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OPS GS · Strategy, operations and automation

Have a hard problem? Let's think it through.

Planning, launches, reporting, AI. If something in how your team works isn't working, reach out. We'll talk it through, and you'll leave with ideas you can use, whether or not we ever work together.

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Tom Romano

Tom Romano. VP of Strategy and Execution, and previously Chief of Staff and PMO lead at HP. Experience →

What I can help with

Good problems to bring me.

PLANNING · OPERATING RHYTHM

A planning cycle that ends in decisions.

One plan, business cases leaders trust, and reviews that move work forward instead of rebuilding the plan every month.

LAUNCHES · PRODUCT OPS

Launches that land on the date.

A readiness process every go/no-go runs through, so product, marketing, sales, legal and finance agree before the date, not after it.

EXECUTIVE REPORTING

Reports that build themselves.

Connect the systems your numbers live in, and leaders get one finished, current report on schedule. Nobody copies and pastes.

AI · AUTOMATION

AI that does real work.

Find where AI saves real time on the platform you already run, then put it in the workflow: grading documents, moving approved work from idea to release, automating the busywork.

How it works

No pitch. Just the problem.

  1. 01

    Tell me what's going on.

    A few lines is enough. No deck, no prep.

  2. 02

    We talk it through.

    Thirty minutes on your problem. Not a pitch.

  3. 03

    You leave with next steps.

    Ideas, a sketch of a fix, or a pointer to the right tool. If it needs building, we can talk about that too.

What I build

Built, not pitched.

Built independently at OPS GS, with sample data. All projects →

Revenue Execution's Revenue Overview dashboard: open pipeline, past-due deals, booked value, win rate, and won and lost deals by month
PRE-RELEASE · SALESFORCE

Salesforce Revenue Execution

Read-only Salesforce dashboards for pipeline accountability and executive reporting. Everything runs inside your org, as each viewing user.

COO Command Center showing portfolio risk across AI adoption, budget, NPI, pipeline and support escalations
APPS SCRIPT · APIS

COO Command Center

Every portfolio's risk on one page, from numbers each team's own system already computed.

A board-ready report slide generated automatically from a monthly profit-and-loss spreadsheet
REPORT AUTOMATION

The report that builds itself

A monthly P&L workbook in, a board-ready report out, on schedule.

YOUR ECOSYSTEM, NOT MINEAI, optimization and automation for the tools you already pay for. No new platform to buy.
  • Salesforce
  • Jira
  • Tableau
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Oracle
  • Your AI platform

Good questions.

Is this a sales call?
No. It's a conversation about your problem. You're welcome to take the ideas and run.
What does it cost?
The conversation is free. If you later want something built, we'll scope it together first.
Do I need to share data?
No. Describe the problem in your own words. If we ever go further, I'll sign your NDA before you share anything.
Who don't you advise?
Companies in credit reporting, identity or fraud.

Got a problem? Let's brainstorm.

Tell me what's going on. I'll reply within one business day.