Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

“Solo founder running a venture studio (Mongoose) building AI-personalized products (e.g., faith-based daily devotional, meal planning, and a platform aimed at helping retiring SMB owners sell businesses). Previously at InsideTrack, leveraged a Department of Labor grant program to break into the community college market and secured major contracts ($5M and $3M) by helping institutions craft winning grant applications.”

“Strategy & operations leader with senior roles at OnDeck, BlockFi, and Protocol Labs who owned founder-level initiatives end-to-end. Notably launched the first crypto credit card, driving 150k first-year sign-ups (vs 30k target) and boosting adoption of other offerings, and later cut time-to-hire from ~6 months to ~6 weeks while rebuilding GTM and operating frameworks.”

“Former Director of Product turned Head of People at Endeavor, blending product/analytics rigor with HR leadership. Managed globally dispersed teams across 30+ countries and helped standardize leadership expectations for managing directors across 40+ offices through competency alignment and structured evaluations.”

“VP-level marketing leader in proptech/real estate marketplaces who blends brand strategy with performance rigor. Repositioned RentSpree with a full narrative/IA and cross-channel messaging overhaul driving +32% conversions and major signup growth, and built an internal AI copy assistant to scale on-brand content across teams. At QuintoAndar, created the company’s first 360 mass media acquisition engine, delivering significant lifts in direct traffic, visits, and contracts while implementing CAC guardrails and MMM-style measurement.”

“Strategic operations and org design leader who led restructuring at MGM Resorts, including an "org-blind" approach separating structure design from talent evaluation to reduce bias. Also teaches strategic management at a university and has advised/mentored C-suite leaders, combining high-level strategy with hands-on stakeholder listening (e.g., UNLV dean strategic re-envisioning).”

“Organizational effectiveness and transformation leader who has driven everything from $75M turnarounds to building operating blueprints for smaller businesses. Blends culture/leadership change with rigorous operational design (process mapping, decision rights) and measurable outcomes (free cash flow), and also serves as an executive coach using tools like 360 feedback and DiSC. Has advised CEOs on major negotiation strategy, including a collective agreement impacting ~10,000 employees.”

“Growth-stage operator/CMO who helped scale DealerOn from 12 people and $1M to 800 people and $125M, building SEO/digital ads products, client success operations, and multi-source performance dashboards. Led a thought-leadership marketing engine with Google/Facebook partnerships and implemented Salesforce-based acquisition campaigns; experience optimizing onboarding and retention across different customer segments (auto dealers, law firms, home services).”

“Game/interactive software QA professional with experience spanning AAA titles (Activision Black Ops 3; Halo 4/Forge) and VR at Meta (The World Beyond). Notable for modernizing QA operations at Lego BrickLink Studio by implementing Testmo and dramatically increasing test coverage and user satisfaction, plus quickly diagnosing and unblocking a critical public-launch issue caused by misconfigured gatekeeper flags.”

“Brazil-based startup CTO who raised $3M and spent 5 years building an agri-fintech credit origination tool for farmers, including going through Y Combinator and fundraising via Demo Day and Brazilian VCs. Ultimately shut the company down due to market shifts (rising interest rates and farmer delinquency), demonstrating pragmatic judgment and deep exposure to credit-market dynamics.”

“Unity VR/MR developer with multiple shipped Meta Quest projects, including a multi-user mixed-reality co-creation experience featuring real-time connection logic and shader-driven mesh generation for performance. Also builds AI-powered interactive applications, recently creating a video interview simulator using OpenAI API, HeyGen real-time avatars, and AWS audio/agent tooling while managing end-to-end latency challenges.”

“Built and shipped PromptGuard, a production middleware proxy that secures GenAI RAG/agent systems against prompt injection and unsafe tool use using risk scoring, graded policy actions, and least-privilege tool gating. Also replaced LangChain abstractions with a custom state-machine runner for a production voice agent to reduce latency and improve traceability, and delivered a clinic call assistant by converting front-desk/doctor requirements into scenario-based guardrails and measurable evals.”

“NYC-based HR Business Partner with deep startup experience supporting product, design, and analytics orgs. Known for building competency matrices and career pathing frameworks that stabilized teams and improved retention during rapid growth, and for partnering with senior leadership through multiple RIFs using a transparency-first communication and support approach.”

“HR/operations leader with experience since 2003 advising and working directly for owners across multiple organizations, including building scalable HR infrastructure during a major growth phase at Bosch. Known for using market data and benchmarking to drive compensation changes that improved employee quality, and for designing scalable compliance programs (e.g., I-9 remediation with ongoing training and annual reviews). Recently launched an independent consulting practice and leverages structured communication and AI meeting assistants to manage part-time advisory engagements.”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

“Operations and revenue-ops leader with higher-education experience who built a team and the full operating/marketing/sales infrastructure from scratch, getting to revenue in under a year and beating projections by year 2. Deep hands-on Salesforce CRM implementation and automation (lead-to-opportunity conversion, round-robin assignment, dashboards) paired with data-driven brand/market research and executive mentoring.”

“Enterprise Architecture leader with insurance domain experience (Farmers Insurance) who drove a multi-phase roadmap to modernize a siloed CRM landscape—migrating from legacy Siebel to Salesforce Financial Services Cloud with Customer 360, MDM, and omnichannel capabilities. Also led a high-impact architecture decision to implement offline billing to reduce customer-facing downtime, including complex SAP/on-prem-to-cloud integration and transaction sync.”

“Current COO who rebuilds and scales operational backbones end-to-end—data architecture, workflows, dashboards, and operating cadence—creating real-time visibility into pipeline, cycle times, and revenue forecasting. Known as a cross-functional integrator (hiring, GTM, finance, investors) who drives tough tradeoffs and turns ambiguity into durable operating systems.”

“Operations leader with heavy industrial and climate/industrial innovation exposure: led ops for a novel cement-disruption product involving site selection near CO2 emitters and feedstock/offtake sourcing to reach a proof-of-concept facility. Previously recommissioned an oil re-refinery within a year, owning cross-functional hiring plus compliance, budgeting, and community relations—delivering on time and on budget.”

“Senior soccer leader and educator: former NCAA coach across Div I/II/III, youth national team contributor, and ex-leader within a major state soccer organization. Now VP of Education at United Soccer Coaches, known for integrating sports psychology into coaching and for transforming Washington & Lee into a #1-ranked, perennial Final Four program while also excelling in recruiting and player evaluation.”

“Early-stage GTM and revenue-operations builder who helped Seculert (cybersecurity breach detection) scale beyond founder-led sales as US employee #3, standing up TAM/ICP targeting, first SDR/AE hires, Salesforce, and lead scoring/qualification systems. Experienced mentoring founders/executives with lightweight, stage-appropriate operating cadences and playbooks to create repeatable pipeline and scalable execution.”

“Chief of Staff at the Kufel Group with a strong operator + investment/portfolio orientation, leading OKR rollout, real-time portfolio reporting, and AI workflow adoption in parallel. Built AI-enabled executive productivity systems (meeting transcription/summaries, prep briefs, scheduling optimization) and measured impact via an Executive Effectiveness Dashboard, citing a 40% drop in urgent escalations and 13% portfolio performance improvement.”

“Entrepreneur and fundraising leader with 8 years raising $500K–$55M across life sciences, transportation, and brand marketing. Notably raised $55M for an oncology startup by de-risking the story and sourcing aligned institutional investors with drug development expertise. Brings a highly structured, metrics-driven approach to validation and surgical go-to-market execution in resource-constrained environments.”

“Operations leader with manufacturing-heavy experience across Greene Tweed, Chem-Trend, and Ketjen, known for building operational structure (org design + KPI flow-down) and translating shop-floor realities into measurable financial outcomes. Has delivered significant profitability gains (20% site profitability; 15% product profitability) through Lean methods, process documentation, SIOP/production planning improvements, and cross-functional alignment with Sales/CCO.”

“Technology leader who built a unified platform for Fox live sports production operations starting in 2019, delivering an initial operational system on an ~18-month timeline while simultaneously scaling an in-house engineering team from a service-provider partnership. Led a security architecture for external vendors/partners using a separate Okta instance with zero-trust and passwordless authentication, and drove adoption through strong change management, documentation, and agile execution.”