Vetted Consultants

“Operations/finance leader who joined Google during a rapid growth phase (circa 2007–2008) and built foundational analytics and governance systems across revenue, partnerships, and global marketing finance. Known for shifting organizations from qualitative/"feel" decisions to metrics-driven quota setting, deal evaluation (including cannibalization and margin thresholds), and ROI-based marketing budgeting while aligning senior stakeholders like CFO and CMO.”

“C-level operator and advisor who has led operational transformations at growing companies from ~$100M revenue to multi-billion scale. Focuses on working backwards from a north star to build KPI/decision-owner mechanisms, P&L-linked accountability, and agile org structures—citing outcomes like +500 bps market share gains, millions saved in people costs, and EBITDA acceleration for a PE exit.”

“Founder-sourcing and pipeline operator with energy/sustainability network who has sourced and built multi-touch relationships with founders (including an SF-based founder building an AI platform for data-center permitting/financing/offtake). Uses a structured discovery and tracking process, provides value through insights and introductions, and produces partner-ready summaries and recommendations to drive go/no-go decisions.”

“Operations/People Ops-focused startup operator who has supported 6 early-stage companies, implementing scalable recruiting and HR infrastructure (Greenhouse/Lever/Ashby, BambooHR) while intentionally avoiding over-engineered systems. Experienced mentoring founders and junior execs on compensation frameworks (pay grades, market benchmarking, equal pay) and improving cross-functional execution by reducing redundancy through transparent project scheduling.”

“BCG consultant with repeated "founder-level" ownership of large, cross-functional initiatives, including a financial services data management transformation delivering +30% client satisfaction and -60% issue resolution time. Also led portfolio strategy for a $160B biopharma client, building board-level models and aligning stakeholders across five segments to drive a 23% price increase and improved post-merger cost structure.”

Joshua Seiden

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in emerging tech commercialization

Centennial, Colorado33y exp

“Startup operations/product advisor and long-time accelerator mentor who has helped multiple early-stage companies become enterprise-ready—shifting teams to customer-driven roadmaps and implementing CI/Agile delivery processes. Notably supported an Israeli company in landing a Fortune 30 customer before it later IPO’d on NASDAQ, and helped an Australian startup operationalize delivery to secure deployment with a major telecom and sports league.”

Bill Boedeker

Screened

Executive Marketing & Communications Leader specializing in financial services and AI/ML content

New York, NY18y exp

“Executive communications and program management professional with experience at BlackRock Alternatives and JPMorgan’s Machine Learning Center of Excellence. Led high-velocity, cross-functional initiatives like a weekly president’s newsletter to 900 global employees and built Monday.com reporting boards for a rapidly scaling global ML org, while also coordinating multi-track executive events (AI Summit) and handling sensitive, ADA-compliant HR issues with discretion.”

Benjamin Staeheli

Screened

Executive banking operations leader specializing in transformation, BPaaS, and payments

Zürich/Berne, Switzerland29y exp

“Operator with private-equity-backed scaling experience who standardized and automated global service delivery into a centralized CoE model to improve scalability and unit economics. Led company-wide Toyota Kata adoption (100+ processes improved) and an enterprise AI implementation generating $10M net contribution, with strong PE board communication and metric-driven execution.”

“Operator focused on scaling and growing organizations, with experience in PE/VC-backed environments. Familiar with PE/VC and accelerator/studio models and how to apply them to create business agility and rapid experimentation while preserving innovation as companies scale.”