Speaker
Your Vision is Clear, Your Growth is Real — What You Need Now is the Freedom Blueprint for Scalable Operations
I connect with audiences to spark learning that’s practical, inspiring, and fun
I am an experienced, practical, and engaging speaker who connects with business owners and leaders in ways that both inspire and equip them.
As the Founder of Operation Verve, I bring over two decades of business experience, showing audiences how to swap the juggling act of small business for the steady rhythm of a well-run machine. My presentations combine lived experience, proven frameworks, and a passion for helping leaders build businesses that are profitable, sustainable, and deeply fulfilling.
Michael E. Gerber famously said, “If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business, you have a job. And it’s the worst job in the world because you’re working for a lunatic!” Too many owners feel exactly like that “lunatic,” pulled in every direction, buried in details, and never really free. My work is about replacing that madness with systems and structures that give leaders and their teams clarity, confidence, and the capacity to grow.
Whether speaking to a packed conference, leading a workshop, or joining a podcast, I deliver insights that matter, from tackling everyday operational tangles to uncovering scalable structures that free leaders to focus on vision and growth. My approach goes beyond theory; I show the simple, practical steps that turn business chaos into clarity, like swapping a wobbly card table for a foundation you can actually build on.
Let’s connect and explore how clarity, structure, and leadership can create the freedom to grow and thrive in business.
My areas of expertise include
Building Business Operations That Runs Without You
Crafting Processes for Team Confidence, Engagement and Productivity
Partnering with a COO to Fast-Track Your Scaling Journey
Embedding Vision and Values into Scalable Operations
Your Tech Toolkit for Processes that Scale: From Smart Systems to AI
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Meet Kerry Anne Nelson
The beginning of my business journey was far from glamorous. Selling vacuum cleaners door to door was exactly as unglamorous as it sounds, then moving on to build an e-commerce store for vacuum cleaner spare parts didn’t get me any closer to making headlines.
Everything changed with the sudden loss of my husband and business partner. That devastating reset forced me to rebuild not only my life, but the way my business worked. At that time it was turning over a million dollars a year, yet made no money. Inefficiencies with staffing, stock control and logistics consumed every last cent of profit. To survive, I had to figure out how to stop the losses and transform that company into what I came to call my Freedom Machine.
These experiences taught me resilience, clarity, and the power of building strong foundations, both in life and in business.
Since then, I’ve worked with leaders and teams across Australia, New Zealand and the US to replace confusion, overwhelm, and inefficiency with simple every day systems that create freedom. As a speaker, mentor, and Chief Operations Officer, I bring stories and strategies that are deeply relatable, grounded in experience, and immediately actionable.
Through my work at Operation Verve, I’ve pioneered the Freedom Blueprint, a step-by-step approach to turning businesses into well-oiled machines that thrive without leaning on the owner for every decision in 90 days. What I deliver is more than inspiration, it’s a roadmap to scaling with structure, clarity, and long-term sustainability.
Kerry Anne has been a presenter for:
Sensis
NSW Dept of Education
Outsourcing Angels
Boorondara Local Council
Manningham Local Council
The 8 Per Cent Festival
Business In Heels
Outcomes Business Group
Profitmaster Global Outsourcing
Your Time Matters
Fisher Lane Mobility
DFK Benjamin King Money
DFK Benjamin King Money
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