Ron N.
Fractional COO | Fix Operational Chaos & Unlock Scalable Growth
When growth starts depending on founder heroics, loose handoffs, tribal knowledge, and inconsistent execution, the business needs a stronger operating model before it can handle more momentum. For the last 25 years, I've helped founder-led, service-based, and growth-stage businesses diagnose operational friction, redesign broken or overloaded workflows, and build systems that improve clarity, accountability, and scalable execution. My background combines executive operations, business systems thinking, process redesign, and practical implementation. I am especially valuable when leadership can feel that operations, marketing, and delivery are out of alignment, but the real problem has not yet been clearly defined. Most common on and off-platform deliverables: - Workflow audits and operational cleanup - SOPs, policies, playbooks, and process documentation - ClickUp and Monday(.com) setup, cleanup, and workflow organization - Project and implementation support - Handoff redesign, accountability structure, and process visibility - Service-delivery improvement and operating rhythm - Cross-functional alignment between operations, marketing, and website execution - Fractional COO or strategic operations support for founder-led teams My work has included: - Setup, cleanup, and workflow organization using ClickUp and Monday(.com) - Centralizing fragmented service operations across multi-location businesses - Improving service delivery and workflow consistency - Building SOPs, process visibility, and accountability structures - Aligning operations with business realities and growth constraints - Guiding teams through operational cleanup, redesign, and implementation A few representative examples: - Centralized operations for a $200M service conglomerate spanning 50 brands across 8 states. - Overhauled a rehab and recovery organization's cash flow from deep in the red to 11% net profit. - Recalibrated a <5% profit virtual admin firm into a <18% (24/7/365) virtual call center - Designed a custom event-management platform to fix an inefficient event management process - Developed SOP-driven operational frameworks that improved execution for scaling businesses. I am the right fit when you need someone who can: - identify what is actually breaking execution - redesign the operating model - create clearer workflows, ownership, and standards - guide implementation far enough that the system becomes usable in the real world If your business is growing, but the current structure is creating friction, rework, confusion, or founder bottlenecks, that is the kind of problem I am built to solve.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $11k
Billed in all: $118,551$119k
$5.5k in the last 6 months
Across 43 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 5% in Business Change
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