Garrett Partridge

Engagement

Fractional COO

Embedded operational leadership without a full-time hire.

Who it is for

The founder who is drowning in operations and cannot justify a quarter-million-dollar COO, but cannot keep running the floor and the board at once.

An embedded fractional operations leader reviewing a sensor-manufacturing line with a team lead at an ESD workstation, connectorized modules laid out on an anti-static mat, cool blue-grey tones with a single warm brass highlight from a task lamp.

What you get

Ongoing operational leadership at two to three days a week, embedded with your direct reports
The full Standard Work 2.0 install across the IT and OT divide, one auditable digital thread from quote to ship
Real-time SQDIP reporting, quality tracking aligned to your prime's SCAR scorecards, and audit routines that hold the gains after I step back
Executive mentorship that upskills your internal technicians into site leaders
A bridge to the prime relationship and its approved supplier list, with the credibility that comes from an operator who has been upstream

How it works

An ongoing retainer engagement. Near full-time presence in the first 90 days, then a steady fractional cadence as the system holds on its own.

A clean operations command station overlooking the manufacturing floor, a curved desk of monitors carrying abstract line-status and SQDIP-style readouts, cool blue-grey tones with a single warm brass highlight along the metal desk edge.

● Case in point

A fractional COO on a defense ATE shop floor

As fractional COO, Garrett Partridge LLC is rebuilding a defense ATE manufacturer's quality tracking around its prime contractor's SCAR scorecard, cutting ghost-part inventory variances by 10 percent, and charting the digital-twin roadmap that outlives the engagement.

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