Jerome Michael McLaughlin
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
NATURAL COMMUNICATOR
VISIONARY STRATEGIST
CUSTOMER FOCUSED
RESULTS ORIENTED
SKILLS:
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Strategic planning
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Operational efficiency
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Process mapping & documentation
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Technology enablement
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Talent acquisition & team building
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Marketing strategy, execution & automation
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Customer acquisition & retention
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Financial management & reporting
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Productization & pricing strategy
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Leadership coaching & culture building
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Fractional Executive Leadership - Growth-Stage Companies
> Scale Smarter.
> Execute Faster.
> Build Long-term Value.
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If your business is generating real revenue but struggling to scale, you’re not alone.
Many companies hit a wall between $1M and $5M—where early traction starts to outpace internal structure, and the need for strategic, hands-on leadership becomes urgent. That’s where I can help.
Who I Work With
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Founders feeling the pressure of growth without the operational support.
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Investors needing experienced leadership to stabilize and scale portfolio companies.
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Teams missing key leadership bandwidth across sales, marketing, operations, or business development.
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What I Bring
With a track record that spans SaaS, consumer products, government consulting, and enterprise services, I bring 20+ years of executional leadership to the table:
✅ Scaled companies from zero to acquisition (Inbox → Responsys → Oracle)
✅ Raised millions in venture funding
✅ Built and led 50+ person professional teams
✅ Launched and grew consumer brands from prototype to crowdfunding to DTC to retail
✅ Architected systems, processes, and GTM strategy to unlock next-stage growth
How I Engage
I tailor each engagement based on the needs of the business. Options include:
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Fractional CEO or COO / Growth Leader
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Full-Time Transitional Executive
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Performance-Based Sweat Equity Partnerships
I’m outcome-focused, strategy-based, and execution-grounded. Not afraid to roll up my sleeves and operate in the trenches when needed.
What You Get (See below)
If you’re building something promising but hitting ceilings and limits—let’s connect. I’d love to learn more and see if I can help move the needle.
What You Get
VISION REALIGNMENT
When an organization is moving fast while staying nimble, priorities and key positions can quickly fall out of alignment.
People begin to see, think, and act in way that are out of step with the company's vision, mission and direction.
CHAOS REDUCTION
A fast-moving organization will encounter chaos.
Leaders navigate through chaos, not around.
The implementation of balancing and stabilizing forces is critical before chaos overwhelms the system.
FRICTION ELIMINATION
Points of friction preventing forward progress must be identified, smoothed, modified, or removed.
Sometimes a fresh pair of eyes and ears are needed to spot the points of friction that are slowing momentum.
AGENTS & AUTOMATION
Identify repeatable processes and interactive engagements that can be better managed by algorithms and AI agents.
Let real people deal with exceptions, escalations, and implementing solutions.
UTILITY EXECUTION
Whether it's creating new sales, go-to-market strategies, customer management programs, product optimizations, pricing adjustments, system upgrades,...
...leverage the experience of a seasoned executive willing to get in, roll up his sleeves, and get things done.
REPORTING RECALIBRATION
What are we measuring?
How are we measuring it?
Why are we measuring it?
Is it accurate?
How do we know?
What are we missing?
HIRE & REPLACE ACCELERATION
As a leader, the most critical but difficult tasks is hiring the right next person and letting go of non-performers.
Ask any CEO what they regret most and they'll say: "I wish I would have let certain people go sooner."
Let's find and keep the right high-performers.
REVENUE & RAVE REVIEWS
How do we leverage what we have to produce more?
What do we have that isn't producing enough?
How can we change the pricing to bring more in?
What do customers want more of?
How do we keep all customers coming back for more?
MAXIMIZE HUMAN POTENTIAL
No two persons are alike.
Each is motivated and empowered in their own unique way.
Find their strength.
Optimize their energy.
Channel their passion.
SUCCESS & CELEBRATION
Nothing better than celebrating success when the machine begins to function to perfection producing even better results than WE had anticipated.
CONGRATULATIONS! WE did it!
Connect with me.
If you’re building something promising but hitting ceilings and limits—let’s connect. I’d love to learn more and see if I can help move the needle.
👉 Email me directly
👉 Download Bio/CV PDF
👉 Connect on LinkedIn