Vetted Chief of Staffs in the NYC Metro

Monica SilvaGutierrez

Screened

Executive Operations & Chief of Staff leader specializing in org change, People Ops, and operational excellence

New York, NY18y exp

“Senior Program Manager and Chief of Staff at Google who led large-scale cross-functional transformation work, including centralizing program management across a 14,000-person global technical org. Known for building rigorous governance, executive communication cadences, and single-source-of-truth dashboards, while also optimizing executive time and managing sensitive, high-stakes information.”

“Chief of Staff / PMO leader at CAIS who built a firm-wide product & technology roadmap and delivery governance from the ground up, partnering directly with the executive committee to define OKRs and prioritization. Led cross-functional GTM readiness tracking and delivered major platform modernization (monolith to microservices) plus trade lifecycle automation in the alternative assets/independent financial advisor space, while also instituting financial discipline and vendor negotiations that saved millions.”

Alex Kittredge

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive People Strategy & Transformation Leader specializing in workforce planning and operating models

Brooklyn, NY8y exp

“Senior Program Manager / HR Chief of Staff (Global Industrial) specializing in cross-functional risk remediation, HR systems implementations, and M&A compliance. Delivered measurable outcomes including closing 18 payroll audit findings in 16 weeks, rolling out SAP SuccessFactors performance management to 2,000+ employees with major adoption gains, and remediating 600 I-9s in 6 weeks to avoid ~$3M in exposure; experienced operating with high confidentiality across large-scale M&A.”

Bryan Wang

Screened

Senior Business Operations & Chief of Staff specializing in growth and GTM for tech startups

New York, NY7y exp

“Chief of Staff at a high-growth startup who helped scale the company from Seed through Series B while owning fundraising/investor & board relations and building an enterprise GTM motion. Led the first enterprise launch by aligning CEO/CTO priorities under severe engineering constraints, then helped scale an enterprise account to 10-figures in GTV within six months. Known for executive leverage (CEO proxy), company-wide planning/communication systems, and operationalizing enterprise CS/AM processes.”

“Senior executive-operations leader who has run CEO-office functions at BNY (Head of the CEO Office) and supported scaling leadership teams at Public as Chief of Staff to Co-CEOs/Head of People. Known for building operating cadences (MBRs, offsites), creating decision-driving templates, and executing high-stakes weeks combining board governance, CEO travel/client engagements, and external communications with strong discretion.”

Alexander Altieri

Screened

Senior Corporate Lawyer & Strategic Advisor specializing in M&A and capital markets

New York, NY9y exp

“Corporate transactional/M&A attorney with private equity deal experience who runs cross-functional workstreams across tax, finance/lending, restructuring, and benefits, and is trusted as an "outside in-house counsel" for C-suite needs (board materials, equity, annual reports). Previously led day-to-day operations at a custom-apparel startup, automating fulfillment and scaling a nationwide campus-manager program (25+ hires) while improving fulfillment speed and driving $2M+ annual revenue growth.”

Andrew Chang

Screened

Executive operator and startup investor specializing in FinTech, crypto, and regulated blockchain

New York, NY22y exp

“Former COO of Paxos who joined near inception and helped scale the company to a $2.4B valuation, owning operations across nearly all functions and implementing core operating systems like OKRs and decision frameworks. Now advises and coaches early-stage founders through Lynx Collective (NYC startup community he founded), teaches a Startup Executive Bootcamp, serves as an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and sits on a public company board.”

“Talent Acquisition leader in professional services/consulting who has led national experienced hire and campus recruiting teams at scale (up to ~40 recruiters). Known for data-driven recruiting strategy—cut a campus school roster by ~60% based on ROI analysis, expanded virtual sourcing, and reduced spend—plus executive-facing workforce planning, talent model redesign, and interview process modernization (virtual, pre-recorded, psychometrics).”

Eric Holden

Screened

Senior technology and operations leader specializing in digital transformation

Manhattan, NY14y exp

“Strategy and operations leader with cross-sector experience in tech, finance, government, and logistics, known for building and scaling transformation and automation programs from the ground up. Their track record includes $4M in annual automation savings/revenue, $5M+ in first-year savings for financial institutions through KYC/AML workflow automation, and a new logistics service launch that expanded to multiple cities and generated $15M in revenue.”

“Former military professional who transitioned into finance and operations, then took on leadership responsibilities in a Series B AI tax SaaS company and later PMO/regulatory initiatives at Wafra. Brings a blend of finance, compliance, audit readiness, and cross-functional program execution, with experience managing distributed teams and modernizing paper-based processes into controlled digital workflows.”

“Senior operator and Chief of Staff with over a decade at Amazon, including scaling HR infrastructure through hypergrowth and leading a 55-country, $750M Global Mobility program. Later built Peloton's global People policy framework from scratch and now serves as CoS to the CEO at Amperity, combining executive judgment, analytical rigor, and builder-style execution.”

Bianca Polycarpe

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff specializing in consumer brands, finance, and operations

New York, NY10y exp

“Operator with a rare mix of investor/analyst roots and hands-on merchandising, demand planning, and chief-of-staff leadership across startups and major beauty brands like Chanel and Jones Road. She has led complex cross-functional initiatives from global inventory reallocation to international market launches, including a Europe expansion that generated $10M in first-year incremental revenue.”

“Data-centric operator who supports senior executives by anticipating recurring questions, building lightweight systems (meeting cadence/touchpoints), and driving cross-team clarity through rigorous documentation. Recently managed a staffing plan after significant practice turnover, navigating competing principal expectations and capability gaps while maintaining executive trust and positive feedback through proactive level-setting and discretion with PII/PHI.”

Alex Gonye

Screened

Senior strategy and M&A operator specializing in financial services and FinTech

New York, NY10y exp

“Strategy and corporate development professional who started in principal-side M&A at Morgan Stanley and PNC, including work on the Eaton Vance acquisition, then moved into a Chief of Staff role at an early-stage agentic AI company serving global financial institutions. Distinctive for operating at the intersection of analytical rigor and hands-on commercialization, with experience rebuilding pricing around a 10x ROI framework and owning enterprise client deployments in a highly ambiguous startup environment.”