Nation’s largest provider of Fractional CMO and CSO services to grow mid-market companies adds 30-year financial and business expert to executive ranks as company scales

HOUSTON, TX – August 20, 2024 – Chief Outsiders, the nation’s largest provider of Fractional CMO and Fractional CSO services to grow mid-market companies, recently appointed Stephanie Laitala-Rupp to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Laitala-Rupp, an MBA with a distinguished 30+ year career, joins the Chief Outsiders executive leadership team directing more than 120 Fractional Chief Sales Officers (CSOs) and Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs).

“To keep our fractional CMOs and CSOs focused on making big things happen for clients, we want our financial operations to run smoothly and unseen in the background,” stated Art Saxby, CEO Founder and Principal. “We also see our new CFO as an opportunity to enhance Chief Outsiders’ financial stability and strength as the company scales.”

Financial Leadership Background

A sought-after financial and business expert, Laitala-Rupp leads and advises both business and community organizations. She lends her time and talents to numerous boards where she is known for her leadership, financial acumen, integrity, strong relationship network, and ability to align people around a common goal.

As Chief Operating Officer at Growth Operators, Laitala-Rupp recently achieved the company’s highest utilization rate while increasing team satisfaction. She led a team of 65 who served 100 monthly clients on complex, high-paced, finance and human resource engagements.

As President of Commonwealth Companies, a property development and hospitality organization with nine unique companies and 400 employees, she led two business unit turnarounds that drove $1.2 million to the bottom line in two years.

Prior to her role as COO at Growth Operators and President of Commonwealth Companies, Laitala-Rupp directed and expanded Owl Bookkeeping and CFO Services for 15 years as Founder and President. After implementing EOS, she negotiated a successful sale of the company in 2018.

About Chief Outsiders

Chief Outsiders, the nation’s leading Executives-as-a-Service firm, helps CEOs identify and deploy the fractional marketing and sales executives they need to accelerate growth. The firm’s cohesive team of more than 120 fractional executives act as Strategic Operators™ to achieve results. They blend insight, strategy, and execution to deliver revenue engines that drive long-term profitable growth for businesses. 

Chief Outsiders’ fractional executives drive growth strategy and execution plans by offering instant access to talent with highly customized and flexible engagements. Having served on the executive teams of more than 2,000 client companies, each Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Sales Officer has led marketing or sales at a diverse set of large corporations, including many Fortune 500 firms. Inc. Magazine has recognized Chief Outsiders for ten consecutive years as one of the 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies in the US. The company was also recognized as a Forbes Small Giant in 2019.

“The Growth Gears: Using a Market-Based Framework to Drive Business Success,” is an Amazon #1 best-seller for business owners and CEOs co-authored by Chief Outsiders’ CEO Art Saxby and Principal Pete Hayes. For additional information about the companies and CEOs who trust Chief Outsiders as their premier source for business growth acceleration, visit us at www.chiefoutsiders.com.

CONTACT: Sterling Wilkinson, SWilkinson@ChiefOutsiders.com