Work · Fractional COO
Fractional COO for field service and PE-backed platforms.
Your operating partner. Not your next consultant. Own the cadence, the margin line, dispatch and utilization, and the team structure.
What a fractional COO does here
Most “fractional COO” search results are generic marketplaces and startup blogs. Mesa AI is vertical: trades and technical field service, including PE-owned platforms post-close. We sit in the operating room — not a strategy offsite.
Identify what’s broken. Build what’s missing. Hold the room to it. The operating machine, built and running — not a deck.
Where it lands
- Weekly operating cadence installed and running
- KPI framework — labor, utilization, schedule completion, rework
- Dispatch and scheduling discipline built from the floor
- Subcontractor and vendor accountability structure
- Team structure defined, roles written, gaps filled
- Board-level reporting that shows up in the numbers
- Margin that holds through growth
- Post-acquisition integration and stabilization
- Founder-led to professionally run — systems that outlast the founder
Who it is for
Operators who have outgrown founder heroics. PE operating partners who need cadence after a tuck-in. Companies where contribution margin slipped and nobody can name the leak on Tuesday afternoon.
How it pairs with AI
Fractional COO work often surfaces the first workflows worth automating. AI skills only ship after the live process is understood and a named approver exists. See AI & automation and the method.
Engagement shape
On-site start. Part-time senior operating seat. Clear weekly rhythm. Scope written against your systems and crew — not a generic playbook.