HOUSTON · TEXAS · NATIONAL
The first call on where to build. The last call when projects get stuck.
Corporate site selection and project execution for industrial, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects. Government affairs and executive counsel for the leaders who run them. Houston based. National reach.
Clients Include
Apple
Foxconn
WM
Satterfield & Pontikes
Lone sTar College
Houston City College
Services
WHAT WE DO
01
Site Selection and Project Execution
Location decisions are capital decisions. We run the full process for corporate clients: requirements, location screening, workforce and utility diligence, permitting pathway, and incentives weighed in context. Then we build the training and hiring pipeline and stay on through delivery. Industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure.
02
Government Affairs and Stakeholder Alignment
Projects live or die on alignment. We manage government relations, regulatory navigation, and community, workforce, and stakeholder engagement in Texas and Washington so approvals move and timelines hold.
03
Executive Counsel
We sit shoulder to shoulder with CEOs and boards on the high stakes calls where the wrong move costs you the deal. Access, deal strategy, major projects, and the workforce behind them. Discreet. Senior. Outcome focused.
HOW WE WORK
The Collinnova Approach
No junior handoffs. You get Adrian, and a network built over decades at the executive level.
01
ENTRY
Immediate entry into the rooms where national-scale decisions are made.
02
Position
Refining the narrative to resonate with decision-makers at the highest level.
03
Execute
Tactical coordination throughout the project lifecycle to ensure momentum.
04
Close
Navigating final hurdles to secure outcomes and project site selection.
TRACK RECORD
Selected Projects
Natura PCR - Advanced Recycling Facility
Led development and strategic coordination for one of the world’s largest LDPE and LLDPE post-consumer resin recycling facilities, aligning infrastructure, stakeholders, and execution.
WM – External Affairs Advisory
Advise WM on governmental engagement, stakeholder alignment, and regional coordination to advance strategic infrastructure and development initiatives.
Apple Foxconn Manufacturing
Facility
Supported the development of a 400,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Houston, navigating public-sector coordination, site strategy, and execution to keep the project on track.
ABOUT
Built on access, earned over decades.
Collinnova is built on three decades of access at the highest levels of Texas commerce and federal government. Adrian Collins has operated inside the Obama White House, the EPA, the Department of Energy, the Texas Legislature, and U.S. Army Military Intelligence, and led billion-dollar industrial development at Natura PCR and NRG Park. The firm is family owned and built for long-term partnership.
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THE LEADER
Adrian Collins
Founder & Managing Director
Adrian Collins is President and CEO of Collinnova, advising Fortune 1000 companies and boards on access and influence, site selection and major project execution, and executive counsel.
He has operated inside the Obama White House, the U.S. Department of Energy, the EPA, and the Texas Legislature, and led billion-dollar industrial development at Natura PCR and NRG Park. He began his career in U.S. Army Military Intelligence and holds executive credentials from Wharton, Yale, and Vanderbilt.
From the Army to the White House to building Collinnova, Adrian has spent his career getting things done in rooms most people never see.
Expert Advisory. Proven Discretion. Texas Centric Success.
Contact
In the Room
Schedule a confidential advisory session regarding your project.