Cindy Curtis-Rivera

Cindy Curtis-Rivera is a versatile business consultant with over a decade of experience leading complex projects across multiple industries. She specializes in helping social entrepreneurs and small businesses improve operations, eliminate biases, and achieve new levels of production and fulfillment. With degrees in both Business Administration and Fine Arts from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Cindy has a unique blend of creativity and business savvy that allows her to quickly see the big picture and make strategic decisions about systems and platforms that amplify and complement the work being done.

Cindy's passion for using business as a force for good shines through in her work, and she gets a thrill from helping ambitious entrepreneurs transition from wearing all of the hats to wearing the one that fits best. Her experience includes roles such as Operations Manager at Cultivating Capital, DesignOps Manager at Scribe Media, and Director of Consumer Products at ZingZag, to name a few. Cindy is currently a Strategy & Operations Consultant at Marea Alta Consulting, where she helps businesses optimize their systems for long-term efficiency, flexibility, accountability, and growth.