A little more about me.
I'm an aerospace systems engineer turned operations partner, with an Adult Chair® Master Coach certification built in. 18 years solving problems that had no playbook, first in systems, now in the founders running them. That combination means I don't just build the most efficient version of your business. I build it around the person actually running it.
Where I started
For most of my life I have been very type A, organized, and always, always had some sort of plan. Even at a young age I was very future focused and thinking of what I could do in the present to help me in the future. By the time I was in high school I found the perfect balance of personal interest and practicality. I would become an engineer.
That’s when I came up with The Plan.
The Plan was to have a successful and fulfilling career in the engineering field. This meant rising up the ranks from junior engineer all the way up to chief engineer.
Per The Plan, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 2007, got some work experience, then got my Master’s degree in Systems Engineering in 2015. I was being recognized as a top performer and given the opportunity to go into a more senior lead position.
The obvious choice was to take the senior lead position, right? Yet somehow it didn’t feel right and for the first time in 10 years, I deviated from The Plan.
Deviating from ‘The Plan’
Although I worked so hard to get to where I was and saying no felt like a betrayal of my younger self’s dream, I declined the opportunity. Instead I asked my manager something I knew could pause my move up the corporate ladder: I asked to be considered for any opportunities that may come up across the country even if it was unrelated to what I was currently doing.
I didn’t know it then, but that was a pivotal moment. What I thought was simple deviation from The Plan turned into letting it go completely. I realized that having a plan was an illusion of control, and a poor one at that.
It feels secure to have a plan but ends up obscuring what really matters.
Discovering my Inner World
I started tuning in to what felt right to me in the moment. My mind stayed in the present instead of constantly jumping to the future.
As a result, I remembered all the simple things I loved in life, like a simple walk in the park. I quite literally stopped to smell the roses. I spent more time just being instead of constantly doing. And somehow this made me an even better and more focused person at work. I took more time to problem solve before jumping into action, and if my initial plan didn’t seem to be working, I was able to let it go and pivot. I was unattached to any plans I made. It didn’t cause me as much anxiety when unexpected problems or situations would arise. In being more present and in tune with myself I knew adjustments and flexibility were something I could do.
My life had not changed and yet everything changed.
I had the same job, same uncertainties, and no new mapped out life plan. And yet I found myself happier than I had ever been. I ended up with the highest performance rating that year and even so, my heart told me to move on. So I did. I’ve learned to listen to what my heart tells me no matter how much it “doesn’t make sense.”
That's the same lens I bring into my work now — intuition isn't the opposite of strategy. It's the beginning of it.
Where I am now
Now, I work with founders who've built something real — and quietly become the thing it runs on. The ones everyone counts on, the ones who stopped noticing how much they're carrying until it got too heavy to ignore. I help them embody what I eventually learned: what feels like control is often just the illusion of safety, and it's the very thing keeping them from thriving. From there, we build something that reflects the life they actually want to live.
Nothing is wrong with you. The system was wrong for you.
About Lead Intact®️
Strong leadership starts from within.
Lead Intact® exists because success and fulfillment aren't the same thing, and you shouldn't have to choose between the two. We combine identity work with practical structure to build a business, and a life, that finally reflects who you actually are, not who you've been performing as.
Leadership isn't about doing more. It's about finally building something that doesn't require you to disappear into it.
The Adult Chair® is a big part of why my approach to operations looks different from every other operations partner out there. It taught me that the foundation of any strong business is the founder themselves, not just their systems. So before I touch a process or a workflow, I make sure the person running it is actually taken care of.
Most ops partners map your business. I map you first.