Principal-led. Advisory, Governance, Intelligence.
Tripod Solutions, led by Domenic De Fazio. Former Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive, and statutory board director now brings senior advisory, board governance, and intelligence to organisations across the infrastructure spectrum, from growing privately-held businesses to major operators. Real experience. Direct counsel. No layers between you and the advice.
Tripod Solutions is led directly by Domenic De Fazio. A civil engineer and former senior executive with sector experience across major construction and infrastructure organisations. Every engagement is led by the Principal. The client works with the Principal, not with a layer beneath one.
There is no junior team. No report handed over at the end of a project. No distance between the client and the person doing the thinking. Where deeper specialist capability is required, it is brought in through a trusted referral network and managed by the Principal. That principle holds as the practice grows.
The businesses Tripod serves are founder-owners of construction and infrastructure businesses, executive leadership teams of mid-tier contractors, boards of private and PE-backed infrastructure businesses, and industry associations, peak bodies, and government-adjacent organisations.
Each pillar generates engagement through a model suited to the work and the client. The practice is structured to remain principal-led at all times.
Domenic De Fazio is a civil engineer with over 30 years in Australian and New Zealand construction and infrastructure. His career has progressed through project delivery, operations management, and executive leadership of major contracting organisations, with direct accountability for revenue, people, transactions, and operational reform.
His executive career includes Chief Operating Officer of BildGroup, Chief Executive of Fulton Hogan's New Zealand construction business, and Chief Executive of Urban Infrastructure at Broadspectrum, leading a 2,500-person business across Australia and New Zealand through a contested sale and the disruption of COVID. His foundation in major civil project delivery was built at Transfield, including the Melbourne CityLink construction project.
He is a former Victorian Branch President and Chairman of the Civil Contractors Federation. His director experience spans alliance boards, statutory bodies, and private boards, including the Kaikoura Earthquake Recovery Alliance Board, Melbourne Water alliance boards, VIDA Roads Leadership Teams, and multiple Broadspectrum subsidiary boards.
No proposal process. No intake form. No account manager in the way. Three steps from first contact to the work beginning.
No proposal process. No intake form. No account manager. If there might be a fit, whether you are a Founder/Owner, an executive leadership team, or a board looking for an independent voice, reach out directly. If it is not the right answer, you will hear that.
domenic@tripodsolutions.com.au