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Three ways to engage.

Three structures: diagnostic, partnership, advisory. Measured in outcomes, not billable hours. We scope each engagement on the call against scope, stage, and standing — no retail menu, no public price list.

Diagnostic · 2–4 weeks · Series A–B

Execution Diagnostic

In weeks, know exactly where product ops is leaking velocity — with a 60-day plan and named owners to stop it.

Two to four weeks embedded with product/ops leadership, run against the PDLC Maturity Ladder and the Founder Intuition Audit. We surface the operational debts that quietly compound — process, data, decision routing, ownership — in a brief that survives the engagement.

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Interim COO · three months · Series B–C

Embedded Partnership

For three months, an operator runs product and engineering operations on your exec team, installs the operating system, hires your permanent ops leader and leaves it running.

The Embedded Operator Model in practice: not advisory, not staff-aug. A senior operator who owns outcomes and exits into a structured handoff, planned from day one.

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Advisory · quarterly · Series B–C with a CPO

Advisory Retainer

A senior operator in the room for the decisions that don't fit a memo — hires, restructures, market moves — every two weeks.

The least time-intensive engagement, and the highest-trust one: for founders who already have product leadership and want a second set of eyes every two weeks.

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No. 2  —  Comparison

At a glance.

  • Shape Two- to four-week embedded briefInterim COO on the exec teamStanding seat across the operator's quarter
  • Duration 2–4 weeks3 monthsQuarterly terms
  • Output Written brief + 60-day fix planA working operating system the team ownsMemos, decision logs, operator-counsel
  • Runs on PDLC Maturity Ladder + Founder Intuition AuditThe Embedded Operator ModelStanding operator counsel
  • Cadence Daily, starting remotelyWeekly operating rhythm, on site as the work needsEvery two weeks, async between
  • Team touchpoint Founder + product/ops leadFounder, CPO, full leadershipFounder only
  • Scoping On the call, against operating debtOn the call, against quarter scopeOn the call, against standing fit
Fractional COO vs full-time, interim, or embedded — which do you need?

No. 3  —  Regard

“One of the best Program Managers I know.”

Mike Manoske, PCC  ·  Executive Coach

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