Vanessa HingaPragmatic Consulting
Areas of expertise: Healthcare · Technology · Real estate

Your team is growing faster than your processes. I build the workflows that close the gap.

I turn unstructured project workflows into clear, repeatable processes that improve accountability, streamline operations, and keep projects on track. From client intake and agent onboarding to order tracking and follow-up, I establish clear ownership, strengthen project visibility, and put automation to work where it adds value.

Where teams lose time

It's rarely a talent problem. It's the handoffs.

Good teams lose clients and hours in the same few places. These are the gaps I look for first.

The follow-up nobody owned

A lead or client waits because two people each assumed the other had it.

The file that sat for three days

Work is in progress somewhere, but nobody can see where or who's holding it.

Onboarding by memory

Every new hire starts differently, and the same questions get answered again and again.

How I work

Audit, build, and keep it in use.

Each stage has a clear deliverable. You can start with the audit alone and decide from there.

1 · Audit

Find where work stalls

I map how clients, files, and requests move between people today, and find the handoffs where work waits or gets lost.

You get
  • A map of your current workflow
  • A ranked list of gaps, worst first
2 · Build

Give every step an owner

I design the new workflow around how your team already works, with a named owner and a clear handoff at every stage.

You get
  • Checklists, boards, or trackers set up in your tools
  • A short guide your team can follow
3 · Support

Keep it in use

I train your team, check in while the new habits settle, and adjust what isn't working.

You get
  • Team walkthrough and regular check-ins
  • Fixes based on how the system is actually used

Not sure where to start? A 20-minute review is enough to tell whether an audit would help.

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Case studies

Work I've delivered

Three delivered projects and one workflow built and ready for pilot. Open any card for the full write-up.

DeliveredReal estate brokerage

Marketing asset migration and agent onboarding

Moved a brokerage's marketing library from Basecamp to Canva in one month with no downtime, and gave every new agent the same onboarding path.

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Context

A regional brokerage kept marketing assets and resources across several platforms. New-agent onboarding was handled inconsistently.

What I did

  • Coordinated a staged migration of marketing assets and resources from Basecamp to Canva over one month.
  • Wrote a reference guide showing where every resource lives after the move.
  • Built an onboarding checklist covering shared resources, email signatures, agent web pages, marketing collateral, key contacts, and core systems.

What changed

  • Agents have a centralized resource library and reference guide, so they can find marketing materials on their own.
  • The checklist and guide gave agents a consistent reference point instead of informal guidance.

Lesson

A checklist built for newcomers helped existing staff as well, so I now design for the widest likely audience.

DeliveredHome care staffing

Client intake-to-assignment checklist

Found 4–5 clients with no caregiver assigned, then turned an informal, memory-based handoff into one documented path from a client's first call to an assigned caregiver.

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Context

While reviewing client accounts at a home care agency, I found four to five clients with no caregiver assigned. The path from first contact to caregiver assignment wasn't consistently documented.

What I did

  • Reviewed client records to find where clients were falling through.
  • Built a checklist that guides the team from first contact through caregiver assignment.
  • Turned an informal sequence into documented stages, each with an owner.

What changed

The team works from one shared path instead of individual memory. Client details stay out of the checklist so it can be shared safely.

DeliveredTechnology · B2B account management

SLA renewal tracking for a 100-client portfolio

Built a tracking system that flagged every service agreement a month before expiry, turning renewals into planned conversations instead of missed deadlines.

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Context

A ride-hailing company's corporate accounts team managed about 100 business clients on service level agreements (SLAs). As customer retention manager, I saw renewals slipping past their dates. CRM records were updated inconsistently, so no one could say with confidence which agreements were current.

What I did

  • Built one central tracker listing every client's SLA with its start and end dates.
  • Set a renewal flag one month before each end date, giving the team time to reach the client and renew.
  • Used the tracker as the single place to confirm each client record was current, instead of relying on individual CRM habits.

What changed

  • Renewals were planned a month ahead instead of discovered at expiry.
  • The team checked one source for SLA status across all 100 clients.
  • At-risk agreements surfaced early, while there was still time to act.

Lesson

The renewal dates were in the contracts all along. What was missing was one place that showed them early enough to act.

Built · ready for pilotReal estate brokerage

Marketing order fulfillment workflow

Built to replace manual order tracking: a five-stage ClickUp pipeline that shows every order's status, owner, and next step.

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Context

Intake, assignment, tracking, and status updates for marketing orders were manual. As volume grew, orders stalled and nobody had a clear view of work in progress.

What I did

  • Built a ClickUp workspace with a Fulfillment Board and an Order Pipeline view.
  • Defined five stages, from New Order to Sent to Agent, with a review and approval step before delivery.
  • Added repeatable subtasks per order type and mapped where automation fits: intake routing, assignment, review alerts, and handoff.

Status

Built and ready for pilot. No live orders have run through it yet, so there are no results to report. First metrics to track: turnaround time and orders waiting in review.

What you'd receive

What the deliverables look like

A sample of my work. Client names and details are removed to protect client privacy.

Client intake-to-assignment checklist

Home care · 4 stages
Client: Client 0142 First call: Mar 3 Target: caregiver assigned within 5 business days Status: Day 3 · Matching
1. First contactIntake
  • ✓Log inquiry and contact details
  • ✓Confirm service type and hours
  • ✓Schedule assessment visit
2. AssessmentCare coordinator
  • ✓Complete in-home assessment
  • ✓Care plan drafted and signed
  • ✓Service agreement on file
3. MatchingScheduler
  • ✓Shortlist caregivers by skills and area
  • Confirm availability for requested hours
  • Client approves match
Gate: no client moves on without a named caregiver
4. AssignmentScheduler
  • Caregiver briefed on care plan
  • First visit scheduled in the system
  • Follow-up call after first visit

SLA renewal tracker

Technology · B2B accounts
3Renew now (≤30 days)
7Coming up (31–60 days)
90Current
ClientSLA endsDays leftOwnerFlag
Northfield LogisticsApr 212AMRenew now
Lakeview ClinicsApr 1424JORenew now
Harbor InsuranceMay 647AMComing up
Summit FoodsAug 30163KNCurrent

Every agreement gets a named owner and turns red 30 days before it ends.

New-agent onboarding tracker

Real estate · first 2 weeks
Agent AStarted Mar 3
6 of 6
Agent BStarted Mar 10
4 of 6
Agent CStarted Mar 10
2 of 6
Agent DStarts Mar 17
Not started
  • System logins
  • Email signature
  • Agent web page
  • Marketing collateral
  • Resource library tour
  • Key contacts

Same six steps for every new agent, so nobody starts from memory.

Tools I work in: ClickUp, Smartsheet, Basecamp, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Excel, and Canva.

About

Hi, I'm Vanessa.

A project and operations coordinator with 5+ years of experience across healthcare, real estate, and technology, I help growing teams standardize workflows, define clear ownership, and deliver on schedule.

My strengths include stakeholder communication, project coordination and documentation, risk tracking, process improvement, and data migration. I build practical systems for client intake, onboarding, request tracking, and follow-up, with clear ownership and progress tracking at every step.

I start from your current-state process, pinpoint the bottlenecks, and build a fit-for-purpose system your team will actually adopt. No canned playbook.

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)Project Management Institute
Certificate in Project ManagementUniversity of Washington
MBA, Strategic Management and Business Planning · BBA
Based inGreater Seattle

Get in touch

Tell me where things slip. I'll reply within one business day, and on the call we'll work out whether an audit would help.

To make the call useful, send
  1. Your team: what you do and roughly how many people.
  2. What's slipping: for example, "Leads go cold after the first call, and nobody knows who's following up."
  3. What you use today: spreadsheets, a CRM, a project tool, or email.