Fractional go to market leadership for natural products and outdoor brands

Fractional VP of Commercialization.

I take new products, channels and partnerships to market for natural products and outdoor brands. One fractional seat: the launch, the channels, the partnerships and the weekly commercial operating rhythm that keeps all three moving. AI fluent, with customized tools for each job

Natural products & outdoor onlyConcept to 160 doors and a national launchOperators, not AI tourists
The seat

One fractional seat. Four jobs.

A fractional head of go to market on a monthly retainer, for a brand with something new to take to market. This is the business side of commercialization: launch, channels, partners and retail, not food science.

01 / Launch
Concept to shelf
Positioning, pricing, packaging claims, the sell sheet, the retailer pitch and the launch plan. Product development, ingredient sourcing and supplier qualification, through to the first order.
02 / Channels
Open the doors that matter
Natural retail, specialty, outdoor dealers, Amazon and DTC. Each has its own economics and its own deduction traps. I identify the right ones and open the doors.
03 / Partnerships
Land the relationships
The distribution, licensing and co marketing deals a small team cannot chase on its own. Found, structured and signed.
04 / The weekly rhythm
The commercial operating cadence
Priorities, health metrics and the weekly review that keeps a launch moving when the founder is stretched thin. The commercial leadership a small brand needs, without the full time hire.
How I use AI

AI fluent, with customized tools for each job. I get your team using AI in the commercial work the same week. I audit one area, pick the two or three workflows worth automating and baseline the result first. Then I build them: the sell sheet drafter, the retailer follow up that never goes cold, the deduction flagger. Measured against the baseline.

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How the engagement runs

A retainer, not a project.

A launch is a season, not a week. The seat runs on a monthly retainer so the commercial work has one owner from the first retailer meeting until the product is selling on its own.

  • Ten to fifteen hours a week inside your commercial function
  • The weekly commercial review: priorities, pipeline and health metrics
  • Retailer, distributor and partner conversations, led or in the room
  • AI workflows built into the function as it runs, not bolted on after
  • Scoped projects or a success fee where a retainer does not fit yet
A launch is won in the follow through, not the kickoff.
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The record

The common thread is taking something new to market.

Not a sales executive who ran a big brand's book. The founder who did it, the program lead who did it for hundreds of others and the cofounder who did it first.

The proof
Amari
Founder and CEO, 2018 to 2026. Concept to 160 retail doors and a national launch with Sprouts. Raised $450K from 12 angels, built a team of 6, reported to the board through every stage, led the wind down.
Innovation Center of the Rockies
A decade in university commercialization. 35+ engagements led, 50+ overseen, 330+ research teams, 21 startups and 6 strategic partnerships out the other side. A 1,700+ executive advisor network built from scratch.
FuelCellStore.com
Cofounder of the first online store for hydrogen fuel cells. A staff of 5, 25 outside reps and supply chains for 100+ products.

I am AI fluent and build tools to fit each job. Three live apps, PermitKarma, MyCamperVan and MyPlateDiary, built end to end with no engineering team.

What I believe

My North Star

01
The common thread is taking something new to market.  I focus on the details.
02
The seat above sales. Launch, channels and partnerships are one job, not three vendors.
03
I work in natural products and outdoor and with researchers looking for a path to market for their technology.
04
A launch is a season, not a week. 
05
The founder who did it beats the executive who watched. Concept to 160 doors is the experience.
06
AI fluent, with customized tools for each job. It is how I do the work, not what I sell.
07
If the launch is not ready, we'll get it fixed before not after.
08
Commercialization is the business side. Launch, channels, partners and sales.
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Taking products to market, on camera

Launches, channels and partnerships in natural products and outdoor. And the rivers and the skiing that keep me honest about why.

The only next step

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Twenty to thirty minutes, no pitch. Bring the product and where it is stuck. I talk through the launch, the channel or the partner that moves it and whether the seat is the right fit.

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