PASSAGE LITELLC

A clear path from
idea to execution.

Complex products. Critical decisions. A practical partner to move things forward.

Passage Lite helps small and medium-sized consumer product and medical device businesses develop products, strengthen operations, and bring plans to life.

Talk through your project

Based in Carlsbad, California, working worldwide.

Technical depth.
Business perspective.

Focused projects and hands-on fractional leadership, shaped around the work your business needs to get done.

Product development
& commercialization

Turn a promising concept into a product that’s ready for the real world. Bring structure to development, coordinate the right people, and carry momentum through launch.

  • Phased development and cross-functional program management
  • Pilot production, manufacturing ramp-up, and launch support
  • Medical device regulatory considerations

Manufacturing, operations
& fractional leadership

Build a stronger connection between the plan and the factory floor. Get practical support for supplier decisions, production challenges, and day-to-day execution.

  • Supplier selection, production transfers, and scale-up
  • Supply chain, quality, and production continuity
  • Fractional COO and program management office leadership

Financial planning
that supports execution

Understand the business implications before committing resources. Connect product and operating decisions to budgets, margins, cash flow, and capacity.

  • Product economics, margins, and project budgets
  • Capital investment, depreciation, and return-on-investment analysis
  • Cash flow forecasting and resource planning

Experience that reaches the factory floor

Metal stamping & forming / CNC machining / Injection molding / RF welding / Technical textiles & sewing / PCBA integration & enclosures / Motion-sensing devices

Real challenges.
Hands-on involvement.

Examples from Matt’s consulting work and broader career. Client and product details remain confidential.

Recent consulting engagement

A considered
production transfer.

Moved a product line between manufacturing partners while maintaining equivalent quality levels. The transfer achieved a lower cost point and improved manufacturing and supply chain efficiency.

Current consulting engagement

New approaches
to manufacturing.

Supporting the development of medical product solutions using advanced manufacturing techniques, with a focus on practical execution across development and production.

Broader career experience

From development
through launch.

Helped commercialize multiple bracing product lines, with involvement spanning design and development, manufacturing ramp-up, commercial launch, and post-launch support.

Matt Hollister

Founder, Passage Lite LLC

“Difficult problems are best solved when there's a clear objective and leadership that lays out the path for execution. Rally people around the challenge, give them room to create solutions, and keep the work fun.”

An engineer’s curiosity.
An operator’s perspective.

Matt brings more than 15 years of experience across medical devices, engineering, product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and business leadership.

His leadership experience at Breg and Elevate Movement spans product development engineering and management, program management, operations and quality, Chief Operating Officer, and interim Chief Executive Officer responsibilities. He also brings board member experience, connecting operational decisions with company strategy and governance.

Through Passage Lite, he works alongside founders, executives, and their teams to connect technical execution with financial planning and sound business decisions. When a project calls for specialist expertise, he can bring in collaborators in areas such as design and production scale-up.

Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of San Diego · 2017
Corporate finance concentration
BS, BioengineeringUniversity of California San Diego · 2009

Practical ideas.
Thoughtful applications.

Alongside its consulting work, Passage Lite is beginning to develop business-focused software applications, with an emphasis on useful tools and considered design.

App development is not currently offered as a client service but may be in the future.

What are you
working through?

A product to launch, an operation to improve, or a complex project that needs momentum—let’s start a conversation.

Carlsbad, California, serving clients worldwide.