I help founders and high-growth leaders build the operating infrastructure that makes scaling sustainable—fifteen years of hands-on work, done with care. AI and automation are the lens that makes it faster; the operating cadence and empathy are what make it stick.
Which tools, which order, who owns it after launch, and how it plugs into the operating system you already have.
We have AI tools in pockets, but no one owns the program.
We know the work is messy, but we are not sure what to automate.
The strategy makes sense in a deck, but not on Monday.
The team is growing faster than the operating system around it.
The work clusters into five areas. Most engagements touch two or three.
Identify, develop, and implement AI services and automation tools into your existing flows, improving efficiency and scalability without adding new chaos.
Actionable plans that align operations with the business goals, written so your team can run them without me in the room.
Redefining department structure, mentoring leaders and managers, and putting in place the rituals that make motivation and performance show up on Monday.
Sharper budgeting and forecasting, heavy tools-cost reduction, and growth models that actually drive decisions.
Contingency plans and processes that safeguard business continuity without slowing the company down.
Pick the shape that matches where you are. We'll confirm the fit on the first call. No deck, no pitch.
Roadmap + leadership readout
1–3 shipped agents or workflows
Accountable program ownership
Senior counsel on demand
Every engagement starts with listening to the leadership team, to the operators, and to what isn't being said in the all-hands. I'm an operator and coach at heart; the diagnosis is the deliverable that makes everything downstream cheap.
Before we touch a tool, we map what the team actually does today: the workflows, the handoffs, the points where work stalls, and the points where it sparks. Most "AI strategy" engagements skip this. They shouldn't.
The right tool is the one your team will use on Tuesday. We pick the stack that fits your reality: your data, your security posture, and your team's literacy. Then we build alongside the team, not over their heads. Tool-agnostic by default: Claude, OpenAI, n8n, custom. Whatever earns its place.
AI programs decay. Most peak at week six and slowly stop earning their keep. We measure what each automation actually saves, retire what doesn't, and re-prioritize quarterly. The operating cadence is the moat.
Fifteen years across consumer tech, advertising, media, AI, and stealth-stage startups.
Contract review, in minutes instead of days.
Built an agent that redlines vendor contracts against a company playbook, flags risks, and routes legal work for final review. The goal was not to remove judgment; it was to reserve it for the decisions that needed it.
$300K+/year saved in vendor and IT consolidation.
Audited a stack across 80+ tools, removed duplicates, renegotiated vendors, and simplified onboarding. The useful work was operational as much as financial: fewer tools, clearer ownership, cleaner access.
Customer patterns surfaced before they became churn.
Deployed an agent workflow that ingests CX tickets, then summarizes weekly patterns for product and leadership.
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I'm an operator. Fifteen years inside high-growth companies across creative agencies, consumer hardware, immersive media, and AI-native work, plus a handful of stealth-stage builds along the way. Different industries, same problem underneath: ambition outpacing the systems built to carry it.
What I do is the load-bearing work of scaling. The trust, transparency, and operating rhythm that turn ambition into something a team can actually deliver. AI, automation, and operations are the lenses I'm best known for, but the role takes the shape of the moment: Chief of Staff, fractional Head of Operations, embedded operator. Mapping the process. Understanding the landscape, then selecting and implementing the tools that fit the problem, not the other way around. Restructuring teams so people can do their best work. Cleaning up the budget. Building the cadence the team trusts on Tuesday. I work embedded and tool-agnostic by design, and most engagements end up touching product, finance, legal, and beyond.
I keep a small roster, by design. Each client gets my full attention and care, not a slice of a distracted calendar. I lead from listening. The difference between a consultant and an operator, in my view, is whether they stick around long enough to see if the thing they shipped actually got used.
Outside the work, I write about fatherhood, take pictures, and make ceramics. The coaching shows up everywhere.
If any of this resonates, book 20 minutes.
P.S. And yes, I do actually use em-dashes :)
I do not replace your team. I make them stronger.
Tool-agnostic by principle. I start with the problem, the path to solving it, and the stack you already have.
I do not disappear after launch. Stewardship is part of the work.
I do not take work I cannot do well. If you need something outside my range, I will tell you and point you to someone better suited.
Our engagement starts with a 20-minute call. No deck, no pitch. Just a conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and what's standing in the way.