EARLY STAGE & FOUNDER-LED

Build the business without becoming the operating system.

Build the business without becoming the operating system.

When too much still runs through the founder or leadership team, I step in and build the finance, people, processes, reporting, and operating cadence the business needs to run without constant improvisation.

WHEN TO CALL ME

Too much of the business still comes back to you.

Growth creates work long before it creates the structure to carry it. Eventually the founder or leadership team becomes the connection point for things that should no longer depend on one person.

You are still rebuilding the numbers yourself.

You are still rebuilding the numbers yourself.

Forecasts, cash visibility, reporting, or margin questions require too much manual work before you trust the answer.

Every important people issue finds its way to you.

Every important people issue finds its way to you.

Hiring, compensation, onboarding, performance, employee problems, or organizational questions still need executive attention because the infrastructure around them is thin.

Things move when you push them.

Things move when you push them.

Important projects, decisions, and follow-through slow down when you stop personally driving them.

You are the only person connecting the whole picture.

You are the only person connecting the whole picture.

Finance knows one part. People know another. Operations knows another. Vendors and outside advisors each hold pieces. Leadership still has to assemble the picture.

The business may not need another permanent executive yet. It may simply need someone experienced enough to own the work now.

WHAT I CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP OF

Give me the part you are tired of carrying.

You do not have to define a perfect fractional executive role before we talk. Start with the work that is consuming attention, creating risk, or simply not getting done.

Financial visibility

I can own or build the forecast, cash view, management reporting, budgeting process, lender coordination, margin analysis, or the operating information leadership needs to make decisions.

People infrastructure

I can build or take ownership of recruiting, organizational structure, onboarding, compensation and benefits processes, employee relations infrastructure, or leadership accountability.

Operating structure

I can create the operating cadence, processes, ownership structure, priorities, reporting rhythm, controls, and management systems that keep important work moving.

Critical work

I can step into a new division, high-priority initiative, leadership gap, transition, reporting problem, business disruption, or other important work that needs an experienced owner.

It can be one function. One problem. One build. Or broader operating responsibility.

WHY ME

I’ve carried the work.

14 years

14 years

Full P&L ownership and operating responsibility in an entrepreneurial business.

Within 2%

Within 2%

Delivered the company’s Q4 forecast within 2% of actual results.

Executive ownership across functions

Experience spanning finance, people, operations, contracts, governance, risk, banking, and executive decision support.

You do not have to solve the structure before you ask for help.

Tell me what is sitting on your desk, what keeps coming back to you, or what the business cannot seem to get built. We can start there.

A defined project, one function, or fractional executive ownership can all be starting points.

CAT MAAS

Fractional Executive | Business Operations