FrUn Member Panel: How Successful Fractional Leaders Create Diverse Income Streams
Join us for an enlightening panel discussion featuring five accomplished fractional leaders who have mastered the art of income diversification. Whether you're established in your fractional career or exploring the possibilities, you'll gain valuable insights on how to build multiple revenue streams that create stability, flexibility, and greater impact in your professional life. Learn practical strategies for expanding beyond your core fractional services and discover how these leaders have created sustainable business models that leverage their unique expertise in multiple ways.
Our Member Panelists:
Andrew Schirmer brings over 35 years of healthcare marketing experience to his fractional career. As a Fractional CMO, Andrew juggles multiple clients across healthcare tech, environmental tech, and social impact spaces. His diverse portfolio includes everything from a prescription shopping app to an environmental risk data platform, showing how deep industry expertise can open doors to various revenue opportunities.
Courtney McLaughlin turned her experience scaling a tech consultancy from 30 to 600 employees into a career she absolutely loves. She takes a deliberate approach to income diversity with fractional ops leadership for three long-term clients, career coaching for PhD graduates, and active investment management. Bringing a Canadian perspective to the conversation, Courtney balances paid work with pro-bono mentorship while pursuing speaking opportunities in areas she's passionate about.
Mahfuz Chowdhury embodies entrepreneurial diversification as a 3x TEDx Speaker, author, and Fractional CMO. Beyond his marketing strategy services, Mahfuz has built revenue streams through keynote speaking, book sales, and a podcast network. Taking things even further, he and his wife have launched two lifestyle brands: a wellness e-commerce store and a travel video content service—showing how fractional expertise can fuel multiple ventures.
Patrick Sutton leverages 15+ years of people strategy expertise across multiple revenue channels. As a trusted advisor to CEOs and executive teams, Patrick combines fractional leadership with thought leadership, having been named a Top 100 DEIB Leader and preparing to release his first book this fall. His experience with organizations from startups to Fortune 100s shows how specialized expertise creates diverse opportunities while making meaningful impact.
Will Simpson, "The Growth-Ready Operations Specialist," has had quite the journey to his fractional career. After evolving from pool hall hustler to tech executive, Will now combines fractional COO work with his passion for storytelling, having published his first novel in 2023 with a second on the way. Will shows how fractional leaders can blend executive consulting with creative pursuits to build a fulfilling professional life.