Burnaby, Metro Vancouver
Burnaby sits in the middle of Metro Vancouver, which makes it the easiest place in the region for us to be on site. Its business parks, industrial areas and university campus produce technology firms, manufacturers and distributors that tend to need an operations lead and a technology lead before anything else. We supply both, with Ali leading.
The local economy, in plain words
- Technology and research employers around the university and the business parks
- Light industry and distribution in the Big Bend and along the rail corridors
- A major regional shopping district at Metrotown with dense residential towers
- Film studios and production services
- Public sector and health care employers spread across the city
What we do in Burnaby
Burnaby companies often have a strong product and a thin management layer. A founder runs sales, a long-serving supervisor runs the floor, and nobody owns systems. We place a fractional COO to set the operating rhythm, pair them with a technology lead to replace spreadsheets and manual handoffs, and add a marketing department when the pipeline needs to be predictable rather than referral-driven.
Where a company is preparing for investment or a sale, we build the management team that lets an investor see a business rather than a person.
Who we work with here
Manufacturers and importers along the Big Bend, software and hardware firms near the campus, property management companies serving the tower districts, and the HVAC, electrical and plumbing contractors who keep those towers running. Our trades experience comes from Ali's agencies, whose specialists built the lead systems behind the published HVAC results, so contractors get a team that already understands their calendar.
Hiring support is a frequent add-on, because Burnaby employers compete with large companies for the same technicians and coordinators.
How engagements run in Burnaby
Central location means Ali can be at your office quickly from Vancouver, so on-site days are easy to schedule around production or dispatch. Leads for finance, data and sales systems join by video from across Canada. We write the SOPs and playbooks with your supervisors, not for them, so the documents reflect how the work is actually done.
Fractional seats run a fixed number of days per week, outsourced departments run monthly with a weekly scorecard, and Growth Partner arrangements are paid on results.
Services in Burnaby
Questions from Burnaby
Can you run an operations team for a Burnaby manufacturer?
Yes. A fractional COO sets the operating rhythm, and our operations and technology specialists take scheduling, procurement and reporting off the owner's desk.
How quickly can an interim executive start in Burnaby?
Usually within a couple of weeks of a first call. Ali meets you in person, agrees the scope, and the interim lead starts with a short diagnostic.
Do you help Burnaby companies hire permanent staff?
We design the role, write the scorecard and run the screening alongside you, then hand the hire a playbook. We do not act as a recruitment agency, and we never charge a placement fee.
Tell us which seat is empty.
A 30-minute call with Ali about the business and the people running it. You leave knowing which role to fill first and whether fractional, outsourced or a hire is the right answer, whether or not we work together.