Operating Advisor

A defined 6–12 month mandate to build, enter, or transform something important.

Direct access to Ryan Peterson for founders and executive teams that need senior operating leverage before the shape of a permanent role is clear.

What the client gets

Ryan embeds at the right altitude with the CEO and designated leaders.

  • Recurring founder / CEO working sessions
  • Product and GTM pressure-testing
  • Customer and partner strategy
  • Targeted introductions where there is mutual fit
  • Selected internal and customer meetings
  • New-business design and operating follow-through

How an engagement works

01

Define the mandate.

One specific growth, market-entry, product, commercialization, or new-business objective.

02

Embed at the right altitude.

Work with the CEO and designated leaders without creating a parallel consulting bureaucracy.

03

Build alongside the team.

Pressure-test strategy, shape product and GTM, join selected conversations, and help drive execution.

04

Reassess at 6–12 months.

Conclude, renew, expand, join a board, or convert into a permanent operating role if both sides want it.