John Farhat

About

Entrepreneur and operations/IT advisor who helps early-stage companies scale efficiently through automation (CRM lead capture, invoicing, collections) and pragmatic process design. Built a year-long data standardization solution converting broker inputs from 60+ formats, enabling better sales forecasting and market projections. Also advises founders on go-to-market fundamentals and creative fundraising strategies, including forming paid customer consortia to co-develop products.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Scaled operations via automation (CRM lead intake, invoicing, collections) to handle growth without adding staff
• Prioritizes automating routine work while designing for exception handling (outliers/issues)
• End-to-end process breakdown and real-world operational analysis (avoids over-optimizing local steps at expense of system)
• Standardized broker data across 60+ formats using a conversion matrix (1-year implementation)
• Improved forecasting and market projections through data standardization
• Effective founder coaching to maintain focus on fundamentals and avoid “shiny object” distractions
• Creative fundraising/market-entry tactic: formed a paid consortium of top prospective customers to guide product development

Reference Highlights

• highly analytical
• highly creative in designing new or improved solutions
• quickly spots areas for organizational improvement
• provides effective operational and strategic guidance
• improves organizational visibility through thought leadership and conferences
• effective mentor across experience levels (junior to senior)
• strong interpersonal influence in 1:1 and team settings
• proven leadership in startups
• confidence-inspiring leader for fast-growing startups
• experience leading organizations from small to large
• good grasp of organizational systems
• streamlines processes effectively
• creates consistency across tooling, security, and processes
• backbone of management system creation
• pivotal strategic guidance in forming organizations
• strong relationship-building
• effective at bringing new people into the business
• invests significant time mentoring others
• strong in client support and management mentorship
• well-suited to create operational efficiencies for startups