Kamyar Shah Fractional COO & CMO. Business Consultant.
25 years of operating experience. An MBA, seven Google certifications, and 274 professional development courses. Cross-industry depth across technology, healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, and professional services. All of it applied remotely, directly to your business.
The Operator
His operating record spans technology and SaaS, healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace and drones, fintech, eCommerce, and professional services. That cross-industry depth is not incidental — it is the source of pattern recognition that single-industry operators do not develop.
He holds an MBA from Walden University and has completed 274 professional development courses across leadership, AI and machine learning, agile project management, data analysis, human resources, digital marketing, and organizational strategy. Seven Google certifications. Microsoft Bing Ads accreditation. That depth is deliberate — operational leaders who stop learning become obsolete.
His operating philosophy: operational clarity before scale. Build the systems, processes, and performance metrics that support growth first, then accelerate. Marketing without operations is noise. Operations without marketing is stagnation. Both disciplines are required, and both are available in a single engagement.
Education, Certifications & Professional Development
274 completed courses and certifications spanning over two decades of continuous professional development. Listed here because depth of preparation is directly proportional to the quality of advice.
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Walden University Business Administration and Management — 2005 to 2007Bachelor of Arts — Political Science and Government
Western Illinois University UndergraduateAssociate — Law Enforcement and Justice Administration
Waubonsee Community College 2001Google Certifications (7)
- Google AdWords — Search
- Google AdWords — Display
- Google AdWords — Mobile
- Google AdWords — Shopping
- Google AdWords — Video
- Google Analytics
- Google Mobile Sites
Microsoft Certification
- Microsoft Bing Ads Accredited Professional
Additional Certifications
- SEO Specialist Certification
- Service Contract Act — Government Contracts
Professional Development — Core Domains
- Leadership & Management
- AI & Machine Learning
- Agile Project Management
- Data Analysis & Science
- Human Resources Strategy
- Digital Marketing
- Organizational Strategy
- Growth & Funding
- Operations Management
- Finance & Accounting
274 Completed Courses — Full List by Category
Every course listed below was completed and is verifiable. Scroll within each category to see the full list.
Leadership & Management
73- Technology Leadership
- Master In-Demand Skills for Technology Leadership
- RPA, AI, and Cognitive Tech for Leaders
- Transformational Leadership
- Women in Leadership
- Negotiation Foundations
- Proven Success Strategies for Women at Work
- Quality Management Foundations
- Managing in Difficult Times
- Managing Virtual Teams
- Managing Stress for Positive Change
- Time Management: Working from Home
- Leading without Formal Authority
- Leading with Values
- Leading with Stories
- Leading with Innovation
- Leading the Organization Monthly
- Leading Others Effectively
- Leading in Uncertain Times
- Leading in Crisis
- Leading during Times of Change
- Leading at a Distance
- Leadership Strategies for Women
- Leadership Blind Spots
- Executive Presence on Video Conference Calls
- Digital Transformation for Leaders
- Developing Credibility as a Leader
- Developing Assertive Leadership
- Developing Adaptability as a Manager
- Critical Thinking for Better Judgment and Decision-Making
- Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA Environment
- Connecting with Executives
- Charlene Li on Digital Leadership
- Advice for Leaders during a Crisis
- Digital Strategy
- Leading Organizations
- Critical Thinking and Decision-Making
- Executive Leadership
- Balancing Multiple Roles As A Leader
- Data Ethics Managing Your Private Customer Data
- Transitioning From Manager To Leader
- Pipeline Management
- Coaching Employees
- Strategic Negotiation
- Coaching And Developing Employees
- Coaching Skills For Leaders And Managers
- Persuasive Coaching
- Being A Good Mentor
- Facilitation Skills For Managers And Leaders
- Coaching For Results
- Developing A Mentoring Program
- Developing Adaptable Managers
- Enlightened Leadership
- Leading Inclusive Teams
- Creating A Program Strategy
- Navigating Politics As A Senior Leader
- Managing A Diverse Team
- Servant Leadership
- Managing Compassionately
- Leading Change
- Leadership And Strategic Impact
- Strategic Agility
- Leading Change
- Leading With Vision
- Global Strategy
- Strategies For Emerging Markets
- Sales Coaching
- Inclusive Leadership
- Managing Globally
- Leading Globally
- Customer Service Leadership
- Business Ethics For Managers And Leaders
- Business Development Strategic Planning
AI & Machine Learning
22- Robot Framework Test Automation Level 1 Selenium
- Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Decision Trees
- Learning TensorFlow with JavaScript
- NLP with Python for Machine Learning Essential Training
- Neural Networks and Convolutional Neural Networks Essential Training
- Meta-analysis for Data Science and Business Analytics
- Machine Learning for Marketing: Essential Training
- Deploying Scalable Machine Learning for Data Science
- Deep Learning: Image Recognition
- Deep Learning: Face Recognition
- Data Science Foundations: Fundamentals
- Data Science & Analytics Career Paths & Certifications: First Steps
- Building Deep Learning Applications with Keras 2.0
- Building and Deploying Deep Learning Applications with TensorFlow
- Building a Recommendation System with Python Machine Learning & AI
- Become a Data Scientist
- Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines
- Advance Your Skills in Deep Learning and Neural Networks
- Accelerating TensorFlow with the Google Machine Learning Engine
- Leveraging Cloud Based Machine Learning On AWS Real World Applications
- Introducing AI To Your Organization
- Machine Learning AI Advanced Decision Trees
HR & Organizational Development
69- Rolling Out a Diversity and Inclusion Training Program in Your Company
- Performance-Based Hiring
- Talent Management
- Strategic Human Resources
- The Human Resources Hero
- Thriving @ Work: Leveraging the Connection between Well-Being and Productivity
- Productivity Tips: Finding Your Productive Mindset
- Managing Organizational Change for Managers
- Leading Your Team Through Change
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Leading a Customer-Centric Culture
- IoT Foundations: Fundamentals
- Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies
- Human Resources: Understanding HR Systems Features and Benefits
- Human Resources: Strategic Workforce Planning
- Human Resources: Running Company Onboarding
- Human Resources: Managing Employee Problems
- Human Resources in the On-Demand Economy
- Human Resources Foundations
- HR as a Business Partner
- HR and Digital Transformation
- How Leaders Can Motivate Others by Creating Meaning
- Enhancing Resilience
- Diversity Recruiting
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for Leaders and Managers
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for HR Professionals and Leaders
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All
- Developing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Program
- Develop Your HR Management and Leadership Skills
- Cultivating Mental Agility
- Cultivating Cultural Competence and Inclusion
- Cultivating a Growth Mindset
- Communicating with Confidence
- Communicating Change in an Enterprise-Wide Transformation
- Communicating Across Cultures
- Bystander Training: From Bystander to Upstander
- Building Resilience
- Building Resilience as a Leader
- Building Accountability into Your Culture
- Become an HR Business Partner
- Managing Organizational Change
- Human Resources Pay Strategy
- HR Systems Features and Benefits
- Emotional Intelligence
- Motivating And Engaging Employees
- Communicating With Empathy
- Leading Through Relationships
- Conflict Competence
- 360 Degree Feedback
- Accountability
- Human Resources
- Creating A Culture Of Change
- Creating A Culture Of Strategy Execution
- People Analytics
- Human Resources Diversity Recruiting
- Diversity The Best Resource For Achieving Business Goals
- Managing A Multigenerational Workforce
- Communicating About Culturally Sensitive Issues
- Confronting Bias Thriving Across Our Differences
- Design Business And Inclusion
- Diversity Inclusion And Belonging
- Branding To Attract Talent
- Hiring And Developing Your Future Workforce
- Employee Engagement
- High Performance Culture
- Advanced Business Development Communication And Negotiation
- Organizational Thought Leadership
- Crisis Communication
Data & Analytics
17- Power BI
- Logistic Regression in R and Excel
- R for Excel Users
- Statistics Foundations: 1
- Excel 2016: Managing and Analyzing Data
- Data Fluency: Exploring and Describing Data
- Data Analytics for Business Professionals
- Business Analytics Foundations: Predictive, Prescriptive, and Experimental Analytics
- Business Analytics Foundations: Descriptive, Exploratory, and Explanatory Analytics
- Business Analytics: Forecasting with Exponential Smoothing
- Business Analytics: Data Reduction Techniques Using Excel and R
- Become a Business Analytics Expert
- Advanced Microsoft Power BI
- Business Analytics Forecasting With Seasonal Baseline Smoothing
- Data Mining
- Business Intelligence For Consultants
- Power BI Essential Training
Agile & Project Management
13- Agile Software Development
- Project Management Foundations: Risk
- Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management
- Become an Agile Project Manager
- Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project
- Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools
- Agile Foundations
- Agile Development Practices
- Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards
- Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
- Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives
- Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings
- Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team
Operations & Process
11- Stay Lean with Kanban
- The Future of Performance Management
- Managing Employee Performance Problems
- Managing Performance
- Design Thinking: Understanding the Process (2016)
- Design Thinking: Implementing the Process (2016)
- The Process Of Effective Leadership
- Building High Performance Teams
- Improving Employee Performance
- Rewarding Employee Performance
- Business Process Improvement
Marketing & Digital
7Finance & Strategy
5Technology & Cloud
5Professional Development
52- Election Season at Work
- Learning Design Research
- Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization
- Performing under Pressure
- Manage Change and Develop Your Adaptability Skills
- Setting Team and Employee Goals Using SMART Methodology
- Letting an Employee Go
- Persuading Others
- Preventing Harassment in the Workplace
- Psychological Safety: Clear Blocks to Innovation, Collaboration, and Risk-Taking
- Learning BlueJeans Meetings
- Tips for Working Remotely
- Learning Data Governance
- Organization Design
- Learning Brainstorming
- IoT Foundations: Standards and Ecosystems
- Implementing an Information Security Program
- How to Engage Meaningfully in Allyship and Anti-Racism
- How to Be an Adaptable Employee during Change and Uncertainty
- Foundations of The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0)
- Employee Experience
- Embracing Unexpected Change
- Driving Change and Anti-Racism
- Difficult Conversations: Talking about Race at Work
- Developing Self-Awareness
- Developing Resourcefulness
- Developing Business Acumen
- Design Thinking: Venture Design
- Design Thinking: Prototyping
- Defining and Achieving Professional Goals
- Data Visualization: Storytelling
- Creating a Positive and Healthy Work Environment
- Business Collaboration in the Modern Workplace
- Body Language and Women at Work
- Big Data in the Age of AI
- Advocating for Change in Your Organization
- Organization Design
- Creating An Alliance With Employees
- Interview Master Class
- Personal Effectiveness
- Delivering Bad News Effectively
- Working In Harmony As A Senior Team
- Foster Critical Thinking And Curiosity
- Applied Curiosity
- Millennials
- Consumer Behavior
- Creating A Product Centric Organization
- Social Interactions For Multinational Teams
- Gamification For Interactive Learning
- Neuroscience In The Workplace
- Busting Bureaucracy
- Raising Startup Capital
Professional History
Over two decades of fractional executive and consulting engagements across industries.
Founder & Fractional COO/CMO
Business management consulting firm specializing in operational excellence and marketing strategy for small and mid-sized businesses. Services span operations management, marketing strategy, fractional COO, fractional CMO, fractional CSO, and business consulting.
Fractional COO & CMO
Led operations and marketing strategy for a company specializing in unmanned Land, Air, and Sea vehicles for commercial and government industries. Responsible for operations management, sales operations, P&L management, digital marketing planning and execution, strategic partnerships, and workforce planning.
Fractional COO & CMO
Led operations and marketing for a Salesforce-focused technology solutions provider. Responsible for strategic business planning and execution, operations management, budget management, HR strategic planning and implementation, and marketing implementation.
Fractional COO & CMO
Provided executive leadership for a healthcare information management and program integrity support provider. Client roster included the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Veterans Affairs, multiple state Medicaid programs, AETNA, United Healthcare, CIGNA, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Kaiser Permanente.
Fractional COO / CMO / Chief of Staff
Ongoing fractional executive engagements across technology, manufacturing, fintech, eCommerce, professional services, and startups. Available through World Consulting Group and directly via kamyarshah.com.
Skills & Capabilities
Specialized capabilities developed and applied across 25+ years of operating experience.
Chief Operating Officer
Executive leadership focused on operational efficiency, process design, performance metrics, vendor management, and scalable systems.
Chief Marketing Officer
Strategic marketing leadership with focus on brand positioning, budget management, demand generation, digital transformation, and agency oversight.
Fractional CXO
Flexible executive leadership delivered remotely and scoped to the business — not a retainer program, not a packaged service.
Business Process Design
Creating efficient, scalable workflows and systems that improve business performance and eliminate recurring operational drag.
Digital Marketing
Search, display, mobile, shopping, and video advertising strategy. SEO. Analytics. Brand positioning. Content strategy and execution.
Operational Excellence
Root-cause operational diagnosis, bottleneck elimination, performance metric development, and organizational clarity across departments.
Leadership & Strategy
Executive coaching, team development, cross-functional collaboration, P&L management, and strategic planning at inflection points.
AI Implementation
AI readiness assessment, tool selection, process automation identification, and change management for AI adoption in SMB environments.
E-commerce Optimization
Enhancing online sales channels for improved conversion, customer experience, and revenue performance across platforms.
What Clients Say
"Kamyar's approach is unique in today's consulting world. He doesn't just offer advice and walk away — he becomes fully invested in your business success, guiding implementation every step of the way until results are achieved."
"He transformed our company from an entrepreneur-driven business into a self-driving business through his experience, deep knowledge of the latest automation, and proven processes."
"Kamyar came in at a turning point. Two years later, I can say he has stayed true to his theme — repeatable and reliable results — each and every day."
"I initially engaged Kamyar only for his CMO expertise, but quickly realized the additional value he adds and asked him to join the team as COO."
"His know-how in operations management, growth, and scaling has been indispensable in our effort and success."
"Kamyar is an exceptional Fractional COO and a highly skilled professional whose expertise, dedication, and commitment to our company's success will make a lasting impression on our entire organization."
Common Questions
- Who is Kamyar Shah?
- Kamyar Shah is a fractional COO, fractional CMO, and business consultant with over 25 years of operating experience. He has served as a fractional executive and advisor to small and mid-sized businesses across technology, healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, fintech, and professional services. He holds an MBA from Walden University, seven Google certifications, and has completed 274 professional development courses.
- What does Kamyar Shah do?
- Kamyar Shah provides fractional COO and fractional CMO services, business consulting, executive coaching, AI implementation guidance, and business strategy consulting. He works with small and mid-sized businesses on operations management, process design, marketing strategy, P&L management, and scaling. All engagements are delivered remotely.
- What credentials does Kamyar Shah have?
- Kamyar Shah holds an MBA from Walden University, seven Google certifications (AdWords Search, Display, Mobile, Shopping, and Video; Google Analytics; Google Mobile Sites), Microsoft Bing Ads accreditation, and has completed 274 professional development courses across leadership, AI and machine learning, agile project management, human resources, digital marketing, data analysis, and organizational strategy.
- What industries has Kamyar Shah worked in?
- Kamyar Shah has worked across technology and SaaS, healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace and drones, fintech, eCommerce, professional services, and startups. His cross-industry experience spans over 25 years of operating, consulting, and fractional executive engagements.
- How do I hire Kamyar Shah as a fractional COO or CMO?
- Fractional engagements begin with an initial conversation at kamyarshah.com/contact/. Engagements typically start within days — no lengthy hiring process, no onboarding delay, no equity negotiation.
- Where is Kamyar Shah based?
- Kamyar Shah is based in the Greater Tampa Bay Area, Florida. All client engagements are delivered remotely, serving businesses across the United States.
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