Who is Brad Williams

Executive Business Consultant | Business Manager | Operations & Growth Leader

Brad Williams currently serves as Business Manager to Craig Young—a nationally respected mental health and sports psychology expert, CEO of Craig Young Consulting Group, CEO of The Young Standard, and President of the Young9 Foundation. Craig is a rising leader, speaker, and influencer whose work is reshaping how athletes, families, and organizations approach mental health, identity, and high performance in sports.

As Craig’s business manager, Brad builds assets and creates scalable systems that turn vision into value. He oversees strategic business development, brand positioning, and partnership growth—guiding the expansion of Craig’s growing enterprise, which includes a forthcoming book, a soon-to-launch podcast, and a developmental program for elite athletes focused on cultivating a championship mindset and navigating the mental and emotional demands of competitive sports. The program’s rapid growth and success have led to enrollment caps, reflecting its strong impact and demand.

Beyond his role with Craig Young, Brad is the CEO of Williams Management Solutions, a business consultancy and project management firm dedicated to building healthy organizations that grow and last. With over 30 years of leadership experience across corporate America, entertainment, and entrepreneurship, Brad helps leaders turn ideas into infrastructure and talent into long-term impact.

He has managed public figures and platinum-selling artists, led more than 200 associates as a Location General Manager at CarMax, and spent over a decade at Bed Bath & Beyond developing leaders and transforming teams. In the entertainment industry, Brad has worked across the full production spectrum—from artist management and creative development to large-scale event execution. As COO of HiHat Productions, he provided strategic oversight of the company’s creative operations and front-end production services—guiding teams in bringing music to life visually through music videos and live performances, while leading and aligning departments across the organization. Later, through his work with SoCal Rentals, Brad supported the back end of production, managing business development and logistics for major projects by providing access to industry-leading broadcast cameras, sound equipment, and LED systems that made those visions possible.

That A-to-Z experience—from creative concept to operational execution—makes Brad a trusted guide for executives, athletes, and artists alike. Through Williams Management Solutions, he helps leaders execute high-impact projects, monetize assets, and install systems that scale without losing their purpose or people focus.

Brad is also the co-author of the upcoming book Who Built the Barrel, written with Dernard D. Newell, JD, MPA, MDiv, LLM, which explores the systems that shape human behavior, and how communities can rebuild from the inside out.

At the heart of Brad’s work is a passion for people. He helps leaders see what’s possible, build what lasts, and lead with purpose.

Why Does Williams Management Solutions Exist?

Your Vision. Our Execution. Everyone Wins.

At Williams Management Solutions, we believe the best ideas deserve more than inspiration. They deserve execution.

We exist to help visionary leaders build what matters most—assets, systems, strategies, and impact. Whether you’re a professional athlete, entrepreneur, executive, or creative powerhouse, we help you move from stuck to scaling, from scattered to streamlined, and from dreaming to doing.

Think of us as the Roy Disney to your Walt—the behind-the-scenes operator who turns bold ideas into reality. While you focus on vision and innovation, we handle the structure, systems, and strategy that make everything move.

What We Do

We serve as your execution partner, project manager, and business builder. When the stakes are high and the resources are stretched, we step in to lead the initiatives that move your mission forward. From launching purpose-driven ventures to professionalizing legacy businesses, we bring structure to chaos, clarity to ideas, and momentum to growth.

We don’t just consult. We execute.

“Strategy without execution is hallucination.” —Thomas Edison

Who We Serve

We work with:

  • Entrepreneurs and executive teams

  • Public Figures, entertainers, and influencers

  • Professional athletes, and their business teams

  • High-performing individuals and brands

They call us when:

  • The project is critical—but stuck

  • The vision is clear—but the systems are missing

  • The to-do list is overflowing—but the margin is gone

  • The brand is growing—but the operations aren’t keeping up

“There will always be more good ideas than you and your teams have the capacity to execute.” —Chris McChesney

Our Promise

We are your fixer. Your silent operator. Your strategic partner.

We help you:

  • Build assets that increase revenue

  • Design systems that support growth

  • Execute strategies that move the needle

Because when you win, we win.

Your success is our business.