Charles “CJ” Lee III, Founder & Principal

CJ help found CJL Industries to preserve the legacy of American businesses – to uphold the commitments to the employees, customers, and vendors – bound in the ethos of servant leadership.

CJ has developed a background of experience working collaboratively with CEOs and management teams to develop a range of solutions, objectively validate paths forward, and take decisive action. CJ previously oversaw the launch of Sundayapp throughout New England. Prior to Sundayapp CJ worked as a consultant at McKinsey, helping fortune 500 companies solve their toughest problems.

Most recently CJ has been the CEO of Pillar Health Group Eight (PHG 8), the parent company of Green Valley Home Health Services and Green Valley Hospice and Palliative care. CJ acquired these companies through a mix of debt and investment. Throughout his tenure running PHG 8 he has grown earnings to $1.3M. With a management team in place CJ is ready to shift gears to his next acquisition.

CJ also has public sector experience, serving 4 years as an Officer in the U.S. Navy, with two deployments overseas.

  • Yale School of Management, Master of Business Administration

  • The George Washington University, BS in Economics

  • Serves as an Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve (transitioned from Active Duty in 2018)

Patrick Pinder, Founder & Principal

Patrick brings nearly 10 years of experience in business development, operational improvement, and strategic decision-making. Patrick served as Operations Manager at Amazon, where he played a key role in launching Amazon’s “Same-Day Delivery” service across the Michigan and Arizona markets. 

Before working at Amazon, Patrick was a Project Manager for various major public infrastructure projects across North America. Most recently Patrick has been the COO of PHG 8, helping run the day to day operations of the business. In this role Patrick was able to increase billing efficiencies 300% without increasing labor costs. He led a complete technological redesign of the company, implementing ipads and laptops for nurses to route their work vice paper route sheets. His experience brining a company into this decade will prove invaluable throughout our next acquisition.

  • Yale School of Management, Master of Business Administration

  • Royal Military College of Canada, BE in Engineering

  • Royal Canadian Air Force Veteran