Operator · Consultant · Founder

I build, scale, and turn around businesses.

15 years across consulting, M&A, and revenue operations. I take on the work most founders carry alone — the messy middle between strategy and execution.

JC Adamos
Top 1% · Expert-Vetted · Top Rated Plus
Trusted by founders & firms across
Practo Mitratech AXA RE/MAX Keller Williams Re-viv Porkopolis Holdings UmproTech Insparisk Integro 212 DED Co. Ultimate Solutions Bennett Realty SafeBets
$1M+
Total billed across personal & agency accounts
100%
Upwork job success across 108 engagements
15+
Years across consulting, M&A, and operations
10+
Industries served — from PE to property to fintech
01 — Consulting

Strategy, ops, and the unglamorous middle layer that actually moves the needle.

I work as a fractional director / operator embedded with founders and leadership teams. Less deck-making, more execution. I assess what's broken, design the fix, and implement it end to end.

01

Strategy & Transformation

Business transformation, post-acquisition turnarounds, organizational design, and operational governance for high-growth companies.

02

Fractional Director Engagements

Director of Marketing, Director of BD, Chief Client Officer-level work — embedded with the team, not just advising from the outside.

03

Process & SOP Architecture

Workflow design, SOP libraries, performance frameworks, and the documentation that lets teams execute without you explaining every step.

Manufacturing · Oil & Gas · Post-Acquisition

Houston Manufacturing — Business Transformation

Director, Business Transformation · 2-year engagement
+40%
Year-one revenue lift
+

The challenge. New ownership acquired a Houston oil & gas manufacturer with a stalled revenue engine, inconsistent sales process, and weak operational governance. They needed a transformation lead who could go beyond strategy and actually run the work.

What I built.

  • Rebuilt the sales process, pricing structure, and pipeline systems from the ground up.
  • Designed operational performance frameworks aligned to post-acquisition KPIs.
  • Established cross-functional execution standards between sales, ops, and finance.
  • Hired and trained sales and operations leads during the transformation.

Outcome. +40% revenue lift in year one without expanding overhead.

SaaS · IT Healthcare · SEA Expansion

Practo — Southeast Asia Operations Buildout

Operations Manager · Philippines, Indonesia, India
$700M+
Company valuation today
+

The challenge. Build country-level operations and support Southeast Asian expansion for a high-growth IT healthcare SaaS platform during a critical scaling period.

What I built.

  • Managed 100+ frontline staff and 10 operational managers across the Philippines, Indonesia, and India.
  • Built marketing, content, data, and field operations governance for four cities.
  • Designed budgeting models, performance frameworks, and incentive structures.
  • Direct partner to the International Operations Head and SEA Business Unit leadership.

Outcome. Practo is now valued at $700M+. The ops infrastructure I built supported the team through the next phase of scale.

Real Estate · Property Management Buildout

Porkopolis Holdings — 12 → 500+ Unit Scale

Real estate operations & team buildout · Multi-year
500+
Units today (started at 12)
+

The challenge. Build a property management firm from the ground up — operations, team, systems, processes — and scale it.

What I built.

  • Designed property management operational systems from scratch.
  • Recruited, hired, and trained the operational team.
  • Built tenant relations, maintenance, leasing, and accounting workflows.
  • Established performance reporting and operational governance.

Outcome. Grew from 12 units to 100+ during my direct engagement, and now 500+ units. My agency continues to support the team.

Broader real estate work: ongoing consulting and operational support for agents and teams at RE/MAX and Keller Williams, plus Re-viv (Bay Area coliving CRE) and Bennett Realty.

02 — Mergers & Acquisitions

Embedded buy-side advisor for PE, VC, and M&A firms.

Sourcing, market research, target identification, owner outreach, due diligence, and post-merger integration — across 10+ sectors and cross-border deals. I work alongside the investment team, not adjacent to it.

01

Buy-Side Research & Sourcing

Sector mapping, target identification, lead qualification, and pipeline development for PE, VC, and M&A firms.

02

Investor Relations & Fundraising

Investor outreach, materials development, capital raise coordination, and IR support for founders through raise cycles.

03

Post-Merger Integration

Parent / baby-co transition management, operational integration, and the operating-partner work that turns deals into outcomes.

Canadian M&A Advisory · Multi-Year

Embedded Buy-Side Research Partner

Long-term retainer · Cross-border targets · Crypto subspecialty
Multi-yr
Embedded advisor
+

The challenge. A Canadian M&A consulting firm needed embedded buy-side research support across multiple active mandates — sector mapping, target identification, and qualified outreach.

What I delivered.

  • Full market research, target identification, and lead qualification.
  • Repeat engagements with smaller firms in the same niche.
  • Crypto-sector buy-side work expanded under the same relationship.
Multi-Industry Buy-Side · Active

Dental Practice Roll-Up + Cross-Sector Pipeline

Consulting firm running active acquisition strategy
Active
Buy-side research
+

Embedded with a consulting firm executing a cross-sector buy-side acquisition strategy. Active focus on dental practice acquisitions, with additional pipelines in other industries.

  • Target identification and pipeline buildout.
  • Owner outreach and qualification.
  • Operational due diligence support.
HR Tech · Background Checks · M&A

HR & Background Check Firm — Adjacency Acquisition

Buy-side advisory · HR services & compliance-tech verticals
M&A
Target sourcing
+

Supported an HR / background check operator in identifying and pursuing acquisition targets in adjacent HR-services and compliance-tech verticals. Market mapping, target lists, owner outreach, and qualification.

PE Firm · LP + Property Pipeline

Capital Raise & Real Estate Pipeline

Dual mandate: investor outreach + property sourcing
LP + RE
Dual pipeline
+

Investor outreach and property pipeline development for a PE firm raising new capital while building a pipeline of acquisition-ready real estate assets.

  • LP outreach and pipeline tracking.
  • Real estate target identification and owner outreach.
  • Investor materials and pipeline reporting.
E-Commerce · Marketplace Roll-Up

eBay Business Acquisition Search

Buy-side sourcing · E-commerce portfolio
Portfolio
E-commerce buy-side
+

Buy-side research and target sourcing for a client building a portfolio of acquired eBay-based e-commerce businesses. Operator screening, financial review, and seller outreach.

03 — Full Revenue Operations

Sales, marketing, and the engine that turns activity into revenue.

I rebuild revenue engines end-to-end. Pipeline, CRM, paid acquisition, outbound, enablement, comp design — the full stack, not just the parts everyone wants to own.

01

Sales Engine & BD

Multi-channel BD, enterprise sales, high-ticket closing, setter / closer team buildout, scripts, objection handling, and accountability systems.

02

Demand Gen & Paid Acquisition

LinkedIn paid acquisition, outbound email infrastructure, social media management, and full-funnel demand generation across B2B verticals.

03

CRM, Automation & Reporting

Pipeline systems, GoHighLevel, Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive — built clean from the start or rebuilt from chaos.

Industrial Equipment · B2B Sales

Industrial Equipment Client — 300× Sales Growth

CNC, laser cutting, bending machines · 1-year engagement
300×
Sales growth, flat overhead
+

The challenge. An industrial equipment seller (CNC machines, laser cleaning & cutting, bending machines) needed a complete rebuild of their B2B sales motion. Outbound was inconsistent, qualification was poor, and close cycles were too long.

What I built.

  • Restructured outbound, qualification, and close cycle.
  • Built scripts, sequences, and CRM workflows.
  • Coached and trained the sales team on process discipline.

Outcome. Sales scaled dramatically without expanding the cost base.

Enterprise SaaS · GRC · Multi-Channel BD

Mitratech — Inside Sales Account Management

Legal & compliance SaaS · Fortune 1000 outreach
Enterprise
Multi-channel BD
+

Multi-channel business development at a leading legal & compliance SaaS platform — LinkedIn + email + outbound calls into Fortune 1000 legal and compliance teams.

  • Multi-channel pipeline orchestration.
  • Enterprise procurement, governance, and risk stakeholder engagement.
  • Complex sales cycle execution.
Marketing Operations · Director-Level

Multi-Client Director-of-Marketing Engagements

Insparisk · Integro 212 · DED Company · Multiple US firms
5+
Director-level engagements
+

Director-level marketing and business development across multiple US service businesses. Built scalable demand-generation systems, hired and trained sales teams, and produced executive-level revenue infrastructure.

  • Demand-generation frameworks across LinkedIn paid, outbound email, and content systems.
  • Sales team recruitment, training, and performance management.
  • Revenue infrastructure design and cross-functional execution.
How I Work

Less talking, more building.

Most consultants give recommendations. I implement them. Here's the engagement pattern I run with every client.

01

Diagnose

Two weeks shadowing the work, talking to your team, reading the numbers. No assumptions, no decks — just listening.

02

Design

Map what's broken, prioritize the highest-leverage fixes, and align with you on what we'll change and what we won't.

03

Build

I do the work. Workflows, systems, hires, scripts, dashboards — whatever the fix requires. Not just the slide explaining it.

04

Hand off

Document everything, train the team, and exit clean. Your operation should run better when I leave than when I arrived.

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Toolkit

The platforms I actually use day to day.

CRM & Sales Ops

Salesforce HubSpot Pipedrive GoHighLevel Keap (Certified) Zoho

Marketing & AI

LinkedIn (Certified) Sales Navigator Instantly Webflow Canva Claude ChatGPT

PM, Research & Data

Asana Monday ClickUp Airtable PitchBook Crunchbase Google Workspace
Client Feedback

What founders and operators say about working with me.

"

JC is great to work with — smart, organized, and efficient. She gets tasks done quickly and to a high standard. You can throw JC into any task and she figures it out.

— Operations & HR engagement · Upwork
"

Joy is extremely knowledgeable about the US wholesale real estate market and in general business systems and processes. Pleasant to talk to, committed to quality.

— Real Estate Consultation client · Upwork
"

Fantastic work. I highly recommend her. Only ending the contract to switch her to my other company.

— BD & Marketing Strategist client · Upwork
"

JC assisted me in a project for almost 5 months. She is very professional and easy to communicate with. Reliable, clear communicator, solution oriented.

— LinkedIn Project Management client · Upwork
Let's talk

About the problem you're trying to solve.

Consulting, M&A buy-side support, or a full revenue-operations rebuild — send a short note about what you're working on and I'll come back within a day.

Available for new engagements · Based in Dallas, TX & the Philippines · Works with US, UK, EU, and APAC clients