CrossSphere Consulting — Senior Operator

Three Positions

The CEO's and PE Operating Partner's go-to operator.

A senior operator brought in when the outcome matters and the internal team cannot or should not be the one to do it. Healthcare and enterprise technology companies, Series B/C through PE-backed.

01

Interim Operations Executive

Drop-in operator under the CEO, executive sponsor (COO, Chief of Staff, Chairman), or PE operating partner. Stabilize a customer relationship at risk, professionalize a function whose founder-leader has outgrown the role, lead a regional team through a leadership gap.

02

Post-Merger Integration Operator

For PE healthcare-technology roll-ups and acquirers integrating customers, personnel, and operations from acquired companies. Rigorous planned outreach, tracked stepped onboarding, disciplined program execution end to end.

03

International Execution Operator

For US enterprise SaaS companies that have already decided to enter international markets. Arrives after the decision is made — partner and channel build, first-customer pursuit, regional hire planning, in-region commitments. No go/no-go studies; no market analysis.

Two Offers

How I engage.

Defined missions. Defined deliverables. Defined end dates. Renewal only by exception.

Offer 01

Discovery Sprint

2 to 4 weeks · Fixed fee

Diagnose the problem, scope the mission, propose the path forward. The buyer commits to something small first. Deliverable: a written engagement proposal — diagnosis, mission scope, the proposed operator-engagement path forward.

Offer 02

Operator Engagement

90 to 180 days · Monthly retainer · 3–4 days/week

Embedded operator running the defined mission identified in the Discovery Sprint. Defined end date. Deliverable: a written completion report and a successor named. Renewal only by exception, not by default.

Marquee Proof

Operator track record.

Three engagements that anchor the practice. Selected work from a 40-year career across six continents.

100%

Surescripts · 2011–2015

Post-Merger Integration

Single senior executive leading the integration of ~100 customers from the acquired Kryptiq business into the national Surescripts network. 100% successfully onboarded in 12 months, on time and on budget.

13

Enli Health · 2015–2019

International Expansion

Chief Global Strategy Officer. Deployed Enli's CareManager platform across 13 countries in West Africa through SUNU partnership. Closed largest contract in company history. Partnerships in Australia, France, Switzerland.

$10M→$220M

Intel LATAM · 1995–1998

Channel & Distribution Build

Built Intel's distribution channel for CPUs, motherboards, and networking products in Latin America from one person to 42 people across 8 countries. Channel revenue grew from $10M to $220M through 21 authorized distributors.

About

Jaime J. Saavedra

I am the senior operator that CEOs and executive sponsors at healthcare and enterprise technology companies — and PE operating partners overseeing portfolio companies in those sectors — bring in when they need a defined problem solved: a team turned around, a customer relationship repaired, a market entered, an acquisition integrated.

From 2002 to 2019 I worked inside the Kryptiq → Portico → Surescripts → Enli healthcare technology lineage as employee #6, integration lead, and Chief Global Strategy Officer. Before that, ~20 years at Intel in operations, program management, business development, and channel leadership across two stints (1981–1987 and 1988–2002). One year at IBM in between (1987–1988) — the IBM University rigorous training program gave me the life-altering professional foundation that has anchored every engagement since.

Trilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese — recoverable in-country). Bicultural across the US and Latin America; experienced world traveler comfortable in APAC, Europe, and Africa. MBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management. MS Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech.

I am not a quota-carrying salesperson. I am not a board member. I am not an advisor on the sidelines. I take the mountain. I deliver the result. And then I leave.

Senior Operator.