Vetted Consulting Professionals in California

“Fashion buyer/category manager with end-to-end ownership of Shopbop’s evening business, using Excel-driven classification and pricing tier analysis to uncover demand opportunities and deliver +20% above annual sales target on higher margin. Experienced negotiating vendor sell-through agreements (e.g., Marchesa Notte) and using RTV to reduce inventory risk while maintaining full-price selling; also has a track record coaching buyers to drive incremental revenue (e.g., $350K unplanned full-price sales via an exclusive delivery).”

Marty Schneider

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Executive Operations & GTM Leader specializing in startups across logistics, esports, and civic tech

Redwood City, CA15y exp

“Founder/CEO who built Hometown Heart from the ground up—creating SOPs and standing up hiring, GTM, finance, and investor/government relations—scaling from 6 employees and $100K debt to 350 employees and $40M in annual revenue in 3 years. Led expansion into San Francisco County, proactively managing compliance/licensing and municipal stakeholders to secure early approvals and drive major revenue growth.”

“Growth creative marketer who led end-to-end experimentation for Kahana’s Oasis agentic browser launch, repositioning it as a task-specific “productivity multiplier” and validating the message via structured A/B tests across Meta, LinkedIn, and landing pages. Reported performance lift included CPA reductions (23% Meta, 17% LinkedIn) and a 28% ROAS increase, with a repeatable modular framework for rapid creative iteration and hands-on direction of UGC creators and editors.”

“B2B SaaS growth marketer who was the first marketing hire and built the foundational brand and acquisition engine from 0-to-1, using customer-journey mapping, rigorous channel testing, and strong cross-functional alignment. Has launched an existing product into a new adjacent market via a multi-channel campaign and optimized spend by prioritizing CAC, conversion, and lead quality. Also has experience marketing monetization/distribution platforms to creators and developers, emphasizing values-aligned messaging for the creator ecosystem.”

“Venture investing/sourcing professional who runs a high-volume, systematized founder outreach motion across warm intros, accelerators, social outbound, and databases (PitchBook/Crunchbase), targeting ~50 personalized founder touchpoints weekly. Uses AI workflows to build targeted lists and monitor company updates, and has converted highly contextual outbound into qualified diligence opportunities (e.g., industrial automation/frontline productivity). Values long-term founder relationships pre-raise through consistent value-add and is motivated by growth toward a partner track.”

“Data/QA-focused professional with experience at Lonza and Jio Platforms, owning end-to-end data reliability work for QC forecasting (SAP/LIMS) and driving root-cause/corrective actions for recurring environment configuration issues. Strong in SQL-based data standardization/validation, requirements tightening for API consistency, and coordinating multi-workstream delivery using Jira/Azure DevOps.”