COO

Jimmy_Schmidt

OKLO! Up almost 200% with no product, no license (rejected before), insiders selling, insane timeline, SPAC, diminishing hype, novel reactor…. Should I go on? CEO gets on TV every time nuclear even has a chance of being mentioned. Pumps the stock with old news that continuous to have no dollar amounts attached. They’re also conditional but he leaves that out. Then he and is COO who happens to be his wife sell the stock. Could definitely be a vaporware scam.

KAI5ER

There is lots of little news bits stoking the flames. \- Cole cloture motion filing anyday now \- MAGA influencer tweets \- McConnell Hemp-THC ban \- Ohio's new COO numbers. Don't do anything Rash in either direction. (I trimmed 5% of Curaleaf)

choppingboardham

Wouldn't this place the COO on USA, and therefore miss the tariff?

AnotherThroneAway

They are. Microsoft COO said yesteray they're saving 500M with AI just in call centers. They're also cutting workforce bc up to 30% of their code is being written by ai

lurker165473

AAPL has a new COO and that makes goog dump? Are we fr right now?

Water_Ways

The executives. You'd be surprised how many penny stocks list the CEO's college roommate, girlfriend, etc as COO or CFO. It's really not hard to figure out, just look at any executive's prior positions and if they list a defunct company, no company, etc you know they basically have no qualifications for that role and they're only there to support the narrative/scam. One company I saw had a CFO where the prior company he listed was so small there was no record (no website etc) of it. It looked like his first job out of Arizona State.... which was the same school as the CEO. A lot of red flags from 2 minutes on linkedin

Hot-Hurry3199

The change of the COO.

Hot-Hurry3199

White man stepped down from COO and they put a foreigner in the position.

dont_downvote_SPECIL

Apple COO Jeff Williams "stepping down'" Actually getting pushed out in response to failed AI strategy

_hiddenscout

I think it depends. There is some nuance there. I do agree with you and I think the concern is with the VC's and the junk they are investing in. Stuff like Windsurf/Cursor. There's a ton of just bad junk out there. However, there are real companies making real money off some of the LLM's and just general demand for ML/AI in companies. For example with $PEGA: [https://www.pega.com/about/news/press-releases/pega-genai-powers-accelerated-q1-2025-results](https://www.pega.com/about/news/press-releases/pega-genai-powers-accelerated-q1-2025-results) >“Pega GenAI has dramatically transformed how we engage with our clients,” said Alan Trefler, Pega founder and CEO. “Pega solutions and our approach to AI enables clients to accelerate progress in reaching their digital and legacy transformation goals.” >“We accelerated ACV growth and delivered record free cash flow in Q1 2025, reflecting the benefits of the subscription model,” said Pega COO & CFO Ken Stillwell. “Operating as a Rule of 40 company allows us to focus on accelerating profitable growth while thoughtfully returning capital to shareholders.” $IBEX [https://investors.ibex.co/static-files/061b9eab-065a-439e-9e1e-5475aa956ed3](https://investors.ibex.co/static-files/061b9eab-065a-439e-9e1e-5475aa956ed3) >“Ibex returned to double-digit top-line revenue growth with 11%, our highest rate in ten quarters. Our growth continues to be driven by outstanding performance within our embedded base clients, new client wins, and our ability to drive innovative AI solutions across our clients. I am excited to report that our new logo team performed extremely well with four signature wins in the quarter for a total of 12 year to date. Importantly, we achieved a major strategic milestone in the quarter with the seamless launch for a leading Healthcare company in our newest location, India. Operating in this key location has been a strategic priority for our company and further enhances our client delivery options.” That's why I don't think the LLM's will be winners or the wrappers. Even with the Capex spending, there is just a ton of demand for cloud computing. That's why I think there is some nuance around this. If anything, I think quantum computing with the public companies are better example of something being a bubble than just AI.

InvestigatorLast3594

That’s the problem. Tim Cook was a superb COO but lacks imagination to be a great Apple CEO. Obv Steve Jobs left some giant shoes to fill but I think it’s time for someone new at Apple

No_Leek_1398

There's not really much to find. Once upon a time Castellum acquired Merriman Technologies, Drew Merriman (now COO of Casdtellum)'s company, which did work for CACI. So the "strong ties" to which I'm referring are in the network and the potential, not necessarily to something out in the open (because if it were out in the open, things would likely explode)...

Jimmy_Schmidt

Physics is also standing in the way. Do some DD on sodium cooled reactors and where they exist. Oh and not having the funding because people truly don’t understand how much it costs to make these things. Oh and the fact they don’t even have a design let alone applied for a license in which they have already been denied 3 years ago. They have an A framed 3D building on their website and a bunch of hype articles. Oh and the CEO, COO, and board member is selling stock. No other SMR company has their CEO and CFO out there pumping their stock more than this company. That is never a good sign. The company had to go public because it had no funding backing. Came to market via SPAC, recently exercised $400M dilution with the other $600M I’m sure coming soon. The company just doesn’t have enough money to even get a reactor up and running. They think their first reactor will only cost $35M. Lmao! Ask NuScale how much it costs. This company is a bag holders paradise. Be diligent and don’t just follow hype.

the_infamous_walrus

I cojnt 16 cars so CEO, CFO, COO, HR, secretary, maybe marketing cause we know of them. If you want to invest for the vibes and pumping fine but look at their last earning report net income down 275% Y/Y. They aren’t longed for this world in my opinion at least. Just giving a heads up because I would be worried if I was invested in them.

PublicCOO

No self-promotion, but I'm the COO at [Public](http://Public.com) (and an active reddit user) in case anyone has any questions about our platform!

longtermcontract

Isn’t this a bad sign for the stock? ANTHONY JOHN SABINO (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 502,543 shares for an estimated $453,897. JOHN DENEEN COLLINS (CFO and COO) sold 1,828 shares for an estimated $1,275 From: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/lpsn-stock-12-today-heres-what-we-see-our-data I’m new to this, so please don’t just downvote me to hell without an explanation lol…

sacredfool

It's quite obvious the priority is the gala dinner in Denmark. They just needed a fall person so that you are pissed off at the new COO and not at the rest of the management.

nistemevideli2puta

My company pulled this bullshit a month ago. The person that was hired as a consultant for the bullshit is now the COO of the company (position previously held by one of the founders), and was probably given a fat bonus to join. Her work: - laid off about 1/4 of the employees world-wide - came up with a 'restructure' of the whole company - my team example: four people + me (the team lead) maintaining a website - my team members were laid off, I'm still a team lead, and now I alone take care of the website which requires at least 4 people to keep running. - morale at the all-time low - nobody still has any idea about what they should be doing, what their KPIs are, what is expected of them, etc. even though we've had numerous meetings filled with buzzwords that were supposed to 'explain everything' - a lot of remaining people have left the company on their own, and are not to be replaced, because cost-cutting - CEOs are constantly sending videos on Slack about what they are doing this week: one week they are going to a Champions League final, the other to a beach in Greece, next to a Gala dinner in Denmark - it's supposed to keep morale up. All of this was thought up by that consultant. I have never been more pissed off at a person I've just been introduced to.

Honic_Sedgehog

To cover arses and have someone to point the finger at when things don't go as planned. Most of the time consultants aren't the ones coming up with the ideas themselves, they're brought in to impliment ideas that the business have already decided on to keep the CEO/COO insulated from bad decisions. I've sat around the table on both sides of this and it's quite interesting watching the extremely expensive consultants saying "this isn't a great idea, how about this instead" and being rebuffed because it's too expensive, it would require too much process change, etc. On the other side a lot of consultancies are stuffed with fresh graduates suffering with Dunning-Kruger who think they shit diamonds.

_HOG_

This was a good buy early last year when Nvidia designed their multiphase voltage regulators in, which resulted in a big earnings boost for a few quarters, but they fumbled it: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/monolithic-power-falls-amid-risk-205430868.html For years they’ve been known as a disrupter in the power IC space because they move fast and are cost aggressive. However, this speed results in more than a few half-baked products, giving them a so-so reputation compared to competition like TI, ADI, Renesas, Infineon, etc - but the Nvidia Blackwell f-up was big enough for shareholders to hear of it. The big dogs in this space have mostly caught up with the few niches MPWR had carved out early on in the high power computing space, and other areas they focus on are very competitive, so I wouldn’t expect any dramatic moves á la 2024 in the near future.  That said, they are still moving fast and fairly well positioned in the market for many commercial, consumer, and automotive applications. Like many smaller IC companies, packaging and testing supply chain is China-centric, but a large percentage of chips are made in Taiwan, and can therefore use Taiwan COO, limiting tariff impact.  I expect them to grow gradually with more focus on high power computing over the next few years, and while their 3 year Sharpe ratio is slightly above oar with the s&p, their 1 year indicates a down year and declining returns. I would look elsewhere if you’re interested in semis with better returns over the short term. Acquisitions in this space are fairly frequent and could offer interesting opportunities. 

TechyStox

I just found a spin of from Safety Shots, worth anything? SHOT went ballistic when it first IPOd, thinking CBRA will do the same. Caring Brands CBRA **Net cash positive with zero debt** **Unique mix of clinical innovation and consumer products** **CEO with 25+ years scaling biotech and consumer firms** **CFO experienced in raising $50M+ in biotech capital** **COO with 20 years in pharma manufacturing and commercialization** **analyst price targets between $7 and $10 per share based on pipeline potential**

Mikeisright

The big point missed by most is that import duties have always existed on many countries/goods and most people never even noticed. Did anyone honestly feel the increase effects of steel & aluminum (Trump, 2018, Section 232), washing machines (Trump, 2018, Section 201), or semiconductors (Biden, 2024-2025, Section 301)? China was always the COO which carried some of the highest tariffs and broadest coverage. These amounts change with updates to the HTS and an 'ad valorem' rate is based on the entered value of the good. Let's say I'm "worst case scenario" because I assemble an entirely-finished good in China and its customs value is $100, even though I sell it for $500. Let's additionally say it's not a current exclusion, I'm not re-exporting it, and I'm not taking advantage of FTZs or bonded warehouses. My average net duty rate went from 21% to 51% from 2024 to 2025, meaning my duty went from $21 to $51, *not* $105 to $255. Now, whether a company wants to sell it for $531 instead is up to their discretion, but the idea that the consumer automatically pays the equivalent increase is false. Why didn't you feel the steel & aluminum increases from a consumer standpoint? Because it's an intermediary/industrial material baked in far down the supply chain. Why wasn't the consumer market pricing reflective of semiconductor increases? Because the BOM costs increased <2% after component tariff code analysis (even though the jump was 25% to 50%) and there's typically alternative sourcing for high volume consumer components from lower-tariff countries (Taiwan, Malaysia, domestic, etc.). All of this is to say the net impacts are so minimal for a 30% net average from one country when considering the big picture. There are tons of bigger rate jumps across specific goods that go undetected all the time and any company jacking up a product price two-fold with a "blame the tariffs" line is either naive, too incompetent to participate in global trade, or doomer scamming you.

frt23

Yes, Elon Musk is the CEO, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Chairman of SpaceX. He founded the company in 2002 with the goal of revolutionizing space transportation and enabling the colonization of Mars, and he has remained at the helm ever since. While Gwynne Shotwell serves as President and COO, Musk maintains the top leadership positions and is heavily involved in the company's engineering and strategic direction.

StruggleNational9301

Cybersecurity microcap with real contracts, no debt, and enough gas to survive into 2026. I’m loading shares tomorrow 📊 Financials (Q1 2025) 💰 Revenue: $1.8M (+57% YoY) 🧻 Net Loss: $2.1M (they're still bleeding but it's not arterial) 💵 Cash: $10.7M 💀 Debt: $0 — yep, zero ⛽ Runway: Fully funded through early 2026 🍖 Gross Margin: 76% (shockingly healthy) ⚙️ Upcoming Catalysts That Might Actually Hit 🛒 AWS Marketplace Launch (Q2 2025) – Shield Cloud going live on Amazon’s platform = automatic distribution upgrade 🚨 PortNexus Partnership – B2B fleet + emergency tech company embedding their software; rev starts this quarter 🧰 Critical Infra Pilots – Water, power, comms… the good stuff. Already in test mode. 📣 Revamped Channel Strategy – Fixing their sales process, pricing, and onboarding 🇺🇸 DoD Expansion Talks – They're already in with the government; Q3 could bring more contracts 📈 Analyst Target Ascendiant: $11 price target 🚀 Wall Street average: $5.50–$6.50 Insiders own 75% (yes, that much) Execs buying between $0.92–$2.18 — two recent purchases above the $2 mark from CFO and COO ⚠️ Bag Risk Checklist 💡 Still a tiny company ($1.8M/quarter = not exactly Palo Alto) 🔴 Not profitable yet (burning ~$2M a quarter) 👮‍♂️ 92% of rev is gov’t — if Uncle Sam sneezes, INTZ might catch a cold 🤞 Execution risk — AWS + PortNexus actually have to do something 💧 Dilution is possible — they filed a $100M S-3 shelf (but say they don’t plan to use it this year) ⚖️ Low float = spicy price swings (volatility goes both ways) Called this out yesterday if you followed you’d already be up 30%

StruggleNational9301

Cybersecurity microcap with real contracts, no debt, and enough gas to survive into 2026. $INTZ 📊 Financials (Q1 2025) 💰 Revenue: $1.8M (+57% YoY) 🧻 Net Loss: $2.1M (they're still bleeding but it's not arterial) 💵 Cash: $10.7M 💀 Debt: $0 — yep, zero ⛽ Runway: Fully funded through early 2026 🍖 Gross Margin: 76% (shockingly healthy) ⚙️ Upcoming Catalysts That Might Actually Hit 🛒 AWS Marketplace Launch (Q2 2025) – Shield Cloud going live on Amazon’s platform = automatic distribution upgrade 🚨 PortNexus Partnership – B2B fleet + emergency tech company embedding their software; rev starts this quarter 🧰 Critical Infra Pilots – Water, power, comms… the good stuff. Already in test mode. 📣 Revamped Channel Strategy – Fixing their sales process, pricing, and onboarding 🇺🇸 DoD Expansion Talks – They're already in with the government; Q3 could bring more contracts 📈 Analyst Target Ascendiant: $11 price target 🚀 Wall Street average: $5.50–$6.50 Insiders own 75% (yes, that much) Execs buying between $0.92–$2.18 — two recent purchases above the $2 mark from CFO and COO ⚠️ Bag Risk Checklist 💡 Still a tiny company ($1.8M/quarter = not exactly Palo Alto) 🔴 Not profitable yet (burning ~$2M a quarter) 👮‍♂️ 92% of rev is gov’t — if Uncle Sam sneezes, INTZ might catch a cold 🤞 Execution risk — AWS + PortNexus actually have to do something 💧 Dilution is possible — they filed a $100M S-3 shelf (but say they don’t plan to use it this year) ⚖️ Low float = spicy price swings (volatility goes both ways)

Quixotus

HYPR deSPAC'd backed in 2021. It has an amazing product from what I've been reading today (first-of-its-kind, AI-powered portable MRI machine). I wonder why it has such a small market cap? It reached +100% today on the FDA clearance news. The board looks semi-decent, at least the COO has a PhD from the Univ. of California Berkeley. Anyone invested in this stock?

Stitch426

They’re closing up to 21 restaurants this year, and potentially opening up 2 according to the news articles on stock analysis. They also did a promo in April for rewards members that most likely was a last ditch effort to have anything good to report for their earnings call. Opening one restaurant in Q1 would have been their only bright spot otherwise. Without that rewards member promo and the new menu items, they’d probably have the same or lower foot traffic. If it takes a company this many years to figure out how to increase sales- the ship has sailed. It looks like they announced a new COO on Feb 19th, and it has been a decline from $1.69 on Feb 18th to 77 cents today. An investment group might want to buy them out eventually.

GeoLogic23

Looks like about a $25K buy earlier today from the COO of CWEB [http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20250530/AC24E22CZ222D2Z2222C224M68WGZK229272/](http://archive.fast-edgar.com/20250530/AC24E22CZ222D2Z2222C224M68WGZK229272/)

perceptive_AI

I'm the CEO and founder of my company Singularity. I have a extremely good team working for me. Gemini 2.5 PRO is my CFO , chatGPT o4 is my COO , Claude Opus 4 is my CTO , grok is my CMO , deepseek is my CIO

disgusting-puppy

WOLF appointing a new COO.... does it make sense in the context of a bankruptcy? [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wolfspeed-appoints-industry-veteran-dr-120000148.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wolfspeed-appoints-industry-veteran-dr-120000148.html)

looool_k_libtard

Sent in a job application for COO at Apple with my mom and dad as references and my cover letter is just a picture of Kane choke slamming Spike Dudley through a table

4pcSweetnSour

Tl;dr correction by or around 2030 is what I think, trump or not. I’m investing still but also building cash more than usual. The market has inventory right now of a lot of goods bought at pre-tariff cost, meaning no need for retail raises YET, for many companies selling every day or residential items. As the tariff negotiations continue, some companies are in a holding pattern on new product launches and those with standing demand for products are fighting the suppliers and overseas partners to eat cost or investing in ways to manufacture with less tariff implication, I promise you that, be it trade compliance or cost of product related. Even if tariffs “work out” sooner rather than later and end up just a bit more than before or at some acceptable level, companies will be making moves to avoid potential future turbulence and diversify against future potential headwinds, if you will… I think a larger correction is imminent by or around 2030, tariffs or not, trump or not, no matter what anyone says. I’m STILL investing every month, but also building cash to either buy my first home or invest heavily when it happens. The first time around with trump tariffs during 1st presidency term, the company I worked for did not bring a lot of manufacturing to US. We moved from CN to VNM and Thailand and other countries like that. Then, before I left that company midway through 2023, we brought production of certain products to our US plants. I know because I was the PM over this category. It was awesome to lead but not all parts are made in USA. One of the biggest things was getting legal on board with how we classified the product COO. “Assembled in USA using globalized parts” was the term we used, but helped keep 3 lines up and running still today… I’m getting away from your question but felt like sharing at least this much…

Chicken65

They stopped buying COO China stuff that’s why. Suppliers are not able to increase price either. If you got price from THD because of tariffs let me know.

BlueSwoosh248

Toyota COO going on CNBC to tell us that tariffs are bad. I’ll take “shit we already knew” for $500, Alex.

Matteyyyooo

seems like a big shift. If your COO is on board, there’s probably something to it. Worth getting in early and seeing what’s real

SpecificMoment5242

Of course, it sounds like bullshit. It's an experiment. My partner (who's company was failing and I bought into) thought I was a nutcase. I still have enough to retire TODAY if I want to. After decades at my last job as a hands-on mechanical engineer, I was let go (on my frigging BIRTHDAY) by my new boss, the owner's son, after ONE disagreement. No one wanted to hire a 50 year old engineer, so I looked into my finances and saw how much money I'd really saved over working and saving since I was 14 years old. I had a lot. My house and cars are paid for. I own machinery and tooling that I rebuilt on the side for sale. I thought about all the trials I went through with greedy, selfish, asshole, power-hungry bosses over the years who were toxic and whose companies never seemed to get quite into the black for very long. I thought, what if? Well, my partner, who I've been friends with for 30 years, was talking about closing his company's doors after 65 years and being in the family for 4 generations. So? I bought in, brought in new machines, new ideas, and new money. And so far? It's working. Of course, I have to be there ALL THE TIME, check everyone to keep things from getting toxic, pay myself a lousy 30 bucks an hour until I get my quarterly profit check, and most (if not all) of THAT goes back into the business to keep expanding the shop, keep a financial cushion, and keep my people happy because without my people I HAVE NO COMPANY. We only have 31 employees down to the cleaner, yet these people put out so much good work, so quickly, and precisely, that you'd think there were at least 50 people running around. We have some of the best welders in central Illinois at our tiny shop and are being courted by a lot of BIG NAME companies, and now we're getting new work on top of all of that from our old clients because we actually honored our commitments when things went badly, and we did that because we were able to. The only REASON I take the 35-minute commute to work every day is to make sure my people have a way to support themselves and their family. Well, THAT and I want to get my money back before I retire. I don't expect you to believe me. And I don't CARE if you do. Quite frankly, I didn't think it would work either. Yet here we are. As it turns out, if you take care of your employees and make sure they have what they need to actually have a life, they work better, but it's a delicate balance between being a good business owner and being taken advantage of and I've discovered that that is the one thing I have to pay most attention to in order to keep it all moving upwards. Tradesmen are NOTORIOUS substance abusers from being overworked and underpaid, living with chronic pain, and the feeling of hopelessness that that cycle entails. A little meth to wake up. A little heroin to go to sleep. Check is gone in three days, and there's no food there, but there's ALL KINDS OF TOOLS LYING AROUND THE SHOP THAT I CAN SWIPE AND PAWN!!! Yeah. The first year was very difficult. The company name was ALMOST a bad word in the community. Now, the overflow from the increase of money in that little town has the other businesses getting rewards on account of my employees spending more money in town at the mom and pop stores and restaurants. It's not enough for them to retire in six months, but the guy at Short Loin news stand said he's seen a 1000/ month sales increase since I've taken over as COO, and I don't know of ANYONE who couldn't use an extra grand a month. Anyway. Yeah. Rereading it, it sounds like bullshit. So, believe what you want. My whole point, I guess, is that I see what I'm doing as actual capitalism, whereas the removal of all capital in a system by overcharging your clients and under-paying your employees seems more like cannibalism to me. Who are you going to sell your shiny new shit to when no one can afford it anymore, the entire world sees you as a comic book villain, and there are LITERALLY people who are willing to take your life in the street because of the inequality that your greed has brought upon society as a whole? And I don't think that it's so crazy that in a world of enterprises trying to eat each other and grind up the population financially for ONE idealistic old guy to try something old and see if could still fly with the right people, the right decisions, and the right clientele. So far, so good. But it's only been about 5 years. We'll see.

BearlyNotBankrupt

Yeah, he brought in Papa John as the COO so that may have been a bad decision.

PanicAttackInAPack

Tarrifs are taxes based on country of manufacture not where they're shipped from so that only works if they falsify COO. The issue with that is companies, at least US based ones, wouldn't want their Chinese manufacturers to do that because it would result in fines on them.

ConfederacyOfDunces_

It didn’t get walked down on low volume though. It dropped from $140 the second the COO talked about Daily Active Users. They said on the earnings call that April is already off to slow start and said they won’t meet DAU wallstreet expectations for next quarter. They said DAU dropped from to 2% from 6% last quarter. And then they made some dumb ass comment about add fees. OP missed this important data point

i7-4790Que

Yeah, taxes to disuade purchases of certain COO products. The American government must be even stupider than whatever Redditors you're crying about when they were trying to use the existence of VAT to calculate reciprocal tariffs.  L

StocksStormTrooper

HIMS timing the announcement of veteran Amazon COO hire, hours before ER- it will be beast mode!

trainwreck001

HIMS TAPPED AMAZON PHARMACY EXEC AS NEW COO TO BECOME THE NEW AMAZON IN THE HEALTHCARE SPACE. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 HIMS $200+ 

trainwreck001

HIMS HIRES AMAZON PHARMACY EXEC AS NEW COO. HIMS $200+ 

panderson1988

CNBC has Blackstone's COO on, and he mentioned how their firm is looking at Japan. I agree with him since I got into EWJV recently. I had DXJ for a while, made a good run, but sold it in February when it flatline and uncertainty picked up. I am taking a chance on WJRYY, Japan West Railway, an OTC since it's a foreign company. Japanese companies and ETFs have seen less downturn during the volatility, and I feel like they will stay under the radar to an extent with the tariff and political nonsense. Let alone how they have a global expo in Osaka where Japan West Railway operates, and to me it's a country that could see a good breakout. Long term the population is a problem, but they have plenty of great global companies and appeal abroad.

RelativeManner1330

I feel you. The stock definitely looks bad from a lot of angles. I keep going back to the conversation I had with the COO - his heart really seems in it and they seem to have a lot going on, especially if you dig into their LinkedIn (there’s a new “Nuvve Japan” page) and Fermata Energy’s page as well. As a long holder of penny stocks as well, I focus on the company, the assets and the IP, not just the stock price and how to make a quick buck. I’m by no means pumping (no more than anyone else on here, and a lot less than some that just post tickers with exclamation points) and I’m sure you can find my position information in my past comments. Again, as a long-term holder, I really can’t “dump” the position I hold.

pflory23

I'm trying to say it feels too overdone. RDDT has been nice but that ER was a disaster with great numbers. Don't know what's wrong with that COO.

muay_throwaway

God forbid a COO be honest about company performance...

abscando

He really is a perfect COO but not a CEO. First and foremost a good CEO is the ultimate hype man of the company, and boy this dude can make record-breaking revenue quarters sound like a reading of the phone book

Alwaysfavoriteasian

CEO is Steve, COO is Jen.

Kitchen-Lavishness88

That COO should be fired

hewkii2

There are consultant groups that solve the problem of “The CEO is gone, give us a new CEO” but it’s also usually with the board in direct communication as well. Also there’s a lot of C suite execs that are not CEOs but which could be candidates still. You want related experience, but something like “currently COO at Stellantis USA” or whatever wouldn’t be that surprising.

Moist-Golf-8339

Logistics manager here… they are not eating it. I just bought more of our regular textile/fabrics from China yesterday. The price really hurt. These tariffs are making our USA manufacturing cost more but not our offshore manufacturing outside China. So, it’s actually incentivizing us to move more manufacturing offshore. (Which will also help with our international customers who have reciprocal tariffs. A US COO is bad for them but a VN or KH COO is good.

RelativeManner1330

The COO of Nuvve (the CEO of Nuvve New Mexico) was kind enough to talk to me on the phone for about 20 minutes about a month ago; he offered to set up a call with the key 3 of the company but I was leaving the country and didn't have the time (maybe I'll follow up on tat offer). He seems to have his heart in this, has been working on the concept for 10 years. These things take time to develop, and we could be looking at an inflection point. I have yet to get a response to an email I sent to $CTM's CEO Glen Ives who knows how long ago...

South_Afternoon_296

He is officially the COO of Fugazi Capital

The402Jrod

They lost a quarter of sales. Thats… you’re not a COO or VP of sales, are you?

PublicCOO

Would never ask for anything sensitive, but I'm not sure it's a bad thing that the COO monitors socials to try to ensure customers are getting the support they need. You do you though.

Specific-Change9678

And to add I believe new COO has a clause in his contract that he receives 250k vested shares with a buyout.

ProbablyNotStaying99

Everyone knows about the just in time supply chain though. I honestly thought we would have seen worse impacts by now, but they are coming. I've seen various versions of this story around: [https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/gloomhaven-2e-stuck-in-china-amid-rollercoaster-trump-tariffs.html](https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/04/gloomhaven-2e-stuck-in-china-amid-rollercoaster-trump-tariffs.html) Cephalofair Games COO has said they have 1.2 million dollars worth of product sitting in China that doesn't make sense for them to ship here because of the tariffs. If he shipped it here, he could never sell it for what they would have to ask for. They are a small board game company - but the game in question is Gloomhaven. For those who are not board game hobbiests, that's the 4th most popular hobbiest board game in the world and it sat at number one for literally years. It's an item that most people won't notice, but those who enjoy this hobby will. That's one item from one small company. And if tariffs were lifted right now all that product would start moving, but it's already a month behind. That product will not magically teleport here. If there aren't enough ships in China it will have to wait until they get there, and it would be eating up shipping capacity for the items currently shipped now. Eventually it would balance out, but it looks like best case we have to live through a month of shortages and then relief would be gradual. There's no precedent for this besides COVID really and it was for completely different reasons so I could be wrong but that's my guess.

_hiddenscout

Never heard of this company, but what a great quarter: $PEGA Pegasystems Q1 EPS $1.53, consensus 50c Q1 revenue $475.6M, consensus $357.0M. "Pega GenAI has dramatically transformed how we engage with our clients," said Alan Trefler, Pega founder and CEO. "Pega solutions and our approach to AI enables clients to accelerate progress in reaching their digital and legacy transformation goals." "We accelerated ACV growth and delivered record free cash flow in Q1 2025, reflecting the benefits of the subscription model," said Pega COO & CFO Ken Stillwell. "Operating as a Rule of 40 company allows us to focus on accelerating profitable growth while thoughtfully returning capital to shareholders." It is interesting to see some smaller software companies actually getting wins with AI.

jscheuch

Interested as well. I know the recent news w Alani acquisition, Hansen coming over from Pepsi as COO and expanding into EU but maybe there’s more?

Duc_de_Bourgogne

I went to Canada before Easter for a quick vacation. I went to 1 grocery store the whole time and the guy in front of me asked the cashier for the COO on the peanut butter he was buying and he said if it's US, I don't want it. It's very real.

Fine-Store-5184

Most here don't know this but Corey Fishman (current CEO of Iterum Therapeutics) previously helped lead the sale of MedPointe Healthcare to Meda AB in 2007 for $400 million. He later served as COO and CFO of Durata Therapeutics, where he led a successful IPO and ultimately negotiated its $675 million acquisition by Actavis (now owned by Teva Pharmaceuticals) in 2014. Across both exits, Fishman generated approximately $1.5 billion in total deal value. He has stated they are looking for a "strategic transaction" for Iterum as well. While we don't know for sure what happens to $ITRM many investors are expecting a similar outcome from the management team. Near term, this likely rallies to $2-3 range ahead of any material news on an acquisition, partnership or private equity deal. Analyst price targets are around $10/share fwiw. As always do you own research and due diligence.

Kindly_Commercial_35

Doesn’t work that way. There is a Country of Origin determination process. The product would need to be “substantially transformed” for the COO to change from China to Canada.

Ok-Marsupial8141

Yeah, that CFO left to become the CEO of Spirit and the COO is also leaving I believe. I'm assuming that is the reason for the drop today.

RelativeManner1330

I’ve had this epiphany a few times actually, literally doing this for a living…  That’s why you really wanna be certain/sold on the companies you touch. $CTM was my all-in play for a while, shoulda coulda woulda taken profits when it popped, but it seems like it’s a lot of people’s “baby”. … $NVVE is my current reach, I’ve talked to Ted Smith, the COO (CEO of Nuvve New Mexico) on the phone and this stuff seems like it’s his baby. They have a solid presence on LinkedIn and their website which leads me to believe they’re doing/getting ready for *something*.  Ted could just be blowing smoke up my ass but it’s a long hold for me and I’m willing to contribute to the cause. I don’t think the tech is going away. Just my $.02. Wouldn’t touch anything you haven’t done solid due diligence on so you know what you’re getting into. Otherwise it’s nothing but a circle-jerk, truly.

lord-penguin

Could be your COO

eltoddro

$SHFS is a prime buyout candidate right now and trading well below book & cashflow. Just hired a CEO and COO who are deal specialists. This is one is going to sell soon and should bring with it a nice payout.

boogi3woogie

I totally see why tim apple is a better COO than a CEO.

reaper527

> tariffs are based upon the COO - not the country it was shipped from. while true, that's pretty trivial to work around. for example when there were sanctions/etc. against russian diamonds, they could simply ship them to india who would be more than happy to take them, and then they would polish them and send them around the world with an indian COO rather than a russian one. chinese goods can go to europe where some cheap, trivial step is performed to change the COO of the final product.

Nothingdoing079

Goods are typically tariffed based on original country of origin. It's the same thing that stops you from buying into another country with lower tariffs and importing from there.  For a product to change COO it needs to be materially changed (i.e buying cocoa from the ivory coast, shipping to the EU and turning it into Chocolate means that if that chocolate is exported to the US it's tariffed at the EU rate, not the Ivory Coast Rate) I've had situations where a starch is mixed in the EU, but that wasn't enough to classify as materially changed, and thus was charged at the higher 3rd country rate for starch

MikuEmpowered

Yes. because how COO works, how do you accurately label something thats only partially from X country? COO requirement is that if you can't identify the origin country, then the origin is the last place where it underwent production (not minor changes), and if you could identify it, its the source of material or point of production. So yeah, places with cheap labour and 10% tariff? we gonna get those coming in instead of usual places. People be like "We closing loopholes", aint closing shit, because majority of goods before comes in through countries with TRADE AGREEMENTS, there was no reason to actually use these loopholes. other than places like China with existing tariffs, hence the Vietnam shenanigans. Mexico, China, and Canada combine for a total of 43% of all US import, this is important, because while US only composes of 4.2% of world population, it consumes 20\~25% of all consumption, this is too big of a market to ignore. Here's the important part, because the USCMA is still in effect, any goods falling under the category would be exempt from tariffs, meaning its much cheaper to build factory and send material to Mexico or Canada than in the US, because how strong the USD is currently still. If the circus actually care about the economy, expect a update to USMCA to address this, if nothing is changed, Mexico becomes the new Vietnam.

very_bad_advice

tariffs are based upon the COO - not the country it was shipped from. [Country of origin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_of_origin#:~:text=Country%20of%20origin%20(CO)%20represents,within%20the%20value%2Dcreation%20process.) Now you may ask, so just say you manufacture in china, ship to EU and then either fake the manufacturing origin or just do a little change to claim it is manufactured in a low tariff place. Well that's fraud and if found out during an audit likely will lead to criminal charges [Marking of Country of Origin on U.S. Imports | U.S. Customs and Border Protection](https://www.cbp.gov/trade/rulings/informed-compliance-publications/marking-country-origin-us-imports) Do people fake it? I think that's the charge laid upon Vietnam by Peter Navarro.

PhantomFoxtrot

Keyword *smuggle* - the tariffs are not for country of export but country of origin. COO rules apply. I wish I could tell Chinese exporters to ship to a warehouse in Australia and then have the Aussies on ship it the USA bypassing the 100% tariff and only paying the Aussies low 10% tariff. But that’s not legal :/ as it’s country of origin goods not country of export

NussP1

They can’t take 100% Chinese components and just assemble them and pass them off as their own. That’s illegal, though I don’t doubt there are some doing this. They can take a certain percentage of Chinese components and complete the assembly with their own domestically made components and label that with their COO.

wow343

Yo COO is a piece of paper. If Trump goes ahead with this you will see a lot of fake paperwork. I honestly think the way things are going the US will tacitly accept this as well. Kind of a wink wink nod nod so they can act petulantly to their own populace. It's country of jokers not a country of laws!!

AnyFaithlessness7991

From what I understand you can change COO of the product went through "substantial transformation" I am not sure how countries judge what went through "substantial transformation"

NussP1

LOL. Does not work that way. Customs will look at COO of the product being imported. People have been trying that for years ever since the original section 301 tariffs were implemented back in 2019. Customs is well aware of this tactic.

hoxxxxx

actual conversation i had at work a few months ago, "the golf course is where *deals* are made. that's why he golfs so much." "oh really. deals. he's the fucking president of the united states. people come to him wherever he's at. he doesn't have to go play golf with some fucking mid-size company COO to 'make a deal'. you know that right?" "you just don't understand."

Punisher-3-1

That is how modern manufacturing works. Even stuff with Mexico COO is merely assembled there. SMT is happening in China, which then flows to Malaysia for testing and packaging and assembly into a higher level, then flows to Mexico. But before China runs SMT, they need to source key components globally. Many critical components come from the US. Then stuff moved to Mexico, when the BoM arrived from something like 26 counties, believe it or not, with several high level components being COO USA. Finally, it is assembled into a finished good with COO Mexico but really, just about every country contributed to the supply chain.

Kingkongcrapper

Quarterlies are about forward guidance as much as they are earnings. When they get up and talk the CEO or COO will need to discuss their exposure to tariffs. Any shifty language and it’s going to be, “Oh Shit.” RH dropped heavy as people fully understood their tariff exposure. Couple that with weak earnings and you get a hard chop.

Thigmotropism2

We brought in a McKinsey alum as COO and she made herself redundant in 6 mos lol

Chicken65

Mexico doesnt have a free trade agreement with China, to appease the US they may tariff them. Also when importing from MX to US there is a country of origin announcement you have to declare so it can’t be COO Mexico if it’s really from China.

Conscious_Bad_4030

The new ceo was already with LW since 2007 as COO. So nothing too new here. Don't you think the trace wars will f**k the LW guidance a lot?

Alone-Supermarket-98

While the stories are sexy, these are still early stage tech companies burning ever increasing cash. Now they are not being helped with the background of Marks leaving the FDA and RFK jr putting them in a spotlight. CRSP's COO just left after announcing another weak Q. Revenues are declining and losses increased not just for last Q, but all of 2024. BEAM losses increased, and analysts just revised down their estimates again. That doesnt mean that everything in the group is being taken out and shot. Intercellular (ITCI) saw revenues increase by +50% to $199mm, and while still making a loss, that loss was cut in half. In the last month, ITCI was up about +2.5% while BEAM was down -21% As the environment is getting more chaotic, fundimentals are much more important, and demostrating real progress is paramount. A sexy story will only get you so far.

Woksauce1

Our Q2 outlook meeting today was no bueno.Basically our sector of manufacturing in construction products is bracing for the biggest kick in the balls with uncertainty surrounding tariffs. Was professionally told today by our COO that as an estimating department lead “My duties will become very taxing” if this tariff BS doesn’t stop. I’ll have to manage the hell out of honoring old and dynamically shifting new pricing and labor for old and new accounts alike. I don’t like this boys, and if you are one of customers you are not going to like it too…

RockyMountainArms

Large amount of earnings over the past 2 years has been from semaglutide and tirzepatide sales. Both have been taken off the FDA shortage list and they will not be able to compound and sell them anymore. The company has been trying to aggressively advertise to get these drugs placed back in the shortage list. Additionally, the COO, CFO and Chief medical officer have all sold large amounts of shares in the last week. The company has been known for making pretty sub-par compounds for anything except for their semaglutide/tirzepatide. I believe that was their low hanging fruit of easy profits but those days are over and they are going to face a huge retraction in the next year. https://preview.redd.it/bntcccgrnmre1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed7ee2f4ef11f35d0d7d517e7d8ca40d2cd421ba

AccountantDirect9470

Maybe, maybe not. When my company was acquired by a larger company, they also bought a larger company kinda of a merger but still an acquistion. That aquisition was from a much larger city. The new large acquisition came in and changed how we service our clients including company bought us. The parent company. There were pros and cons. But one of the biggest cons that I saw I couldn’t let slide without saying something. They were not about taking extra time. Time counting for service staff was to be meticulously tracked and spent, and metrics were about tickets closed vs customer happiness. Our boss before the acquisition wanted us to be efficient but valued the client happiness knowing that an unhappy client would take more effort down the road than marking a ticket closed before real resolution happened. They also implemented a call center style of engagement rather than consistent access to a tech team that knows them. So I said to the COO, in front of a lot of people, clients will not like that. The clients like knowing they are calling getting consistent technicians and having the relationship with them. It provides comfort that when they call in they get someone with knowledge of their business and of them personally, and they problem would be taken seriously. He proceeded to tell me that client knowledge will not be required as documentation fills that gap, and that we will be closing tickets so fast that they will be happy. What followed was 3 years of technician and client attrition, and culminated in him being fired form the company, that about this time was half built by him. Our current model instituted by the CEO directly, is so far and above for service and support and is far closer to how I would run things. We have not lost a client in 18 months. So the point is, sometimes people really just think they know everything, because they look at numbers from a perspective they know.. and they don’t want to consider anything else. The people making this decision saw American strength as simply American. Not from hard work maintaining a status quo. That status quo being good or bad is another discussion.

anakngtipaklongnaman

COO yelled at me yesterday on the phone, put me on blast on the mgmt email group today. Puts on my career as well + Tariff

apurimac777

Just the thought of Zuck having his COO's clam juice in the mattress on his PJ warms the cockles of my heart

johndsmits

RH COO: ***retail*** *has always bailed out the markets*  (also confirmed RH users' activity def pumping tsla today)

looool_k_libtard

You can be COO if you want

gauzerin

Ceo doesnt have a detailed job description. He is a figurehead who remains in those positions so that he can exert control when he sees need for it. How much he is involved in day to day is speculation. I d wager 2-4 weekly calls in major areas. The day to day ops is COO job. Elon is a face and it might be a good time for him to take a break at least from Tesla.

ilovecuckoldsss

https://preview.redd.it/pjl3hpo3jrne1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2efca14f9ab708f5ff7aea7e212909f5d7146cd9 as COO

No-Doctor9742

- 27% short interest - Insomnia cookies comps roll off by summer - can drive a truck through earnings guidance, low bar going forward - 27% short interest - rates dropping - new COO - 400-500 MCD units being added per month for next 22 months - 27% short interest

MAkrbrakenumbers

A spy calls you at 10am weird flex what’s his COO

WeaknessEmergency

TGT ANF ORN AVDL GENI SPY COO and HPE 

Embarrassed-Chain265

As a business owner, why do I need a CFO and an accounting staff if AI can do it? What good is the CIO or CTO if we don't need an engineering or IT department? most of the sales and marketing department would be easily replaced by an AI that advanced. We don't need a help desk, call center, logistics or the COO anymore. Fulfillment and warehousing will all be robots. Don't need an HR department to manage AI bots. The Chief Culture Officer is already being phased out. Who's left?

TopDeckHero420

Lemme guess, MS is bagholding a lot of Tesla. Even the COO (or whoever it was) sold millions last week.

TopDeckHero420

Didn't the COO or someone just sell hundreds of millions in stock?

looool_k_libtard

Coming for the COO’s job at Google. Zero experience but I am covered head to toe in Vaseline, ready for the opportunity.