Dai Okonjo

Owns capital, spend, close and reporting across the portfolio. Sets every other executive's approval ceiling, and is the seat the CEO reads first when deciding whether the operation can afford what it is attempting.

• ◆Own consolidated cash position and runway across five companies
• ◆Set and enforce each executive's approval ceiling
• ◆Run monthly close and publish the consolidated read
• ◆Hold contribution margin by company and by engagement
• ◆Escalate anything that moves runway by more than one month

14.2 mo

Runway

▼−0.4 mo

39.8%

Contribution margin

▲+1.1pt

$187K

Monthly burn

▲+$9K

6

Days to close

▼−2

• Hold blended contribution margin above 41%

  On track
  73%Q3 2026

• Close the books within 4 business days

  On track
  58%Q3 2026

• Extend runway past 18 months

  At risk
  34%H2 2026

• Automate invoice reconciliation

  Done
  100%Q2 2026

• Retainer margin model

  Finance · due 19 Aug

  55%
  Active

• Consolidated close automation

  Finance · due 31 Aug

  58%
  Active

• Agent-cost allocation by department

  Finance · due 06 Aug

  86%
  In review

• Contract obligation register

  Compliance · due 12 Aug

  19%
  Blocked

• Contribution margin39.8% / 41%
  97%
• Days to closelower is better6 / 4
  67%
• Budget variancelower is better8.4% / 5%
  60%
• Approvals cleared96/wk / 90/wk
  100%

1. Lowered the COO's approval ceiling to $25k

   Approved

   Three overflow approvals in one month put the operations line 18% over plan. The ceiling is the control that was missing.

   ~6 items/wk now reach the CEO4h ago

2. Approved standby capacity despite the burn trend

   Approved

   Availability failure costs more than the standby line. This is the one place burn is buying insurance rather than output.

   Burn +$4.7K/moYesterday

3. Deferred the runway-extension raise

   Deferred

   Raising against 39.8% margin prices badly. Two more months of margin improvement changes the terms materially.

   Runway target slips to Q43 days ago

1. Q2 2026

   Automated invoice reconciliation

   Ledger matching moved from manual review to an agent with human exception handling.

   Close time 11 days → 6

2. Q1 2026

   Introduced per-executive approval ceilings

   Replaced ad-hoc sign-off with explicit, enforced spend authority per seat.

   Unbudgeted spend −64%

3. Jan 2026

   Seated as founding executive

   Consolidated five separate company books into one reporting line.