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About

About Jesel Cura

My work sits at the intersection of operations and customer experience. I help lean teams bring order to onboarding, support workflows, SOPs, CRM visibility, reporting, and recurring customer-facing processes.

I have spent 6+ years inside the work rather than advising from outside it: currently as founder and Director of Operations at SageStone, dedicated virtual assistants and outsourcing, and before that leading business development and property operations at Seeto Realty, running ecommerce and payment operations at MintAds, and leading a remote support team at Ethos Support.

That mix is the useful part. I have run the onboarding, sat in the support queue, and written the SOPs, so the systems I build fit the tools and constraints a team already has rather than the ones a framework assumes.

I am most effective when growth is happening, complexity is increasing, and the business needs calmer operational clarity without adding unnecessary process.

Explore my services, review case studies, or read the full experience.

Where this comes from

Operating roles, not advisory seats

  1. 2023 to Present

    Director of Operations · Sage Stone Inc.

    Business operations, client success initiatives, remote team management, workflow development, SOP creation, onboarding systems, and reporting structures.

  2. 2022 to 2023

    Business Development and Operations Lead · Seeto Realty

    Property operations, tenant and owner communications, maintenance coordination, leasing workflows, portfolio reporting, and business development support.

  3. 2021 to 2022

    Ecommerce Operations Specialist · MintAds

    Shopify-adjacent payment operations, transaction reporting, ecommerce customer experience workflows, fraud-related support, and fulfillment issue resolution.

  4. 2020 to 2021

    Operations Generalist and Interim Team Lead · Ethos Support

    Cross-functional operations, process improvement, documentation, team leadership, workflow management, and remote support planning.

Who I typically help

Founder-led teams

For teams where customer follow-up, onboarding, and support still depend too much on the founder.

Lean CS and support teams

For teams that need clearer ownership, reusable templates, and workflows that are easier to run.

Shopify and ecommerce operators

For brands handling order issues, customer questions, returns, and post-purchase follow-up reactively.

SaaS teams preparing to scale

For SaaS teams that need onboarding, CRM visibility, and lifecycle routines before more headcount.

Calm Systems for Recurring Work

A practical framework for customer operations that keep repeating

Diagnose friction

Find where recurring customer work is breaking down before adding more process or another tool.

Map recurring work and workflows

Trace the real onboarding, support, SOP, and handoff work around the systems your team already uses.

Prioritize practical systems

Decide which workflows, SOPs, and routines will relieve the most pressure first, without overbuilding.

Implement and adjust with the team

Build the systems inside your live workflow, then refine them with the people who run the work day to day.

The podcast

The Young and Adulting Podcast with Jess!

My podcast about the stretch between your teens and grown-up life. Relatable stories, practical tips, and honest conversations about new responsibilities, career choices, money, relationships, and personal growth.

  • Career choices
  • Money
  • Relationships
  • Personal growth
Listen on Spotify

Next step

Looking for a stronger operational backbone?

Book a call to discuss your onboarding, support workflows, SOPs, CRM visibility, and customer handoffs.

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