Fractional COO Services
Operational clarity for growing businesses.
A fractional COO who partners with SMBs to build the systems, teams, and processes that scale.
Serving small and mid-size businesses across the country
What I do
The operational foundation your business needs
Operations Strategy
Diagnose what's holding your business back and build a clear operational roadmap. From organizational design to execution frameworks, I help you move from reactive to intentional.
Process & Systems
Document, streamline, and automate the workflows that run your business. Reduce bottlenecks, eliminate redundancy, and create repeatable processes your team can own.
Team & Organizational Design
Build the right structure for your stage of growth. Define roles, clarify accountability, and create the management layer that lets you lead instead of manage every detail.
Scaling & Growth
Prepare your operations for the next phase. Whether you're entering a new market, adding headcount, or integrating an acquisition, I help you scale without breaking what works.
The process
How we work together
Assess
We start with a deep-dive into your current operations — where things work, where they don't, and what's standing between you and your next stage of growth.
Scope
Together we build a clear operational plan: the right structure, the right systems, and a prioritized roadmap your team can execute against.
Execute
I work alongside your team to implement, iterate, and hold the operational thread — so you can focus on leading the business, not running it.
About
Kurt Peterson
Founder, Alpine Operations Partners
Growth breaks things and exposes weaknesses — and that's exactly where I come in. As a Fractional COO and strategic partner, I help executives build the systems, automation, and high-performance teams that support real scale. My focus is simple: I help companies scale smarter through steady, structured optimization.
I've spent 25+ years fixing what growth breaks. I've done it in factories, offices, and across teams spread all over the world.
After a couple of engineering roles and grad school, I went to Eli Lilly, keeping life-saving products flowing to people who needed them. Then I earned my Lean Six Sigma stripes, learning how to cut waste and make work run smoother.
At Stanley Black & Decker, I turned a messy plant move into a $2.5M sales win. I also pushed on-time deliveries from 60% to over 90%. Small changes. Big results.
At Goodman Networks, one division was barely making money. In just 9 months, I helped grow its profit margin from 1% to 10%. I also helped trim millions in costs while keeping customers happy.
Then came Cotality. I led teams of over 1,500 people, onshore and offshore. We used smart tools and AI to slash a data backlog from 21 days down to 4. We cut costs by $2.5M a year, too.
So what's my secret? There isn't one. I just look closely, listen to the people doing the work, and fix things one step at a time.
I love building strong teams. I love coaching folks, so they grow, too. And I love the moment when a broken process finally clicks into place.
If your company is growing, facing operational challenges, or ready to scale smarter, I'd enjoy learning more about your business and having a conversation about how I may be able to help.
- 25+ years fixing what growth breaks
- Lean Six Sigma — cutting waste, making work run smoother
- Led teams of 1,500+ onshore and offshore
- Eli Lilly · Stanley Black & Decker · Goodman Networks · Cotality
Get in touch
Ready to bring operational clarity to your business?
Most growing businesses don't have an operations problem — they have a clarity problem. Let's fix that together.
No commitment. Just a conversation about where you are and where you want to go.