by leveraging the system’s tools and principles within SMBs to drive company growth.
Additionally, she employs the Value Acceleration Methodology provided by the Exit Planning Institute® to maximize business value. Paulina guides organizations through strategic planning, process optimization, and performance enhancement by honing in on key business components such as people, processes and strategy. Ultimately, she ensures that companies are well-positioned for growth and attractive to potential buyers and/or successors.
Most importantly, she is a wife to her wonderful husband, Stephen, and a loving mother to their two children, Noah and Mila.
Stacey Bainter - Fractional Controller | Finance Lead
Stacey Bainter is a seasoned financial leader with over two decades of experience in accounting, financial reporting, and operations. As the Fractional Controller and Finance Lead at TransformCXO, Stacey specializes in providing financial clarity, streamlining processes, and delivering data-driven insights to support visionary business owners. Her expertise ensures businesses meet their financial goals while building scalable systems to prepare for long-term growth and high-value exits.
Throughout her career, Stacey has demonstrated a remarkable ability to implement efficient financial systems, manage complex operations, and lead diverse teams. She is proficient in QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Avalara, among other financial platforms, and excels at creating innovative solutions to optimize financial operations and compliance.
Stacey lives in Lee's Summit, MO, with her son Jake and dogs River and Rocky. A Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan, Stacey balances work with personal fulfillment, often spending time with her dogs or doing acts of kindness.
A lifelong learner, she returned to college in her 40s and graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Business Management. Motivated by a desire to help others, Stacey excels in mentoring, teamwork, and client service, making her a valuable member of the TransformCXO team.
