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.
Expand Your Business to the Next Level
We help small businesses and startups, typically $3M-10M in size or funding, expand to the next level through Fractional CEO and COO services. With packages designed for the work you need done, we give business owners back time to focus on what matters, unlock scalability, increase profits, reduce risk, and create a technology-driven environment where people thrive. 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’re a startup that just got funded, and as the founder, you need to balance the work that needs done and your cap table. A Fractional CEO or COO can bring a playbook for what you need to build and allow you to protect your equity for those key hires.
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 they 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 done, we give business owners back time to focus on what matters, unlock scalability, reduce risk, and create a technology- driven environment where people thrive.
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About Us
At Expansion Group, we are obsessed with empowering small business and startups with the skills and tools to tackle any operational challenge with confidence and ease as their fractional executive partners.
Katie Murphy is an author, a professional speaker, and our CEO. She founded Expansion Group in 2016. For 16 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 companies - 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, Israeli tech education company ThriveDX (formerly HackerU), retail giant IWH Companies, and many other small businesses and startups across diverse industries.
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.