# Michael Butts

> Operations and turnaround leader. I help founders fix the operational drag that caps growth: chaos, confusion, and clutter. Fractional COO, VP of Operations, and AI automation. Remote.

## About
Michael Butts is an operations executive with 15+ years leading operations and turnarounds, and $16.5M in completed operations projects. He steps into any part of a business and makes it run better, clearer, and more profitable. Best fit: home services, construction, and scaling startups whose systems lag their growth.

## What he does
- Runs operations as a fractional COO or VP of Operations
- Finds the one constraint holding a business back, removes it, and builds the system so it does not come back
- Installs SOPs, a priority pipeline, and trustworthy data so a business can run without heavy founder oversight
- Ships AI and workflow automation that removes manual work and increases profit

## Framework: the three C's
Chaos, confusion, and clutter feed each other and cap growth. Chaos (heroics and fire drills) erodes trust in the numbers, which breeds confusion; confusion makes teams pile on tools, which becomes clutter; clutter creates the next fire drill. The fix is to find the one constraint, get to the root, and build a system to break the cycle.

## Contact
- Book a free 30-minute call: https://cal.com/michael-butts/30min
- Email: mike@buildoutreach.io
- Website: https://buildoutreach.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-butts