Vetted Consulting Professionals in the Los Angeles Metro

Jivan Shirvanian

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level financial planning professional specializing in wealth management

Pasadena, CA6y exp

“Relationship Manager and financial advisor with a strong outbound sales foundation, combining data-driven lead optimization with consultative discovery. Stands out for turning cold, initially resistant prospects into advisory relationships through relevant market insights, structured follow-up, and a disciplined pipeline process that was adopted more broadly and used to train others.”

“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).”

Robbie Harol

Screened

Principal Product Leader specializing in AI-native, civic, and climate tech

Los Angeles, CA18y exp

“Product leader with unusually broad experience spanning adtech startups, consumer rewards, political-tech nonprofits, and consulting for operational automation. Stands out for pairing strong UX and monetization instincts with practical AI product work, including building a RAG-based chatbot and consistently using user research to drive measurable outcomes like 400% conversion growth, higher satisfaction, and faster onboarding.”

“Management consulting and business development candidate with hands-on GTM, market research, and partnership expansion experience across high-growth organizations including OYO and IDP Education. Stands out for combining customer research, pricing and market models, and operational analytics to drive measurable outcomes like 200+ new locations, 15% revenue growth, and 14% margin improvement.”

“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.”

“Full-stack engineer who built an end-to-end low-code/no-code IDE for creating AI/ML workflows for industrial IoT sensors using Next.js/TypeScript and NestJS microservices. Focused on scaling high-volume sensor dashboards—improved UX and performance via WebSockets, debouncing, pagination, and API payload reduction—validated with profiling tools and user feedback in a startup environment.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer who built financing-journey email campaigns at Blue X Trade using Mailchimp and n8n, including an AI agent to validate user info and trigger instant correction emails—improving retention and ROI. Runs structured A/B tests on dynamic personalization (name/location/trading country) that increased engagement and bookings, and has led cross-functional promotions while managing third-party rewards integration issues with monday.com.”

Joseph Hanna

Screened

Executive IT Leader specializing in digital transformation, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity

Irvine, CA20y exp

“IT/technology leader (mentions VP of IT) with experience modernizing legacy environments, implementing ERP and dashboarding, and migrating on-prem infrastructure to Microsoft Azure to support remote operations. Has worked in a context described as an acquired company and focused on scaling via automation, analytics, and cross-functional alignment with marketing around lead-generation metrics.”

“Sourcing professional with experience across both softlines and hardlines who led an end-to-end cashmere baby apparel program for PETIT-LOULI, including vendor discovery (Alibaba/Canton Fair), multi-supplier sampling/production, consolidation for final packing, and DDP delivery to the US. Demonstrates strong cost and risk management, including proactive mitigation of raw material volatility (e.g., TDI in memory foam) and practical factory capability assessment via audits.”