Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

“US leader for Freeman Clark (fractional IT leadership services) who drove a >$1.5M capital raise tied to repositioning the US business as a standalone entity. Previously led a turnaround at Environmental Data Resources by unifying fragmented data/SaaS platforms and landing Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase on significant 5-year subscriptions through co-designed solutions; also has GTM leadership experience in a PE-backed startup (LogicSource) spanning sales through delivery alignment.”

“Repeat early-stage startup CTO/first engineer who helped take Vettery from 0 to a $100M+ exit. Led product-oriented engineering with heavy investment in data science/ML, including a recommendations system and candidate evaluation model (90%+ predictive effectiveness), and scaled the modeling stack using parallel processing and Apache Airflow.”

“Operations/GTM/P&L/M&A leader and long-time product advisor exploring entrepreneurship; has conducted market research and is evaluating a cybersecurity concept focused on preventing Business Email Compromise (BEC). Demonstrated ability to turn an $80K consulting assessment into $1.4M in integration revenue and a $500K ARR follow-on by identifying target-state integration needs and building an MSP to sustain outcomes.”

“Operations leader (including COO experience) who has built and optimized internal operating systems for growing organizations, notably formalizing SOPs, org structure, KPIs/incentives, and business continuity for a scaling law firm. Also experienced translating board-level direction into executable, measurable plans at Seminole Tribe of Florida, using clear visuals and dashboards to mentor leaders without formal operations backgrounds.”

“Early GMH Associates employee who helped build the business development/operations approach that capitalized on new DoD MHPI legislation, scaling from a 4-person team to a national privatized military housing leader. Cites a turnaround from negative NOI to $50M NOI and growth to 1,400+ employees across 56 properties valued at $10B+, driven by KPI-based management, monthly P&L/satisfaction reviews, and strong client discovery and delivery discipline.”

“Founder of an LLC operating as a consulting firm providing fractional CTO services to startups, giving them parallel exposure to multiple early-stage companies. Has direct experience with MVP development, building org structures from scratch, and supporting early fundraising, and is exploring a pivot from consulting into a scalable product business while staying engaged with the VC/accelerator ecosystem.”

“Cross-functional product/engineering leader with startup and enterprise experience (Whimstay, Wells Fargo, Leap AI Technologies). Has owned end-to-end delivery including UI and payment architecture—built a multi-customer reservation payment flow using pre-auth plus event/timer-driven reminders and handled tricky edge cases like date changeover. Also introduced lightweight process (Jira, sprints, team/module structuring) to increase delivery speed in an early-stage AI document-matching startup.”

“Insurtech R&D leader turned CTO with 25+ years across telecom, DoD, automotive, and commercial insurance. Built patented AI-driven insurance document ingestion (>95% accuracy with 1–3 samples) and led Azure-based backend/service development while managing up to 15 engineers at a commercial P&C MGA that reached a ~$60M book of business (~30 loss ratio) before run-off due to paper issues. Known for hands-on discovery (including field inspections) and rapid MVP delivery, including a risk-inspection iPad app that auto-generated draft reports.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience hiring and standing up a product support function, then reducing ambiguity across Sales/CS/Product Support through clear roles and KPI-driven accountability. Reported outcomes include +20% customer satisfaction, +40% employee engagement, and -10% churn, with an emphasis on structured execution (deliverables/deadlines/follow-ups) and proactive risk/disaster recovery planning.”

“Global talent acquisition/executive search leader from FIS Global who managed a distributed recruiting org and partnered closely with HRBPs and C-suite leaders. Has driven enterprise-wide recruiting lifecycle improvements (including onboarding programs to reduce attrition) and engaged in strategic initiatives like an AI council tied to product roadmap decisions.”

“Operations leader who built holding-company infrastructure from the ground up for Fairwood Brands, a national collection of design-build landscaping companies—spanning finance/accounting, HR, safety, fleet, and corporate admin. Emphasizes data-driven visibility into financial/operational performance and pricing discipline to materially improve profitability and enable scalable growth, while mentoring founders and leadership teams through change.”

“Operations leader with deep experience scaling early-stage energy companies, including helping take Sunnova through an IPO and currently building Radial Power’s project development and accounting frameworks. Known for creating standardized, repeatable workflows (interconnections/community solar) and service operating models (centralized dispatch + local field service) that reduce cost, backlog, and time-to-NTP while enabling rapid growth.”

“Operations leader specializing in building scalable internal systems for startups, from being Spoonflower’s first ops hire (5th employee) to launching its first international Berlin/EMEA office from scratch. At bookingkit, drove measurable operational improvements by implementing a customized OKR framework (+18% goal achievement) and deploying automation/AI tools like Contractbook and kapa.ai to eliminate manual work and save engineering time.”

“Operations and back-office scaling leader from Diversified Restaurant Group who helped design a 3–5 year strategy/structure/culture plan to support growth from ~$280M to $1B revenue. Experienced bringing core functions (finance, HR, payroll, risk) in-house and leading a major Workday HCM implementation, including securing C-suite buy-in for a ~$1M investment and running a collaborative RFP/workflow-mapping process.”

“Senior technology/executive leader with 30+ years building and scaling mission-critical platforms across blockchain, cloud, cybersecurity, and fintech, including leading 100+ person global teams and managing $100M P&Ls. Founded Pharus (2022) after driving Web2-to-Web3/DeFi/metaverse initiatives at SDK Co, using a first-principles, PoC-driven approach to deliver secure, compliance-aware transformations (GDPR/NYDFS) and multi-million-dollar optimizations, with a focus on quantum-resistant Web3 and ethical AI governance.”

“Senior technology leader and hands-on builder spanning enterprise architecture and product/engineering leadership across healthcare and entertainment. Has led high-impact cloud and security architecture decisions (including establishing a private cloud to address scalability/security at massive scale) and scaled orgs 300% using pod-based team structures. Currently building an AI-supported hydroponics/vertical farming IoT framework (ESP32 + Azure) and a musician collaboration platform (React + Neo4j + AWS).”

“Engineering leader who stays hands-on in high-leverage technical areas (architecture, scalability, reliability) while operating at an executive level. Led StagePilot’s shift from a tightly coupled legacy system to a cloud-native, event-driven real-time platform proven at 1M+ concurrent users, and previously scaled multiple SRE teams at McGraw-Hill with SLOs, on-call, and blameless ops practices.”

“Hands-on HR/operations executive (CHRO profile) with experience modernizing internal operations by leading an ADP-to-UKG payroll/HRIS migration that expanded capabilities across recruiting, onboarding, and benefits. Strong in vendor evaluation, change management, and de-risking implementations via parallel payroll runs, executive sponsorship, and field-focused training; also mentors leadership teams on operations and P&L-driven execution.”

“Founder of an accounting and consulting firm who scaled operations organically and through acquisition, building internal structure with employee handbooks, SOPs, and integrated time-tracking/billing plus project management systems. Acts as a fractional CFO/financial partner to small business owners, using variance and operational-metric analysis to drive decisions around process improvements, acquisitions, company sales, contracts, and benefits. Strong in change management and pragmatic tooling—replacing spreadsheet-based workflows with standardized systems and templates that improve consistency and training.”

“Led acquisition efforts for the Etkin family partners during their transition from construction ownership into industrial real estate investing, focusing on REO acquisitions in the Denver/Front Range market (1990–1995). Built a structured due diligence and underwriting approach, developed financial analysis tooling, and navigated multi-stakeholder family dynamics while leveraging top brokerage relationships to source and lease assets.”

“Currently a startup CTO who thrives on building new technology stacks and rapidly turning technical ideas into products. Interested in partnering with a CEO/business team to commercialize embedded/edge concepts such as multi-sensor drone localization (video/audio/RF with SDR), low-cost solar+battery power nodes networked via LoRa, and an Amazon Sidewalk/LoRa connectivity device with cloud management.”

“Technically oriented operator with experience driving a strategic migration to Microsoft Azure to modernize a company toward microservices and CI/CD, improving scalability and positioning for long-term optimization. Evaluates product ideas through an operational lens (efficiency, decision support, process optimization) and emphasizes building viable products with paying customers while maintaining revenue resilience.”

“Full-stack engineer who built and owned an AI-powered personal statement editor in Next.js (App Router + TypeScript), including dynamic routing, server-side data fetching, and typed API route handlers. Post-launch, they handled production monitoring/debugging and shipped reliability/performance upgrades (rate limiting, retries, rollback, DB indexing), and report a 40% latency reduction using Suspense/streaming and React concurrency patterns. Also implemented a durable Temporal-orchestrated AI document workflow with robust retry/idempotency strategies.”

“Minority owner in a supply chain/logistics SaaS company (10 years operating) deployed in dozens of warehouses across enterprise and SMB customers. Known for turning technical pain points into business opportunities—previously created a paid performance testing services department leveraging OLTP/performance optimization expertise, generating new revenue while improving customer implementations. Demonstrates strong early-stage execution across product, coding, sales, and strategic pivots.”