Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the NYC Metro

“Corporate strategy / M&A professional with experience acting as a chief-of-staff-style associate to multiple managing directors at Focus Financial Partners while running parallel M&A, enterprise vendor negotiations, and infrastructure strategy work. At BNY, led strategic growth initiatives around fintech partnerships (TAM + financial modeling) and supported a confidential divestiture using rigorous information-control processes.”

“Seasoned medtech R&D leader and inventor with a track record of creating and scaling interventional and drug-delivery devices—crediting a low-cost coronary pressure measurement guidewire with a few hundred million dollars in revenue impact and building an innovation organization that reached ~$1B revenue. Now exploring startup opportunities in interventional devices, conducting early market assessments and leveraging deep domain networks to target modalities attracting investors, with an exit-oriented mindset (IPO or strategic acquisition).”

“Business manager experienced in driving cross-functional budgeting, governance, and portfolio changes while maintaining executive alignment. Supported post-acquisition integration by improvising custom Excel dashboards and weekly executive reporting to track a 70-person global hiring push when systems access was delayed; the reporting approach became a reusable HR template.”

Carlee Schiller

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VP Human Resources Business Partner specializing in regulated financial services

Jersey City, NJ10y exp

“HR Business Partner with 8 years supporting a Jersey City office while working closely with distributed teams. Early in career built Excel-based HR analytics dashboards (headcount/turnover/diversity) and ER tracking that became foundational to establishing an HR Data & Analytics function. Experienced partnering with senior leaders and legal on sensitive restructurings/RIFs, including risk analysis, separation planning, and manager coaching.”

Mo Hallaba

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Executive Founder & Corporate Strategy leader specializing in AI data analytics and gaming

New York, United States18y exp

“Startup CEO/founder (9 years) who built an AI data assistant and ran cross-functional GTM + engineering prioritization using OKRs and KPI-driven sales experimentation. Previously worked in finance on M&A due diligence for multi-billion-dollar transactions, including hands-on NDA/confidentiality work; seeks roles at $250k+ depending on equity and fit.”

“Design-technologist with both UX and front-end development depth, spanning high-impact brand launches and regulated pharma sales tools. Led the experience direction and technical implementation support for DuPont's Kevlar product site—featuring Three.js, AEM, and advanced motion design—which generated strong lead capture and won an Effie, and also improved Eli Lilly IVA delivery by building a grunt.js workflow that reduced update cycles from a week to just a few days.”

Jonathan Cook

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Executive product leader specializing in AI-native human-in-the-loop platforms

New York, NY17y exp

“Product leader with experience driving major platform builds and even company pivots, including transforming Kinetic from a wearables-focused insurtech into an AI-enabled workers' comp claims platform. Combines deep customer discovery, low-tech MVP experimentation, and strong cross-functional judgment; also helped shape smartwatch app platform strategy at Fitbit and has a clear philosophy of AI as a human decision-support tool rather than a replacement.”

“GE leader with 10 years of experience spanning software development, internal audit/consulting, and Chief of Staff leadership in GE Digital. Stood out by operating as the cross-functional execution engine for a $100M software business, driving measurable outcomes including $2.5M in AWS savings, 20% defect reduction, and $4M in audit adjustments. Combines executive-level strategy, analytical rigor, and hands-on change management across engineering, finance, legal, and security.”

“Startup operator turned founder with unusually broad ownership across product, GTM, finance, and operations. Helped scale Agora RE post-Series B from $1M to $3M ARR in a year by building the company’s revenue operating system, and previously worked on monday.com’s apps marketplace, now a major revenue driver.”

“Healthcare data platform builder with experience at Aetion delivering a rule-based EMR/EHR ingestion and validation framework that cut onboarding from 8–10 weeks to hours and unlocked $30M+ in revenue over ~3 years. Motivated to found an AI/agent-driven healthcare solution, with a specific interest in using PET scans, doctor notes, and treatment data with LLMs to help predict cancer progression and guide next-step treatments.”

“Co-founded and led the business side of Plasma Nutrition for a decade, commercializing atmospheric-plasma technology to improve protein efficacy/absorption. Bootstrapped for 5 years before raising venture funding, leveraged FoodX accelerator validation, and navigated a major go-to-market pivot (B2C to B2B). Drove growth by renegotiating out of an exclusive manufacturing arrangement and scaling to roughly six brand partners within a year.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience at Amazon and Airbus, known for building executive-facing systems (dashboards, AI-enabled project management, operating cadences) that improve communication and efficiency. Has handled high-pressure, multi-timezone priorities and customer-facing technical escalations using structured documentation and frequent stakeholder updates, while maintaining discretion in sensitive situations.”

Maziyar Karimian

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Director-level product strategist specializing in AI-native and design-first digital products

New York, NY13y exp

“Product and strategy leader spanning NBCUniversal, Peloton, ustwo, AKQA, and PowerSchool, with a rare mix of AI product execution, gamified consumer product design, and human-centered education strategy. Led NBCUniversal's Claude-powered Atlas platform and helped shape Peloton's Lanebreak UX, combining strong governance-minded AI judgment with proven user-centered product outcomes at scale.”