Sam Gaddis
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February 24, 2026

The Operator-Engineer

Why services companies have never had a bigger advantage.

Format
30-minute talk and Q&A
Length
30–45 minutes plus Q&A
Audience
Services-company leaders and internal operators
February 24, 2026
Superstep Capital portfolio leadership gathering

Services firms spend their days solving client problems and often neglect their own systems. This talk shows how operator-engineers turn that accumulated judgment into software every future client can benefit from.

What people take home

  1. How to find operator-engineers already hiding inside a company.
  2. Why services firms have unusual leverage when software gets cheap.
  3. How to remove handoffs from recurring client-delivery work.