14+ years
In project and operations management, in construction, education, healthcare, technology and hospitality.
Utah
A business consultant in Utah who gets things finished.
I help Utah startups, owners and growing companies turn goals into projects with owners, run them with a weekly rhythm and three honest numbers, and let automation carry what repeats. Based in Salt Lake City.
The short version
Most businesses do not need more ideas. They need fewer unfinished ones.
You know the feeling: a whiteboard full of good plans, a team doing its best and a quiet sense that the same three problems have been "on the list" since spring. That is the point where I usually get a call.
My method, Project Focus, is not complicated, and that is deliberate. Pick the three places where your business leaks (leads, operations and sales), turn each fix into a project with one owner and one deadline, check three numbers every week and let software do the repetitive parts. Nothing glamorous. A great deal of results.
Who I help
Four kinds of owners, four different first moves.
The owner who is stuck
Leads come in waves, operations eat your week or sales leak. We find the leak first and fix it one project at a time. The diagnostic is a good first step.
The founder with a deadline
You need your first customers, not a lifetime plan. A 90-day sprint with three projects and one scoreboard, as in the 90-day sprint.
Anyone about to build
A clinic, a restaurant, an office, a lodge. I work on the owner's side, from the first idea to opening day: what an owner's representative does, and how I work.
The team drowning in repetition
Reminders, first replies, weekly reports. Automation and AI agents, after the process is clear: what to automate first.
How it works
Four steps. No mystery, no 80-slide deck.
- 01
Listen and map
We look at leads, operations and sales and find where the business leaks.
- 02
Choose three projects
Each has one owner, one outcome, one number and one deadline. Everything else waits on a list called "later."
- 03
Run the weekly rhythm
Thirty minutes, the same time every week: numbers, projects, decisions, next actions.
- 04
Review at 90 days
Keep what worked, fix what almost did and drop what did not. Then write the next page.
Why me
Roads, megaprojects, clinics and a lot of spreadsheets.
$115M, $40M and $25M
Contract manager on three large programs with more than 1,800 people. I know what a project looks like when it gets big.
Four clinics
Delivered on time and within budget in the United States. See how a clinic opens on time.
About 20% more efficiency
From automating repetitive workflows in a hospitality operation in Utah, where I work today.
The full story is on the About page, and the work is in the portfolio.
A fair warning
A good consultant tells you when you do not need one.
Sometimes the right first step is free: a Small Business Development Center, a template, a conversation with a peer. If that is your case, I will say so. If you want to know how to judge any consultant, not only me, read what a business consultant does and when you need one. And if you like to tinker first, the free templates and the Utah business series are there for you.
Questions
Straight answers.
Utah is my home base: I live and work in the Salt Lake City area. Most of my clients are startups, owners and growing companies, and I am happy to hear about a project elsewhere. Tell me what you are building and we will see if it is a fit.
Where your business is stuck, which of the three engines (leads, operations or sales) leaks first and which project I would tackle first. At the end we both know whether working together makes sense.
Yes. I help owners as a project manager and owner's representative, from the first idea to opening day: scope, schedule, cost, contracts, quality and handover. I do not replace licensed architects, engineers of record or attorneys, and I will tell you when you need one.
A consultant brings expertise and helps solve a specific business problem, often through the implementation. A coach mainly asks questions so you find your own answers. The two overlap. I explain the difference, and when you need each, in a plain-language guide on this site.
It depends on the scope: a short diagnostic is very different from a three-month engagement. Tell me what you need and I will explain the options before anything starts. Free resources such as the Small Business Development Centers in Utah are also worth a look first.
Next step
Tell me where your Utah business is stuck.
I will tell you which project I would start with, and whether I am the right person to help.