Heather Burns

Heather Burns serves as a fractional COO in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With 12 years of experience owning her own businesses and roughly two years focused on the fractional COO niche for other companies, she assists business owners in establishing scalable operations. Burns began her entrepreneurial path in real estate, where she reached the top 15 percent in her first full year. She then co-founded a welding company with her ex-husband that grew over seven years before she exited amid a divorce. Subsequent ventures included developing the first high-protein edible for the cannabis industry and launching a luxury magazine in publication and international wellness. Today she acts as a problem solver who helps clients flip the script on the belief that business must involve constant struggle, returning time and money to owners while teaching them to read profit margins and view their operations holistically. Burns attributes her success to an ongoing desire to discover what else she can achieve, a contrast to her parents' 9-to-5 careers, and a commitment to experiencing as much as possible in one life while inspiring others to do the same.