Derek Fredrickson is the founder and CEO of The COO Solution, a fractional COO firm that works hands-on with 7- and 8-figure founders and CEOs to build the operational foundation their businesses need to scale. With over 16 years as a Chief Operating Officer and second-in-command, Derek relocated his family to Paris and built The COO Solution from scratch — no local network, no playbook, and a service model most founders had never heard of. He now leads a team of fractional COOs embedded inside growing service businesses across industries and hosts The COO Solution Podcast.