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  "$schema": "https://ironsummit.thatwebhostingguy.com/aeo.json",
  "version": "1.0",
  "generated": "2026-05-20",
  "entity": {
    "name": "Iron Summit Operations",
    "type": "ProfessionalService",
    "url": "https://ironsummit.thatwebhostingguy.com/",
    "tagline": "The operator behind the operator.",
    "founded": "2026",
    "founder": "Zach Johnston",
    "areaServed": "United States",
    "contact": {
      "email": "hello@ironsummitoperations.com"
    }
  },
  "summary": "Iron Summit Operations is an operational consulting firm for owners and multi-unit operators. Founder Zach Johnston has 21 years inside operations, including multiple years as a multi-unit operator. The firm runs fixed-scope twelve-week engagements that diagnose, map, build, and hand off — designed to make themselves unnecessary.",
  "services": [
    {
      "name": "Operational Audit",
      "category": "Diagnostic",
      "duration": "2 weeks",
      "deliverables": ["Written assessment", "Prioritized 90-day action plan", "P&L teardown", "Process map", "Org chart audit"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Systems Implementation",
      "category": "Build",
      "deliverables": ["SOP library", "Operating cadence", "KPI scorecards", "Tech stack consolidation"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leadership Development",
      "category": "Coaching",
      "deliverables": ["Owner coaching", "Manager development", "Decision frameworks", "Difficult conversation prep"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Multi Unit Scaling",
      "category": "Scale",
      "deliverables": ["Replication playbook", "Unit economics model", "Multi-site reporting", "Hiring at scale"]
    }
  ],
  "method": [
    { "step": 1, "name": "Diagnose", "when": "Week 1", "what": "Deep dive call and observation. Document reality vs. org chart." },
    { "step": 2, "name": "Map", "when": "Week 2", "what": "Map every revenue path, cost center, decision route, and handoff. Tag the leaks." },
    { "step": 3, "name": "Build", "when": "Weeks 3-8", "what": "Systems, SOPs, scorecards, and coaching, built side-by-side with the team." },
    { "step": 4, "name": "Hand Off", "when": "Week 12+", "what": "Team owns it. Light retainer for six months. Engagements end." }
  ],
  "ideal_client": [
    "Owner doing the work three managers should be doing",
    "P&L healthy on paper but cash flow tight",
    "Headcount growing faster than throughput",
    "Second location half as productive as the first",
    "Owner is still the bottleneck on every decision",
    "Admin work eating evenings and weekends"
  ],
  "differentiators": [
    "Owner-first, plainspoken",
    "Built to end on a defined timeline",
    "Founder has actually operated, not just consulted",
    "Side-by-side build, not deck-and-leave",
    "21 years inside the businesses we now fix"
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "q": "Who is Iron Summit Operations for?",
      "a": "Owners and multi-unit operators who are profitable on paper but exhausted, whose decisions still route through them, and whose growth has begun to outpace their systems."
    },
    {
      "q": "How long is a typical engagement?",
      "a": "Twelve weeks. Two weeks of diagnosis and mapping, six weeks of build, and a hand-off with a light retainer available for the first six months after."
    },
    {
      "q": "What does the free audit include?",
      "a": "A 30-minute call focused on one specific part of the business. No pitch. You walk away with a clearer view of where time and cash are leaking."
    },
    {
      "q": "Do you work on retainer or fixed scope?",
      "a": "Fixed scope. Engagements are built to end. Iron Summit is designed to make itself unnecessary on a defined timeline."
    }
  ]
}