About us
JC Lightcap FOUNDER/ CEO
You’ve built something people want - a real business, a small team of sharp people, and a reputation you’re proud of. But if you’re honest, the way the company runs hasn’t kept up with how you operate:
You’re still the answer to too many questions.
Priorities shift week to week.
The team is busy, but it’s not clear what moves the business forward.
Your standards and the systems in place don’t match.
That’s where I come in.
I'm a Strategic / Fractional COO for founder‑CEOs who care deeply about excellence. I help you build an operating system (OS) worthy of your product.
You don’t need a thousand frameworks. You need the right OS for this stage, this team, this founder.
How I help:
I see the real issues quickly. I map how your company actually runs: decision flows, ownership, meeting cadences, and where work and info get stuck.
Design a simple, founder‑specific OS. A 90‑day operating cadence, clear roles and responsibilities, and a focus on a small set of outcomes that matter.
Make it run without your heroics. We put in just enough structure, accountability, and rhythm so your team handles problems without you.
Why I think about ops this way
Before this, I spent years in environments where stakes and standards were non‑negotiable:
Navy and NATO Special Ops. Built and ran a new, tech-focused joint overseas project; designed and led a NATO SOF course that saved 4,000+ hours per year AND raised the bar.
Corporate and growth‑stage (Wells Fargo, Ford, and others). Defined markets and customer profiles at a travel safety startup, partnered with execs to baseline performance for 10,000+ agents across 8 lines of business, and built onboarding and training systems that turned “fire drills” into predictable routines.
Across them all, the pattern is the same:
High‑caliber people doing important work, slowed by unclear ownership, bad interfaces, and missing structure. If your product & reputation are A+, but your ops feel like a B‑ group project...
Send me a message with “OS” and a sentence about where you’re feeling bottlenecked. I’ll share a few ways we could tighten things up in the next 90 days.
My methods
EXPERIENCE
Behavior therapy
In behavior therapy, the main focus is on learning's role in developing both normal and abnormal behaviors.
Psychoanalysis
In psychoanalysis, we focus on changing problematic behaviors by understanding the unconscious meanings and motivations behind them.
Cognitive therapy
In cognitive therapy, the focus is on what people think rather than what they do.
Humanistic therapy
In humanistic therapy, the main focus is on a person's capacity to make rational choices and develop.
Trying my best to learn
EDUCATION
Harvard University
Bachelor's degree in Psychology
2010-2013
New York University
Master's degree in Psychology
2010-2013
Education
Licenses
Experience
NBCC board license, 2013, NYC
NBMTM board license, 2014, Washington DC
NCBTMB board license, 2014, NYC
St Jude's Hospital
Psychology Department
2008-2010
NYC Psychotherapy
Private psychology practice
2014-present
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