My Background & Experience

I started in product management at Intuit during the dot-com boom, back when entire product lines could appear and disappear between quarters. It was a crash course in working at speed with very smart people while keeping execution steady enough for customers to trust us.

After the boom, I moved into CIA counterterrorism operations, often in a war zone, where clarity and alignment weren't management preferences. They were the difference between things going right or going sideways. I led distributed teams, coordinated across time zones, and learned how to keep people focused when the stakes were real and the constraints were non-negotiable.

Those two worlds built the operating muscle I rely on now: seeing how work actually moves, spotting risks early, and keeping teams aligned under pressure.

A Decade Inside Growth-Stage Teams

Since leaving government, I've spent more than a decade supporting and leading businesses from six figures into the multi-seven range. Different industries, different founders, different products, but the internal patterns were nearly identical.

The same thing happens every time: the external wins stack up faster than the team side can absorb them. Work snaps back to the owner. Decisions stall. Plans unravel by Wednesday. The team hesitates instead of acting, and the business starts to feel heavier than it should.

Your people are capable. The load just isn't distributed to let them prove it.

That's the pattern I'm here to break.

How I Work

The work is custom, tool-agnostic, and grounded in what your business needs, not what a framework claims should be happening. I diagnose first, then we fix the operations on top of a clear diagnosis instead of a guess. And I care as much about rhythm as I do about structure, because a steady cadence is the flywheel that keeps decisions alive after I leave the room.

The engagements themselves, what they cover, how long they run, what you walk away with, live on the Services page.

What It's Like to Work With Me

I ask direct questions, hold people lovingly accountable, and I'll name what everyone's been walking around. I tell you the truth, name the real pattern, and help you make the decisions that change the week, not just the vibe.

Most clients stay because the work feels stable, the BS threshold stays low, and clarity is a relief.

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Next Step

Every engagement begins with a short Intro Call.

We'll confirm whether this work is the right fit, what our first step together is, and what the next 90 days could look like if we get started.

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