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An exit planning advisor for Utah owners.
A Utah-rooted practice — MSI, LLC, established 1994 — helping owners of $4M–$15M companies build transferable value and sell for 5–10× more over about four years. Serving Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden and statewide.
Local roots
Three decades of building sellable companies — from Utah.
David D. Timpson founded MSI, LLC here in 1994. While Silicon Slopes gets the headlines, the backbone of the Wasatch Front economy is still owner-operated: service and trades businesses, light manufacturers, and the wholesale and distribution firms along the I-15 corridor from Ogden to Provo.
Those owners share one problem at exit — the business runs on them. Fixing that, in the right order, is what turns a company that's hard to sell into one buyers compete for.
About David D. Timpson- Wasatch Front: Salt Lake, Davis & Utah counties
- Residential service & the trades
- Light manufacturing & distribution
- Wholesale & retail
- Owner aged 50–65, exit in 2–5 years
Where I work
Along the Wasatch Front — and remote nationwide.
Salt Lake City, Sandy, West Valley and Davis County.
Provo, Orem and the Lehi–Lindon corridor.
Ogden, St. George and beyond — plus owners nationwide.
Common questions
Exit planning in Utah.
Yes. Keystone Exit is the practice of Management System Improvements, LLC (MSI, LLC), established in 1994 — a Utah-rooted firm. I work with owners along the Wasatch Front and statewide, and remotely with owners across the country.
Owner-operated companies doing roughly $4M–$15M in revenue: residential service and the trades, light manufacturing, construction-adjacent services, and wholesale/retail. Typically an owner aged 50–65 who wants to exit in two to five years.
Our method fits durable, cash-generating owner-operated businesses rather than venture-backed startups. If you run a profitable services, trades, or manufacturing company in the Provo–Lehi corridor or anywhere in Utah, that's squarely who this is for.
The Exit-Readiness Assessment and first 30-minute call are free. The Diagnostic carries a fixed, refundable fee. Implementation is milestone-based — you pay as measurable enterprise value is created, never in advance.
Utah owners
See whether your business has room for a 5–10× outcome.
Start with the free Exit-Readiness Assessment, then a 30-minute call with David D. Timpsonto map what's limiting your value and your timeline.