For prime-contractor owners: a discreet sounding board, and the operator who carries what you decide.
Decisions you cannot discuss inside your company. Execution you cannot delegate to another vendor. Our recommended structure — now being validated with prime-contractor owners — is one relationship, two doors: confidential advisory, or operational partnership.
Request a private conversationBy referral or introduction.
Ana Vasquez, M.Ed.
Owner and CEOConfidential Advisor
Two Ways to Work Together
Our recommended structure: two doors.
Our recommendation — now being validated with prime-contractor owners: advisory conversations surface execution needs, and execution work surfaces advisory needs. Whichever door a client enters, the relationship converges.
Door One
Confidential Advisory
For owners who need a discreet sounding board. Standing private counsel on the decisions you cannot discuss inside your company — succession, offers, pivots, the situations with no safe internal audience.
- Private conversations, with optional recording and AI-assisted tracking if you choose it — so nothing you said gets lost
- Decision support with perspective from outside your organization
- Light operational follow-through on what you decide — unlike a peer group, someone executes
Advisory-weighted scope. Never forced into operational deliverables you do not need.
Door Two
Operational Partnership
For owners and executives who need someone to own functions. Defined operational ownership — initiatives led, vendors coordinated, decisions made and documented, month after month.
- Scoped initiatives with acceptance gates and documented outcomes
- Vendor and procurement coordination with a paper trail
- Confidential advisory included as the relationship layer — the operator is also the person you can tell the truth to
Execution-weighted scope. The tier sets relationship depth and access priority.
Both doors at the same tier prices. $15,000, $20,000, or $25,000 a month — twelve months preferred, six available.
Business Operations & Digital Transformation
One operator. Accountable for the work.
Client voices
After being in the emergency response business for over 40 years I have never met a better operator than Ana Vasquez and I definitely highly recommend her for any projects that are sensitive and need fast execution.
Emergency services contractor
Who This Is For
Prime-contractor owners and executives.
Owners carrying decisions they cannot discuss inside the company. Executives who need someone to own what the org chart cannot. One relationship, built for the way this industry actually works. Procurement leaders serve as the natural qualification and onboarding contact for their firm.
Owners in transition
Succession, sale readiness, post-acquisition integration — the decisions with no safe internal audience.
Owners trapped in operations
Bandwidth consumed by the business instead of leading it. Multi-project coordination with no center.
Executives owning delivery
Awarded work with real obligations attached. Someone has to carry it past the signature.
01
Pillar One
Most operators sell advice. We carry the execution.
When an award is won, Ana steps in after the signature and carries what comes with it: the training obligations, the compliance requirements, and the documentation the contract demands. The engagement closes audit ready.
How the work runs
Align. Structure. Execute. Document.
- Align. The situation is heard in full: what you need, what stands in the way, and what has to stay private.
- Structure. The right people, capital, and obligations are put in place before anything moves.
- Execute. The work gets carried. Doors open, contracts get fulfilled, decisions get made.
- Document. Every engagement closes with a clean file. Records complete, audit ready, nothing left open.
02
Pillar Two
Workforce Certification Through FoundHer Elite
When the work requires certified crews, training is handled through FoundHer Elite (THE FOUNDHER ELITE LLC, a separate company). A library of 1,000+ courses and custom programs built around the exact training obligation your contract names. Every license and safety ticket scheduled, current, and documented, so the crew is never the reason a job stalls.
- 1,000+ courses, delivered online, in person, or hands on, in English and Spanish.
- Custom programs designed around the training obligation your award names.
- One operator, one file, audit ready.
Training is delivered by qualified providers. Ana administers the program, the records, and the certification file. Ana never instructs.
03
Pillar Three
Guided Healers
Ana is also the founder and president of Guided Healers, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that protects women and children from online harm. It operates entirely separately from her commercial practice.
To donate, visit guidedhealers.orgCapabilities
What Ana Is Capable Of.
One operator. Every engagement private.
Business Operations & Digital Transformation
One operator accountable for the work. Ana connects you to what you need — the structure, the resources, the outcome — coordinating the skill sets each engagement requires and bringing in licensed specialists where the work calls for them. Platform transitions, customer journey rebuilds, and operating systems, delivered fixed scope with clear milestones.
Operations leadership
Digital transformation
Technical project management
Customer experience improvement
Ecommerce operations
Quality assurance
Vendor and platform coordination
Data preservation
Brand and content governance
AI workflow orchestration
The Operator
One operator for the whole engagement. She opens the door, carries the execution, and closes it audit ready.
Award Fulfillment
Federal and state awards delivered for the portion placed with us. Audit ready, every time.
Aircraft Sourcing
Rare aircraft for private buyers, through direct principal relationships. The call gets made, the aircraft gets found, the buyer stays private.
Emergency Response
Orchestration with one of the top emergency response teams in the United States. Helicopter aviation. Airport builds for countries and private parties.
Confidential Advisory
The critical decisions that cannot be discussed anywhere else are discussed with her. What happens in the room stays in the room.
Strategic Advisor
The independent voice companies call before they move. She has no agenda but yours, and she tells you what the room will not.
Private Sourcing
When you need anything at all, Ana finds it. If it exists and it can be reached, she knows who to call.
Workforce Certification
Crews certified, compliant, and audit ready through FoundHer Elite (THE FOUNDHER ELITE LLC, a separate company). A library of 1,000+ courses in English and Spanish.
Selected Work
Doors I have opened.
A selection of engagements and affiliations. Names are withheld as a matter of practice. The work speaks for itself. This is what the capabilities above have already done.
Private aircraft sourcing
Rare aircraft located for private buyers through direct principal relationships. The call gets made, the aircraft gets found, the buyer stays private.
Emergency response
Worked directly with the principal of a leading emergency response organization on time critical operations.
Defense manufacturing
Connections with defense manufacturers for military defense contract relationships, through Ana's defense community relationships.
Women in Defense
An active affiliation that opens partnership doors across the defense community.
The work speaks for itself.
How Engagements Begin
The Conversation
- 30 minutes by Zoom
- Both sides assess fit before anything is scoped
- No fee, no obligation
The Operator
Who It Is For
Enterprise principals and executive leaders who want direct, on demand strategic guidance from one operator.
Core Scope
Executive strategy, workflow architecture, AI verification, and operational governance, carried by one operator for the whole engagement.
Deliverables and Access
- Three approved monthly engagements: $15,000, $20,000, $25,000
- $20,000 a month is the Enterprise Operations Partner tier
- Priced on business value delivered, not hours worked
- Twelve-month term preferred; six-month engagements available
- Every engagement defined by a written scope agreement
- Agreements define payment schedules, deliverables, change requests, and termination
Firm Retainers and Executive Advisory
Strategic Judgment. Executive Governance.
All retainers cover executive strategy, workflow architecture, AI verification, and operational governance.
Defined Transition
Transition Leadership
Ana leads a defined operational transition or rebuild through acceptance gates and handoff, then exits.
Who It Is For
Companies in the middle of a platform move, systems overhaul, or operational rebuild that must land clean. The buyer has a defined before-and-after: an old platform and a new one, a broken process and a working one, a scattered vendor landscape and a coordinated one.
Core Scope
Complete transition ownership: inventory, plan, execute, verify, handoff, as the one named operator accountable for the outcome. Ana defines acceptance gates and does not declare completion until they are met.
Deliverables and Access
- Weekly principal strategy and operations review
- Transition inventory, plan, and acceptance documentation
- Data preservation with integrity checks and recovery evidence
- Written decision memos: recommendation, rationale, and implementation plan
Initiative Limit
One active transition program at a time, defined in the scope agreement.
Decision Authority
Within the transition scope: sequencing, acceptance criteria, vendor coordination priorities, and go/no-go on milestones. Decisions outside scope (budget changes, strategic direction, personnel) are presented as recommendations.
Communication
Weekly scheduled principal review. Proposed response times (subject to agreement): 1 business day for operational matters, same-day for critical blockers. Business hours Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern, excluding federal holidays.
Confidential Advisory Access
Confidential counsel throughout the transition. Advisory conversations on the weekly principal review; proposed: additional advisory scheduling within 3 business days.
Two Entry Paths (recommended structure)
Two entry paths: Advisory-weighted — standing confidential counsel with light operational follow-through on agreed decisions. Execution-weighted — one defined transition program through acceptance gates and handoff, then exit.
Additional Work
Work beyond the defined transition program is approved through a written change request: Ana scopes the addition, states the fee and timeline impact, and work begins only after the client approves in writing. Change requests are priced separately from the monthly retainer.
Exclusions
- Post-handoff steady-state operations (separate engagement)
- Ongoing advisory after the transition completes
- Legal, tax, regulatory, engineering, or licensed services
- CFO, accounting, and other specialist professional services (licensed specialists engaged separately where required)
- Technical safety consulting
- Construction field management
- Unlimited availability
Contract Terms
$90,000 for six months - $180,000 for twelve months (preferred)
Enterprise Operations · Most Requested
Enterprise Operations Partner
Ana embeds as the ongoing operator for defined business functions, accountable for outcomes month after month.
Who It Is For
Principals and executive teams with a specific operational gap costing more than the fee: founder bandwidth trapped in operations, multi-project coordination breakdown, pre-acquisition or pre-growth readiness gaps, workforce and compliance drag, or procurement chaos. The buyer needs someone to OWN a function, not advise on it.
Core Scope
Value-based engagement: defined operational ownership of agreed business functions (selected from workforce training operations, procurement coordination, operational process improvement, government contracting navigation, digital operations and systems). Ana makes decisions within defined authority, implements them, and is accountable for agreed outcomes. Priced on business value delivered, not hours worked.
Deliverables and Access
- Monthly executive operations review with decisions log and priority actions
- Leadership of up to two active operational initiatives per month, defined in the scope agreement
- Vendor and procurement coordination with documented outcomes
- Written decision memos: recommendation, rationale, and implementation plan
- Quarterly business value assessment measuring agreed outcomes
- Proposed response times (subject to agreement): 1 business day for operational matters, same-day for critical blockers
Initiative Limit
Up to two active operational initiatives per month, defined in the scope agreement.
Decision Authority
Defined decision rights within the agreed operational scope, with thresholds and escalation paths in each statement of work. Decisions above authority are presented as recommendations with analysis and a clear ask.
Communication
Weekly working sessions with client leadership and/or team. Business hours Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern, excluding federal holidays. No after-hours, weekend, or emergency on-call unless separately agreed and priced.
Confidential Advisory Access
Standing confidential advisor on defined functions. Advisory conversations in the weekly working sessions; proposed (subject to agreement): additional advisory scheduling within 2 business days; same-day response on critical matters.
Two Entry Paths (recommended structure)
Two entry paths: Advisory-weighted — confidential counsel as the primary relationship, with targeted operational follow-through. Execution-weighted — ongoing operator for defined business functions, with confidential advisory as the relationship layer.
Additional Work
Work beyond the agreed functions or the two-initiative monthly limit is approved through a written change request: Ana scopes the addition, states the fee and timeline impact, and work begins only after the client approves in writing. Change requests are priced separately from the monthly retainer.
Exclusions
- Functions outside the agreed modules
- Entire-business responsibility
- Technical safety consulting
- Legal, tax, regulatory, engineering, or licensed services
- CFO, accounting, and other specialist professional services (licensed specialists engaged separately where required)
- Construction field management
- Financial authority (no contract signing, payment authorization, or financial commitments beyond defined procurement thresholds)
- HR authority (no hiring, firing, or compensation decisions)
- Guarantees of specific business outcomes (revenue, contract awards, certification approvals)
Contract Terms
$120,000 for six months - $240,000 for twelve months (preferred)
Principal-Level
Principal Operator Retainer
Ana operates as the client's principal-level operator across multiple functions, the person the principal calls when the business demands it.
Who It Is For
Enterprise principals and executive leaders running complex, multi-function operations where the cost of disconnection between functions exceeds the fee. The buyer needs one operator with standing across the business, not a specialist for one lane.
Core Scope
Cross-functional operational leadership: aligning initiatives across functions, governing operational priorities, representing the principal's operational intent to vendors, partners, and internal teams, and carrying bespoke programs (transition, build-out, readiness) that cut across departmental lines.
Deliverables and Access
- All Enterprise Operations Partner deliverables
- Standing cross-functional operating cadence with weekly principal operating review covering all in-scope functions
- Initiative portfolio management across the agreed functions
- Quarterly principal-level business review with forward operating plan
Initiative Limit
Broader portfolio across functions, defined in the scope agreement. Higher complexity and priority than the Enterprise tier, not unlimited everything.
Decision Authority
Expanded decision rights across the agreed functions, with thresholds defined per function in the statement of work. Ana carries the principal's operational authority within those thresholds; above-threshold decisions arrive as recommendations with full analysis.
Communication
Highest priority in the practice. Proposed (subject to agreement): acknowledgment the same business day; advisory scheduling same-day or next business day; standing weekly principal review. Email and scheduled Zoom conversations during business hours, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern, excluding federal holidays. Critical blockers, defined in the scope agreement as events that halt an in-scope initiative, threaten an agreed milestone, or require an immediate principal-level decision within the agreed scope, receive same-day acknowledgment. Response windows are commitments to respond, not to resolve: no resolution time is guaranteed. Still not 24/7: genuine emergencies are handled through a separately defined urgent-escalation process in the scope agreement.
Confidential Advisory Access
Highest-trust counsel across the business. Proposed (subject to agreement): acknowledgment the same business day; advisory scheduling same-day or next business day; email and scheduled Zoom conversations during business hours. Response windows are commitments to respond, not to resolve.
Two Entry Paths (recommended structure)
Two entry paths: Advisory-weighted — highest-trust counsel across the business with cross-functional follow-through. Execution-weighted — principal-level operational leadership across functions, with advisory access at the tightest priority.
Additional Work
Work beyond the agreed function portfolio, including separately scoped private projects, is approved through a written change request: Ana scopes the addition, states the fee and timeline impact, and work begins only after the client approves in writing. Change requests are priced separately from the monthly retainer unless expressly included in the operator agreement.
Exclusions
- Same boundary list as the Enterprise Operations Partner tier
- Exclusivity is not automatic (defined in the agreement if applicable)
- Separately scoped private projects are priced separately unless expressly included in the operator agreement
- Unlimited access or open-ended responsibility
Contract Terms
$150,000 for six months - $300,000 for twelve months (preferred)
Retainers govern executive strategy and firm operations. Course access and procurement fees are priced separately.
Primarily need confidential counsel? Advisory-weighted scopes are available at each tier — our recommended structure, now being validated with prime-contractor owners. The tier sets the depth of the relationship and access, not a fixed bundle of operational deliverables.
By referral or introduction. If you are serious, you already know.
Start Here
Request a private conversation
Booking is open. Every engagement begins with mutual vetting.