Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the NYC Metro

Robert Wheeler

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CTO) specializing in cloud, AI/ML, and scalable product platforms

Manhattan, USA25y exp

“Technical leader and hands-on engineer with 20+ years of experience who has previously raised funding and exited a venture. Currently bootstrapping a new AI-direction startup with personal and family capital, leveraging structured financial planning and a relationship-driven approach to investor outreach.”

scott graham

Screened

Executive customer experience and operations leader in SaaS, EdTech, and enterprise support

New York, NY24y exp

“Founder/operator with an MS in Finance who has helped grow an early-stage company from startup toward scaleup on roughly $400K raised, while delivering 25%+ YoY ARR growth and 100% retention without new capital for 30 months. Differentiates through a sharp eye for overlooked but mission-critical work like data cleansing, strong financial modeling instincts, and a hands-on, trust-building consulting style that wins long-term contracts in underserved sectors.”

Jordan Karp

Screened

Executive founder and political strategist specializing in FinTech and public affairs

New York, NY23y exp

“Entrepreneur with a background in electoral politics who is building a niche lending company for political campaigns and organizations, a space they describe as having no direct competitors. They also bring prior experience starting manufacturing and transportation businesses, giving them an unusual blend of political domain knowledge, finance fluency, and repeat-founder experience.”

“Audio editor/music supervisor with SiriusXM experience, including hip-hop 50th anniversary longform pieces and high-energy 15s YouTube/digital ads. Deeply hands-on in Pro Tools (plus Logic/Ableton), known for dialogue-forward music editing, genre-accurate library sourcing, and fast iteration using templates, bus processing, and advanced dynamics techniques like multiband compression and sidechaining.”

Veronica Andrews

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief People & Operations Officer specializing in HR strategy and operational scale

Brooklyn, NY16y exp

“People/HR leader with deep org design and change-management experience, including leading a full-company restructuring at Mirimus in direct partnership with the CEO and VPs. Known for combining systems thinking with rigorous people analytics (engagement, churn, capacity, performance signals) to diagnose root causes, redesign operating models, and coach senior leaders through high-stakes transitions and ER situations.”

“Composer/music editor using Ableton Live with a precision-focused, minimal-plugin workflow and AI-assisted loudness targeting. Recently scored a high-fashion documentary featuring a past-to-present transition, using a deliberate shift from piano/strings to synth orchestration to change emotion and pacing while preserving narrative continuity. Also has experience iterating with editor/producer notes on corporate training content to maintain retention and comedic timing.”

“Operations/program leader with experience supporting CEOs and scaling organizations through rapid expansion and multi-team initiatives. Implemented RACI + Asana-based execution systems and built board/KPI reporting cadences that improved executive decision speed and visibility across departments. Has worked across startups and in a foundation environment in C-suite-adjacent roles.”

“Chief of Staff at Molecular Affinities and former Investor Relations & Operations manager at JCAM Investments, with hands-on experience supporting capital raising while simultaneously tightening operations (website, investor onboarding, back office). Strong operator who implements and drives adoption of systems like HubSpot, Asana, and Slack to improve executive productivity and team accountability.”

“Full-cycle B2B seller who says he has never relied on inbound and has consistently self-sourced deals through outbound prospecting. He highlights being the top salesperson at both companies he worked for and cites a 3-month, $150k one-off project sale equal to 10% of annual quota, involving senior research, IT, legal, and procurement stakeholders.”

Leo Almada

Screened

Director-level Finance & HR Operations leader specializing in governance, HRIS, and e-commerce finance

New York, NY11y exp

“Currently at Magnum managing a small global team (NY/London/Paris) and leading analytics operations, including financial reporting for a Shopify-based ecommerce platform. Partnered directly with a newly appointed CFO and COO during a significant org change involving elimination of three global director roles, coached the COO through difficult conversations, and supported a senior promotion that included navigating an H-1B visa process.”

“Product designer/front-end builder in EdTech who bridges UX and engineering by moving quickly from Figma into coded interactive prototypes, then shipping production UI directly with engineers. Recently owned a major assessment-builder redesign at Progress Learning and independently built K-12 Compare, a neutral vendor comparison product informed by seven years of firsthand EdTech procurement experience.”

“Operations-focused advisor/consultant for early-stage and growing companies, with repeated experience scaling processes and people. Has driven measurable improvements in SaaS partnerships by implementing partner scoring, onboarding, and accountability systems, and reduced churn for an outsourced IT provider by clarifying roles and responsibilities without adding headcount. Known for mentoring founders through data-backed, Socratic questioning to unlock tough decisions like reallocating spend away from underperforming partners.”

“Repeat founding-team contributor with hands-on experience helping startups build prototypes and MVPs that support fundraising. Currently developing an enterprise AI governance engine to make AI agent decisions deterministic under user-defined policies, with an MVP and investor feedback process planned.”

michael brown

Screened

Executive CEO specializing in tech-enabled services, robotics, and M&A-driven scale

New York, NY27y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator with a background in platform acquisitions, tuck-ins, turnarounds, and robotics commercialization. At Skyline Robotics, they were part of a company that raised $25M and are now exploring a Physical AI startup focused on autonomous property management for the UHNW market, with a planned Hamptons POC and manufacturer-backed deployment strategy.”