COO & Executive Operations
Stabilizing day-to-day operations, clarifying decision-making and responsibilities, and establishing the operating rhythms and systems a business needs to perform consistently.
FOUNDER · OPERATOR · STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Vision is essential.
Execution moves
everything forward.
I’m Stephanie Turzanski—founder of VinVu and Iron Tide Development Group. I provide Chief of Staff, COO, and strategic operations consulting for companies navigating change. My focus is stabilizing operations, restructuring teams and processes, launching new ventures, and turning business priorities into execution. I bring experience across construction, real estate, technology, and nonprofits, including organizations serving veterans.
EXECUTIVE STRATEGY BUSINESS OPERATIONS COMPLEX INITIATIVES
LEADERSHIP WITH AN OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE
15+YEARS OF EXECUTIVE &
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE
ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE
100+CLIENTS SERVED THROUGH
IN HOUSE MARKETING
IN HOUSE MARKETING
$1M+DONATIONS HELPED SECURE
DURING SOLDIERSTRONG TENURE
DURING SOLDIERSTRONG TENURE
3BUSINESSES FOUNDED
ACROSS DISTINCT INDUSTRIES
ACROSS DISTINCT INDUSTRIES
01 / THE PERSPECTIVE
Built from the
inside out.
I've spent my career doing what founders and executive teams do every day: making decisions, managing competing priorities, building relationships, and making progress with the resources available.
My consulting focuses on business operations, organizational structure, process improvement, and the execution of complex initiatives. I help clarify responsibilities, connect teams and priorities, and build practical processes that support consistent execution.
My industry focus includes construction, real estate, technology, and nonprofits, with a particular interest in organizations serving veterans. My perspective comes from founding businesses, leading them, and being accountable for the result.
How I lead ↗02 / LEADERSHIP & EXECUTION
Where strategy
meets ownership.
For founders, owners, and private equity firms launching businesses, restructuring existing companies, or helping organizations regain direction and operating discipline.
Chief of Staff
Translating leadership priorities into defined decisions, accountable owners, cross-functional coordination, and follow-through.
Restructuring & Transformation
Assessing how a business operates, identifying gaps, and restructuring teams, workflows, and processes to restore direction and support its next stage.
Business Launches & Special Initiatives
Turning a new venture or complex initiative into a practical execution plan, with defined priorities, coordinated stakeholders, accountable owners, and follow-through.
03 / THE TRACK RECORD
Experience that
speaks for itself.
Selected highlights from a career built across ownership, executive leadership, and multidisciplinary work.
FOUNDER & CEO · IN HOUSE MARKETING
Built a full-service agency serving 100+ clients.
Led marketing, advertising, strategic consulting, and event management for clients including Johnson & Johnson. Planned and delivered corporate events, conferences, trade shows, and fundraisers with audiences of 300+.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · SOLDIERSTRONG
Helped secure more than $1 million for veterans.
Advanced national fundraising and awareness initiatives supporting rehabilitation technologies for injured veterans, including robotic exoskeletons. Collaborated with IndyCar and celebrity partners to build visibility and support.
FOUNDER · VINVU
Repositioned a business into a new market.
Evolved a technology and consulting venture into vertical transportation and workforce coordination. Developed a Local 542 signatory relationship, new service models, and a network of specialist partners.
04 / BUSINESS VENTURES
Companies built.
Opportunities connected.
An owner’s perspective, shaped by building and leading businesses across industries.
VinVu
Woman-owned consulting and vertical transportation coordination spanning construction hoists, indoor elevators and escalators, union workforce through IUOE Local 542, and technology.
Explore VinVu ↗Iron Tide
Development Group
Real estate development advisory focused on opportunities, strategic partnerships, stakeholders, and the resources that move projects toward execution.
Explore Iron Tide ↗In House
Marketing
A full-service marketing, creative, consulting, and event management agency serving small and midsize businesses and national clients.
2010 — 2021“
Good leadership connects the big picture to the next decision—and makes sure that decision leads somewhere.STEPHANIE TURZANSKI
05 / CONNECT
Let's make
progress happen.
Let’s talk about full-time, part-time, or contracted Chief of Staff and COO roles, or consulting engagements focused on stabilization, restructuring, and business launches. Based in Philadelphia; open to travel.