Built on experience. Driven by intention.
We help growing businesses build the operational foundation to scale with clarity.
Why Cedar Zephyr exists
Years of working alongside founders surfaced the same pattern: talented people drowning in operational chaos.
They didn't need a VA. They needed someone to build systems that scale.
Cedar Zephyr changes how businesses run, not just how tasks get done.
Based in Washington State. PNW locally; remote nationwide and globally.
What we stand for
Clarity Over Complexity
The best systems are simple, documented, repeatable. Complexity is a signal to rethink.
Discretion and Trust
You're inviting us into the inner workings of your business. We treat that access accordingly.
Sustainable Growth
We build for longevity, not speed. No growth your foundation can't hold.
Boundaries as Quality Control
Clear scope and workload limits keep the work focused.
Paloma H. Siordia
Cedar Zephyr is led by Paloma H. Siordia, an operational systems strategist whose career spans healthcare administration, construction management, clinical psychology, and business operations across the U.S. and abroad. A curated network of specialists is brought in by engagement scope, expertise without agency overhead.
Today the firm works primarily with women-owned service businesses: coaches, wellness practitioners, professional service firms, and nonprofit leaders building serious operations without a COO. Connect on LinkedIn.
Paloma's background is psychology, how people function under pressure, where accountability breaks down, why capable teams fail inside poorly built systems. That lens informs every engagement.
Over a decade as general manager, COO, medical office director, and HR analyst across behavioral health, medicine, construction, and education taught one lesson: growth creates complexity, and complexity without structure creates chaos.
The firm doesn't deliver a deck. It builds what the business needs to operate, documentation, accountability systems, leadership frameworks, custom tools, and AI automations. The goal: a business that runs on its systems, not its owner.
For engagement inquiries, Paloma is the point of contact.
Woman-Owned Small Business
A woman-owned firm in Washington State, built for women founders running service businesses with real revenue and teams that have outgrown the way they were built.
Paloma has worked inside these businesses, behavioral health, clinics, professional services, growing operations led by women carrying execution. The lived experience is the credential.
Every engagement starts from one assumption: the founder is excellent at her craft, and the system around her hasn't kept up. The work is to build the structure she deserves.