Your Growth Architect for High-Stakes Business Moments
I'm Kelly Roark, a career operator who specializes in high-stakes business transformations. I've led critical transitions from ground-up ($0-$10M) to scaleup ($28-$40M) to enterprise expansion ($89-$125M), growing digital innovation units to $125M+ inside public companies while landing new business with Fortune 500s including Pfizer, Merck, P&G and other regulated industry leaders.
Through my work with Techstars, Colorado OEDIT, and Innosphere Ventures, I've guided 500+ founders through some of their most challenging growth moments. My experience spans globally distributed teams, strategic partnerships and GM/BD roles across startup and enterprise contexts.
I founded Stratespheric to provide fractional CxO expertise that helps ambitious leaders and innovators navigate their high-stakes growth challenges—whether you're launching something new, breaking through plateaus, or transforming your commercial operations for accelerated scale. We turn blockers into traction and plans into market momentum.
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