Fractional C-Suite Executives in Canada. Embedded operators. Accountable for outcomes.
Fractional COO, CTO, CRO, or Managing Director — 15+ years scaling experience, embedded in your team, accountable for outcomes. Seated in 3 weeks.
15+ years in the specific seatTwo to four days per week embeddedOwns a scorecard, not a slide deckNamed successor at hand-off
A real seat. Not another advisor.
We take the seat with sign-off, hiring authority, and accountability for outcomes. A retained advisor lurking on the sidelines with a monthly call is a different product.
Two to three days a week, present at leadership meetings and the uncomfortable one-on-ones. The work that actually moves the function cannot be done monthly.
Every engagement comes in with an exit plan. Either we stay, hand off to a full-time hire we helped recruit, or build the team underneath to absorb the role. Dependency is avoidable, not inevitable.
Five moves. No shortcuts.
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Intake & scope
Same-day intake call. We confirm the seat (COO, CTO, CRO, or MD), the time commitment, and the outcome you need. Written scope within 48 hours — fixed monthly retainer, no hourly meter.
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Diagnostic & match
Two-week diagnostic. We meet your team, read your books, and propose a named principal with 15+ years in that seat. If the fit isn’t right, we say so — no engagement.
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Embed
Principal in-seat two to four days per week. Joins your weekly leadership meeting. Owns a defined scorecard. Hires, fires, and signs vendors with you — accountable, not advisory.
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Operating rhythm
Nine to fourteen months of active work. Operating system installed. Team hired and calibrated. Decisions tracked. Board-grade reporting cadence live.
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Hand off
Successor named — internal or external — and on-boarded before we exit. Documented operating system stays. We leave on a defined date, not a permanent retainer.
Four seats. Real outcomes.
Fractional CFO Positions Cleantech Startup for $12M Series A
Fractional CFO built investor-grade financial infrastructure and closed a $12M round in 9 months.
Fractional CHRO Scales People Ops at a Growth-Stage Fintech
Fractional CHRO rebuilt HR foundations and prepared the org for Series B hiring at scale.
Fractional COO Scales a Fertility Clinic Network 3→6 Locations
Fractional COO built investor-grade operations enabling a clinic network to double in 18 months.
They sat at our exec table from week three. By month nine we had a CHRO of record, an org our investors trusted, and a successor ready.
Three free tools to size the decision.
HR Cost Calculator · Ontario
Free Ontario HR cost calculator — annualized risk and opportunity cost of missing HR across turnover, compliance, productivity, and recruitment.
Fractional vs. Full-Time Executive Calculator · Canada
Free Canadian fractional vs. full-time executive calculator — side-by-side cost, capacity, and 3-year total cost of ownership for COO, CFO, CHRO, CTO.
Leadership Pipeline Assessment · Canada
Free Canadian leadership pipeline assessment — bench-strength score with named succession priorities, development gaps, and a first-90-day roadmap.
From the same family. Often scoped together.
Tell us which seat is empty. 30-minute call.
We'll tell you the role profile we'd propose, the engagement shape, and the named principal we'd put on the work — even if the honest recommendation isn't us.