Let's collaborate. Or if you need to hire me, that's great too.
I've spent 20+ years inside organizations that were either growing faster than their systems could handle, or operating on infrastructure that made no sense and nobody had ever questioned. Both problems have the same solution: someone who can look at the whole picture, be honest about what's actually broken, and build something that works.
That's the work I do.
My background is operations. The kind that spans technology, facilities, HR, finance, and whatever else falls through the cracks when nobody else owns it. I've managed budgets up to $25M, led teams through technology overhauls that people actually adopted, built HR systems from scratch, and kept multi-site operations running in sectors where the margin for error is low and the stakes are real. Nonprofits, schools, early childhood programs, faith-based organizations. Different contexts, same core challenge: make the back end strong enough that the people doing the mission work can actually do it.
My consulting practice, Decency Standard, is where I take that same approach and apply it to organizations that need outside eyes and focused expertise rather than a full-time hire. If you're a nonprofit or school that's outgrown your systems, sitting on operational chaos you've normalized, or trying to figure out why things keep breaking the same way, that's my wheelhouse.
I assess what's working, what isn't, and what's being held together with duct tape that nobody wants to admit isn't a real system. Then I help you build the real one.
Sometimes an organization needs experienced operational leadership during a transition. A leadership gap, a restructuring, a crisis that revealed the COO position was load-bearing in ways nobody realized.
This is the slower work. Getting leadership aligned, building the kind of internal clarity that means people aren't constantly waiting for decisions or working at cross-purposes.
I'm also selectively open to full-time executive roles. COO, VP of Operations, Chief of Staff, Director of Technology. With nonprofits, foundations, or mission-driven organizations where the operations function is taken seriously rather than treated as overhead.
The right fit looks like: a leadership team that values directness, an organization ready to actually do the work rather than just talk about it, and a role where I can build something that lasts.
I'm direct. If I think something is broken, I'll say so, not to be harsh, but because sugarcoating operational problems doesn't fix them. I ask a lot of questions before I start giving answers, because the presenting problem is rarely the actual problem. And I care a lot about the people inside the organizations I work with, because sustainable operational change only happens when the humans are part of the solution.
That belief shapes everything about how I operate.
If something here resonates, whether you're thinking about a consulting engagement, an executive role, or just want to have a conversation about what operational transformation actually requires, I'm happy to connect.
Houston-based. Available for national work. Not interested in wasting your time or mine.