EXPERIENCE
Experience behind the work.
Solas is a new company built on David Quinn’s established record in cross-border growth, market intelligence, business development, partnership formation and senior delivery. The examples below show the experience that informs our approach.
Revenue captured
$150M+
Contracts managed
$40M+
Consultants led
400+
Countries of delivery
50+
Selected founder experience
Commercially relevant work completed before or outside Solas, presented without implying prior clients were Solas clients.
VIETNAM
Innovation, investment frameworks and market growth
Led a green and digital innovation landscape and growth-opportunity scan; assessed market actors, partnership routes and constraints to scale; and led work supporting Vietnam’s first public–private partnership law.
What it proves: Ecosystem intelligence translated into practical growth and investment decisions.
PHILIPPINES
Sector opportunity and route-to-market strategy
Managed multi-phase work diagnosing agriculture-sector constraints, competitiveness and domestic, national and regional market opportunities—part of more than a dozen assignments in the Philippines.
What it proves: A grounded route from market diagnosis to prioritised commercial action.
INDONESIA + ASEAN
Regional market integration and technology partnership
As Jakarta-based deputy director of a US$18.6 million ASEAN trade and investment programme, led an ICT workstream and a private-sector partnership piloting low-cost broadband technology in Indonesia.
What it proves: Regional ambition moved into a working public–private partnership.
BANGLADESH
Market opportunity and ecosystem scan
Examined the commercial landscape, operating environment, relevant actors and pathways for targeted engagement.
What it proves: Decision-ready market intelligence for prioritising sectors, relationships and next moves.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Capital pathways and regional growth strategy
Led a three-year strategic review and repositioning, mapped commercial and concessional capital, shaped pilot-financing options and developed a regional fundraising action plan.
What it proves: Strategy connected to capital engagement, partnerships and execution.
ASIA + GLOBAL
Rapid opportunity intelligence at scale
Directed a US$19.6 million platform delivering 80 assignments across 40 countries and served as technical director of a US$8 million Asia programme providing on-demand research, strategy and programme-design support.
What it proves: Senior judgement and disciplined mobilisation for live cross-border decisions.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Business development and revenue acceleration
Led pursuit strategy across more than US$300 million in opportunities with a 40 percent win rate, contributed to more than US$150 million in revenue capture and supported US$3 million in new business for a startup firm in its first year.
What it proves: Hands-on capture leadership that strengthens positioning, partnerships and conversion.
EXECUTIVE DELIVERY
Growth leadership under complexity
Tripled annual revenue at a consulting firm, managed more than US$40 million in contracts and led more than 400 consultants across 50-plus countries.
What it proves: Commercial growth combined with accountable operational leadership.
The value is in the translation.
Solas applies this experience to commercial decisions now: where to play, how to enter, who to partner with, how to fund growth and what leadership capacity is needed to move.