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About OptiNizers

Built by business owners, for business owners and the talent who support them

Remote work should work for everyone: the business owner and the professional on the other side of the screen.

Our story

We knew this industry could be better for both sides.

OptiNizers was founded by three business owners who knew the pain of hiring firsthand.

Each of us runs other businesses, and we’ve worked with VA agencies ourselves. We saw the same problems again and again. Remote professionals were underpaid and living paycheck to paycheck. Business owners were handed a new hire with no training, no alignment and no support, then left to figure it out alone.

So we built OptiNizers to do it differently.

What we saw

  • Professionals underpaid, living paycheck to paycheck
  • New hires with no training
  • No alignment between owner and hire
  • Owners left to figure it out alone

What we built

  • Fair pay at the rate they ask for
  • Continuous training, including AI
  • Alignment Day before day one
  • A review with you every Monday
Our mission

Better for both sides of the screen.

For our clients

Help small business owners train, grow and align with their remote professionals, so they get their time back and build a team that lasts.

For our OptiNizers

Create real careers for skilled remote professionals, with fair pay and continuous growth.

How we do it differently

Three things we never compromise on.

Fair pay

We pay our OptiNizers the rate they ask for, not the lowest rate we can negotiate.

Continuous training

We keep investing in our OptiNizers’ skills, including directing AI agents, so their careers and the value they bring keep growing.

Real alignment

We don’t just place someone and walk away. From Alignment Day to weekly Monday reviews, we help you and your OptiNizer work well together.

Our core values

What guides every decision we make.

Trust and Respect

Trust: we put transparency over self-interest. We tell our clients and our team the truth, even when it’s not what’s easiest for us.

Respect: respect is earned, not given. We earn it every day through how we show up, follow through and treat people.

Kaizen

We aren’t perfect, but we keep pushing to get better, day in and day out. Small improvements every day add up to big results over time.

Continuous Learning

The world of work is changing fast, especially with AI. We invest in learning, for our team, our OptiNizers and our clients, so everyone keeps growing and stays ahead of the curve.

Finding the Root Cause

When problems come up, we don’t just patch them. We dig deep to find the root cause and fix it at the source, so the same problem doesn’t come back.

Our founders

Three business owners on a mission to make remote work better for everyone.

OptiNizers co-founders Andy Cheng, Elizabeth Yang and Duke Ng

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Meet the team

The people behind every OptiNizer.

The OptiNizers team: founders and staff in white OptiNizers T-shirts

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  • Andy, Co-founder
  • Elizabeth, Co-founder
  • Duke, Co-founder
  • Stephanie, Head of Integrator
  • Samantha, Head of Finance
  • Kent, Finance Admin
  • Angela, Head of Human Resources
  • Alyanna, Client Success Specialist
  • Princess, Client Success Specialist
  • Kat, Client Success Specialist
  • Kitzy, Client Success Specialist
  • Trisha, Head of Talent Experience and Development
  • Jeanne, Talent Experience and Development Admin
  • Chelsea, Talent Experience and Development Admin
  • Summer, Head of Training Enablement
  • Ella, Sales Coordinator

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