Clarity Through Strategy, Growth Through Partnership
Consulting partnerships built around your business.
About Us
Our Strategy
JDS Consultative is an independent business consulting and Fractional COO practice founded by Julia Siderakis, bringing over 40 years of experience in food service, hospitality, and retail, including 27 years as a restaurant owner, to every client engagement. We work with small business owners, operators, and executive level clients through five flexible engagement levels, from initial strategy sessions to full Fractional COO support, plus a specialty contract tailored to food and beverage businesses. Whether you're launching a new venture or refining an established operation, we provide the operational clarity and strategic guidance needed to move forward with confidence.
Julia brings this same approach into her advisory work, currently serving three Northern California SBDC-affiliated organizations, and into the classroom as an instructor of Retail Marketing, Customer Service, and Culinary Arts at Mendocino College, where she has taught for over 12 years. A particular focus of her work is AI readiness and digital transformation, backed by a Certified Shadow AI Practitioner designation and Partner Academy standing with Lightspeed Commerce and additional innovative tech-based companies, helping clients move from manual, reactive processes to connected systems built for long term growth.
Services
Partnering With Purpose
Every business is different, so we start by understanding exactly where you are and where you want to go.
Service Level I: The Starting Point — A focused 90-minute consultation to identify priorities and chart a path forward. Ideal if you're not yet sure what kind of support you need, and just want clarity on next steps.
Service Level II: Business Launch & Foundation — Support for building the operational and strategic groundwork for a new venture, from structure and planning to the decisions that set the tone for everything that follows.
Service Level III: Operational Clarity & Growth — Designed for established businesses ready to refine operations, resolve inefficiencies, and position for sustainable growth. A good fit if things are working, but could be working better.
Service Level IV: Ongoing Advisory Partnership — Continued strategic support on a monthly basis, for business owners who benefit from a steady, trusted voice in their corner, whether that's operations, strategy, or building out the team and systems to support growth.
Fractional COO Engagement (Level V) — Executive-level operational leadership on a scope-of-work basis, for businesses that need hands-on, senior-level support without a full-time hire.
Specialty Tracks
For clients with industry-specific or capability-specific needs, JDS Consultative also offers two standalone specialty contracts, available independently or alongside any service level.
F&B Specialty Contract — For food and beverage clients specifically, drawing on decades of direct industry experience to address the unique operational demands of restaurants and hospitality businesses.
AI Readiness & Digital Transformation Specialty Contract — For clients looking to modernize operations through smarter systems and tools, drawing on hands-on experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing the platforms that connect a business's day-to-day operations, from POS and scheduling systems to AI-enabled workflows. This track supports clients who know their current systems aren't working together the way they should, and want a clear, practical path to get there.
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