You need a Chief Generalist - someone who can see all the moving parts and build the system that holds them together
Does this sound familiar?
A) The program manager quits and takes everything in their head with them.
B) Your major donor/investor is asking for a dashboard. They get a PDF from four months ago.
C) The founder is the same person who runs an 8-figure pipeline AND provisions staff email access.
Aediles kept Rome running smoothly so Caesar and the Senate could rule it. I’d do the same for you.
Don’t take on more than you should carry
Aedile Ops provides strategic and operational partnership across business functions without the overhead of several full-time hires.
I work with mission-driven companies, educational institutions, professional practices, social enterprises, foundations, nonprofits, and family offices where the people and the bottom line matter equally.
I identify operational gaps, design scalable systems and processes, and drive execution, so priorities move forward, and progress stays visible.
Here’s how I can be of service:
I.
Executive Support
Thought partnership
Decision frameworks
OKR and KPI dashboards
Investor / donor readiness
Stakeholder management
II.
Operational Leadership
Audit, diagnostic & research
Strategy & roadmap
Risk assessment
Operating plans
Program management
III.
System Buildouts
Policies and SOPs
AI & tech program buildouts
Vendor management
People and culture
Community development
Portfolio Highlights
With over a decade of working alongside seasoned founders and agile cross-functional teams, I’ve helped build companies from the ground up and strengthened those in motion. I bring cross-industry intelligence and systems thinking shaped by five roles across four industries and international environments. That’s how I recognize solutions from one industry that will work in another, and risks before they become problems.
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A zero-trust security framework built to detect and contain high-risk data exposure in minutes, not days
When you're building IT infrastructure for a company holding the only technology of its kind in the world, the stakes for getting it wrong aren't abstract.
I directed the security and technology foundation from email infrastructure to the systems, policies, and safeguards needed to operate securely and scale with confidence. Three buildout stages and 10 policies later, we reached 86% ISO 27001 readiness in under 12 months, on a $70K budget.
The framework was designed so that any attempt to move sensitive IP outside approved channels (intentional or accidental) would be flagged and contained within minutes, protecting a technology a century-old, $100B industry had never seen.
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Two critical things I built at a deep-tech startup: the reporting infrastructure that helped raise $53M, and a go-to-market geospatial map that didn't exist anywhere in the industry.
On the investor side, I partnered with the Director of Product Engineering to build the engineering Gantt timeline and OKR/KPI dashboards and integrate them with the internal ops ones in Asana. This helped identify hiring timelines, critical paths and funding dependencies used for quarterly board and investor reporting. At a milestone-funded startup, this was one of the most valuable data room assets to directly support a fundraising arc from $5M to $58M.
The aluminum extrusion industry is a century old and surprisingly opaque. No centralized database existed mapping all U.S. extruders by competitor position, alloy specialization, or casting facility proximity. So I researched 520 facilities, informing factory site selection, the first-product launch sequence, and the identification of anchor customers capable of selling out the first production line through joint development and purchase order agreements.
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I made the internal case for an ESG function for some time as the CEO's Executive Assistant, drawing on a nonprofit background working with corporate CSR teams.
When a major supplier required an ESG compliance review, I was promoted and given a $200K budget to build the function from zero.
I researched EU and US reporting frameworks to build a compliance roadmap, sourced a consulting firm to bridge gaps in my experience, and the company passed the audit on the first attempt.
From there I delivered the full function on 40% of budget in under a year: the company's first materiality assessment, a three-year ESG strategy, a hazardous materials database, e-waste programs across North America, Ireland, and Poland, environmental KPIs targeting 30% reductions in waste, energy, and water use globally, and the data infrastructure for a two-year global carbon inventory across all facilities.
The work earned EcoVadis Bronze and was handed off cleanly to the incoming PE-backed team after acquisition.
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Four hundred employees across ten offices worldwide and two factory floors in Taiwan - most of them had no real sense of what the company did or where it was going. That's not unusual at a fast growing tech-company.
I built the connection: the first intranet, a monthly newsletter that hit 70% open rates among digital staff, and then, because factory workers in Taiwan had no company email, I had printed and translated versions distributed to them. For the first time, everyone was in the same conversation and got to see their accomplishments in the “newspaper”. That work contributed directly to the 2022 Great Place to Work certification.
But the communications work was only part of it. I also owned the full employee and workplace experience: 15+ corporate events ranging from $2K to $100K, including international board offsites and the annual all-hands retreat, a 60+ person multi-day resort event with keynote programming, team building, a company talent show with an all-expenses-paid Las Vegas trip for the winner, and custom gifts. Holiday and birthday programs across all eight offices worldwide. A food and beverage program for 40 HQ staff. New employee onboarding. Facility management, fire safety drills, OSHA compliance.
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When I joined Runningfish, a web design agency that had operated on word of mouth for 15 years, there was no operational infrastructure, no systems, and no formal plan for growth. I built the foundation first: financial and legal infrastructure from zero, a people function for a team of five, and client workflows mapped into reusable Asana templates that cut project timelines by 50%. I owned the P&L from day one.
I made the case to reposition the business from local SMB clients toward white-label partnerships with enterprise agencies, securing two anchor partnerships that filled capacity and tripled margins. When the pandemic hit, revenue reached 250% of baseline and I secured a $1.2M forgivable PPP loan to convert contractors to W-2 employees. Before that, 80% of long-outstanding receivables were already collected by transitioning clients to a subscription model.
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I joined Romania's first private Cambridge International school as EA to the founder and President, managing her full executive operations and serving as the primary liaison to external stakeholders including the Royal House of Romania, foreign ministries, diplomats, and major donors. I built the Board of Advisors governance structure from scratch, prepared award nominations, and secured high-profile dignitaries for program inaugurations.
Over time my role expanded into community development and fundraising. I managed a 500+ donor Salesforce database, grew donor retention by 20%, and produced the annual fundraising gala three years running at a consistent 9x ROI. I also designed and led student programs including a nationally award-winning Healthy Lifestyle Week, and managed the Alumni Society, Robotics Program, and Women in Business Community across events and member engagement.
Contact me
If you need founding ops or growth ops, let’s talk!
I’m based in San Diego and work with clients worldwide (hourly, project-based, or retainer).