Services

The work I do
with scaling founders

I'm not a generalist consultant. I focus on one moment: when your founder-driven operations can no longer keep up with your growth. Here's what that work looks like.

Core services

Strategy

Operations strategy

A clear operational roadmap that works at your size now—not a generic framework borrowed from a company ten times bigger.

We map your current state, identify where operations are breaking under growth, and build a sequenced plan for hiring, systems, and process design. You leave with a clear picture of what to fix first and why—and the discipline to not fix everything at once.

Finance

Finance & metrics

Your first real financial plan. Forecasting you can trust, unit economics you understand, and dashboards that tell you something useful.

I've built financial infrastructure from scratch at venture-stage companies. We establish the models, the reporting cadence, and the OKR framework that connects your numbers to your operational decisions—and that your investors will scrutinize.

People

People operations

Hiring that doesn't break the company. Org design that makes sense at your current size and survives your next doubling.

We build hiring frameworks, interview processes, onboarding, performance management, and the HR infrastructure that good people need to stay. This is built before things break—which means before the wrong hire costs you six months and a cultural reset.

Leadership

Cross-functional alignment

When your product, engineering, and business teams are pulling in different directions, nothing gets shipped and no one is happy.

I've managed reorgs, integrated acquired teams, and turned siloed functions into actual working units. We build the communication structures, decision-making frameworks, and leadership rhythms that let your team operate without you in every room.

Fundraising

Board & investor readiness

The hard questions investors ask have operational answers. Let's build those answers before you're in the room.

I've been on both sides of the table—in board rooms and in deal execution. I know what diligence looks like and what investors are actually worried about. We make sure your operations can answer those questions, and that your board presentations become strategic rather than defensive.

Compliance

Legal, IT & compliance orchestration

You don't need to become an expert in legal, IT security, or regulatory compliance. You need someone who knows when to bring in the right expert — and how to manage them.

I'm not a lawyer or a CTO, and I won't pretend to be. What I do is identify what your business actually needs across entity structure, employment law, data privacy, IT security, and compliance frameworks — then find, brief, and manage the specialists who deliver it. Founders at your stage waste enormous time and money on the wrong advisors. I help you hire the right ones and get what you need out of them.

Engagement options

Embedded fractional COO

10–20 hrs/week · ongoing

The core offering. I'm embedded in your team—in your Slack, your meetings, your decisions. Not a monthly check-in, not a report. Actual operational leadership at a fraction of full-time cost.

  • Weekly working sessions
  • Full access across all ops areas
  • Board and investor support
  • Team leadership & accountability

Focused sprint

Defined scope · 4–12 weeks

One specific problem, solved properly. Best for founders who have a clear bottleneck—hiring chaos, a broken financial model, a reorg that needs to happen—and need it fixed without a long-term commitment.

  • Defined deliverable and timeline
  • Intensive working cadence
  • Handoff documentation included
  • Follow-on retainer available

Strategic advisory

Monthly retainer · lighter touch

For founders who have internal ops capacity but need a senior sounding board. Monthly deep-dives, access for async questions, and a perspective that's been in your situation before.

  • Monthly strategy sessions
  • Async support between sessions
  • Board prep & investor narrative
  • Introductions where useful

Not sure what fits?

Most founders I work with come in knowing something is broken but unsure exactly what. That's what the first conversation is for. Tell me where you are, and we'll figure out together whether—and how—I can help.

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