We provide executive-level operational leadership tailored to your company's goals. Acting as an embedded COO, we bring structure, financial discipline, and compliance oversight that strengthen performance and prepare the business for sustainable growth without adding permanent headcount.

Why Fractional COO Leadership

Growing companies often reach an inflection point where operational complexity outpaces existing capabilities. You may be scaling rapidly, preparing for a funding round, entering new markets, or facing pressure from investors to professionalize operations. A full-time COO represents significant cost and commitment, yet the operational gaps are urgent.

Fractional COO leadership bridges this gap. With over 15 years of senior leadership experience across MedTech, AI, iGaming, ESG, energy trading, and EU-funded organizations, we deliver immediate operational impact while building the systems and capabilities that enable long-term success.

What This Looks Like in Practice

Strategic Oversight of Day-to-Day Operations
We take ownership of operational execution, ensuring efficient delivery while you focus on vision and growth. This includes optimizing workflows, managing cross-functional coordination, overseeing project delivery, and establishing operating models that enable reliable execution across multiple locations and time zones.

Implementation of Governance Frameworks
We establish decision-making structures, accountability mechanisms, and operational cadences that enable faster, better decisions. This includes defining roles and responsibilities, implementing OKR and KPI frameworks, establishing internal controls, and creating the policies that ensure consistency as you scale—from rapid-growth startups to EU-funded entities requiring complex regulatory compliance.

Design and Monitoring of Financial Controls
We implement budget management, OPEX monitoring, cost optimization, and resource allocation frameworks. This includes establishing approval workflows, ensuring timely financial closes, managing funding compliance, and providing the financial reporting that enables informed decision-making. Our experience spans multi-million euro budgets, financial restructuring, and compliance with SOX, MiFID II, EMIR, and IFRS standards.

Guidance on Compliance and Risk
We provide the operational discipline needed to meet compliance requirements without slowing innovation. We've led organizations through ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 13485 certifications, implementing Quality Management Systems, establishing risk registers and security controls, and embedding compliance into day-to-day operations. Our approach identifies risks before they become crises and ensures confident entry into regulated markets.

Close Partnership with Leadership, Investors, and Boards
We integrate deeply with your existing team, working alongside founders and executives, communicating regularly with investors and board members, and aligning operational execution with strategic priorities. This includes supporting strategic planning, providing executive reporting, and representing operational capabilities in stakeholder communications.

Building Operational Infrastructure

We build the operational backbone that enables sustainable scaling:

• Department and Team Building: Establish and scale HR, Finance, IT, Procurement, Compliance, PMO, and Customer Success functions

• Systems and Technology: Implement CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite), ERP, compliance tracking, QMS, and workflow automation

• Process Optimization: Map and optimize end-to-end workflows from lead-to-cash to procurement and customer success

• Change Management: Lead organizational transformations, system implementations, and restructuring initiatives

Industry Expertise

• MedTech and AI: Regulatory readiness, ISO 13485, CE-IVDR, FDA clearance preparation

• Healthcare: HIPAA compliance, protected health information handling

• Financial Services: Trading operations, MiFID II and EMIR compliance

• Energy Trading: Power scheduling, ENTSO-E compliance, 24/7 operations

• iGaming: AML and Responsible Gambling standards

• EU-Funded Organizations: Grant compliance, EIT reporting standards

The Fractional Advantage

Unlike consulting engagements that deliver recommendations and leave, we're accountable for implementation and results. We're embedded in your operations, available when decisions need to be made, and committed to building capabilities that outlast our engagement.

This model is particularly valuable for:

• Startups scaling to professional management structures

• Companies preparing for funding rounds requiring operational maturity

• Businesses entering regulated markets

• Organizations expanding internationally

• Companies facing operational challenges requiring immediate leadership

• Businesses between permanent COO hires needing continuity

Measurable Impact

• Multiple compliance certifications achieved within six months

• Operations scaled to support 5x headcount growth

• Operational cost reduction through optimization

• Entry into previously inaccessible regulated markets

• Successful positioning for funding rounds and acquisitions

Getting Started

Engagements begin with a diagnostic phase assessing current capabilities, identifying gaps, and designing an engagement model that fits your needs—from several days per week embedded in operations to targeted support around specific initiatives.

We bring fluency in English and Spanish, experience across European, UK, US, and international markets, and the cultural adaptability required to work effectively in diverse organizational contexts.

Let's discuss your specific operational challenges and design an engagement that delivers the leadership, structure, and capabilities your business needs to scale successfully.