Chief of Staff at Elevation Capital. Open to what's next.

Strategy.Systems.Scale.

Chief of Staff. Chief Strategy Officer. I partner with founders and CEOs to turn strategy into the operating system that runs the company: org design, operating cadence, GTM and AI built into the daily work. The result is revenue, EBIT and throughput you can measure.

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15+
Years at the executive level
$500M
PE platform I help run
115
Team scaled from 30
$100M+
Expansion opportunities found

// about

Chief of Staff.
Strategist. System builder.

A founder hands me the hardest cross-functional problem in the company. I hand back a system that solves it and keeps solving it.

15+ years partnering with founders and CEOs across private equity, real estate, CPG, SaaS and e-commerce. I started in sales and business development, so I learned early that every operating decision eventually shows up in revenue.

I build operating systems from scratch: OKRs, KPI governance, SOP libraries, operating cadence and accountability. I redesign org charts and hire the leaders to run them. When a company needed it, I held interim Head of People, Finance and Sales seats at the same time.

I treat AI as infrastructure. Knowledge layers on Microsoft Fabric feeding a proprietary LLM, AI-assisted recruiting, live dashboards, low-code automation across Microsoft 365. And I'm disciplined about where a problem needs AI and where it only needs good automation.

Boardroom on Monday, back office on Tuesday, investor deck on Wednesday. That range is the job.

What I'm built for

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Toolkit

What I build with.

Microsoft FabricPower AutomatePower AppsSharePointCopilot StudioOffice ScriptsClaudeLLM knowledge layersNotionAsanaVercelSage Intacct
This site was built with Claude.

Design, code, copy and the AI you can talk to, built in conversation. No agency, no template. That's how I work.

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Where I've operated

Private equity platforms, a global spirits company and a venture-backed software business. Pick a company.

Rutgers UniversityB.A. Economics

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Proof of work

Where I found it and where I left it. Tap any card for the story behind the number.

DEPARTURESAll results arrived on time
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// beyond_work

Off the clock

Born in New York, raised in New Jersey. Here's what I do when I'm not building operating systems.

Huge basketball fan

Thunder Up.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are my team, and I'll talk hoops with anyone who wants to.

CHARACTER SHEET

Ryan Pershad. Level 15+ Operator.
Class
Chief of Staff
Main quest
Scale the next company
Games
Old School RuneScape, Guild Wars
GW main
Ritualist with heroes, Factions campaign
Side quest
Chasing req 8 max weapons
Specialty
In-game economies, price checks, min-maxing the grind
XP to next levelAlways grinding

Watches and fashion

Craft and detail, whether it's a movement on the wrist or the jacket in the photo.

Travel, food, music

My wife and I travel whenever we can. New cities, new food, and always a new album on repeat.

Real estate investor

I own and operate multi-family property in New Jersey. Buy, renovate, rent, refinance. Operating discipline at a smaller scale.

Training

Push, pull, legs. Evidence over trends in the gym and the kitchen.

Always a venture on the whiteboard

Right now: what it would take to connect New York City and the Jersey Shore by air. Prove the route economics first, then build the financing layer behind it.

New York born, New Jersey raised

Rutgers alum. Based in New Jersey, working in New York. The commute is where half my ideas start.

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Let's build
what's next.

Open to Chief of Staff, COO and strategy roles, advisory work, and any problem that needs an operator. Email is fastest.

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