Brian Young
Fractional COO at The Ulven Companies
Apex, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Young is a transformative operational leader and Fractional COO with 12+ years scaling organizations from startups to Fortune-level operations, driving P&Ls from $40M to $3B and leading teams of 10 to 2,000. He specializes in turning chaotic or underperforming businesses into disciplined, scalable operations through systems thinking, EOS integration, and end-to-end digital and process transformations. His hands-on experience spans eCommerce, manufacturing, SaaS, supply chain, and M&A—delivering results like rebuilding a $40M eCommerce platform processing over one million transactions and engineering first profitable quarters after multi-year declines. Brian combines strategic planning, acquisition integration, and operational rigor to increase EBITDA quality and buyer readiness, most recently preparing companies for successful exits. Comfortable in both board and operator roles, he brings a rare mix of large-scale program leadership and shop-floor manufacturing know-how. Based in Apex, NC, he often embeds with teams as a fractional executive to rapidly operationalize value and sustain growth.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Economic Geography and Public Relations, BS, Economic Geography and Public Relations at University of North DakotaOstføldakademiet, Moss, Norway
Github Skills (42)
crypto10
cryptocurrency10
ethereum10
cryptography9
readable9
ava8
jsdom8
chai8
testing7
unit-testing7
test-runner7
test-framework7
integration-testing7
macos5
sun5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bkyoung/packer-builds
Jan 2014 - Feb 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 8 pushes in 2 years 1 month
bkyoung/mac-dev-setup
Nov 2015 - Feb 2020
Script for preparing a macOS system for use as a development workstation
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 4 years 3 months
macosworkstation
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