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Two things to balance here: Upwork's algorithm and clients reward specificity, but you're intentionally casting a wide net. The fix isn't to blur your positioning, it's to lead with your sharpest, highest-value expertise and then clearly signal range underneath it, so someone searching any of those categories still finds a credible, capable person, not a generalist. I help growing organizations solve the problems that come from moving fast: leadership gaps, funding gaps, and execution gaps. I'm a Ph.D. organizational psychologist with nearly a decade advising founders, CEOs, and executive teams through growth, leadership transitions, and increasing complexity. I'm Hogan-certified, and I bring the same rigor and follow-through to every project I take on, whether it's a leadership question or a deadline-driven deliverable. Leadership & Executive Assessment • Assess leadership readiness for the next stage of growth • Run validated executive assessments (Hogan) for hiring or promotion decisions • Build stronger leadership teams and reduce founder dependency Grant Writing & Strategic Proposals • Research, draft, and position proposals that get funded • Translate complex organizational goals into clear, compelling narrative Executive Operations & Fractional Support • Step into fractional executive ops or recruiting when a growing team needs experienced hands, not another hire • Manage the operational details that keep a fast-moving company on track Consulting & Execution • Advisory sprints for founders and executive teams navigating growth • Hands-on execution when a project needs someone who can think and deliver I care about doing the work well and doing it on time. If you need a conscientious, sharp partner for your next project, whatever kind of project it is, let's talk. Dr. Asha Gipson Founder & Principal, Addison Leadership Advisory

Not only am I a fractional CMO, I am your strategic bridge between human intent and AI execution 🤝 I’m certified with Google AI and I’m an expert at Claude Cowork and Claude Code If your business is doing $1M+, but your growth has hit a ceiling, you don’t have a talent problem. You have a "Human Glue" problem, the manual, repetitive, and fragile processes that require your best people to act like data-entry clerks just to keep the lights on. I am Mike Volkin. I am a Business Modernizer. I help CEOs and Founders replace operational chaos with autonomous AI pipelines. With a track record of building, scaling, and exiting six companies, I don't just "implement AI tools", I engineer enterprise value. 🏢Why Mid-Market CEOs hire me: Margin Protection: I identify the "invisible leaks" where manual labor is eating your profits. We replace $150k/year administrative overhead with $50/month automation loops. The Founder’s Exit: Most companies aren't sellable because the "system" is in the founder's head. I document and automate your tribal knowledge, turning your business into a turnkey asset. Operational Speed: I build "Centralized AI Knowledge Bases" where your team can find any answer in 5 seconds, not 5 hours. Battle-Tested Leadership: As an Army veteran, I bring military-grade precision to your tech stack. We modernize without breaking what’s already working. 🥇My "Modernization" Framework: The AI Readiness Audit: A deep dive into your current marketing and operations tech stack to find your biggest automation opportunities. The Automation Roadmap: A strategic blueprint for replacing "Human Glue" with autonomous AI agents. Deployment & Governance: Building and overseeing the implementation of custom AI workflows that run 24/7 with 0% error rates. 🚫What I am NOT: I am not a generalist developer or a "prompt engineer." I am a fractional AI and automation strategist for CEOs who realize that "doing things the way we've always done them" is the fastest way to become a dinosaur. Skills: -AI Strategy & Consulting -Business Process Automation -Fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) -Business Process Mapping -Operations Management -Generative AI Implementation -Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -Workflow Optimization -Exit Strategy & Sellability -No-Code Automation (Make, Zapier) 🦸Strategic Fractional CMO: Bridging Marketing & Modern Operations Most companies don't have a marketing problem—they have a "Leaky Bucket" problem. They spend thousands on traffic only for those leads to die in a manual, fragmented sales process. As a Fractional CMO with six successful exits, I don't just focus on top-of-funnel vanity metrics. I focus on Revenue Operations (RevOps). I modernize your entire marketing department by integrating AI and automation into your sales funnels, ensuring that every dollar spent on growth is captured by a high-efficiency machine. When I step in as your Fractional CMO, I take full ownership of your growth strategy and the systems that power it. From architecting AI-driven lead nurturing sequences to optimizing your CAC/LTV ratios, I ensure your marketing isn't just a "cost center," but a predictable, scalable asset. I provide the high-level leadership of a full-time executive at a fraction of the cost, allowing your company to modernize its growth engine while you stay focused on the big picture.

Lifelong entrepreneur, having built and scaled 3 successful startups, raised over $10M in venture capital, and sold my first company for 8-figures at age 25. I’m a coach and builder at heart - I love rolling up my sleeves and using my experience to help you get to the right answers faster. I’ve coached 50+ founders on product, design, growth, marketing, analytics, fundraising, consumer retention, and enterprise sales. Some of my highest leverage strengths are: ✅ FUNDRAISING: having built over 100 pitch decks and successfully pitched Sequoia Capital, a16z, Greylock, Benchmark, Accel, and many other Tier 1 VC's in the Silicon Valley. ✅ STORYTELLING: crafting your brand positioning, product marketing, features/benefits, and distilling your message to resonate with your core persona. ✅ PRODUCT: building a product development lifecycle, hypothesis-driven development and iteration, working cross-functionally to ensure design, engineering, marketing, are all aligned on moving your key metrics forward. ✅ GROWTH: built several consumer web/mobile apps, notably scaling to >1M users and >4M unique monthly transactions through both organic and paid-led growth strategies. ✅ STARTUP INFRASTRUCTURE: building the foundational processes to enable growth, including your performance marketing (e.g. Meta ad accounts), product analytics (e.g. Segment/Amplitude), financial models, bookkeeping, sales funnels, cap tables, etc. Currently CEO of Perspective, a rapidly growing AI startup based in San Francisco backed by many notable VC’s and angel investors. Reach out and let’s chat!

Fractional CRO | Revenue Growth, Sales Systems & Market Expansion As a fractional CRO, I drove a CPG business to 336% growth year-over-year while increasing monthly revenue run rate by ~70% and building a scalable, repeatable revenue system. I help growth-stage companies turn fragmented sales efforts into predictable, scalable revenue systems. I’m in the top 1% of Upwork providers—not because I advise, but because I operate, implement, and drive measurable outcomes. Recent CRO Engagement (CPG Manufacturer) As a fractional CRO, I led a full commercial transformation across sales, marketing, and execution. Results included: Currently driving performance at 336% ahead of the prior year, with continued acceleration into 2026 Built a pipeline and account strategy that supported consistent quarter-over-quarter growth, including a 448% Q1 growth pace in 2026 Rebuilt the sales process and pipeline structure to improve conversion rates and forecasting accuracy Implemented sell-through support systems (POS, digital presence, retail enablement) that directly improved reorder velocity Developed account-level prioritization to increase average order size and focus on high-value customers Integrated sales, marketing, and field execution into a cohesive, repeatable revenue engine This work was applied, measured, and built for scale. What I Do Best Revenue System Design I build systems that connect prospecting, conversion, reorder, and expansion into a unified revenue engine. Sales Process Optimization Pipeline structure and visibility Conversion improvement Forecasting accuracy Rep behavior alignment Sell-Through and Account Growth Retail support strategies POS and activation alignment Reorder velocity improvement Account prioritization Marketing That Supports Revenue Persona-driven messaging Digital and retail alignment Conversion-focused assets Systems over campaigns Hiring, Training and Team Performance Sales team structure Interview systems Onboarding and ramp optimization Performance management Why Clients Bring Me In Revenue is growing but not predictably Sales and marketing are disconnected Teams are active but not effective There is no clear path from effort to revenue I solve this by building clarity, structure, and momentum across the entire revenue system. Background 20+ years of Sales and Marketing leadership Proven triple-digit growth 583% in Foodservice 125%+ in Medical Diagnostics Published author on modern sales strategy International speaker and trainer Fit I work best with companies that are already generating revenue, want to scale intelligently, and need structure rather than just ideas. If you are looking for someone to diagnose quickly, implement effectively, and drive real outcomes, let’s talk.

I work with business owners and executives to provide timely financial reporting, streamline operations, obtain funding, design processes, document procedures, develop org charts with responsibilities. Deliverables include business plans, strategic plans, EOS facilitation, accountability tools, financial statements, and operational metrics. Additionally, I work with tech wizards to utilize technology to further streamline processes, cut costs and expedite information to run and manage the business. My career experience has been assessing situations, creating plans for solutions, implementing the plans, managing team members and reporting on results. My mission is to help make businesses profitable and rely less on its owners so they can manage and grow the business. Most recently I worked with a company that was on the road to collapse. In 9 months, I was able to: - turn a $2M loss into a $500k gain (an growing) - streamline ops (and people) with documented processes, procedures and serious reduction of chaos - transform a siloed organization into one that communication and operated interdepartmentally - implement the EOS strategic system - identify the "runners" and leaders within the employee base - develope project and client based accounting to accurately understand the business - implement POs and Ramp to streamline AP and reduce financial leakage - set a course for the future to grow to 5x current sales - empowered the team to utilize fractional workers until a full time employee was needed. - taught the team how to hire, manage and utilize fractional workers - recommended the use of a CRM (which was implemented) to track sales opportunities to more accurately project sales I operate as a coach, the integrator or somewhere in between depending on how your organization operates and the severity of the situation. Would love to chat with you and learn more about your organization and how it can reach the next level.