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Advisors who stay for the whole story.

A boutique consulting practice built around senior attention, plain language, and long client relationships.

Peter T. Lisa, founder of Padilla Gonzalez & Associates
Our Story

Founded in Paramus. Built on referrals.

Peter T. Lisa started the practice in 2009 after fifteen years leading operations and finance inside privately held companies. The idea was to build the kind of advisory service he'd wished for as an operator — one that would sit on the same side of the table, understand the trade-offs, and follow through.

What began as a solo practice serving a handful of Bergen County businesses has grown, slowly and by referral, into a small team advising clients across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

We still take on a limited number of engagements each year. That constraint is deliberate: it's how we protect the quality of attention every client receives.

What We Believe

Five principles we don't compromise on.

Senior attention

Every engagement is led by a partner from first meeting to final review. No handoffs.

Plain language

If we can't explain it clearly, we haven't finished thinking about it.

Written plans

Recommendations belong on paper, with owners and dates — not in slides that get forgotten.

Long relationships

We measure success in years, not quarters. Most of our work comes from clients we've served for over five.

Honest scope

If a project isn't the right fit or the timing is wrong, we'll say so — even when it costs us the work.

Discretion

Everything we see stays with us. Trust is the whole business.

The Team

Small on purpose. Senior by design.

Three practitioners who share the workload and the accountability. That's it. When you call, one of us picks up.

Peter T. Lisa

Peter T. Lisa

Founder & Principal Advisor

Twenty-plus years in operations and finance. Leads strategy and succession engagements. Bergen County resident since 1998.

Senior advisor Elena Ramirez

Elena Ramirez

Senior Advisor · Financial Planning

Former corporate controller. Leads cash flow, forecasting and lender preparation work across the practice.

Advisor Michael Chen

Michael Chen

Advisor · Operations & Analytics

Process design, KPI dashboards, and the systems that make small teams punch above their weight.

Paramus, New Jersey business district
Where We Work

Rooted in Paramus. Present across the tri-state.

Our office at 177 Clayton Ter in Paramus is where the practice was founded and where most engagements start with a working session over strong coffee.

We travel to client sites throughout New Jersey and the surrounding metro area, and run remote sessions with clients as far as the Midwest. Wherever the work happens, the standard is the same.

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