Grounded Systems · Hudson Valley, NY

You're doing
meaningful work.
Your systems should support it.

I help restaurants, local businesses, nonprofits, and schools build websites, tools, and workflows their own people can run.

Former educator Restaurants & local business Nonprofits & social impact Schools & education Websites & tools setup AI & workflow automation
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Climbing plants growing through a garden trellis — grounded and growing
17
years building systems in
education, ed-tech, and operations
2,100+
students scheduled annually
zero margin for error
250%
enrollment growth driven
in 12 months
1,000+
staff trained on new
tools and systems
Sound familiar?

It's rarely a people problem.
They have a systems problem.

The work piles up because the processes underneath don't support your team.

  • Too many tools, no clarity on which to use when
  • Manual work everywhere: copy-pasting, chasing updates, rebuilding the same thing
  • Everyone's too busy running operations to fix them
"Why does everything feel harder than it should?"
That's usually a systems question. And it's fixable.
"We keep hearing AI could help — but we have no idea where to start."
Curious but not sure is a great place to begin.
"I started this business to do work I love — not to live in spreadsheets."
That's the exact problem I fix. Let's get your time back.
How I can help

Three stages of working together

Start with a plan, build what it turns up, keep me on only if it helps.

01

Clarity Audit

A focused 1–2 week look at how your organization runs. You leave with a prioritized plan, and no commitment.

→ Best first step.
02

Build & Launch

Websites, brand systems, accounts, templates, guides, automation. I build the simplest thing that works, then hand it off.

→ Set up in your name, on tools you can learn.
03

Ongoing Partner

I can stay on: routine updates, new tools as you grow, fractional operations support.

→ From a few weeks to an ongoing retainer.
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Who I work with

My background is in education — but the systems problems I solve show up everywhere.

Restaurants & local businesses

Websites, specials, bookings and accounts your staff can keep running.

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Nonprofits & social impact

Reporting, onboarding and processes that survive tight budgets and turnover.

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Schools & education organizations

Scheduling, registration and platforms busy staff actually adopt.

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You'll own everything

Built to hand off.

I don't want to be the only person who knows how your systems work. Everything is in your name, on platforms you can manage, with a guide.

Yours from day one.

The domain, billing, and admin accounts sit with you. I'm a collaborator you can remove.

Tools you can learn.

Squarespace, Google Workspace, Canva: anyone you hire later can pick up where I left off.

A clean handoff.

Every engagement ends with a checklist. Nothing depends on me.

Plants rooted and growing
"I understand how people with full plates actually work. I build systems that fit them."

The Grounded Systems difference

Live work

Real systems, deployed and running

Not mockups. Production systems solving real problems for real people.

Charlie O's Bar & Grill

Charlie O's Bar & Grill

Client work

Brand, website, Google Workspace, and the everyday systems behind a neighborhood bar's reopening in Red Hook, NY, all owned by the client.

Read the case study →
RBK

Rhinebeck Community Connector

Live

Aggregates events from 45+ local sources into one searchable calendar, every morning at 6 AM, untouched.

rhinebeck.community →
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Roots and structure
Story

From the classroom
to systems design

I spent 14 years teaching at a demanding public high school, and what defined it was building the systems that made a 2,100-student institution run.

Since 2023 I've taken that into nonprofits, edtech and consulting. The thread: helping organizations get unstuck from the systems slowing them down.

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Get in touch

Ready to make things simpler?

Happy to talk through what you're working on, even if you're not sure it's a fit.

hello@groundedsystems.consulting

I typically respond within one business day.

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