Who this room is for
For advisors to Houston's owner-led industrial companies: manufacturing, construction and specialty trades. Visit once and see whether it's your room.
Who runs this room
Thomas Rechtien Chapter President Business Consulting 
Sherry Pruitt Vice President Sales Consulting 
Neel Patel Membership Chair Industrial and commercial real estate advisory 
Benjamin Karrasch Education Chair 2026 so far
Logged week by week by 6 members of this chapter.
One seat. One industry.
Every chapter holds a single seat per professional category. When a seat is filled it closes to competitors, so the person in it owns that lane, and the room refers to them on purpose.
Actively recruiting
Thomas Rechtien is looking to fill these categories now.
- Business Attorney
- CPA
- Commercial Banking
- Fractional CMO
- Insurance
Already in the room
6 categories represented today. If yours isn't listed, it may well be open.
- Business Consulting
- Fractional CFO
- Fractional CMO
- Industrial and commercial real estate advisory
- Managed IT Services (MSP)
- Sales Consulting
Come see the room.
Your first visit is always free, it's one hour on Zoom, and nobody pitches you. Show up, watch how the room works, and decide for yourself.
What the hour looks like
- Quick intros around the room. You hear exactly what everyone does.
- A member teaches something useful. Real tactics, not a sales pitch.
- Referrals and wins get passed in the open, so you see whether the room produces.
- You get a moment to say who you are and what you're looking for.
No cost and no obligation. If it's not your room, no hard feelings, there are 27 other rooms in the network.
Ready to join?
Applying for membership is a separate step from visiting, so it has its own page: chapter approval, the one-year commitment, and what it costs, all explained before the form.
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