Vetted Chief Operating Officers in the NYC Metro

“Serial venture builder/operator across ad tech, media delivery, search engines, international content management, and ecommerce; has raised up to $150M and been involved in 8 acquisitions or IP-acquisition events. Known for refactoring/re-engineering smaller or troubled platforms into higher-value businesses, including building yield-management algorithms and a Kafka-like system to improve ad delivery profitability.”

Michael Cohen

Screened

Executive Data & AI Leader specializing in enterprise SaaS and marketing analytics

New York, NY17y exp

“AI strategy and execution consultant currently doing contract/ad hoc work and planning to formalize the business with partnerships, GTM strategy, pro forma financials, and marketing/tech investments focused on AI productivity, governance, and security. Background includes founding startup teams, M&A/integration, and operating leadership in VC-backed scale-ups (Insight Ventures, EIP, Zetta Ventures) plus C-suite experience in a global PE-backed holding company, with 20+ years of published work in prediction and decision systems.”

Sokhnadiarra Ndiaye

Screened

Mid-level founder and community growth leader specializing in education and startup partnerships

New York, NY8y exp

“Founder-operator who built and pivoted Muneko from a media translation startup into a media distribution platform for emerging-market film and TV, securing LOIs, pilots, and high-profile industry relationships. Earlier served as COO of a NYC policy advocacy organization at age 18, helping scale it from a small team to 50-70 active members while driving major events and public visibility.”

Craig Bower

Screened

Executive operations leader specializing in PE-backed healthcare platform integration

New York Metro, USA8y exp

“Healthcare and multi-entity operations leader who progressed from managing infrastructure at NYU Langone to building enterprise operating systems across acquired businesses at True Ventures Group, and now serves as founding COO at NSCS. Stands out for combining hands-on integration execution with executive-level governance, including $12M budget ownership, $1.3M in savings, double-digit EBITDA growth, and centralized shared-services buildouts across clinical and care operations.”

“Candidate participated in Launch Factory's venture studio selection process, which introduced them to a formalized startup methodology, and then went on to found and recently exit their own business. They are highly motivated to keep building companies, with a clear emphasis on creating products that serve a community and validating market need through product-market fit.”

“Operations/program leader with experience supporting CEOs and scaling organizations through rapid expansion and multi-team initiatives. Implemented RACI + Asana-based execution systems and built board/KPI reporting cadences that improved executive decision speed and visibility across departments. Has worked across startups and in a foundation environment in C-suite-adjacent roles.”

“Fractional ops/HR leader with 15 years of experience supporting ~40 startups, building internal operations and people infrastructure from scratch (HRIS, recruiting funnels, career pathing, benefits). Recently helped a Series A company ($11M raise) implement headcount budgeting and runway modeling to align young founders on sustainable hiring plans, and uses survey/exit-interview feedback loops to fix leadership communication and retention issues.”

Dewayne DeRozzo

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Strategy & Operations Leader specializing in SaaS, AI, and GTM transformation

New York, NY13y exp

“Ops/tech program leader who supported the national rollout of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by building an enterprise OKR system and implementing Asana + real-time dashboards across technology, operations, clinical support, and communications. Has led a 15-person team and repeatedly improves executive productivity through pragmatic tool rollouts (HubSpot, SharePoint/Confluence, Slack/Zoom) and lightweight integrations.”

Hadar Bar-zakai

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff specializing in strategic operations for SaaS startups

New York, NY8y exp

“Operations, project management, and QA leader at ColdTrack, a logistics tech company serving the cold chain and perishables industry. Progressed from operations/PM into QA leadership, where they built structured QA and release processes, cut defects by ~80%, and led 15 legacy-to-in-house client migrations with minimal disruption. Strong fit for fast-moving environments that need operational rigor, cross-functional execution, and customer-sensitive delivery.”

“Longtime operator who spent 12 years helping build a NYC hair care brand from a tiny manual operation into a broader wholesale and hospitality business with distribution across the US, EU, UK, and China. Currently serves as COO and sole employee of the brand while also acting as Director of Operations for a sister salon business, owning everything from product development and fulfillment to HR, payroll, and Shopify operations.”

Mila Chernik

Screened

Executive strategy and operations leader specializing in SaaS, payments, and AI

New York, NY17y exp

“Operator and transformation leader with deep SaaS/payments experience across fintech, ecommerce, retail, and hospitality. Has led large cross-functional organizations through Agile, portfolio, and architecture transformations, including $20M ARR impact at Movex and major performance/cost gains at HS-Soft. Also brings founder-level strategic advisory experience, building ROI cases for growth and AI automation investments.”