Vetted General Managers

“Senior operations leader with hands-on experience removing major scale blockers in high-volume operations, including building a scalable end-to-end chain-of-custody workflow validated through time studies, throughput testing, and client-facing demonstrations. Partners directly with sales from site walks through RFPs to win enterprise clients against far larger incumbents, and drives market-level gross margin improvement through P&L-driven metric selection and controllable levers like overtime.”

“Operations Manager leading a 10-person BA team and owning operations execution across three lines of business, with additional ownership of OKRs tied to talent development (IDPs), value metrics, and recognition programs. Designed an onboarding framework aligned to company strategy and OKRs that improved retention, ramp-up, and engagement, and built healthcare college partnerships to strengthen hiring and internship pipelines while supporting cross-functional enterprise system implementations (policy admin, finance/HR, billing, call centers).”

“Business development/territory professional with hands-on outbound experience (cold calling, email, LinkedIn, ZoomInfo) and a track record of winning major business through network-driven outreach. Has operated in a chaotic early-stage expansion environment (Rent Kitchens), proactively building workflows and aligning cross-functional teams to create structure.”

“Hospitality operations leader with hands-on experience building administrative and operational infrastructure for new hotel and restaurant openings (handbooks, training, SOPs, cleaning regimens). Known for developing talent—mentored 7 team members into General Manager roles—and for running multi-property oversight using daily reporting and continuous communication to drive operational improvements.”

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

“Hospitality operator who has opened and started multiple restaurant and bar concepts, with a structured approach from concept/brand story and mission creation through to operational execution. Emphasizes repeatable standards, margin discipline (inventory, portioning, labor), and coaching founders/executives to build scalable, replicable operations.”

“Built and marketed a live free-to-play web word game (Techies WordFinder) from scratch using the Lovable AI platform, reaching 100+ users in under a month. Iterated quickly based on player feedback, reporting a 28% UX improvement and +32 seconds average time per user, and demonstrates practical live-ops and F2P analytics/A-B testing knowledge.”

“Entrepreneurial operator/investor with prior capital-raising experience and a track record of scaling an early room-by-room rental (boarding income) real estate model for higher cash-on-cash returns. Currently exploring a new venture at the intersection of employee empathy and organizational excellence, aiming to build predictive corporate performance tools driven by ambitious teammate engagement.”

“Former high-level hockey player (national championship MVP) turned exercise-science-trained performance coach who built a Detroit-area off-season training pipeline for dozens of pro, collegiate, and youth players (including NHL/AHL clients). Known for biomechanics-based development and rehab programming, with notable client outcomes including Kirk Maltby’s post-injury return during a Stanley Cup season and goalie Andrew Hammond’s record-setting NHL rookie run.”

“Marketing creative designer/editor with hands-on growth execution: led a Gen Z-focused social recruiting video campaign end-to-end (editing, posting strategy, custom landing page, spend + pixel tracking) that drove 7 interviews and 4 offers. Builds scalable Figma and Adobe Express template systems for high-volume, multi-platform creative while maintaining brand consistency in a fully remote, async workflow.”

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”