Rachel Christenson

Fractional COO & Chief of Staff
Founder, At The Helm

rachel@atthehelm.ai
415-271-5136
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Rachel turns ambitious ideas into repeatable results. As co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Selling Energy, she built the operational engine that carried the company onto the Inc. 5000 list and co-authored a Wall Street Journal best-selling book. When the pandemic shut down in-person events, she led a rapid shift to an online learning platform that grew recurring revenue tenfold and expanded the client base to every US state and twelve countries. After the company’s successful sale, the buyer kept her on to run it for five more years.

More recently, she served as Chief of Staff to the chief executive of a global technology firm, keeping the business steady through a major leadership transition, and as Managing Director of a private membership organization for family office principals, where she designed the business model and built its AI-enabled operating system from the ground up.

Her work has been recognized with awards including Female Entrepreneur of the Year and a Golden Bridge Award. More important to her clients, she learned what keeps founder-led companies awake at night: unclear processes, slow execution, and talent stretched too thin.

As the leader of AT THE HELM, she works as a Fractional COO and Chief of Staff for founders and executives: strengthening operating systems, leading AI-enabled transformation from roadmap through rollout, and coaching teams so improvements last long after the engagement ends.

When she is not mapping business transformations, Rachel can be found training for her next summit attempt. The same resilience and focus that push her up mountains keep your projects moving forward.