At Expansion Group, we believe we have a responsibility to leave everything better than we found it. By enabling business growth, we help create economic prosperity - and perhaps leave the world a little better than we found it.
Grow your small business with intention instead of reacting to growth.
We help small businesses, typically $3M-10M in size, integrate their first operational leader. This allows them to avoid the common pitfalls at this critical moment and expand to the next level. Through the utilization of Fractional Executive Services, we put a top professional in place to lay the right operational foundation and then hand things off to the best operational leader for the job. Our work has been featured in:
Happy Clients
David Meyer - Founding Attorney, Meyer Wilson
“Expansion Group has taken the chaos off of our shoulders. I used to spend too much time putting out fires instead of focusing on our practice and the big picture. After struggling trying to find the right fit for the job we are so glad that we found them. They have helped us take back control of our business and enabled our firm to grow.”
Michelle Galligan, Founder - Keep Financials
“Expansion Group’s experience working with early and growth stage companies allows founders and CEOs to focus on what matters. Their team has a track record of setting up scalable operational infrastructure to support current and future business needs and has a range of connections and skills to find the right vendors and management solutions for each client.”
Nick Davis - VP Innovation, Singularity University
“They stepped in at a time when our organization was experiencing rapid change. As business leaders, we felt paralyzed to make decisions. They mended broken operational systems, empowered staff and enabled decision making from the top down.”
The Benefits of a Fractional Executive
A fractional executive is an executive that works in a limited capacity - either part-time or over a contract term - as opposed to a full-time employee. They can come in handy when:
You’ve outgrown your operating model and need to level up.
You have a strategic project that requires executive-level oversight, but you don’t have the time to oversee it.
You have a great operations manager, but he or she may be missing the strategic skills of a COO — the same goes for finance and marketing.
You’re looking to delegate financial, operational or marketing duties you have managed to date, but it doesn’t require a full-time role.
During any sort of transition - vacancy, preparation for sale or retirement.
Through packages designed for the work you need to done, we give business owners back time to focus on what matters, unlock scalability, reduce risk, and create an environment where people (and technology) thrive.
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About Us
At Expansion Group, we are obsessed with empowering SMEs with the skills and tools to tackle any operational challenge with confidence and ease as their fractional executive partners. Most of the time, this is when a small business is hiring their first operational leader.
Katie Murphy is an author, a professional speaker, and our CEO. She founded Expansion Group in 2016. For 14 years, she has helped companies from pre-revenue to the Fortune 50 set up or level up their operations through programming, consulting, and fractional executive services. She is an expert in organizational design, business operations, strategy, and innovation.
By the age of 28, Katie had worked with over 200 companies as a top economic developer. This led to her overseeing BrewDog PLC's - one of the fastest growing craft beer company's - expansion into the USA. This work inspired her to found this business, Expansion Group, where she had fast success working with craft brewers and distillers all over Ohio and even worked to bring Malting Barley back to the surrounding area. Her reputation for setting up and leveling up operations led her to work with Silicon Valley based think tank, Singularity University for almost four years, nationally recognized plaintiff law firm Meyer Wilson, and then Israeli tech education company, ThriveDX (formerly HackerU).
Industries: Business & Professional Services, Technology, Retail, Digital Marketing, Real Estate Development, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Agribusiness, Education and Non-Profit.
Tyler Provo, MBA, PMP, joined Expansion Group as a board member and advisor in 2019. He brings over 10 years of business and technology operations experience, having worked with companies across industries and around the globe. He specializes in helping businesses manage, scale, and leverage technology to streamline operations.
Prior to joining Expansion Group, Tyler has held several advisory and strategy positions in the private and public sectors, working with companies like Jeni’s Ice Creams, Endeavor Brewing and Spirits, CAE Healthcare, and Ohio University. Tyler holds an MBA from Ohio University, and a top certification in Project Management from PMI.
Industries: Technology, Higher Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage.
Jeff Harr, MBA, joined Expansion Group as an advisor and Consultant in 2020. With over a decade of experience in startup operations on both coasts, he has helped companies efficiently and intelligently scale over and over again using careful organizational design. A champion of model thinking and putting people first, Jeff specializes in the fundamentals of building a business to last.
Prior to joining Expansion Group, Jeff has worked with a series of technology and education startups in Silicon Valley, New York, and elsewhere - companies like Hack Reactor, Fullstack Academy, Moringa School and Singularity University. Jeff holds an MBA from the Ohio State University.
Industries: Technology, Digital Education, Consumer Services