Andrew Brümmer

Chief Operating Officer · Atlanta, GA

COO who runs the company human-centered AI-first.

  • Scaled venture-backed health-tech from 42 to 114 people
  • I build version one, then hire the team that scales it
  • Open to COO roles at AI-driven companies
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How I operate

Most operators hand AI to the team. I run the company with it. My pattern is simple: figure out the basics, build the first working version myself, then hire people better than me and get out of their way.

That is how LifeQ went from 42 to 114 people in 18 months. When the product struggled, I led the company through the contraction too: three workforce reductions with culture intact, IP costs down 90%, facilities down 75%.

Twenty years of running operations, including five years as board observer building the revenue, cash-flow and budget models the board relied on.

Results

42 → 114
people in 18 months at LifeQ, at a 1.3:1 interview-to-hire ratio
90%
cut in IP costs, sustained for 3+ years
75%
cut in facilities costs through footprint optimisation
4 weeks
to rebuild Armada's enterprise application after the CTO left

Experience

Armada (Industry Technologies)

Hospitality workforce-intelligence platform · Atlanta, GA

Chief Operating Technology Officer (fractional)

March 2026 – present

  • Rebuilt the enterprise application in four weeks after the CTO left, directing the architecture and building it with AI-assisted development.
  • Led investor readiness for the company's $2M capital raise.
  • Own platform, product and engineering, operations, revenue and client relationships, and people and compliance; coordinate finance.

LifeQ

Venture-backed health-tech · Alpharetta, GA

Chief Operating Officer and Board Observer

July 2020 – Sept 2025

  • Scaled the company from 42 to 114 people in 18 months.
  • Built the revenue engine end to end: funnel, tooling, forecasting, account management and follow-through.
  • Built the board-level TAM/SAM/SOM, revenue, cash-flow and budget models and presented them to the board and investors; owned budgeting, forecasting, CAPEX and OPEX for a $4M budget.
  • Led three workforce reductions while preserving culture and continuity.
  • Established the VP and management structure and designed company-wide salary banding.

Earlier

  • LifeQ: VP Global Business Services, 2018 – 2020; VP Global Operations, 2015 – 2018
  • OpenText: VP BPM Strategy & Innovation
  • ICCM: VP Americas; played a key role in the sale of ICCM to OpenText
  • Whitlock Infrastructure Solutions: VP Process Improvement

Beyond the operating seat

Author

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    Leading Magnanimously

    Three disciplines, 31 characteristics, and a Making It Real section on every one. An operating manual, not a theory book.

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    You Decide

    Turn LinkedIn into your highest-leverage business development tool, without sounding like the messages you delete.

AI education

Founder, The Ardunan Village. I've trained 70+ executives and business owners to use AI as a thinking partner and to keep decision authority where it belongs.

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Speaking & podcasts

Available to speak on AI leadership and operating at scale.

Writing

Governance

Member, Private Directors Association. Certificate in Private Company Governance.

Also founded

My Story Told, an AI-enabled publishing company that turns leaders' existing content into books.