Vetted Advisors

“Early-stage venture sourcing professional from Magnivia Ventures with a strong track record of proactively building founder relationships months before a raise. Stands out for combining high-volume outbound, sector mapping, and value-add relationship nurturing to win early access to seed opportunities and move promising founders into diligence quickly.”

Rocky Vienna

Screened

Executive Technology & Operations Leader (CIO/CTO/COO) specializing in PE value creation

10y exp

“Operations transformation leader with private-equity due diligence experience who rebuilt KIO Networks’ operating model using ITIL/COBIT/ISO 27001, stood up a PMO, and standardized tooling across countries—helping shift the business from co-location to managed services/cloud and improving EBITDA from -7% to +4% in 18 months. Also serves as a board member/mentor at EvoNexus and UCSD Rady, coaching founders on ICP, GTM, pricing, and investor readiness.”

“Cross-border (US/Canada) hockey advisor with extensive experience on both the business and operations sides across pro, minor, and junior organizations. Leverages deep relationships with coaches/scouts/GMs and a structured evaluation + development planning process to guide families through Prep/Academy, Junior, NCAA, and U Sports pathways; has helped an athlete jump two levels to Junior A via a targeted 6-month training and mental development plan.”

Judi Bell

Screened

Executive COO specializing in human capital management and operational transformation

Eatonton, GA, USA30y exp

“Operations leader who joined People2.0 at inception (2004), led client implementations and major platform rollouts, then as COO (2016–2023) drove a Shared Services transformation and integrated 3 US/Canadian acquisitions. Deep staffing/back-office operations expertise (payroll, tax, billing, CRM) with a hands-on process-improvement style and strong change-management focus on adoption, training, and ROI.”

Stephan Thomas

Screened

Executive growth strategist specializing in technology, M&A, and digital manufacturing

San Francisco, CA25y exp

“Repeat founder who has co-founded two companies and sold the most recent one three years ago. Currently exploring a fintech-style debt management tool for SMBs focused on covenant monitoring, reporting, and forecasting, and is still in customer discovery with a mock demo and landing page. Brings a thoughtful, customer-first approach to evaluating startup ideas and a solid understanding of how venture studios support companies from 0 to 1.”

Eduardo Moreira

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in global IT, digital transformation, and remote-first growth

Caribbean20y exp

“Former IT Director at a multinational company who founded a staff augmentation business to solve firsthand hiring, quality, and employment-obligation challenges. He has already validated the model with good revenue and is now focused on building a stronger outbound sales engine through LinkedIn outreach and CRM-driven process.”

“Recruiting Operations leader who has managed teams up to 6 across local/remote/international (including Brazil) and specializes in building multi-site recruiting infrastructure. Led multiple ATS implementations (most recently UKG to Ceridian Dayforce, covering ATS + onboarding) and redesigned high-volume hiring events into a measurable engine, cutting candidate wait times by 30% and improving hiring outcomes.”

Laurie Myers

Screened

Executive Biopharma Operator specializing in drug development, commercialization, and board leadership

Kansas City, MO38y exp

“Pharma marketing and go-to-market professional with ~8 years building launch strategies, including experience on the Lovenox marketing team during a major hospital-to-outpatient injectable launch. Demonstrates strong reimbursement expertise (J-code strategy) and hands-on field research with pharmacists across states to enable outpatient reimbursement adoption.”

Aviral Pal

Screened

Principal investor and startup advisor specializing in venture capital and M&A

Global11y exp

“Entrepreneurial investor/operator who built a sector-agnostic HoldCo and secured LP commitments. Brings hands-on experience across venture capital, studios, and accelerators in roles spanning co-director, partner, venture partner, and advisor, with a focus on evaluating profitable consumer tech and consumer retail businesses, including AI-enabled opportunities.”