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Fractional operations and transformation leadership for scale-ups and transformation-charged organizations. Less risk. More traction. Faster.

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10x

Thinking, not incremental

20+

Years in technology & consulting

3

Flexible engagement models

AI

Activation & future-readiness

Doing what hasn't been done before is difficult.

The pace of change is disorienting. Yet the opportunity to achieve breakthrough outcomes through AI, new work systems, and innovative techniques is unprecedented and non-negotiable.

The Organizational Immune System

The entrenched procedures, mindsets, and structures that protect the status quo and resist the very changes the organization needs most.

The Ambiguity Trap

Everyone waiting for clarity that will only come through action. You cannot hire a full-time person because you do not know exactly what to direct them to do.

The Execution Gap

Transformation competing with everything else for the same people, same bandwidth, same mindshare, but without the skills or tools to execute. The pull of the familiar is always stronger than the push of the new.

Mary Mellino, Founder of RiseMynd
Your Guide

Mary Mellino

You can see the opportunity. The question is how to move.

I see the better way early, translating opportunity into momentum. I treat your business like my own, moving between strategy and execution with ease, because that gap is where most initiatives quietly stall.

I've spent two decades working across strategy, operations, and transformation, from startups to global enterprises like EY, SapientRazorfish, GE Digital, and Hyland. In 2017, incubating AI was one early signal of what I've always done: seeing where things are heading before the path is obvious. I've been inside the failures. I've spotted the patterns. And I've developed formulas so you can skip the learning curve I already climbed.

The Full Journey
How to Engage

Start. Build. Scale.

Start where it matters most. Prove it works. Build from there.

Start: Strategy Sessions

Your most pressing challenge deserves more than a discovery call. A focused 60-minute session engineered to produce immediate value: clarity, direction, and something immediately actionable from the very first conversation.

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Build: Projects & Sprints

For organizations ready to move. A defined scope, clear deliverable, and measurable outcome. Fast, precise, and designed to produce traction quickly without a long-term commitment.

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Scale: Fractional & Retainer

For organizations ready to embed and sustain. Ongoing partnership. Part co-pilot, part chief problem solver, part transformation driver. The full RiseMynd model in action.

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The Work

Service Offerings

01

Strategic Reinvention Planning

You're navigating new disruptors, new risks, and new opportunities simultaneously and the traditional planning process wasn't built for any of it. Reinvention has to be part of the plan.

02

Operating Model Transformation

Your operating model was built for a different era and the demands on it have fundamentally changed. AI-native at the core, workflows redesigned from the ground up, and new capabilities embedded throughout.

03

AI-Native Work Redesign

AI is the mandate. Execution is the challenge. Getting there requires redesigning work task by task and redistributing each to the optimal performer.

04

Change Management

The hardest part of any transformation is bringing people with you. Change is easier to design than execute. Validating adoption before you scale and staying ahead of what slows momentum makes all the difference.

In Practice

Where This Shows Up

Fractional Transformation Leader

$70M Services Company

The CEO needed a fractional leader to operationalize critical contractual requirements, standardize undocumented processes, and build the operational foundation for AI readiness.

Stood up a multi-year cost savings program targeting $200M across $1.1B in managed spend, achieving all Year 1 targets. Captured and deconstructed 40+ core business processes to the granularity needed for AI readiness, assigning work attributes and prioritizing automation opportunities. Designed rules-based, data-driven workflows to automate decision-making. Built a prioritized AI opportunities roadmap.

"Problem-solving skills in spades. Her ability to cut through complexity is best in class."

CEO, $70M Services Company

Founding Team Member

RPA Startup

A startup with strong technical founders needed a business leader to drive client development, solution design, and product-market fit.

Secured the team's first paying client, a $25B financial services company. Delivered a 250% reduction in resource time and double-digit decrease in error rates. The client CEO requested the team bid on additional projects.

"An incredible ability to rapidly understand business context, strip away noise and see right through to actionable improvements. She seamlessly merges this super power with a strategic mindset, shifting between the two with ease."

CIO, Financial Services

Fractional Growth Leader

AI Platform Company

A pre-seed AI platform company needed a fractional growth leader to support the founder in shaping product strategy, finding customers, running pilots, and discovering product-market fit.

In 10 months: $100K in customer pilots closed and delivered, systematic customer discovery methods established, market learnings actively shaping GTM and product strategy, and investor fundraising underway.

"When I think of her, I think about growth. Laser-focused on finding where AI has real market utility, then driving the steps to commercialize it. Her ability to synthesize complexity into something clear and actionable is rare."

Founder & CEO, AI Platform Company

Change Management & Open Talent

$4B Global IT Services Company

A global enterprise needed to adopt Open Talent as a strategic capability to fill gaps in their technical pipeline. No playbook existed. They needed someone to build the change management strategy and delivery methodology from a blank canvas.

Led change management and Open Talent adoption across global regions. Built standardized, scalable operational processes from scratch using an agile build-measure-learn approach. Achieved product-market fit for early adopter use cases, successfully filling roles through talent marketplaces.

"She doesn't stop at the idea. Her lean approach turns concepts into practical steps that actually drive adoption. Infectious energy for getting things across the finish line."

Open Assembly, Future of Work Consulting

Ready to Build Momentum?

In 60 minutes you will walk away with clarity, direction, and something immediately actionable. Start where it matters most. Just a focused conversation that produces value from the very first exchange.

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