A Fractional COO who runs both sides of the equation.
Most Visionary CEOs don't fail because of bad strategy. They fail because the gap between the strategy on the whiteboard and the execution on the floor keeps widening — and there's nobody sitting in the Integrator seat closing it. That's the seat I sit in.
The Integrator seat, filled.
I'm a Fractional COO who serves in the Integrator seat for Visionaries of $3M–$50M companies running a structured business operating system. I install the accountability structure, drive execution on the priorities that actually matter, and build the people-development layer that keeps your team executing long after I've moved on.
Trinity One Consulting is an independent company. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by EOS Worldwide, LLC. EOS® is a registered trademark of EOS Worldwide, LLC.
What you're actually fighting against.
Why does a good operating system still underperform?
Because the system is only half the machine. You can install the best operating system in the world, build the dashboards, run tight weekly leadership meetings, and knock out quarterly priorities. But if the people executing it are part of the 79% who aren't engaged, you're running a V8 on two cylinders.
Most fractional COOs fix the systems side and stop there. Trinity One is the fractional COO practice with a Dream Management layer embedded in the engagement — the people side installed on the same clock as the operating cadence, by a Certified Dream Manager, rather than sold to you later as a second project.
Systems and people, simultaneously.
Your operating system, fully driven
Drive your business operating system end to end — vision, people, data, issues, process, and execution. Run the weekly leadership meeting and the quarterly priorities. Keep the Visionary focused on what only they can do while I handle the operational execution.
Operational leadership, not advisory
I don't hand you a deck and leave. I'm in the seat, on the meetings, accountable for the numbers. Fractional in hours, not in ownership.
Dream Management embedded
I'm a Certified Dream Manager trained in Matthew Kelly and Floyd Consulting's methodology. Inside my engagements, your team gets structured dream identification and planning — because Gallup found 70% of team engagement variance traces directly to the manager. When managers help employees pursue what actually matters to them, engagement stops being something you buy with ping-pong tables.
AI where it moves the needle
30+ years of ERP and systems work means I know where AI creates measurable ROI and where it's theater. I deploy it in your operations when it belongs, not because it's trendy.
Who this is for.
Visionary CEOs
Of $3M–$50M companies who need someone in the Integrator seat.
Companies on an operating system
Companies running a structured business operating framework — including teams that run on EOS® — who need operational leadership in the Integrator seat to drive it.
Both problems at once
Leaders who know retention and execution are both broken and are done treating them as separate problems.
Operations-heavy industries
Operators in distribution, manufacturing, construction, field services, or professional services — especially those running Acumatica, SAP Business One, or evaluating a move to either.
Both sides of the ERP table.
Before I ever sat in a consultant's chair, I implemented SAP Business One twice as the client. I know what it feels like to be the operator trying to run a business while a vendor explains why their timeline is slipping. Then I crossed over: 100+ SAP Business One implementations as a consultant, and I built the Acumatica practice from scratch at Softengine — taking it to $2M in revenue in year one and earning Acumatica Rookie of the Year in 2025.
I speak your operations team's language because I've been them. I speak your consulting partner's language because I've been them too. When your company's systems are tangled up in the operational problem — and they usually are — I can see both sides of the table at once.
That depth matters most in distribution, manufacturing, construction, and field services, where the ERP isn't a back-office tool but the central nervous system of the business. This still isn't an ERP consulting engagement — it's operational leadership. But the systems depth is baked in at no extra cost.
Fractional COO: the questions people actually ask.
How much does a fractional COO cost?
Trinity One prices the seat on committed hours, not on your revenue. Engagements run 10 to 40 hours per week: 10 hours is $8,000 per month, 20 hours is $15,000, 30 hours is $21,000, and 40 hours is $26,000. The effective hourly rate falls as the commitment rises. Monthly retainer, 12-month horizon.
Two companies the same size often need very different amounts of the seat, which is why revenue is a poor basis for the number. What drives it is how much of the operation you need owned. Full breakdown, including how this compares against a full-time hire, is on what a fractional COO costs.
What does a fractional COO actually do?
A fractional COO takes operational ownership part-time: running the weekly leadership meeting, driving quarterly priorities to completion, holding the leadership team accountable to numbers, and freeing the CEO to do what only the CEO can do. Fractional in hours, not in ownership. It is a seat, not an advisory retainer.
What is the difference between a fractional COO and a consultant?
A consultant diagnoses and hands you a recommendation. A fractional COO sits in the seat and is accountable for the outcome. Consultants leave after the deck; a fractional COO is on your leadership meetings every week and owns the numbers alongside your team.
What is the difference between a fractional COO and an Integrator?
Nothing, in practice. Integrator is the title several structured operating frameworks give to the executive who owns day-to-day execution and holds the leadership team accountable. Fractional COO is the same seat described in plain business language. If your company already uses the Integrator title, that is the seat being filled.
What makes Trinity One different from other fractional COOs?
An embedded Dream Management layer. Kevin Patrick is a Certified Dream Manager trained by Floyd Consulting in Matthew Kelly's methodology — Floyd is the only organization authorized to certify Dream Managers. Most fractional COO practices fix the systems side and stop there.
That matters because a clean operating system run by a disengaged team still underperforms. Gallup puts 79% of employees as not engaged and traces 70% of engagement variance to the manager. Trinity One installs the operating cadence and the people-development layer in the same engagement, rather than selling them as two projects.
Is a fractional COO the same as an outsourced COO or a part-time COO?
Yes — three names for the same seat. Part-time COO describes the hours, outsourced COO describes the employment relationship, and fractional COO is the term the market has settled on. All three mean a senior operator owning day-to-day execution without a full-time salary. Trinity One runs it as a seat on a monthly retainer starting at $8,000, not an advisory engagement.
What size and type of company is a fractional COO a fit for?
Founder-led companies between $3M and $50M in revenue, most often in distribution, manufacturing, construction, field services, and professional services. The fit is strongest for companies already running an ERP — Acumatica or SAP Business One in particular — because 30+ years of ERP work means the operating cadence gets built on the system you already own instead of beside it.
How long does a fractional COO engagement last?
Most run 12 to 24 months. The first 90 days install the operating cadence and the accountability structure; the balance is execution and building the internal bench. A good engagement is designed to make itself unnecessary, either by developing a full-time Integrator internally or by handing off a system that runs without the seat.
Ready to fill the Integrator seat?
Whether you're installing your first operating cadence or need someone to drive the one you already run — it starts with a conversation.