Vetted Consulting Professionals

Christopher McLean

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in security, privacy, and high-scale infrastructure

Brookline, MA18y exp

“Veteran operator from top-tier tech companies including PayPal, LinkedIn, Stripe, Facebook, and Merge, now seeking the right startup idea to found. Brings hands-on angel investing experience across 5 startups in the EU and US plus additional exposure through X-Stripe Angels, giving them both operator and investor perspective.”

“People operations and talent acquisition leader who was handpicked to launch the first Google Operations Center in the U.S., building the entire hiring and people-program infrastructure from the ground up (including selecting/configuring Greenhouse). Experienced scaling in new markets using deep talent intelligence and transferable-skill frameworks, and currently advises founders as a board member for a talent acquisition startup with a data-and-benchmarks-driven operating cadence.”

“Former Bain strategy consultant with ~3 years experience and an MBA, with examples spanning turnaround work, consumer goods market assessment, and strategic planning. Demonstrates strong executive alignment habits (disciplined updates, no-surprises communication) and operational leadership, including training teammates on Tableau via templates to scale productivity.”

Nigel Lewis

Screened

Senior Investment Banking Associate specializing in Transportation, Logistics & Infrastructure

New York, NY12y exp

“Goldman Sachs VP in the Office of the COO for Merchant Banking (private equity) who led cross-functional integration work through two major divisional reorganizations, building executive reporting and governance to keep senior leadership aligned. Also drove operational buildout for a property manager enabling sensitive rent-controlled housing investments and helping scale a real estate platform to $1B+, and partnered with Technology to implement supervisor dashboards for approvals and project tracking.”

“Early-stage investor/sourcer with experience at Insight Partners and M13 who combines thesis-driven outbound with deep ecosystem presence to generate proprietary founder relationships. Particularly strong in generative AI, creative tooling, and commerce tech, with added credibility from Gold House Ventures fellowship, angel investing communities, and a fractional fundraising advisory practice that has helped founders close rounds.”

“Former lawyer and Bain consultant who evolved into a senior media/operator leader across NBCUniversal, Discovery, Nickelodeon, and a subscription gaming startup. Unusually combines top-tier analytical training, enterprise dealmaking, and COO-level execution—building proprietary analytics systems, leading Discovery+ launch partnerships that delivered 20M year-one subscribers, and driving startup turnaround improvements including a $2M inventory obsolescence avoidance.”

“Founder-sourcing and pipeline operator with energy/sustainability network who has sourced and built multi-touch relationships with founders (including an SF-based founder building an AI platform for data-center permitting/financing/offtake). Uses a structured discovery and tracking process, provides value through insights and introductions, and produces partner-ready summaries and recommendations to drive go/no-go decisions.”

Angel Kelchev

Screened

Executive VC & Corporate Development leader specializing in M&A, partnerships, and growth investing

Tampa, FL17y exp

“Entrepreneur and investor applying for a venture studio CEO role; previously founded Centruida (custom software services in blockchain and computer vision), scaled to ~65–70 people, raised early capital, and exited to Logicr within ~2 years. Also co-founded Ayan Capital (venture fund) raising primarily from family offices/individuals, and runs a consulting business plus a nonprofit school.”

“Board member/advisor to a mid–$10M revenue company aiming for $100M+, focused on portfolio trimming, analyst-quadrant positioning (Gartner/Forrester/ISG), and building scalable commercial operations. Has driven org redesign (separating marketing and sales), CRM rollout (Salesforce) alongside existing Dynamics accounting, and coaches founders to adopt metrics, messaging discipline, and delegation for global scale.”

“Former COO at a venture firm who founded a consultancy/startup serving luxury apparel and accessories brands, with current paying clients acquired through her executive network. Focuses on operational and business strategy for luxury brands of African descent and runs end-to-end product development and sourcing across NYC/China with supplier links to Turkey and India; previously built a book of business at Morgan Stanley and advised startups.”

“Engineering/tech leader with experience spanning major platforms (mentions Microsoft and AWS) and leading ML-driven product architecture (ranking systems). Describes driving a shift to a layered, API-standardized service architecture (including vector database components) that materially increased delivery speed (weeks to hours) while improving scalability and security, and emphasizes rigorous execution reviews (QDR/OKRs) plus transparent remote-team operating rhythms.”

“Senior product leader with experience at Constant Contact, Retention Science, eBay, and Ticketmaster, spanning PLG transformation, AI-driven marketing automation, UX turnarounds, and complex platform migrations. Particularly compelling for roles needing a product executive who can tie user insight, experimentation, and cross-functional execution directly to conversion, revenue, and team growth.”

“Former COO of Hamilton Lane’s direct investment unit (appointed in 2007) who helped professionalize operations in an early-stage environment—implementing DealCloud, revamping investment committee materials, and creating valuation governance. Known for pairing process/technology upgrades with culture repair through high-touch communication and transparent leadership.”

“Enterprise cloud/SaaS customer success leader who owned a strategic $102M Azure commitment end-to-end, rescuing a Kubernetes migration by formalizing Sev A/B triage/escalation ownership and executive governance. Drove measurable outcomes including restored executive confidence and consumption growth from $1M to $2M/month (~30% adoption growth) by tying stabilization milestones to migration velocity, forecasting, and expansion strategy.”