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Executive Assistant → reactive, task-based, admin oriented.

Consultant → advisory, detached

COO → expensive, heavy hire

As a Chief Generalist, I work as a senior operational leader across your organization, hands-on, for a defined number of hours or days per week, for as long as you need it.

Engagements are priced based on scope, duration, and complexity, typically structured as either a monthly retainer for ongoing embedded work, a project-based fee for easy to define deliverables, or an hourly rate for lighter ad-hoc support.

The pricing reflects market value for senior operational leadership, at a fraction of hiring full time specialists.

I'm based in the San Diego, CA area. I work remotely with clients worldwide, with occasional on-site availability locally and openness to travel depending on the engagement.

Early-stage startups building their operational foundation post-raise, and growth-stage companies that have outgrown their current systems but aren't ready to hire a full leadership team. If you're between stages and things are starting to crack, that's usually the right time.

Operations, HR coordination, IT coordination, legal coordination, finance coordination, vendor management, compliance, ESG, people ops, branding, and more. The honest answer is: wherever the work needs to go.

No, and that's intentional. My background spans deep-tech aluminum manufacturing, IoT and RF components, digital agencies, and international education. My focus now is on people-first organizations.

I start with a scoping conversation to understand where you are and what you need.

From there, we define a scope, a cadence, and a minimum engagement period to give our collaboration a fair shot.