Vetted General Managers

“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.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“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.”

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.”

Abraham Salgado

Screened

Mid-level Sports Marketing & Events professional with Web3 sales experience

Valencia, Spain6y exp

“Valencia-based sports management/marketing master's candidate with 2 years of hands-on youth soccer scouting and assistant coaching experience at Inter San José, including recruiting international players who later moved up to higher categories. Also launched a club with friends and managed its social media, editing videos that reached ~4,000 views.”

“Hockey pathway mentor and current Senior A (MIHL) player with experience from AA travel through ACHA D2 at Davenport University, plus a full-time role at a Grand Rapids athletic training facility and part-time work at a hockey pro shop. Brings an active network of coaches and NAHL connections, and has directly mentored players using film-based development plans that helped them progress to AAA and earn NCAA D3 opportunities.”

“Lifelong hockey operator with 40 years of playing experience and a dual perspective as both a former elite-level player and parent of young athletes. He combines grassroots community coaching, heavy rink presence, and direct outreach to coaches and managers to help players navigate realistic development and recruiting pathways.”

Ryan Clark

Screened

Senior Sales & Marketing Manager specializing in retail growth, digital content, and compliance

Markham, Canada20y exp

“Creator-economy growth and partnerships operator who built and ran RC420 (live DJ/immersive events) alongside the Dreamers ecosystem (content site ~400K annual page views, print/digital magazine distribution, and a physical retreat/venue). Structured repeatable creator partnerships (revenue share/guaranteed minimums) and GTM loops across content, events, hospitality, and subscriptions, driving ~39% average YoY revenue growth and >CA$143K peak annual earnings without paid acquisition.”