Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

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.”

“Operations/finance leader with experience building the operational backbone for fast-growing firms, including setting up recordkeeping, internal controls, and brokerage-specific clearing firm decisions. Helped scale an entity from ~$30M to nearly ~$300M and later modernized consulting-firm expense operations by implementing Concur integrated with ERP, with a hands-on approach to systems selection and change management.”

Zia Karim

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive AI and technology leader specializing in regulated enterprise and FinTech

Stamford, CT26y exp

“Founder with 10+ years in the startup ecosystem who is actively building an early-stage company and raising capital through partners in Singapore, Dubai, and LatAm. Deeply familiar with VC and accelerator models but intentionally pursuing a partner-led, B2B enterprise route to accelerate revenue, preserve control, and leverage direct customer and distribution access.”

Kathy Gagne

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Leadership Advisor specializing in organizational design, culture transformation, and board coaching

East Greenwich, RI37y exp

“Operations and organizational effectiveness advisor who builds scalable playbooks and maturity-based operating frameworks for growing organizations, including investment portfolio companies. Has led change and regulatory adoption work in a large financial institution and coached a rapidly scaling fintech founder/exec team to improve trust, delegation, and decision-making.”

Sehar Uddin

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Digital Marketing & Technical SEO Strategist specializing in B2B and B2C growth

Northbrook, IL9y exp

“Performance marketer with pharma advertising experience managing $50K+/month budgets across search, display, and programmatic. They highlight measurable efficiency gains—about 20% lower CPA and 30% higher conversions over two quarters—while using a structured, statistically minded testing approach and full-funnel budget allocation across Meta, TikTok, and Google. Seeking contract/freelance work.”

“Senior product leader from Salesforce Maps with a rare blend of enterprise platform modernization, AI product strategy, and hands-on UX judgment. Led a two-year rebuild that delivered 7x faster performance and seamless migration for 5,000+ customer orgs, while also driving onboarding changes that cut churn from 26% to 6% and increased DAU 268%. Also brings accessibility-driven design thinking, patented visualization work, and current AI-augmented consulting experience.”

“Startup-focused technology leader who has supported two startups over ~10 years, including conducting initial M&A/technology-fit research and serving as CTO to build required platforms. Recently automated manual marketing lead processing with agentic AI and drove workflow standardization through user interviews to align teams on a common process.”

Richard Adams

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CEO/CTO) specializing in IoT, wireless audio, and connected devices

Los Angeles, California24y exp

“Repeat entrepreneur with multiple exits who emphasizes rigorous pre-build market research and customer discovery to validate product-market fit. Previously built Hygiene IQ for restaurant/hospitality markets and describes an end-to-end process from prototyping and MVP testing through supply chain. Currently has a pitch deck for an AI-enabled holistic companion for healthy aging (physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing).”

“Senior startup operator who turned an open-ended AI Data Fabric platform at Mapped into a validated category with repeatable revenue—building PMF validation, GTM (pricing/packaging, first GTM hires), and a major partner ecosystem (Microsoft, Honeywell, NTT, global SIs). Drove lighthouse Fortune 100 deployments, scaled to multi-million ARR within 24 months with ~70% partner-influenced pipeline, and led two fundraising rounds with full diligence/financial modeling and an OKR-driven operating system.”

“Early hire at FullCycle who owned high-trust fund operations initiatives spanning tax (K-1) process redesign, investor communications, and executive support. Known for building scalable systems (including an executive communication framework adopted as a team best practice) and for driving complex logistics like getting a team to Davos while keeping core fund operations running.”

“Early-stage startup operator with 12+ years in Vancouver spanning venture studios, Silicon Valley Bank, accelerators, and go-to-market roles. Has worked on both sides of the venture ecosystem, helped multiple companies go to market, and has exposure to outcomes ranging from exits and IPOs to failed ventures. Especially compelling for venture studio or CEO roles requiring deep ecosystem fluency and strong investor/operator networks.”

“20-year technology builder with ~8 years in healthcare AI, currently at Keycentrix modernizing a legacy pharmacy solutions business. Shipped an OCR MVP within days and delivered a rebate-based product generating ~$50K/month, leveraging Claude/LangGraph agentic automation to replace work typically requiring a much larger engineering team. Developing a "Longevity AI Copilot" B2B platform that synthesizes research, labs, and wearable data into personalized longevity protocols for HNW and corporate wellness markets; concept validated but not yet incorporated or funded.”

Jones Pavan

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in platform modernization and AI integration

Burbank, CA15y exp

“Engineering leader from Blackline who has repeatedly rescued and delivered high-visibility products by resetting roadmaps, tightening execution (better specs/estimation), and accelerating team velocity. Scaled a distributed org from ~20 to ~40 engineers by building a new India team with strong hiring rubrics and governance-as-code/SDLC consistency. Also modernized legacy systems into microservices (Kafka/Kubernetes/Apigee) and drove hackathon-to-production innovation using Google Vertex AI.”

Adam Jones

Screened

Executive Technology Leader specializing in omnichannel digital platforms and product strategy

Chicago, IL16y exp

“Founder of Token Events and former Executive Director of Technology in digital advertising who leveraged large datasets to identify a market gap in first-party/affinity data and digital rewards. Has multiple patents, raised $2.2M, built a beta product, and secured a signed LOI/MSA while launching into the Austin, TX market.”