About Corval
I've run the expensive version of your problem.
Principal
Stan Heidmann
Corval
A seasoned executive with over 20 years of leadership experience across finance transformation, operational turnarounds, and strategic growth. Stan has led at the highest levels—as President, CEO, and Managing Director—for companies ranging from PE-backed middle-market firms to Fortune 50 giants.
Today he helps small and mid-sized businesses sharpen their edge through smarter operations, modern finance practices, and practical applications of AI and automation—blending boardroom strategy with boots-on-the-ground execution.
Also
Alongside Corval, Stan builds Route & Retain — software for service contractors in landscaping, lawn, snow and cleaning. It exists because of a problem he kept running into: a contractor can tell you what they billed last month, but not which crew, which property, or which service line actually earned it. Route & Retain puts real labor hours and material cost onto the job itself, so profit becomes visible by property, by crew and by service — and so the hours that quietly never made it onto an invoice show up before the invoice goes out. A lot of Corval's contractor thinking comes from building it. It is not where every contractor ends up, and if you're not a contractor it has nothing to do with you.
Selected experience
Our Values
How we operate.
We'll tell you when you don't need us
The fastest way to lose a client is to sell them something that doesn't work. The fastest way to keep one is to say "you're in better shape than you think, put the money somewhere else."
The cheapest fix that works is the right fix
Most problems don't need software. A lot of them need a definition, one report nobody has built, or a process written down. We'll reach for the expensive answer last.
If it only runs while we're here, it isn't finished
Every engagement ends with your people running the thing, a named owner, and a way to tell six months from now whether it's still working.