Business Operations · Chief of Staff

Turning strategy into disciplined execution.

I’m Peter Bruce, a senior business operations leader who connects strategy, people, data, and technology to help complex organizations execute better.

Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota

peter@petergbruce.com

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Operations leadership at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and technology.

I partner with executive leaders to create operating rhythms, translate priorities into action, improve decision-making, and scale recurring work through better systems, automation, and AI. My experience spans product engineering, professional services, education, finance, and cross-functional business operations.

800Person Product Engineering organization supported
$100M+Annual budget under operating oversight
<1%Performance variance from target
20%FTE efficiency improvement through redesign and automation

Business Operations Manager

2024 — Present
Thomson Reuters · Chief of Staff to Product Engineering Leadership

Senior operating and decision-support partner for an 800-person Product Engineering organization. Own operating rhythms, planning, OKRs, executive reporting, cross-functional coordination, and management of a $100M+ annual budget. Built AI-enabled analytics and automated workflows to expand decision-ready intelligence and reduce manual reporting.

Director of Operations & Learning Production

2020 — 2024
BARBRI Inc.

Led distributed operations across professional and higher-education business lines, building operating cadences, integrating acquired businesses, improving financial performance, leading teams, and driving platform and workflow transformations that increased scalability and operational consistency.

Operations Manager / Lead Operations Analyst

2015 — 2020
BARBRI Inc.

Progressed through increasingly broad operational leadership roles spanning process improvement, systems, budgeting and forecasting, recurring operations, cross-functional execution, and team leadership.

Business Operations Chief of Staff Partnership Strategic Planning & Execution Operating Rhythms & OKRs Executive Decision Support Cross-Functional Leadership FP&A, Budgeting & Forecasting Data & Insights Process Improvement AI & Automation Power BI & SQL Organizational Enablement
Master of Business Administration — In Progress University of Iowa · Business Analytics · Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Bachelor of Business Administration — Business Management University of North Dakota

Let’s connect.

For professional opportunities, collaboration, or conversation.

peter@petergbruce.com