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Joel Kenny

I build the systems that let businesses run without me in the room.

Ten-plus years running operations, growth, and delivery across construction, design, and technology businesses in the UK, US, and Colombia. I get hired to build what’s missing: the process, the pipeline, or the structure that lets a business scale past one person holding it all together.

ABOUT

Portrait of Joel Kenny

Different industries, same job. I build the operating layer a growing business is missing, whether that’s the process, the pipeline, the team structure, or the systems that turn a growing operation into a repeatable one. I’ve now done it for a UK construction consultancy, two Colombian studios, a technology holding company, and a public infrastructure platform that grew from zero to 89,000+ users. The sector changes. The job doesn’t.

WHAT I RUN AND DO

01

CMP Construct

UK · FOUNDER-OPERATOR

A construction consultancy I founded and operate end to end, from client acquisition and business development through delivery.

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SELECTED CLIENTS

  • Crown Estate
  • Aviva
  • Imperial College London
  • Columbia Threadneedle
  • Equinox
  • Body Worlds
  • Arcadis
02

Sin Página

COLOMBIA · FOUNDER-OPERATOR

A productised digital service helping small businesses anywhere in Colombia get online, generate enquiries, and manage their web presence without the overhead of a traditional agency.

Built around streamlined delivery, fast turnaround, automated workflows, and ongoing support.

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03

JKRB

UK · CO-FOUNDER / OPERATOR

Founded over nine years ago and run with my co-founder. Through it we’ve built, backed, and worked on disruptive technology and new ventures.

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04

Contract BD & Outreach

B2B TECHNOLOGY · CONTRACT

A contract role with a B2B technology business, brought in to improve the lead pipeline.

Built the commercial system behind it: lead research, scoring, outreach generation, CRM tracking, and reporting, creating a repeatable way to identify, prioritise, contact, and follow up on prospects.

OTHER VENTURES & BUILDS

Emberr

COLOMBIA · CO-FOUNDER

Co-founded an interior design and architecture studio in Medellín. I remain involved at a strategic level; the studio runs day to day without me.

Infrastructure Platform

CO-FOUNDER · 89,000+ USERS

Co-founded and scaled a public infrastructure platform from zero to 89,000+ users. Built the product, growth, and operating systems behind it, secured institutional funding to sustain and scale the platform, and grew it into a widely used part of its ecosystem.

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BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Multi-entity operations

Running operations across UK, US, and Colombian entities at the same time.

Vendor and stakeholder management

Negotiating and coordinating with vendors, contractors, and funding bodies.

Systems from zero

Building the process, pipeline, or team structure a growing business doesn’t have yet.

Bilingual remote operations

English and Spanish, coordinating distributed teams across the UK, US, and Colombia.

COMMERCIAL & DELIVERY

Demand generation

Building acquisition and outbound systems that turn attention into measurable pipeline.

Client delivery

Taking work from first contact through delivery, handover, and repeat business.

Content and SEO

Building organic acquisition programmes designed to compound over time.

Product and ecosystem growth

Taking products and platforms from zero to sustained usage.

CONTACT

Work with me

I work with businesses that have outgrown the way they’re currently operating.

Full-time

Operations · Commercial Operations

Fractional

Operations · Systems · Growth

Project-based

Building a specific process, pipeline, or operating system.

Market entry

Building commercial operations and partnerships for companies entering Latin America.

Email is the best way to reach me.