Operations for technical founders

From product to company.

I build the operating spine for technical founders in three to six months, then hand it to an operator you keep. For commercial companies entering the federal market, I run the capture and proposal work that gets you to award.

Former COO, Armaments Research Company. Emerging hardware operations, Apple. Nine years an Army Infantry and Special Forces officer. West Point, MIT Sloan, Harvard Kennedy School, Johns Hopkins.
3 to 6 months
Fixed term. The handoff is the deliverable.
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Operating systems, scoped to what your company needs
Fixed fee
Priced on the outcome, not on hours
Where I have done the work
Armaments Research Company Apple U.S. Army Special Forces White House Fellows
Two Ways I Work
Both are fixed in scope, and both end with something your team owns.
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Founder's Operating Spine

For seed to Series A companies with a technical founder, real traction and no operator. I build finance, people, planning, compliance and systems, hire and train the junior operator who will run them, and leave.

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Federal Market Entry

For established commercial companies that want federal revenue. I find the opportunities you can win, write the RFI and proposal responses, and line up the teaming partners.

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Cheap to Do Early. Ruinous to Do Late.

Accounting that can't pass a DCAA review. A payroll tool the company outgrows at 20 people. A facility clearance started after the contract needs it. These are the founder's blind spots, and each one costs months to fix later. I build them right the first time.

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I have run the company

As COO I managed the P&L of a defense technology company doing about $10 million a year, and led its hiring.

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Fixed term, not a treadmill

Every engagement ends with a trained operator in the seat. You are not renting me indefinitely.

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Defense-fluent

DCAA-ready accounting, facility clearances, DD 254s, OTAs and SBIRs are part of the build, not an afterthought.

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Candor over comfort

You get a straight read on what is broken and what to fix first.

Shipping Product but Missing Deadlines?

If the team builds well but the company around it is held together by the founder, let's talk.

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