Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

“Entrepreneur building an applied-AI tool for geological resource exploration (critical minerals, oil & gas) that overlays proprietary and public data from reports/logs/maps to generate evidence-based greenfield profiling insights. Has spent ~2 years on industry research, built a POC, validated demand with purchasing signals, and developed partnerships/network including USGS, DARPA, and ESRI.”

“Engineering/technology leader who stays hands-on while driving executive-level roadmap execution, with deep experience modernizing cloud-based LIMS/LIS platforms and building AI-driven lab analytics. Led a monolith-to-microservices cloud migration with containerization and CI/CD, and delivered a reported 30% reduction in lab turnaround time while strengthening compliance.”

“Talent/recruiting operations leader with 20+ years of experience managing large, distributed teams across ~78 U.S. sites. Led multi-site restructuring and a major onboarding initiative that delivered nearly $15M in first-year savings, with a strong emphasis on quality hiring and operational metrics (time-to-hire, conversion, offers/approvals) using Lever and CRM tools.”

“Operations-focused leader/consultant who has built corporate teams from scratch and redesigned customer success vs. implementation workflows for scalable new-client onboarding. Uses structured operational audits (tools, contracts, process mapping) to identify redundancies and automation opportunities, then drives adoption through team buy-in. Also mentors cross-functional leaders and has been retained for post-acquisition systems integration.”

“Engineering/technology leader who spearheaded an ultra low-latency AI-CDN SaaS platform on a multi-cloud stack (AWS/Azure/Alicloud), helping transform ARHT from a boutique provider into a global SaaS solution. Built distributed engineering and follow-the-sun support teams and helped secure major enterprise clients (TD Bank, Gucci, NATO, EY) while also leading board communications and raising $6M for a public-listed company.”

“Operations-focused leader who joined a consulting firm immediately after consolidating 5 companies via M&A and built standardized time tracking plus utilization analytics that became a core executive-management tool. Experienced in change management and cross-functional redesign of business systems, including simplifying an over-engineered Salesforce CRM to improve sales adoption and pipeline data integrity.”

“Engineering leader with hands-on coding time who has driven major commerce and data-platform transformations: defined goop’s omnichannel strategy, unified payments to Square, and rebuilt real-time NetSuite inventory flows plus forecasting tools. Currently reorganized engineering into Product/Data/Support teams to hit aggressive seasonal roadmaps, and led a data-lake/medallion ELT refactor feeding embedded analytics (Tinybird) with improved reliability and cost efficiency; also accelerates onboarding via AI coding tools in a serverless, event-driven architecture.”

“Solo-built and launched an AI logo generator SaaS in ~2 months using React/Next.js/TypeScript with managed auth and payments, deploying via Vercel/GitHub CI/CD. Also has hands-on AWS production experience running containerized services with Terraform-managed multi-environment infrastructure and strong reliability patterns for integrations/pipelines.”

“Providing technical guidance to a small team exploring a biomedical startup focused on earlier disease detection, including for remote/underserved areas. The venture is in ideation with initial research completed and is moving toward prototyping while exploring initial investment/support.”

“Built and deployed a compliance-sensitive LLM pipeline that extracts rebate logic from hospital–supplier medical contracts, using multi-layer redaction (regex/NER/dictionary), schema-validated structured outputs, and secure placeholder reinsertion. Hosted models on Amazon Bedrock to avoid retraining on sensitive data and improved both accuracy and cost by splitting the workflow into a lightweight section classifier plus a fine-tuned extraction model, orchestrated with LangChain and evaluated via layered, test-driven agent assessments.”

“Entrepreneurial healthcare executive who led major growth at CAN Community Health (1,800% over 6 years) and launched an in-clinic pharmacy model (partnered with Maxor, expanded to three pharmacies) that ultimately generated about half of CAN’s $435M revenue. Brings hands-on experience raising capital, building detailed budgets/ramp-to-breakeven plans, and executing privacy-focused care delivery for HIV patients.”

“Growth and brand marketing leader with franchising experience who helped scale Xponential Fitness’ Rumble Boxing from 15 to 90 locations in 4 years, delivering a 30% lift in lead gen/conversions and hitting systemwide revenue targets. Built scalable omnichannel launch playbooks for new openings and created an influencer/creator engine that tripled creative output and cut CPL by 25%. Former CMO for a music-nostalgia-driven brand with strong perspective on creator authenticity and IP/credit in marketing.”

“Growth/creative marketing leader who served as CMO of a leading online travel agency in Brazil, owning Black Friday performance and creative strategy under budget constraints. Drove a Meta-to-WhatsApp segmented community funnel (plus live shopping) that they report produced ~$400K in sales from ~$20K spend, using pixel-based targeting, bots for in-group conversion, and a SOP-driven creative production system.”

“Operator/CIO-type leader who has supported multiple founding teams and stepped in early at a high-growth venture (4th employee) to build core operations and hiring as the company scaled rapidly (4→40 employees; ~$1M→~$8M revenue in a year). Implemented an enterprise ATS across ~600 employees to centralize candidate flow and cut talent acquisition costs, and created a standardized operational playbook (30–40 offerings) to improve delivery efficiency in a healthcare/pharma-focused agency.”

“Early-stage operator brought in as hire #1 in a VP/president capacity to build a franchised business from two studios into a scaled support organization (including franchisee onboarding, call center, and a 60-person support staff). Implemented EOS and KPI dashboarding to accelerate speed-to-open and speed-to-profitability, then replicated the playbook as president of an acquired boxing brand while building accounting and ops teams from scratch.”

“Sales/business development operator who has repeatedly built outbound motions from scratch—most recently launching a B2B recruiting GTM at Pinnacle Private Credit, generating 50+ relationships, a $50K+ pipeline in 5 weeks, and closing 7 enterprise agreements with C-suite financial services stakeholders. Also co-founded a defense tech startup (multi-sensor aerial threat detection), led investor outreach to 100+ investors, and applies AI/ML both for outreach personalization (ChatGPT/Claude) and product work (sensor fusion/threat detection).”

“Operations/product-and-engineering leader who has repeatedly retooled early-stage/growing orgs (Open English, Metrc) to scale by implementing Scrum/Kanban, building metrics-driven decision systems, and upgrading teams with experienced product/engineering leadership. At Metrc, used data to drive executive alignment, established scrum teams and a 2-week cadence within 30 days, and helped burn down years of backlog/bugs while improving customer survey feedback within 3 months.”

“Higher-education operations leader (Assistant Dean at Howard University School of Business; inaugural Associate VP of Student Affairs/Enrollment Management at University of the District of Columbia) known for rebuilding and modernizing internal operations under constraint. Delivered measurable results including sustaining fiscal integrity across three budget cycles post-staff reduction and improving admissions throughput (+25% applications, 50% faster decisions) through process re-engineering, automation, and cross-functional governance.”

“Operations leader experienced in scaling and professionalizing founder-led and early-stage/growth manufacturing organizations (Keyline USA, Novagard, Process Technology). Known for implementing structured operating systems (RACI, S&OP, balanced scorecard, lean daily management) and ERP-enabled visibility (SAP HANA), delivering quantified improvements in throughput, inventory, capacity, and EBITDA while driving cultural adoption through pragmatic change management.”

“Senior enterprise architecture and engineering leader (Sr. Director / Principal Architect) who has owned enterprise IT strategy and governance for a $100M budget and partnered directly with C-suite stakeholders. Led a cruise-industry employee/crew digital transformation, scaling to 10 agile teams (~70 people) using SAFe/TOGAF and making architecture decisions optimized for low-connectivity environments (local database to avoid internet authentication).”