CEO's Right Hand Founder's Right Hand AI Fluent (ChatGPT and Claude User) Not just an Executive Assistant: I bring Chief of Staff & Operations Director skills - all at a fraction of the cost! Integration and execution are my strengths. I can act as your second brain and make sure things move forward. I help founders reclaim up to 80% of their time - my founder clients can attest to that! With almost 20 years of combined experience: 8+ years as a right hand to CEOs and 10 years as a CEO myself of a top 1 brand in my country! I don’t just “assist.” I integrate, systemize, and scale businesses. Whether it’s running operations, building teams, or keeping you laser-focused on growth, I’m the partner who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. What I Bring to the Table: 📍Triple Role Expertise: Executive Assistant + Project/Operations Manager; built systems, managed cross-functional teams, and acted as Chief of Staff to high-growth CEOs. 📍 Proven CEO Experience: Founded and scaled a multi million manufacturing company that became the #1 brand nationwide in the Philippines and Thailand, with market reach across Asia and the Middle East. 📍 Upwork Track Record: Managed a staffing agency here with 28,847+ hours logged and consistent 4–5 star ratings, proving strong management and client success. Core Skills: 📍 Business Management & Operations Optimization 📍 Chief of Staff / Executive Assistant Support 📍 Recruitment, Training & Team Leadership 📍 Process Building & SOP Development 📍 Sales Support & Client Success 📍 Social Media & Basic Digital Marketing Oversight 📍 Manufacturing, Distribution & Vendor Management What You Get Working With Me: 📍 Order from Chaos – I build systems so you can focus on growth 📍Proactive Execution – I anticipate needs before they hit your desk 📍 Scalable Solutions – SOPs, dashboards, and accountability systems

📍BUSINESSES FAIL TO SECURE FUNDING BECAUSE THEY SKIP THE GRANT REQUEST ASSESSMENT PHASE. 📍FUNDING COULD BE TIME CONSUMING, Here's what my clients have said: "It was great working with Honour! He is a clear communicator and solutions oriented. Will work with him again!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Honour is an absolute pleasure to work with him. He's always on top of things and making suggestions for what to do next. He's always punctual and works hard to get everything done. " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I secure grant funding and win government contracts for nonprofits, startups, and businesses ready to scale their impact and revenue. It's MY DUTY TO TOIL THE NIGHTS, responding to complex RFPs, or establishing nonprofit compliance, I transform your capabilities into winning proposals that deliver essential resources and sustainable growth. (5 Years) experience writing and supporting BUSINESSES winning grant applications across the following sectors: 📍Youth Empowerment & Education 📍Health & Community Development 📍Arts & Culture 📍Nonprofits & NGOs 📍Small & Minority-Owned Businesses 📍Startups & Social Enterprises 📍Community & Faith-Based Organizations Services include: 📍Researching and identifying relevant grants (government, foundation, corporate) 📍Writing strong proposals, LOIs, and supporting documents 📍Collaborating on budgets, impact metrics, and logic models 📍Managing deadlines and submission processes 📍Preparing reports and follow-ups to show funder impact 📍Funding Follow up 📍Why Work With Me? Having worked with grant making agencies, and helped secure over $5M+ in funding through strategic and persuasive writing. My combine expertise in grant acquisition and government contracting provides a strategic advantage. I understand how agencies assess both programmatic funding proposals and procurement submissions, allowing me to align applications with what evaluators are looking for in your proposals. ✅Your time is too valuable to spend wrestling with complex applications, chasing deadlines, and second-guessing your narrative. While you focus on running your organization and serving your community, I focus on RAISING FUNDING. 📩 Ready to Secure Funding Confidently? Send a message and lets build your funding together.

Hello! I'm Ahmed Ashraf, a highly accomplished MBA graduate from McGill University, with an expansive background in Strategy & Management Consulting, Project Management, Business Planning, and Business Continuity & Resiliency. As a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) from DRII, I am well-equipped with best practices in business resiliency, emergency management, and continuity planning. Though I may be new to Upwork, I bring extensive real-world expertise that enables me to deliver impactful, customized solutions to help organizations achieve their goals and drive sustainable growth. By partnering with me, you'll benefit from: Expertise in Business Continuity & Resiliency: Drawing from my CBCP certification and extensive experience, I can provide your organization with comprehensive strategies to ensure operational continuity in the face of uncertainties, crises, or disruptions. Proficiency in Strategy & Management Consulting: My diverse industry experience allows me to address complex business challenges effectively. I provide strategic recommendations grounded in comprehensive research, thorough analysis, and a deep understanding of market trends. Stellar Project Management: Well-versed in agile and traditional methodologies, I have a proven track record of successfully leading teams to complete projects within scope, time, and budget constraints. My outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills ensure smooth collaboration throughout the project lifecycle. In-depth Business Planning: I excel at crafting tailored, research-driven business plans that align with your organization's goals. Whether you're launching a new venture or expanding your existing business, I'll develop a strategic roadmap to fuel growth and support long-term success. When you work with me, you can expect: A committed partner who takes the time to understand your unique needs and objectives. Timely delivery of top-notch work that meets or exceeds your expectations. A forward-thinking approach that leverages data and industry insights for informed decision-making. A strong focus on building lasting relationships and delivering exceptional value. I'm eager to bring my multifaceted expertise and passion for helping businesses succeed to the Upwork platform. I invite you to reach out and discuss your project requirements so we can create a winning strategy together. Best regards, Ahmed Ashraf

...do you have a have a startup idea that you need to validate & build? ...or an existing business that you need to fine tune with research & development, to be Go To Market Ready? Hello I'm Elissa & thank you for visiting my profile! I am a 5★ UpWork Expert Vetted All-In-One startup and business consultant from Arizona, United States, and in the past 15+ years, I've have partnered with over 250+ founders around the world to achieve startup success in various stages of development: DISCOVER, PLAN, LAUNCH & GROW STAGES. No matter where you are in your startup journey, I provide all resources from A-Z. ***Let's set up a free (15-min) call to discuss your needs, and set up a game plan*** MY EXPERTISE AT A GLANCE: ★ Market Research & Feasibility Analysis: Actionable insights to validate and refine your business ideas. ★ Startup MVP Development: From concepting to wireframing, ensuring your product meets market needs. ★ Strategic Business Planning: End-to-end business plans, financial modeling, and investor-ready pitch deck presentations. ★ Branding & Positioning: Unique strategies that make your brand stand out in competitive markets. ★ Go-to-Market Strategy: Execution plans tailored to target demographics, including customer journey optimization. HIGHLIGHTS OF SUCCESS: ★ $10M+ investor funding unlocked for various clients with market-ready business plans. ★ Led 250+ startups to success, including SaaS, tech, healthcare, and consumer brands. ★ Empowered WIN Energy Drink to refine its buyer personas, optimize feasibility studies, and craft an investor-winning pitch deck. ★ Partnered with LocalFarmOK to build a robust urban farm event business plan, attracting new markets and investors. CLIENT FEEDBACK SPEAKS VOLUMES: “Her business plan and market insights transformed our pitch deck into a winning tool. Within months, we secured our first round of funding!” – Local Farm OK, Founder “Elissa's guidance on scaling our MVP saved us six months of trial and error. A game-changer for our operations.” – WIN Energy Drink, CEO WHY CHOOSE ME? ★ Over 15 years of startup experience and entrepreneurial excellence ★ Expert Vetted by UpWork, having coached over 250+ startups worldwide ★ "Quality and professional" work is the core standard for all deliverables ★ Proven ability to drive long-term growth while mitigating risks ★ Transparent, collaborative, and committed to your success HOW CAN WE START? Book a free (15-min) consultation call today to discuss your business goals. Together, let’s: ★ Solve your most pressing challenges. ★ Align your vision with a data-backed strategy. ★ Create results that make your startup thrive. Ready to elevate your business? Let’s start now.

Looking for a certified HubSpot expert who can unlock the full potential of your CRM? I help businesses implement, optimize, and scale HubSpot to drive real, measurable growth. With 6+ years of experience and over 300 successful implementations, I specialize in: 🚀 HubSpot CRM setup & customization 🧲 Lead generation & nurturing workflows 📈 Email marketing & marketing automation 🔁 Sales & marketing funnel optimization 📊 HubSpot data analytics & reporting 🧩 Revenue operations strategy I'm not just a freelancer — I’m a Diamond HubSpot Solutions Partner, HubSpot Community Champion, and Expert-Vetted Top 1% Consultant on Upwork. My strategies are tailored, results-driven, and built on deep platform knowledge. Client testimonial: "Colten has been great to work with... built out very complex workflows in HubSpot that took a lot of effort... a huge asset to my org." — Chas Gessner, CEO of Vitality Rx Certifications: HubSpot Diamond Partner Whether you’re building from scratch or need an audit to improve performance, I’ll help you get more from HubSpot — faster.

Helping digital founders organize, optimize & scale through strategy & systems. I help early-stage and scaling digital businesses turn chaos into clarity through systems, strategy, and execution. Whether you’re a startup founder building your MVP, a freelancer ready to formalize your business, or a growing digital brand struggling with internal chaos, I help you get organized, make smarter decisions, and scale without burnout. 🔹 What I Do: - Build your business structure from the ground up or reorganize what’s not working. - Design and implement growth systems: dashboards, automation, workflows, SOPs. - Help you define your value proposition, target market, and monetization model. - Act as your fractional COO or strategic advisor — directly working with the founder. - Get you investor-ready with pitch decks, financial models, and growth metrics. 📌 Who I Work With: - Tech startups & digital businesses (SaaS, platforms, service providers, solopreneurs). - Female founders & creatives ready to professionalize and scale. - Startup teams preparing for investment or systematizing operations post-MVP. - Business owners tired of duct-taped tools and reactive decision-making. 🛠️ Tools & Frameworks I Use: Notion · Airtable · ClickUp · Power BI · Lean Canvas · Zapier · Stripe · Google Workspace · CAC/LTV modeling · OKRs · Value Proposition Design ⭐ Most Requested Services: - Business strategy & MVP structuring - Operations clean-up & system implementation - Investment readiness (pitch deck + financials) - Monthly founder advisory (like a strategic co-founder) - Automation & KPI dashboards for remote teams 💡 Why Work With Me: I don’t offer fluff. I offer clarity. My clients walk away with organized operations, aligned strategy, and scalable systems and most importantly, the confidence to lead without second-guessing. Let’s start with a diagnostic session and see if my method is the right fit for your business.

I'm a bilingual (Native English & Spanish) Operations and Leadership Expert specializing in building structure, clarity, and alignment across remote teams through tools like Clickup, Asana, Teamwork, Monday, Notion, Slite, Intercom and Zapier (among other). Raised in West Palm Beach, FL and currently based in Bogota Colombia. My background combines operations, customer success, and marketing. I help service-based and productized businesses clean up execution so work flows end-to-end with clear ownership, stable priorities, and fewer surprises that drive growth and revenue. I'm hands-on and collaborative. I work directly with the team, thrive in bridging the gap between strategy and execution, simplifying the rules, and turn messy processes into systems people actually use. What I Do ✅ Build execution systems that remove the CEO as bottleneck ✅ Clarify ownership, priorities, and definitions of done ✅ Stabilize delivery to reduce delays, churn, and rework ✅ Install operating cadence (weekly planning, scorecards, audits) ✅ Turn tools like ClickUp, Asana, Airtable, Notion into real operating systems ✅ Create SOPs and checklists teams actually follow ✅ Fix intake, handoffs, and communication breakdowns fast Experience & Results 🔹Head of Operations (SaaS) Rebuilt onboarding, support, and delivery from scratch. Raised CSAT from 74% → 96–98% and scaled users from 2,000 → 6,000 in under a year. Removed the founder from daily ops. 🔹Head of Ops & Client Delivery (Marketing Agency) Mapped workflows end-to-end, fixed intake and handoffs, stabilized delivery for ecom + SaaS clients, and supported growth from ~15 to 60 active clients. 🔹Remote Team Leadership Built and led teams across LATAM, Asia, and the US. Hired, trained, and managed execution without micromanagement. How I Work I start by understanding how work actually flows today I fix the highest-friction points first (intake, handoffs, ownership) I keep SOPs short, practical, and embedded in the workflow I install rules so decisions stop escalating to the CEO I stay involved until the system runs without constant oversight If execution keeps slowing down, slipping, or depending on the founder - it’s usually a system issue, not a people issue. I'd love to help you untangle that, bring clarity back, and make work feel lighter.😊

If your revenue feels stalled, scattered, or harder than it should be — I help fix the system behind it. I’m a Fractional CRO with 10+ years helping SaaS, FinTech, eCommerce, and payments companies build the revenue infrastructure that actually scales. I’ve held VP and CRO seats across early-stage startups through mid-market — and I work hands-on, not deck-and-disappear. My background spans the full revenue stack: ◆ GTM strategy and sales architecture for founders and early-stage teams ◆ RevOps cleanup and CRM optimization (HubSpot, Salesforce) ◆ Payments infrastructure — Merchant of Record, Stripe, global commerce, dunning, churn recovery ◆ Pipeline design, forecasting, and revenue visibility ◆ Sales process alignment between marketing, sales, and ops ◆ Retention, expansion, and subscription revenue strategy On the payments side specifically: I led Americas eCommerce managing Merchant of Record solutions across 200+ countries, drove $67M ARR, and built payment integrations. That experience translates directly into engagements around payment recovery, involuntary churn, checkout optimization, and global commerce strategy. For early-stage teams, I help design the GTM foundation before things get messy — ICP clarity, sales motion, first CRM setup, pricing architecture. For scaling companies, I come in when the system that got you here isn’t working anymore — messy HubSpot, broken handoffs, pipelines nobody trusts. The range is intentional. Revenue breaks differently at every stage, across every model — SaaS, subscriptions, payments, eCommerce, B2B, DTC. I’ve worked across enough of them to know where to look first. I’ve worked inside companies where the revenue number was real but nobody could explain how they got there — and others where the pipeline looked full but nothing was closing. Both problems have a root cause. Finding it fast is the job. My experience runs deeper than most generalist consultants because I’ve lived on both sides of the revenue equation. Across several executive roles I wasn’t just selling — I was managing global tax liability, foreign exchange exposure, and regulatory compliance across 200+ countries for companies selling internationally. I’ve built and led teams while simultaneously closing eight-figure ARR in enterprise fintech. I’ve owned $50M+ P&L responsibilities while rebuilding GTM from the inside while the business was still running. These weren’t advisory roles. I was in the work. That breadth matters because most revenue problems aren’t isolated. A broken HubSpot setup is usually a symptom of a misaligned sales process. A stalled pipeline is often a positioning problem in disguise. Pricing that doesn’t convert is frequently a sales motion issue, not a pricing issue. I’ve seen enough of these patterns across enough industries to connect dots that someone with a narrower background would miss. SaaS, payments, fintech, eCommerce, subscriptions, B2B, DTC, government — I’ve sold into them, built revenue systems inside them, and helped founders navigate them from pre-revenue through scale. The clients I work best with aren’t always sure exactly what’s broken — they just know something isn’t working and they’re past the point of guessing. Whether that’s a founder staring at flat revenue with no clear answer, or an operator inheriting a revenue system that was never really built right — that’s exactly where this work starts. You don’t need to have it figured out before we talk. I’m a U.S. Army veteran — Infantry and Military Police. Calm under pressure, clear in execution, focused on building things that last. 🏅 ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS: Revenue & Executive Leadership • Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Certificate — Pavilion • Mastership in Revenue Architecture — Winning by Design • Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Certificate — Pavilion • Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Certificate — Pavilion • Sales Leadership Accelerator — Pavilion • Outward Performance for Leaders — The Arbinger Institute Revenue Operations & HubSpot • HubSpot Revenue Operations Certification — HubSpot Academy • HubSpot Sales Hub Software Certified — HubSpot Academy • Inbound Sales Certified — HubSpot Academy AI & GTM Strategy • AI & Automation Strategies for GTM Leaders — Pavilion • AI Empowerment: Transforming GTM through Innovation — Pavilion • Fraud Detection on Financial Transactions with ML — Google Cloud • Stripe Professional Payments Architect — Stripe (Payments Processor) Digital Marketing & eCommerce • Google Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Professional Certificate — Google • Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate — Google

If you're a founder spending your time inside the business instead of on it, I'm the person who fixes that. I work as your Founder's Right Hand, Chief of Staff, and Operations Manager, the person who sits between your vision and your team's execution, making sure nothing slips, no one is blocked, and the business runs smoothly without you in every conversation. With 6+ years of experience in agency operations, SaaS project management, and executive support, I've helped founders delegate with confidence, build scalable systems, and reclaim their time for the work only they can do. Here's what I take off your plate: ⚙️ Operations Management — I audit your workflows, eliminate bottlenecks, and build SOPs that let your team operate without constant founder input 📋 Project Management — End-to-end delivery ownership across ClickUp, Asana, Notion, and Jira. Timelines, accountability, status updates — all handled 🧠 Chief of Staff Support — I turn your scattered ideas and priorities into structured execution plans, run your weekly ops rhythm, and manage cross-functional coordination 🗣️ Team & Stakeholder Management — I lead internal communication, run standups, hold the team accountable, and escalate only what actually needs your attention 🤝 Executive & Founder Support — Calendar management, decision support, vendor follow-ups, hiring coordination, and anything else that's pulling your focus away from growth 🔧 Systems & Automation — ClickUp, Asana, Notion, Slack, Zapier, and Make, I build and maintain the operational stack that keeps everything connected What changes when you work with me: ✅ You stop being the bottleneck ✅ Your team has clear direction and accountability ✅ Projects get delivered on time, without you chasing anyone ✅ Your operations are documented and scalable ✅ You get your time back to focus on strategy and growth I'm not a task manager. I'm not a scheduler. I'm a strategic operator who takes ownership of your entire business backend, and treats your company like it's my own. Top Rated | 95% Job Success | 6+ Years in Ops & Project Management | ClickUp | Asana | Notion | Jira | Slack | Zapier If you're ready to stop being in everything and start scaling, let's talk.

I help companies design, prototype, and troubleshoot complex hardware systems, especially where mechanical, electrical, thermal, and control systems must work together reliably in demanding real-world environments. I am a former Head of R&D at Northrop Grumman Marine Systems, with experience in turbines, generators, electric motors, rotating machinery, and large-scale power systems. My work also includes combustion systems, battery systems, power electronics, embedded hardware, and full product development from concept through working prototype. I work with startups and established companies on: - hardware system design - rotating machinery and power systems - combustion, thermal, and fluid systems - battery and embedded hardware - controls, instrumentation, and industrial automation - diagnosing and solving difficult engineering problems I focus on practical, buildable solutions with strong attention to reliability, manufacturability, safety, and system integration. I’m often brought in when a project needs senior-level engineering direction to move from concept to a working system efficiently. I studied engineering and business at Stanford University and have 20+ years of experience working with venture-backed startups, helping connect engineering decisions to product development, scaling, and execution.