Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

“Startup President in the liquor/spirits space with hands-on experience raising capital (from friends & family through family offices/venture) and leading a major pivot from DTC to wholesale. Built GTM plans, leveraged partnerships to secure distribution across 8 states, and launched an American Single Malt positioned as a category leader ahead of TTB ratification, including product/brand strategy and multi-market rollout.”

“Operations/PMO leader across IPG Mediabrands, Kinesso, and IPG Corporate with deep experience building executive governance systems and cross-functional operating rhythms. Led high-visibility transformations including a $36M global rebrand and created data-backed dashboards/cadences that improved efficiency (10–20%) and executive alignment, including oversight of a 175M monthly media spend analysis.”

“Previously supported capital raising at Space Ocean Corp by securing several thousand dollars in grant funding and building investor-readiness/outreach materials. Has early exposure to VC/studio/accelerator meetings and articulates nuanced differences in their incentives and time horizons. Interested in refining skills as an early-stage CTO and is highly committed to entrepreneurship.”

Christina Vogel

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief of Staff and Operations Strategist specializing in enterprise SaaS and compliance

Newtown Square, PA22y exp

“Operations/executive-support leader with Chief of Staff compensation expectations who routinely managed multiple cross-functional initiatives, including large customer conferences and strategic customer escalations. Created scalable digital onboarding (rewrote customer comms, built self-serve implementation materials and product onboarding videos) that eliminated workflow bottlenecks and increased customer adoption by a few hundred percent while keeping executives aligned through concise status updates.”

Vijay Mohan

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in AI, cloud platforms, and enterprise software

Nashua, NH25y exp

“Founder of Braindump (redfly.ai), an AI companion for memory and personal organization, who has already raised $60,000 from Alchemist Accelerator. Brings hands-on experience with customer discovery, technical validation, and VC pitching, and stands out for a first-principles approach to building products with dramatic performance and cost improvements.”

“Operations leader with experience standing up and scaling a bespoke, high-growth services operating model at ADP (Comprehensive Services), including SOP standardization, BPM/workflow deployment, and analytics/automation enablement. Reports major outcomes including 99.5%+ accuracy, NPS 71, and a turnaround from losses to significant profitability growth, with a metrics- and governance-driven approach to change management and executive advising.”

“CFO for PE-owned Catalyze Holdings (distributed generation solar + battery storage for C&I) brought in to professionalize a founder-led startup into an IPO-ready organization. Implemented IPO-readiness governance plus Procore and NetSuite (on time/on budget), established KPI and stage-gate operating rhythms, and drove change management that improved process clarity and reduced G&A spend.”

“Operations-focused startup builder who creates “enterprise-ready” maturity through reliability testing systems, data collection, and customer-facing quarterly reviews. Has a process-first approach (document → automate → scale), including automating manufacturing testing and moving it to a contract manufacturer. Experienced mentoring founders/executives using GQM and improving leadership effectiveness through targeted coaching and role redesign.”

Stephen Boney

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive operating partner and global manufacturing leader in metals and packaging

Nashville, TN41y exp

“Operations and quality leader who co-founded and scaled a patented-product business in the retail paint industry to $400k+ revenue with ~50% gross margin, while maintaining perfect delivery and quality-return records through a disciplined supplier audit system. Former global quality leader at Novelis who used collaborative self-assessment frameworks to drive ~65% reduction in customer claims and mentor non-operations teams (including sales) in practical quality tools and loss reduction.”