A remote CXO is a fractional chief executive — COO, CMO, or executive coach — who provides senior-level leadership to small and mid-sized businesses part-time and remotely, without the cost of a full-time C-suite hire.
Most growth-stage companies cannot afford full-time COO or CMO salaries. They cannot afford to operate without them either. RemoteCXO delivers senior executive function at a fraction of the cost, with none of the politics, and all of the accountability.
Working with Kamyar has been a great process for our business. We had a number of our highest grossing months while working with him.
Founder · E-commerceSince taking over as COO, he engaged a sales and marketing team, identified vital customers, and provided a brand vision that exceeded our expectations.
President · Healthcare ServicesOur company is a very different company now than it was before Kamyar joined. He drives towards results day in and day out and never ceases to amaze.
CEO · Fintech / SaaSHe has helped us dramatically increase operational coherence and efficiency while dramatically increasing our revenue.
CEO · Healthcare PracticeOperational structure, cross-functional alignment, and execution oversight for companies scaling past the point where founders can run everything themselves. Process architecture, team accountability systems, vendor governance, and KPI frameworks — built and embedded, not delivered and abandoned.
Learn about Fractional COO →Revenue-oriented marketing leadership that connects strategy to pipeline. Demand generation architecture, brand positioning, content strategy, paid media governance, and marketing operations — led by an executive who reports to revenue, not to activity metrics.
Learn about Fractional CMO →Structured coaching for founders, CEOs, and senior executives navigating inflection points: post-funding scale, organizational restructure, leadership team underperformance, or personal operating model breakdown. Practitioner-based — not motivational.
Learn about Coaching →Kamyar Shah has spent more than 25 years inside growth-stage and mid-market businesses as an operator, not as a consultant parachuting in with frameworks. He has held functional executive roles across operations, marketing, and general management — and has applied that experience across more than 650 client engagements.
The fractional model suited him before the term existed. Businesses at the $5M–$100M revenue range consistently face the same structural problem: the complexity of a real company with the resources of a small one. Full-time C-suite hires at that stage routinely fail within 18 months because the role is undefined and the infrastructure is absent.
RemoteCXO exists to solve that problem systematically. Each engagement begins with a diagnostic, proceeds through a defined build phase, and transitions to a sustainable operating state — with clear milestones at every stage.
Kamyar's clients range from $2M startups to $100M mid-market companies spanning healthcare, professional services, SaaS, construction, retail, and manufacturing. What they share is a founder or CEO who needed a real executive, not another vendor.
A structured intake session assesses your organizational structure, key bottlenecks, leadership gaps, and near-term priorities. No assumptions. No templates applied before the diagnosis is complete.
A clear engagement charter defines deliverables, milestones, time commitment, and exit criteria. You know exactly what success looks like before work begins.
Embedded executive function — weekly operating cadence, leadership team interaction, vendor and partner governance, and direct accountability for defined outcomes.
Systems, processes, and team capability are built to run without continued dependence. The goal is a sustainable operational state — not a permanent advisory relationship.
Documentation, knowledge transfer, and structured handoff to internal leadership or a permanent hire. Engagements close on plan, not when it is convenient to continue billing.
Monthly retained engagement · Project-based scope · Advisory retainer. Pricing is transparent and engagement-specific.
Kamyar is fearless in his business approach and his instincts are impeccable. He engaged a sales and marketing team, improved recruiting and retention, executed workflows and automation, and met with potential clients to close deals. He would bring your organization nothing but success.
An efficient, driven, and talented CMO. He presented innovative, well-researched ideas alongside practical solutions to execute strategy. He introduced our team to new technology and opened our minds to greater development in ways everyone could comprehend. I highly recommend his services.
Kamyar engaged with me over a sustained period and guided me to a point where I was comfortable launching two new areas of business. His advice has saved me a significant amount of time and effort. I recommend his coaching services without hesitation.
A remote CXO is a fractional chief executive — COO, CMO, or similar — who works with a company part-time and remotely, delivering senior-level leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Remote CXOs are typically engaged by small and mid-sized businesses that need executive expertise to scale but cannot justify or afford a dedicated C-suite role.
A fractional COO is a part-time chief operating officer who manages and optimizes a company's operations, processes, and team structure. Unlike a full-time COO, a fractional COO works across multiple companies simultaneously, making senior operational leadership accessible to smaller businesses at a fraction of the cost.
A fractional CMO is a part-time chief marketing officer who leads marketing strategy, brand positioning, budget management, and demand generation. Fractional CMOs bring full CMO-level expertise to companies that need strategic marketing leadership without a full-time executive salary.
Fractional COO pricing varies based on scope and time commitment. Typical engagements run from a few hours per week to several days per month — significantly less than a full-time COO salary. Contact Kamyar Shah at kamyarshah.com/contact/ to discuss engagement options.
Small and mid-sized businesses benefit most from remote fractional executives. Common situations include: rapid growth that has outpaced internal capacity, a founding team missing a specific C-suite skill set, the need for a short-term operational or marketing transformation, or a business preparing for acquisition or investment.
Unlike recruiting a full-time executive — which typically takes three to six months — a fractional engagement with Kamyar Shah can start within days of an initial conversation. There is no lengthy hiring process, no onboarding period for benefits administration, and no equity negotiation.
A 30-minute diagnostic call is enough to determine whether there is a fit. No pitch, no deck — just an honest conversation about where your business is and what it needs. Response within one business day.