MAESTRO
Advisory Group
Maestro is founder-led and group-supported. Michael personally leads each engagement, and when specialized expertise is needed, he connects trusted specialists under one accountable lead — ensuring the plan gets built and executed.
Michael leads the work end-to-end — not a point of accountability from strategy through execution.
Michael leads the work end-to-end — one point of accountability from strategy through execution.
Access to trusted specialists when your scope requires deeper expertise.
Operators don’t struggle because they lack effort. They struggle because they lack structure. Michael Kochekian built Maestro on more than a decade of high-volume cannabis retail leadership — including scaling a dispensary operation to nearly 1,000 customers per day — because too many good teams are held back by the lack of clear systems.
Maestro was built to change that. We bring operator-led leadership and a systematic approach to help businesses gain clarity, build the right foundations, and execute with consistency — so they can grow with confidence and perform at a higher level.
Michael leads each engagement with the same ownership mindset he brought to operating stores — producing the business, respect the people involved, and lead every recommendation as if the outcome mattered personally.
Founder & Principal
Retail operator, growth strategist, and disciplined leader. Michael personally leads every Maestro engagement.
Years in Cannabis
& Retail Operations
Markets /
Multi-State Experience
Daily Customers at
Peak Operations
Strategy, structure, and
execution that compound
over time.
Represents long-term perspective — looking beyond daily pressure and building toward what lasts.
Represents Maestro Guidance: one accountable lead, clear direction, and disciplined execution.
Together, the mark stands for clarity, control, and forward movement — the discipline behind every Maestro engagement.
Most engagements are led directly by Michael from assessment through roadmap and execution support.
When deeper expertise is needed, Michael brings in trusted specialists aligned to the scope.
Maestro orchestrates the right experts to solve for one coordinated plan—so nothing gets lost and execution stays on track.
We remove complexity so you can focus. Every insight is grounded in data, logic, and operator reality — you always know where you stand.
We install operating frameworks that hold under real pressure — practical systems designed by an operator, not consultant theory.
Michael leads every engagement personally. No handoffs, no juniors, no dilution of judgment.
We orchestrate the right specialists at the right moment — one accountable lead, no fragmentation, disciplined follow-through.
Michael was a driving force behind Zahara’s growth, helping scale the business from $3.2M revenue to $20M while building the systems, structure, and leadership discipline behind one of the highest-performing dispensaries in Massachusetts.
Michael strengthened operations across multiple locations improving sales, pricing, inventory, and vendor strategy. His work drove measurable gains across both retail and medical programs.
