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Are you a business owner feeling overwhelmed with the day-to-day operations of your company? Is it time to take your business to the next level of growth? Are you ready to harness technology and refine your operations? Hi! I'm Mara, and I am an Online Business Operations Manager, Project Manager and technology Integrator, and geek out on utilizing data to make data-driven business decisions. I run your business so you can grow the business and I do it by using common sense, and data-driven decision-making. With a passion for integrating technology into business operations, I specialize in streamlining processes, automating systems, and enhancing team productivity. As a strategic project manager, I have a proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams in implementing large-scale projects. Whether you need support with hiring and recruiting or simply want to optimize your business operations, I am here to help you achieve your goals. With my expertise in technology and my commitment to delivering exceptional results, I will take the hassle out of running your business. Let's work together to unlock your company's full potential and take your business to new heights! My portfolio of skills includes: 10+ Years of Operational Management Experience 10+ Years of Project Management 8+ Years of Team Leadership 10+ Years Data Analytics & KPI/Performance Tracking & Reporting. 17+ Years of Real Estate Industry Experience (including multifamily, property management, resident, commercial, & new build/new construction) 10+ Year Bookkeeping & Accounting 5+ Years Email Marketing + Communications 10+ Years Technical & Business Writing (Standard Operating Procedures, Step-by-Step Instructions, Video) 10+ Years CRM Management & Administration I look forward to working in partnership with your business. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about my services or additional information about my professional experience. Read on to learn more about what I bring to the table, and the software I am experienced in working with. Industries I’ve Served: Real Estate, Property Management, Law / Legal, eCommerce, Insurance, Professional Services, Personal Coaching, and Event Planning. Technical Proficiencies: Documentation & Instruction: Adobe DC, Tango, Trainual, MS Word, Google Docs, Loom Customer Relationship (CRM): Copper CRM (Certified Admin), Salesforce, Copper, HubSpot Project Management: Monday.com, ClickUp, Trello, JIRA, Asana, Procore Email Marketing: MailChimp, ActiveCampaign Automation: Zapier eCommerce: Shopify, Etsy Accounting: WaveApps, Quickbooks Online, Patriot Data Analysis: Tableau, PowerBI, Excel, Excel, Google Sheets Support & Customer Service: ZenDesk, ServiceNow, Design & Presentation: Adobe Illustrator, Canva, PowerPoint, Google Slides Property Management: Entrata, RealPage, MRI, Peek Virtual Tours, Pricing Manager. Digital Signature: DocuSign, HelloSign, Adobe

I am Erin Isaacson, an operations and resilience consultant and founder of Pacific Crest Digital Solutions. I support organizations by improving communication, strengthening their content and messaging, refining internal processes, and developing clear processes that align teams and support day to day operations. My work spans multiple sectors, including technology, trades, emergency management, real estate, and other small business operations. I began freelancing in 2019 and transitioned to full time consulting in 2021. I work with a trusted network of specialists who support design, editing, platform setup, and research. This collaborative model allows me to scale support and deliver targeted solutions based on each project’s needs. What I Do Best Operational Consulting and Project Oversight Providing workflow guidance, process assessments, and project management with a focus on clarity, efficiency, and sustainability. Marketing and Content Strategy Helping organizations build a consistent digital presence through structured planning, clear messaging, and strategic content development. Platform and System Support Working within platforms such as Zoho, Microsoft Dynamics, SharePoint, Asana, Monday.com, and other systems to help clients organize information, streamline workflows, and improve user experience. SEO and Content Creation Turning complex topics into clear, engaging, and accessible content that supports visibility and strengthens audience understanding. Compliance and Technical Documentation Creating accurate and well-structured documentation for regulated fields including defense, SaaS, engineering, cybersecurity, and healthcare. My Process Every engagement begins with a Q and A call to clarify goals, understand current challenges, and determine the level of support needed. From there, I recommend ongoing monthly services or a firm fixed price project with clearly defined deliverables and timelines. If you have upcoming content, documentation, or operations needs, I am always open to connecting. I am responsive, solution focused, and committed to helping organizations communicate clearly and operate with confidence.

I help growing companies create clarity, consistency, and execution through strong processes, documentation, and enablement. My work focuses on designing SOPs, playbooks, training materials, and operational workflows that help teams actually do their jobs better. I’m often brought in when processes live in people’s heads, onboarding is inconsistent, or teams are struggling to scale without breaking things. I also support cross-functional initiatives where structure, coordination, and follow-through are critical—acting as a senior partner who can step in, assess quickly, and bring order to complex or ambiguous situations. I’m commonly hired to: Build SOPs, playbooks, and internal documentation Create onboarding, enablement, and training materials Improve operational and financial workflows Bring structure and clarity to cross-functional initiatives Support leaders who need execution without adding headcount I’m highly organized, proactive, and easy to work with. I translate complexity into clear, usable materials and processes that teams actually adopt. If you need someone who can create structure, enable your team, and help work move forward smoothly, I’d be happy to connect.

Owner, Walnut Creek Consulting Seasoned, principle-centered strategic advisor, process improvement specialist, and grant writer with executive level experience. Please contact me through Upwork. SKILLS Achieved maximum employee and management participation with a shared decision-making model. Built large-scale community partnerships for education and employment using value-proposition models.

When growth starts depending on founder heroics, loose handoffs, tribal knowledge, and inconsistent execution, the business needs a stronger operating model before it can handle more momentum. For the last 25 years, I've helped founder-led, service-based, and growth-stage businesses diagnose operational friction, redesign broken or overloaded workflows, and build systems that improve clarity, accountability, and scalable execution. My background combines executive operations, business systems thinking, process redesign, and practical implementation. I am especially valuable when leadership can feel that operations, marketing, and delivery are out of alignment, but the real problem has not yet been clearly defined. Most common on and off-platform deliverables: - Workflow audits and operational cleanup - SOPs, policies, playbooks, and process documentation - ClickUp and Monday(.com) setup, cleanup, and workflow organization - Project and implementation support - Handoff redesign, accountability structure, and process visibility - Service-delivery improvement and operating rhythm - Cross-functional alignment between operations, marketing, and website execution - Fractional COO or strategic operations support for founder-led teams My work has included: - Setup, cleanup, and workflow organization using ClickUp and Monday(.com) - Centralizing fragmented service operations across multi-location businesses - Improving service delivery and workflow consistency - Building SOPs, process visibility, and accountability structures - Aligning operations with business realities and growth constraints - Guiding teams through operational cleanup, redesign, and implementation A few representative examples: - Centralized operations for a $200M service conglomerate spanning 50 brands across 8 states. - Overhauled a rehab and recovery organization's cash flow from deep in the red to 11% net profit. - Recalibrated a <5% profit virtual admin firm into a <18% (24/7/365) virtual call center - Designed a custom event-management platform to fix an inefficient event management process - Developed SOP-driven operational frameworks that improved execution for scaling businesses. I am the right fit when you need someone who can: - identify what is actually breaking execution - redesign the operating model - create clearer workflows, ownership, and standards - guide implementation far enough that the system becomes usable in the real world If your business is growing, but the current structure is creating friction, rework, confusion, or founder bottlenecks, that is the kind of problem I am built to solve.

I'm a Fractional COO and Systems Architect with 10+ years across regulated industries — mortgage finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and small-to-mid market companies. I design and build the operational backbone — SOPs, policy frameworks, and the data systems — that lets leadership stop firefighting and start scaling. My sweet spot is the bridge stage: companies that have outgrown manual processes and QuickBooks but aren't ready to commit to a $50K SaaS migration. I build the audit-ready SOPs, the ERP-style spreadsheet systems that handle real operational complexity, and — when the work calls for it — hosted backends in PHP and Supabase. I use AI throughout to accelerate the work without compromising rigor. WHAT I ACTUALLY DO FRACTIONAL COO & OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP Hands-on operational ownership for founders who've outgrown founder-mode. I bring structure to teams, processes, and reporting — and I lead the change management work that gets it adopted. I work in the system, not just on it. Particularly effective for regulated startups and growth-stage operators who need a senior operator before they can hire one full-time. Result: Decisions get made on real data, not on hunches and inboxes. SOPs, POLICY & COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION The audit-ready playbook your operators actually follow. Standard Operating Procedures, training frameworks, quality control structures, mock-audit programs, and GMP-aligned protocols for high-stakes regulated environments. I design workflows where the right way to work is the easiest way — so consistency holds without constant enforcement. Result: Seamless onboarding, reduced training cost, scalable execution. ERP-STYLE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE Complex spreadsheet systems that function as a working ERP — scoring engines, inventory and pipeline tracking, financial models, operator dashboards. When scale demands it, I migrate the same architecture to a hosted backend (PHP, Supabase, Google Apps Script) so the system keeps growing with the business. Result: A unified source of truth, sized to your stage, with a clear path to where you're going. AI-AUGMENTED WORKFLOWS & DATA INTELLIGENCE AI built into the operational design — prompt libraries for SOP and document drafting, AI-assisted review pipelines, model-in-the-loop scoring and decision support. Plus the reporting layer: Looker Studio dashboards, GA4, advanced Excel/Sheets financial models. Result: Senior-operator tasks run reliably in minutes, with real-time KPI visibility on top. PROVEN IMPACT Designed and built a multi-user ERP-style operations system end-to-end — spreadsheet bridge, hosted backend, scoring logic, calibration engine, operator dashboards Authored end-to-end SOPs and audit frameworks for high-stakes regulated startups Cut operational overhead by 20% via JIT procurement redesign and workflow automation Drove a 30% productivity lift across cross-functional teams through systems integration Transitioned startups from founder-dependent chaos to 24/7 production environments 506 Upwork hours, 5.0 client review, Rising Talent SMALLER ENGAGEMENTS For shorter windows of work, I take scoped hourly engagements that draw on the same playbook — building out a single SOP set, cleaning up a CRM after a migration, leading change management through a transition, prepping a regulated business for an internal audit or compliance review, or embedding an AI workflow into an existing operation. Smaller scope, same operator. TECH STACK Google Workspace pro — Sheets, Docs, Apps Script, Looker Studio Excel power user — complex financial models, CSE arrays, multi-sheet architecture Backend & custom tooling — PHP, Supabase, Google Apps Script (when scope warrants a hosted build) Operations platforms — tool-agnostic; sheets-first foundation, with backend layered in when the work calls for it AI workflows — Claude, GPT-4, prompt engineering, retrieval/RAG Industries — Mortgage Finance, Agriculture/CEA, Manufacturing, Regulated SMB HOW TO WORK WITH ME Click "Invite to Job" and tell me what's breaking. Whether you need a Fractional COO embedded for months, a single SOP set built right the first time, or operational infrastructure that grows with you — that's where I work.