Operating Partner — COO + CFO, One Seat // $5M–$30M Product Businesses

Find where the business leaks.
Fix the system that leaks it.

A fixed-fee Operating & Financial Diagnostic locates the drag in your operation and your numbers — then one senior partner stays to rebuild the machinery, one to two days a week.

Sectors
Manufacturing · Distribution · Consumer products
Territory
Southern California · remote nationwide
Entry
Fixed-fee diagnostic — no prices before fit
The engagement, measured — Diagnose → Design → Drive

01 · Diagnose

3–4 weeks · fixed fee · findings dossier

02 · Design

12-month roadmap, ranked by cash impact

03 · Drive

1–2 days/week until the machinery holds

Diagnostic Duration
3–4 wks
Fixed fee, quoted after scoping call
Mandates Covered
COO+CFO
Operations and finance as one system
You Keep
2 artifacts
Findings dossier + 12-month roadmap
Fee Treatment
50%
Credits against a retainer
Method

A clear diagnosis. Then the work that makes it hold.

We start with the constraint that matters most, turn it into a short list of decisions, and stay close enough to see the change take root.

01

Find the actual drag

A fixed-fee diagnostic maps the operating and financial friction that is quietly costing you speed, margin, or attention.

02

Choose the moves that matter

We convert the findings into a practical sequence: what to change now, what to defer, and who needs to own the work.

03

Stay until the system holds

When the fit is right, one senior partner stays involved — shaping the operating cadence and seeing the critical work through.

Portrait
Principal

Jan Zeleznak

Operating Partner — COO / CFO background · Southern California
Good operating design is invisible until you need it — the goal isn’t to make things look busy, it’s to make the business easier to run.

Jan works with owner-led product businesses to close the gap between the numbers and the operation — building the reporting, the process, and the accountability that let a business scale without the founder holding every piece together personally.

Ready to see where your business leaks?

A 30-minute scoping call to confirm fit, before any commitment or cost.

Book a 30-minute scoping call
No obligation. Fixed-fee diagnostic before any deeper engagement.