Most businesses know they need a solution. Few know how to get from the idea to a fully functional system — and fewer still have someone who can do both the strategic thinking and the actual implementation.That's where I come in.I'm Shawn — a Fractional Product Leader and Operations Systems Consultant with 16 years of experience taking products and operational systems from concept to production.
Whether you have a fully formed idea or just know something isn't working, I can help you figure out what to build — and then build it.
You have a vision. I help you turn it into a real plan — defining what to build, in what order, and why. I've taken products from a napkin sketch to a fully funded, production-ready system. If you need someone to think strategically about your product and own the process, that's where I shine.
If your team is drowning in spreadsheets, sticky notes, and disconnected apps, I can design a system that brings everything together. I build operational infrastructure — the kind your team will actually use every day.
Most businesses are doing manually what their software could be doing automatically. I connect your existing tools so they talk to each other, reduce repetitive work, and keep things from falling through the cracks.
Sometimes the right tool doesn't exist yet — so we build it. I develop custom applications that fit your business exactly, without the cost or complexity of traditional software development.
A system is only as good as the people using it. I document everything clearly so your team owns it completely when we're done — no dependency on me required.
My stack runs deep — and I pick up new tools fast. If yours isn't on this list, that's rarely a problem.Airtable · Make · Twilio · Replit · Glide · Notion · Slack · Fillout · Feathery · Jotform · Zapier · Shopify · Heymarket · GSuite · SMTP · IMAP · Canva · and more
Sometimes you just need someone to think with. Whether you have a half-formed idea, a problem you can't quite name, or a business you're trying to grow, I'm happy to dig in with you. I've spent my career spotting what's missing and figuring out what to do about it — and I genuinely love this part of the work.Not sure if you even need a consultant? Start here. Let's figure it out together.
Julie's project - Automated data analysis with custom interface
Julie's Christmas donation project with custom interface
Julie's project - Amazon Seller Central management
Julie's Shopify project - Create a Shopify store that integrates with Amazon and eBay
Chad's project - Integrate Shopify with Airtable to create a custom fulfillment workflow
James - ticketing system with automated escalations, including email, text, and Slack notifications
James - incorporate text into Slack
Wild Blossoms - custom pattern/production/inventory/accounting system
Hi, I'm Shawn.I'm a product strategist, systems architect, and consultant with 16 years of experience turning complex business problems into elegant, functional solutions — without the jargon, the bloated budgets, or the dependency on a technical team.I've worked at every scale. I led the product development of a $1M platform for IHG that their team used daily. I co-founded a startup that built a dual-sided marketplace app from the ground up. I've designed and deployed integrated operations systems connecting telephony, incident management, asset tracking, and customer workflows for companies that needed everything to just work.My superpower is sitting across from someone who knows something is broken — but can't quite articulate what — and figuring out exactly what needs to be built. Then building it.I don't write code in the traditional sense. Instead, I use today's most powerful modern tools to design and build sophisticated systems faster, more flexibly, and at a fraction of traditional development costs. The result is the same — sometimes better — and you own it completely when we're done.When I'm not solving business problems, I'm exploring new places — I do some of my best thinking from the road.
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