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Eliminate handoffs completely with the
Forward Deployed Operator

Every one of these roles is evolving. Accountability is at an all time high, and output is the only differentiator that's left.

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PROSPECT FDO MODEL
Built for fintechs & API-first companies
FINTECHPAYMENTSBANKING-AS-A-SERVICEDEVELOPER TOOLSINFRASTRUCTURE
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The Role

What is an FDO?

Forward Deployed Operator. One person, embedded in your GTM motion, who owns the full distance from first touch to live integration — instead of handing it across a sales team, a sales engineer, an implementation lead, and a program manager.

Powered by AI tooling — Clay, Claude, Replit, Attio, Linear, and more — combined with industry-proven best practices to scale and solve whatever your pipeline is facing, across the full stack.

See how engagements work
Sales Sales Eng Implementation Program Mgmt THE FDO
Embedded
Works inside your Slack, your CRM, your docs — not a vendor at arm's length.
Full-Stack
Technical enough to scope an integration, commercial enough to run the deal.
Accountable End-to-End
One throat to choke from prospect to go-live — no seam to point fingers across.
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The Math

What the old model costs you.

A rough headcount build for one technical GTM function — before anyone's even fully ramped.

One Consultancy
$48–96K
Per year, fully loaded
Old Model, Total
$550–730K
Four roles, before benefits
Handoffs Removed
3 → 0
Seams in the pipeline

Run the FDO model with Conexus Labs and save over 80% of your annual spend on this function — without losing pre-sales or post-sales coverage.

Annual compensation, fully loaded — by role vs. one Conexus Labs engagement
~80% LESS $48–96K $100–130K $110–160K $140–200K $200–240K Conexus Labs Program Mgmt Acct Exec Implementation Sales Eng
Conexus Labs
$48–96K
Program Mgmt
$100–130K
Acct Exec
$110–160K
Implementation
$140–200K
Sales Eng
$200–240K
~80% LESS with Conexus Labs

You don't fix a broken handoff by hiring a fifth person to manage the other four. You fix it by removing the handoff.

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How We Work Together

Three ways to deploy your FDO.

Project-Based
A scoped deliverable — a demo build, a docs overhaul, one go-live. Fixed price, clear finish.
Customscoped per project
Retainer
Ongoing coverage across pre-sales, post-sales, or both. Pipeline that keeps moving every week.
Custommonthly, by scope
Fractional
Set hours per week, embedded in your team — your sales engineer or implementation lead, part-time.
Custommonthly, by hours

Pricing is scoped to the engagement and shared in conversation. Start the conversation →

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Who's Behind This

Built by a team of operators who've scaled this before.

Careers spent inside the deals most consultants only advise on from the outside — scoping, selling, and implementing complex embedded software across every stage of company and every type of buyer.

Seed → Public
Company stages worked across
Banks Fintechs AI Retail Ecommerce Fashion Enterprise Longtail
Buyer types sold and implemented
Pre & Post
Full pipeline, not half of it
Backgrounds include
BaaS Leader
Series D Fintech
Rewards Platform
Top SaaS Companies
Early Stage VC Backed Startups

True builders can't be defined by just one role. They need multiple problems to solve at once — which is why they come to Conexus Labs to become an FDO.

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