You Have Decades of Expertise. But the Right Organizations Don't Know You Exist.
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Low Visibility
Great work doesn't spread itself. Without a platform amplifying you, many clients never learn you exist — no matter how strong your track record.
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Scattered Networks
Connections exist — PE firms, operators, executives — but at different depths, making it difficult to find the right introductions at the right time.
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Inconsistent Pipeline
Finding quality engagements is too often left to chance. Without a reliable system, you spend energy, time, and focus chasing work that should find you.
"The right introduction at the right moment is worth more than a year of cold outreach."
— Fractionals On Deck
The Process
Five Steps From Profile to Placement.
You stay in control of your practice. We make sure the best opportunities — and the right decision-makers — find you first.
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Join the Ecosystem
Apply, get vetted, and join a curated network of operators, experts, and entrepreneurs.
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We Amplify You
We profile your expertise, promote your capabilities, and open doors to senior-level access.
03
Firms Discover You
The right businesses come to us looking for your exact profile. We match with precision.
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Introduction Made
A warm, contextualized intro — not a cold blast. You show up already positioned to win.
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You Deliver
Close the engagement on your terms. We celebrate your wins and keep the flywheel going.
Six Reasons to Join
Built to Serve Your Practice.
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Amplified Brand Presence
Your profile, story, and specialization reach PE firms, C-suite operators, and portfolio companies that you couldn't access alone.
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Warm Introductions
Every match is curated. You're never cold-pitching. Decision-makers receive you already knowing why you're the right person.
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Consistent Lead Flow
Stop the feast-or-famine cycle. Our ecosystem creates steady, compounding visibility that turns into reliable pipeline.
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Credibility by Association
Being part of a highly selective network signals quality. Membership itself becomes a credential that clients and firms respect.
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Cross-Sector Network Access
Tap into a curated roster of peers across operations, finance, marketing, HR, and technology who open doors for each other.
⚡
Scale Without Overhead
We handle discovery, matching, and positioning so you can spend your energy delivering results — not chasing business.
Is This You?
Three Paths. One Community.
Individual
Fractional Executive
Senior leaders — CFOs, CMOs, CTOs, COOs — delivering executive-level impact across multiple companies on a part-time basis.
10+ years executive experience
Currently serving 1–4 clients
Looking to build a sustainable pipeline
Ready to be seen by the right companies
Firm
Boutique Consulting Firm
Small firms delivering exceptional outcomes for investable clients — but needing a broader platform to reach the companies that match them best.
2–15 person team
Proven client outcomes
Seeking higher-quality engagements
Ready to scale client relationships
Specialist
Independent Specialist
Deep functional experts in finance, marketing, HR, or technology who want strategic introductions — not random job board leads.
Expert in a high-value discipline
Proven track record
Seeking better-fit engagements
Ready to grow with a community
Market Opportunity
The Independent Economy is Here.
The shift to independent expertise is not a trend — it's a structural realignment of how companies access talent, leadership, and strategy.
10×
Return on the right strategic introduction
Membership
Start Where You Are. Grow From Here.
Ecosystem Member
$1,200
per year
Profile in the ecosystem directory + advertisement of your expertise
Kelsi Cory built Fractionals On Deck because she had the demand of top leadership ask her to keep in mind for any opportunities that aligned with their fractional initiatives. Yet, the supply of fractional leadership is on the rise, but, the opportunity to build the demand must be through education and the practioners themselves. Owning an executive search firm she saw a continued widening gap in this new worklane of executive talent. She understood firsthand why brilliant independents struggle to reach the companies that need them most — and she decided to fix it.
Fractionals On Deck isn't just a curated real estate marketplace. It's a membership community built on trust, reputation, and warm relationships — where your expertise finally gets the audience it deserves.
The Leadership You Need — Exactly When You Need It.
Fractionals On Deck connects owner-operators, institutional firms, and PE portfolios with vetted fractional executives who deliver C-suite impact without the full-time commitment, cost, or risk.
As an owner-operator you can't afford to hire wrong — and you don't have time to manage a search. A fractional leader steps in with immediate impact.
Scale without a full-time executive salary
Get C-suite thinking on your actual problems
Hire at the right pace, not on someone else's timeline
No long-term commitment if fit isn't perfect
🏛️
Portfolio companies need leadership, not another hire.
Institutional investors need operators who can move fast, fit multiple engagements, and integrate into existing structures without disruption.
Deploy expertise across multiple portfolio companies
Bridge gaps during searches or transitions
Access cross-sector operational intelligence
Reduce cost-per-impact versus full-time hires
📈
Value creation starts at the operating level.
PE and VC firms need operators who understand deal timelines, investor expectations, and what it takes to hit milestones that matter to the cap table.
100-day plan execution from day one
Built-in understanding of EBITDA and growth levers
Flexible engagement across deal lifecycle
Proven experience in PE-backed environments
The Business Case
Full-Time Cost. Part-Time Commitment.
The traditional model — hire full-time, wait months, onboard slowly — costs you the one thing you can't buy back: time. Fractional leadership breaks that equation entirely.
Fractional CFO via FOD10 hrs/week, quarterly retainer
~$60K
Time to first engagementWarm intro from our network
5–7 days
Cross-sector experienceAverage FOD member client count
22 clients
Annual savingsvs. comparable full-time hire
$320K+
Built For Three Kinds of Buyers
Every Engagement Model. One Platform.
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🏗️ Individual Buyer
Owner-Operator & Founder
Growing companies, $2M–$50M revenue
You've outgrown wearing every hat but aren't ready for a full C-suite. You need someone who's done it before, can start fast, and won't drain your runway on the way.
⚡Immediate access to senior expertise without the hiring process
📊Build systems and infrastructure that scale past you
🎯Objective outside perspective from someone not on your org chart
💰Pay for expertise only when and how much you need it
🔄Transition support when you're ready to hire full-time
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🏛️ Institutional Firm
Institutional & Family Office
Multi-portfolio, complex structures
You manage multiple investments and need operating talent that can flex across them — someone who understands how institutional capital works and won't be slowed by bureaucracy.
🌐Deploy one trusted operator across multiple portfolio companies
🔒Reduce key-person risk at the operating level
📈Cross-sector intelligence flowing between investments
🤝Operators who understand LP reporting and board dynamics
🔍Due diligence support and integration leadership
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📈 PE / VC
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Deal-driven, returns-focused
You're managing a portfolio across deal stages — from pre-close diligence to 100-day plans to pre-exit optimization. You need operators who speak your language and move at your pace.
🏁100-day plan execution from the day of close
💹EBITDA improvement and working capital optimization
⚙️Repeatable playbooks deployable across the portfolio
Common Engagements
The Moments That Call for Fractional.
There are inflection points in every business where the right expertise — deployed at the right time — changes everything. These are the ones we solve for.
Most Common
Finance Function Build & Fundraise Readiness
Your company is approaching a raise but your finance infrastructure isn't investor-grade. A Fractional CFO builds the model, cleans the books, structures the data room, and tells the story that gets capital closed — without the $350K salary of a full-time hire.
Fractional CFOVP FinanceController
01
Operations
Scaling Operations Past the Founder
Growth has exposed every process gap. A Fractional COO builds the infrastructure — hiring frameworks, vendor systems, operational cadences — so the founder can lead, not firefight.
Fractional COOHead of Ops
02
Go-to-Market
Revenue Rebuild After Plateau
Growth has stalled and no one knows why. A Fractional CMO or CRO audits the funnel, rewires the GTM motion, and rebuilds pipeline with a system that compounds.
Fractional CMOCRO
03
PE / M&A
Post-Acquisition Integration
The deal closed. Now you need a seasoned operator to run the integration — people, process, systems, and culture — without losing the value that made the company worth acquiring.
COOCFOCHRO
04
People & Culture
Leadership Transition & Culture Stabilization
A key leader has departed — planned or otherwise. A Fractional CHRO or COO stabilizes the team, runs the interim, and sets up the full-time hire for success.
Fractional CHROInterim COO
05
The Engagement Process
From First Call to First Impact.
We've designed the engagement process to remove friction at every step. No drawn-out RFPs, no keyword databases — just curated matches and warm introductions.
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Day 1
Tell Us What You Need
Submit a brief — your company, the challenge, the timeline, and what success looks like. No lengthy forms. A 15-minute discovery call often tells us everything we need to make the right match.
No obligation
Confidential brief
15-min call
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Days 2–4
We Match, You Choose
Our team hand-selects 2–3 fractional leaders from the FOD network whose experience, sector background, and working style align with your specific situation. You receive a curated brief on each — not a resume stack.
Curated, not keyword-matched
2–3 vetted candidates
3
Days 5–7
Warm Introductions
We make a contextualized introduction — not a cold handoff. You meet each candidate understanding exactly why we think they're right, and they arrive knowing your context. Chemistry conversations, not interviews.
Contextualized intro
30-min conversations
No pressure
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Week 2
Scope & Structure the Engagement
Once you've identified your person, we help structure the engagement — hours per week, scope of work, duration, and success metrics. We provide standard frameworks so you spend energy on the work, not the contract.
Flexible scope
Standard frameworks
Clear deliverables
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Week 2–3
First Impact
Your fractional leader starts. Week one is listening and diagnosing. Week two is acting. FOD members don't need six months to ramp — they've done this before, they know where to look, and they move with urgency.
Week 1: Diagnose
Week 2: Act
Ongoing: Compound
Available Disciplines
📊
CFO
Finance, fundraising, FP&A, M&A
📣
CMO
Brand, GTM, demand gen, growth
⚙️
COO
Operations, scaling, supply chain
💻
CTO
Engineering, architecture, AI/ML
👥
CHRO
People, culture, talent, comp
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Strategy
Growth planning, market entry, M&A
What Clients Say
Results That Speak.
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We needed a CFO-level mind for our Series A. FOD matched us in 4 days. Three months later we closed $14M. She knew exactly what investors would ask and built every answer before we walked in.
JK
James K.
CEO, SaaS Platform · Series A
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As a PE sponsor, I've used FOD across three portfolio companies. The quality of operators is exceptional — they understand our timelines, they don't need hand-holding, and they deliver the metrics that matter to us as investors.
RB
Rachel B.
Operating Partner, Growth Equity Firm
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I was skeptical about 'fractional' anything. Then our COO walked in on day one with a 90-day diagnostic that exposed problems we'd been ignoring for two years. It paid for itself in the first month.
MH
Marcus H.
Owner-Operator, Manufacturing Co.
Start an Engagement
Ready to Find Your Leader?
Tell us about your company and the challenge you're solving. Our team reviews every brief personally and responds within one business day.
No placement fee — you pay the fractional leader directly
2–3 curated matches within 48 hours of your brief
Warm, contextualized introduction to each candidate
Engagement structure support and standard frameworks
Ongoing relationship management throughout the engagement
Access to the full FOD network for future needs
Submit a brief
Find Your Fractional Leader
Your Name
Company
Email
Firm Type
Leadership Need
Timeline
No placement fee. Our team responds within 1 business day. All briefs are held in strict confidence.
✓ Brief submitted — we'll be in touch within 24 hours
FOD
The Network
Meet the Operators Behind the Outcomes.
Every FOD member has been individually vetted, has verifiable results, and is available for fractional engagement.
Limited
MB
Mike Boone
Fractional CFO · Denver, CO
CFOSaaSPE-Backed
18
Yrs Exp
34
Clients
3
Open Slots
Available
MR
Marcus Rivera
Fractional CMO · New York, NY
CMOD2CGTM
14
Yrs Exp
22
Clients
2
Open Slots
Available
JL
Janelle Larkin
Fractional COO · Chicago, IL
COOScaleSeries B+
12
Yrs Exp
19
Clients
2
Open Slots
Full
AT
Aditya Thanki
Fractional CTO · Austin, TX
CTOHealthTechAI/ML
16
Yrs Exp
28
Clients
0
Open Slots
Limited
DF
Diana Fontaine
Fractional CHRO · Boston, MA
CHROCultureIPO Prep
15
Yrs Exp
24
Clients
1
Open Slots
Available
TO
Thomas Osei
Fractional CFO · Atlanta, GA
CFOManufacturingTurnaround
20
Yrs Exp
31
Clients
2
Open Slots
VOL. III · 2025 · Thought Leadership Library
FOD
Resources & Thought Partners
Where Fractional Leaders Think Out Loud.
Case studies, event coverage, podcast conversations, webinars, and practitioner insights from the FOD network — the deepest library of fractional executive intelligence anywhere.
Case Studies
48+
Podcast Episodes
92
Webinars Recorded
34
Events Covered
17
Thought Partners
85+
★ Featured Case Study
How a Fractional CFO Took a $12M Manufacturing Company from Chaos to a Successful Exit in 18 Months
Kelsi Cory's engagement with Midlands Industrial began the week after their controller resigned. Eighteen months later, the company closed a $28M strategic acquisition. This is the full story — from cash crisis to clean cap table.
The PE Operator's Playbook: Speed, Discipline & Exit Readiness
Marcus Rivera and Rachel B. break down what PE-backed operators must get right in the first 90 days — and the one metric that predicts whether an exit will close cleanly.
Marcus Rivera · CMO44 min · ▶ Listen
Webinar · Recorded
Fractional Finance for Founder-Led Companies: A Live Q&A Masterclass
86 founders attended live. Kelsi Cory answered 40+ questions on burn rate, fundraising timelines, and when to hire a fractional vs. full-time CFO.
Fundraise-Ready in 90 Days: How a Fractional CFO Unlocked $14M
A Series A-track SaaS company had 8 months of runway and no investor-grade financials. Kelsi Cory rebuilt the model, cleaned the data room, and coached the CEO through 22 investor meetings.
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CMO · D2C
3.2×Revenue Growth
Case Study
Partner
From $1M to $3.2M in 14 Months: A D2C Brand Rebuild
Camille Rousseau inherited a brand with high awareness and zero conversion discipline. She rewired the funnel, rebuilt the creator program, and turned organic into the #1 acquisition channel.
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COO · Manufacturing
57%Lead Time Cut
Case Study
Member
Supply Chain Overhaul: From 14-Week Lead Times to 6
Robert Chen diagnosed a supplier concentration problem on day two. By week eight, he had renegotiated three vendor contracts and redesigned the procurement model entirely.
💻
CTO · HealthTech
7moSOC 2 Type II
Case Study
Member
SOC 2 in 7 Months While Shipping Two Product Releases
Nathan Blake inherited a codebase with no security documentation and a $2M enterprise deal contingent on compliance. He achieved certification without slowing the roadmap.
👥
CHRO · Series C
60%Attrition Drop
Case Study
Partner
Rebuilding the People Function After a Culture Crisis
Diana Fontaine stepped in after a public leadership failure that triggered 40% attrition in six weeks. The full case on how she stabilized the team and redesigned comp in under 90 days.
🧭
Strategy · PE-backed
$50MSeries C Raised
Case Study
Member
The 3-Year Strategy That Positioned a Company for $50M in Funding
Simone Abara was brought in to help a fintech company articulate a story investors couldn't ignore. The strategic plan she built became the Series C pitch deck foundation.
The Seven Financial Questions Every PE-Backed CEO Should Answer Before Month 3
If you can't answer these without calling your controller, your investors already know something you don't.
Marketing & Growth
Why Most D2C Brands Hit a Wall at $5M — and What Changes the Equation
The paid acquisition trap is real. Here's the strategic reset that moves brands from channel-dependent to brand-led growth.
Technology
The CTO Conversation Founders Avoid (And Why It's the Most Expensive Mistake They Make)
Technical debt isn't a dev problem. It's a business strategy problem. A fractional CTO explains what it really costs to wait.
Operations
SOPs Are Not Bureaucracy: A COO's Defense of Process in Fast-Growing Companies
Every founder who resists documentation is actually choosing chaos. Here's how to build process that serves the people doing the work.
People & Culture
The Attrition Early Warning System Every CHRO Should Build in Month One
You can predict who's leaving before they know it themselves. Diana Fontaine explains the data signals that matter most in a fractional CHRO engagement.
Strategy & M&A
The Market Entry Framework That's Worked in Eight Countries — and Why It Works
Simone Abara has helped companies enter new markets on three continents. The framework is simpler than you think — the discipline is the hard part.
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