Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the Chicago Metro

“Operations leader/advisor focused on rapid, data-driven optimization and scalable org/process design. Has rebuilt internal structures, automated and streamlined customer-journey workflows, and delivered measurable cycle-time improvements (cut onboarding from 90–120 days to under 30). Previously built a new operations team that scaled to over $4M in revenue and frequently mentors non-operations executives using tailored, practical coaching.”

Nikhila Nandgopal

Screened

Director-level product and strategy leader specializing in enterprise modernization and emerging tech

Chicago, IL5y exp

“Product leader with an unusual blend of investment banking, consulting, chief of staff, and agentic AI experience. At Kyndryl, they turned stalled mainframe modernization and seller-enablement efforts into quantified materials, staffing/delivery tools, and ~15 active POCs, while also bringing product and Agile discipline to ambiguous platform work.”

“MBA-trained operator-investor who interned in venture capital at Marquee Ventures while also founding GoodBites Brisket Jerky. Brings a rare combination of startup evaluation experience and true zero-to-one execution, having built outbound sales, sourced manufacturers, created a website with Claude Code, and run day-to-day operations for a specialty food brand.”

“Operations and growth-oriented leader who helped build McMaster-Carr's first international sales/export function, then evolved the role into UK market growth and digital marketing. Combines cross-border operational expertise with hands-on customer experience analysis, team management, and UI/UX-driven process improvement.”

“Applied Scientist with legal-tech experience who builds production LLM systems. Created and deployed Quibo AI, a LangGraph-based multi-agent pipeline that turns large markdown/Jupyter inputs into polished blogs and social posts, overcoming context limits via ChromaDB + HyDE RAG. Also built a large-scale iterative code-evolution workflow using multi-model orchestration (GPT/Claude/Gemini) with testing, debugging loops, and evaluation/observability practices.”

Melissa Douros

Screened

Executive Product & Operations Leader specializing in FinTech, governance, and digital transformation

Buffalo Grove, IL25y exp

“Operations/product transformation leader with experience driving customer-centric operating model changes at Discover, shifting from a centralized PMO/SAFe to a Product Delivery + Scrum structure aligned to customer journeys. Cites measurable outcomes including a 54% reduction in compliance issues and 20% new product revenue growth, and currently advises a startup board mentoring a first-time founder on org structure, roadmap, and governance-focused decision-making.”

“Senior public sector sales leader with deep state and local government experience across a six-state region in North America. Grew a $300M territory by 10%+ YoY while maintaining 95%+ retention, and has led complex hardware-to-software expansion strategies, including public safety software and a $36M critical communications modernization deal involving county and state stakeholders.”

Sehar Uddin

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Digital Marketing & Technical SEO Strategist specializing in B2B and B2C growth

Northbrook, IL9y exp

“Performance marketer with pharma advertising experience managing $50K+/month budgets across search, display, and programmatic. They highlight measurable efficiency gains—about 20% lower CPA and 30% higher conversions over two quarters—while using a structured, statistically minded testing approach and full-funnel budget allocation across Meta, TikTok, and Google. Seeking contract/freelance work.”