C-Suite Operations · Fractional COO · AI-Powered Execution
A fractional operator for the chaos that doesn’t fit a job description.
Project relief, AI buildouts, and embedded executive support for founder-led and investor-backed companies. Twenty years inside Fortune 500 C-suites.
About Melanie
Not a task manager. An operations force.
I’ve spent over two decades in rooms where precision matters and mistakes cost real money. Fortune 500 C-suites, fractional COO engagements, and high-stakes operations across industries.
Some clients need a senior operator for one defined project. Others need a fractional executive partner for the long haul. Either way, I bring the same disciplined approach: anticipate the risk, build the system, and deliver the outcome.
My Master’s in Business and Organizational Security Management means I don’t just execute tasks. I think in systems. I see where exposure lives and where things quietly break down. I protect your time and your operation, because both are valuable assets.
Recent and current engagements span HealthTech, neurotechnology, emerging tech, consumer brands, media, private equity-backed manufacturing, online and higher education, business coaching, social media, and crypto.
- Master of Science — Business & Organizational Security Management
- Fortune 500 C-Suite experience across multiple industries
- Active AI integration specialist — prompt engineering, workflow automation, tool deployment
- Bilingual — English & German — available for international engagements
- Fractional COO & consulting experience across HealthTech, neurotechnology, emerging tech, consumer brands, media, PE-backed manufacturing, education, business coaching, social media, crypto, and more
What I Offer
Three ways to work together.
I take a limited number of engagements at any time. Every project gets my full focus, built on twenty years of high-stakes executive support.
AI Operations Buildout
A productized engagement. I audit how your team actually spends time, then build the AI workflows, prompt libraries, custom skills, and tool integrations that give that time back. Walkthrough and reference materials included.
$5,800 — THREE-WEEK DELIVERY
Operations Sprint
A defined project engagement. I step in, assess your operational gaps, and execute a specific deliverable. Multi-vendor offsite coordination, complex international travel programs, team onboarding, process documentation. You name the problem. I scope the work and deliver.
FROM $3,500 — SCOPE-BASED PRICING
Fractional Chief of Staff
A long-term embedded partnership. Calendar ownership, inbox triage, travel coordination, vendor management, team coordination, project oversight. You stay focused on leadership. I run the operations underneath it.
FROM $5,500 PER MONTH — TWO CLIENTS MAXIMUM
Client Feedback
What principals say about working with me.
“Mel stepped into a complex multi-vendor offsite for our leadership team and executed flawlessly. She anticipated logistical issues days before they would have surfaced and resolved them quietly. That level of foresight is rare.”
— ANDY, Chief Executive Officer, Natural Resources (Identity withheld under NDA)
“Within the first week, Mel reorganized our travel operations and built an AI workflow that gives my team back several hours every week. I do not know how we operated without this level of support.”
— ROY, Founder & Managing Director (Identity withheld under NDA)
Work With Me
Tell me what you’re dealing with.
I review every inquiry within one business day. If it’s a fit, we’ll schedule a thirty-minute scoping call.
Upstate South Carolina / Greenville Area — Available remotely worldwide
linkedin.com/in/melaniequenteroakes
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