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Find My Biggest Leak

I build operating systems—for businesses and for people.

Ops, capital, and continuity for founder-led companies. Kinaura for the human side—relationships, co-regulation, and communication patterns. OpsPal when you need the technical execution arm.

Notes from the Workbench — systems & building.

20-minute call. We'll identify the biggest system, sales, CRM, or follow-up leak and point you to the right next step.

Client rating
4.9/5
Client rating
Active clients
25+
Active clients
Average revenue growth
40%
Avg. revenue growth

What I Build

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Track 01

Operating Systems for Businesses

Consulting for operating clarity, capital rhythm, and continuity—plus the capital hub for insurance architecture and debt readiness when that is the front door.

Track 02

Operating Systems for People

Kinaura is the relationship surface—compatibility, co-regulation, and communication patterns built for real couples and real life.

Why I do this

The short version

I build operating systems. For businesses: operations, capital, continuity. For people: Kinaura—relationships, regulation, and communication patterns you can actually use day to day.

Most problems are systems problems—either inside the business, or inside the person running it. My job is to make the next step obvious, then help you install it in the right order.

More context

Three generations of putting clients first. My grandfather helped families with insurance after World War II. My father spent his career at Metropolitan Life—I watched what it means to stay with people for years, not months. Big plans are really a series of small decisions: get the facts, decide, repeat—aligned with what you care about.

I started in sales, then moved into operations and tech, then started and ran my own companies. What stayed the same: tell the truth, make the complex simple enough to act on, and only promise what you can deliver. Busy owners don’t need more buzzwords—they need someone who can sort the mess and point to the next step.

If you run a company or invest in one, you’re juggling a lot at once. The problems show up when nobody has answered the hard questions: What if you get hurt? What if a partner leaves? Where is the cash actually going? I help you see those gaps clearly, then help you fix them in the right order—operations, money, insurance—so the business matches real life.

That’s what Partnership, Business Operations, capital & risk planning, and business continuity are for: less chaos, fewer surprises, and a plan you can stick to.

The three things that make a business easier to scale

Growth gets cleaner when the operating plan, capital plan, and continuity plan are built to support each other.

Operations

How the business runs.

Process, people, tools, data, handoffs, dashboards, and the operating rhythm behind the work.

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Capital

How money is allocated, protected, and used for growth.

Capital strategy helps decide what to fund next, what to protect, and whether the business is ready to scale.

Review Capital & Risk Strategy

Continuity

How the business survives change, risk, partners, or owner absence.

Continuity planning helps protect what was built when key people, partners, succession, or risk events enter the picture.

Explore Business Continuity Planning

AI-enabled operations

AI can make the work faster. Human judgment decides what matters.

Find the Gaps

Software, automation, and AI can help clean data, summarize calls, draft SOPs, and move work faster.

But they cannot walk into a messy owner-led business and know what actually needs to change first.

That is where I come in.

I help owners look across people, process, tools, capital, risk, and revenue to decide what should be automated, documented, delegated, hired for, protected, or rebuilt.

Tools

Estimate the protection your family may need

Ballpark how much life insurance might make sense—single person, couple, business owner, or more detailed scenarios. You’ll see ranges and assumptions, not a promise of coverage.

All Services

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Partnership Equity & Operations Dashboard
Equity & Ops

The Co-Pilot

For established companies ($2M–$15M revenue): I join as a minority owner and help run the business with you—not from the sidelines.

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Operations

The Engine Room

Look under the hood, find the gaps, and build the processes, tools, people systems, dashboards, data, handoffs, and operating rhythm that help the business scale.

Explore Business Operations →
Business operations automation workflow
Capital & Risk Strategy Matrix
Capital Strategy

The Blueprint

Where should cash go as you grow? Where are you underinsured or overexposed? Get a plan—then we handle insurance and continuity on the next card.

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Continuity

The Continuity Lane

Life insurance for the business: key people, buy-sell agreements, succession, or basic coverage while you plan. Timelines, forms, and articles in one place.

Explore Business Continuity Planning →
Capital hub

Funding fit, debt readiness, continuity

The capital subdomain is the dedicated surface for fit-first funding reviews, debt readiness, and the insurance-architecture lane when capital and continuity need to stay in one narrative.

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Kinaura

Building the relationship OS for real life.

Join the waitlist for early access → kinaura.app

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Proven Results

Systems That Actually Work

Real numbers from client work—your mileage will vary by starting point and scope.

📈
40%
Avg. Revenue Increase
15 hrs
Weekly Time Saved
🎯
3.2x
Faster Hiring

Client-reported outcomes; varies by baseline and scope.

What Clients Say

40% revenue lift in 6 months
"You were able to see the root of an issue immediately, without much background info. Confirmed something I knew inside but couldn't put into words."
Sarah M.
Founder, SaaS Startup
15 hrs saved weekly on ops
"One of the best conversations ever. He took the time to really understand my problem... and his advice was priceless. He really helped me overcome the impossible."
Michael T.
VP of Operations
3 promotions in 18 months
"Clearly a very experienced listener... A highly professional and empathetic expert in the field."
Jennifer K.
Executive, Fortune 500

Partner Network

For CPAs, attorneys, lenders, CFOs, M&A advisors, and brokers: if you want a careful handoff for a client who needs ops, capital, or insurance help, start here.

Warm referrals handled within 24 hours. Written summary sent to you and your client after the first call.

CPAs
Attorneys
Lenders / Brokers
Fractional CFOs
M&A Advisors
P&C Brokers

What I'm Building

Active ventures and current projects.

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Capital Risk and Strategy

Partner-level work on RevOps, sales enablement, and capital access—native application flows, automated underwriting and intake, Salesforce architecture, and speed-to-lead systems for founder-led lending and funding operations.

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Kinaura

Kinaura is a relationship app for co-regulation, compatibility, and communication patterns—built for real relationships. Built with the OpsPal team.

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Continuity Planning

Third-generation perspective on stewardship for business owners—continuity architecture, key-person and buy-sell thinking, estate liquidity, and insurance-backed planning integrated with how the business actually runs.

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OpsPal

OpsPal is the execution arm—app builds, backend infrastructure, RevOps, AI integration, and website-to-marketing-gateway work for growing companies. Three-person technical studio.

Where I'm Building

Kinaura
Ops-Pal
4.9/5
🎯25+
📊40%

Let's Build.

Ready for a clear next step?

"One of the best conversations ever. He really helped me overcome the impossible."
Michael T.
VP of Operations
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