Vetted Budget Management Professionals

“Candidate brings an operator-to-founder profile with leadership experience in IT and Business Systems and a strong grasp of how ideas become venture-backable products. They speak fluently about startup evaluation criteria such as TAM, technical defensibility, speed to scale, and AI differentiation, and appear especially motivated by building solutions end-to-end in startup or venture studio environments.”

“Supply chain/sourcing professional focused on semiconductor tooling NPI ramp-ups, owning vendor selection through production and delivery. Demonstrates strong cost and trade-risk mitigation (e.g., avoided 25% Section 301 tariff via HTS/landed-cost analysis) and measurable supplier performance turnarounds (OTD improved to 95%) using SAP MRP, shortage analysis, and structured supplier governance.”

“Paid media specialist with hands-on ownership of high-spend digital audio, including a $75K/month Progressive campaign run in Spotify (trafficked via Megaphone and Google Ad Manager). Demonstrates a structured full-funnel approach across Meta/TikTok/Google and a rigorous testing and incrementality mindset (marginal CPA/ROAS, saturation signals, new-user contribution, branded search lift) to guide optimization and scaling.”

“Program/operations leader with Booz Allen Hamilton experience turning around a near-canceled Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia procurement-training contract by implementing train-the-trainer, mentorship, and KPI/dashboard-driven execution. Currently supports the CFO organization at Berkeley Lab, translating high-level strategy into people/process/technology/governance plans with an executive operating cadence.”

“HR Business Partner with experience supporting technology/product/design and R&D organizations at Samsung, including global team leadership and large-scale org redesign. Drove >50% org growth in 2 years while enabling Samsung Semiconductor’s first full-chip launch outside Korea (delivered ahead of deadline). Built agile-inspired HR programs like the 'Speak Easy' leadership integration initiative (Johari Window), earning 8.3/10 feedback from 150 leaders and contributing to a 5-point attrition reduction.”

“HRBP with experience supporting distributed teams across the US and partnering closely with Product, Analytics, and Sales leadership on performance management, employee relations, and lifecycle changes. Notably drove a parental leave policy update for revenue-generating teams by analyzing operational impact, defining clearer parameters, and securing SVP Talent buy-in, and has led leaders through restructuring and role realignment with transparent change communications.”

“Operations/process leader with experience in SaaS and RPO environments, known for turning tribal knowledge into scalable, measurable systems. Has built documentation and knowledge-management standards for 90+ person teams, used data and change agents to drive adoption, and delivered major productivity gains (~300%) through training and automated reporting. Also led cross-functional process mapping and implemented partner onboarding workflows directly in Salesforce to improve SI partner enablement.”

“Automotive embedded product leader (player-coach/product-functional engineering) who helped ship a cybersecurity gateway ECU into production, owning architecture decisions, critical module reviews, and delivery. Demonstrated hands-on security/diagnostics expertise (ADA, RSA) and production defect ownership, plus experience tailoring quality-gate processes to speed variant delivery without sacrificing quality.”

“Entrepreneurial builder using Claude Code to rapidly prototype multiple product ideas and validate them with target users via social channels. Created and launched NotePulse (a lower-priced Notionlytics alternative), acquiring a dozen early users through Reddit-driven discovery and light paid experiments, with a strong emphasis on MVP scoping and product polish.”

Benjamin Hudnut

Screened

Junior Live Events & Music Operations professional specializing in booking, touring, and community events

Los Angeles, CA4y exp

“Founder/director of the music and event production company Tuned In, personally driving outbound BD to book underground LA talent and produce 25 events, including a major Lunar New Year collaboration with Alice Longyu Gao. Also ran multi-channel voter/community outreach for the Frankie Carrillo campaign (door knocking, 1,000+ SMS) and built automation tools (Apple widget; AI image-to-CSV workflow at Live Nation) to improve operational efficiency.”

jitender Hooda

Screened

Executive Client Partner specializing in engineering and digital services

San Ramon, CA19y exp

“Founder building an agentic AI-based low-code platform for B2B enterprise applications, validated through enterprise client conversations and delivered via rapid paid MVP/POCs. Platform has seen production traction (6–7 apps, 1000+ daily users) and includes capabilities like QR scanning integrated with ERP/PLM systems. Experienced in business development and client relationships, with a pragmatic, ROI- and speed-focused approach to product and GTM under tight capital constraints.”

“Candidate is not currently pursuing a startup and has no familiarity with the VC/accelerator ecosystem, but shows a thoughtful founder mindset centered on building from scratch, evaluating user impact and implementation feasibility, and avoiding financially reckless entrepreneurship.”

Sakid Ahmed

Screened

Executive Telecom & Wireless Connectivity Leader (GM/VP Engineering)

Chicago, IL29y exp

“Operator with experience in a private equity-backed business that was carved out of a larger company and later taken public. Brings a startup-builder mindset from within larger-company environments, with emphasis on P&L ownership, go-to-market strategy, product strategy, and evaluating ideas through product-market fit and scalable market demand.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of SGD 60K-80K/month multi-channel accounts across Google, Bing, Meta, and TikTok. Demonstrates strong full-funnel thinking, disciplined experimentation, and practical optimization instincts—especially around CPL, lead quality, creative fatigue, and budget shifting between social and search to restore efficiency.”

“CTO/enterprise architect who stays hands-on in code while leading strategy, stakeholder alignment, and team scaling. At Eastridge, established product and technology vision/roadmap, built product engineering/strategy functions, and helped launch products into global markets; most recently led GenAI product design including tech selection, infrastructure, scalability, and observability.”

“Fractional CFO/operations advisor specializing in early-stage and scaling service businesses, combining Profit First-informed cash management with lean operating systems. Known for 360-degree operational audits and translating complex finance/ops into simple dashboards, scorecards, and process maps; delivered predictable cash flow and scalable structure within ~90 days for a fast-growing startup.”

“Candidate is not currently pursuing a startup or business plan and is not looking to found a company at this time, expressing a preference for joining an existing organization. They have limited familiarity with the VC/accelerator landscape but are specifically interested in learning how companies are evaluated and how investment decisions are made.”

Regina Cherepinsky

Screened

Director-level Retail & Brand Management leader specializing in luxury fashion and beauty

Los Angeles, CA16y exp

“Brand/partnership leader with high-profile celebrity brand experience, including launching the Kardashian Kollection into hundreds of stores and hiring 50 VIP selling specialists nationwide. Managed end-to-end brand management across product, placement, and retailer/celebrity stakeholder satisfaction, and was promoted to VP of a fragrance endeavor within 6 months; also partnered closely with Revlon on an Elizabeth Taylor fragrance launch (GWP/packaging).”

Allison MacMillan

Screened

Engineering Manager specializing in programmatic advertising and large-scale backend systems

San Francisco, CA7y exp

“Engineering manager with recent hands-on technical leadership in vendor-based geo augmentation, including making a key pivot from a broken vendor SDK to an internal data ingestion approach. Previously shipped impactful Python microservice refactors that reduced unnecessary data processing/storage and improved runtime payload efficiency, and has owned on-call incidents through mitigation (scaling pods) and prevention process changes.”

Kelsey Means

Screened

Mid-level Marketing Manager specializing in marketing operations, paid media, and full-funnel growth

West Palm Beach, FL5y exp

“Paid media performance marketer with hands-on ownership of $100K+/month Meta Ads spend for a luxury jewelry brand, using creative-first testing and funnel-building tactics (e.g., giveaways) to expand retargeting pools and drive attributed sales. Also experienced structuring full-funnel systems across Meta/TikTok/Google and diagnosing Performance Max declines by refining audience signals and bidding to improve lead quality and CPL.”

“Entrepreneur building a luxury rental car company startup with capital already raised, though undisclosed. Demonstrates a thoughtful founder mindset centered on vision, growth trajectory, due diligence, and market penetration, and is actively building connections in the VC/accelerator ecosystem.”

“CRM/project management professional with RAPP experience supporting AT&T consumer campaigns, combining high-volume campaign execution with data-informed optimization. Notable for leading a 140-version direct mail/email program under urgent timelines, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and using incrementality analysis to refine targeting and improve revenue impact.”

“Founder of an early-stage molecular diagnostics startup currently pursuing an MVP and awaiting NSF feedback on an SBIR/STTR grant. During COVID, assessed roughly a dozen diagnostic/PPE technologies and worked with interdisciplinary teams (engineering, legal, MBA, and clinical trainees) to repurpose and patent 2–3 for commercialization.”

“Programmatic media specialist who owned a $50K+/month Trade Desk DSP account for Disney movie/TV launches, leveraging PMPs and rigorous testing across audiences, deals, and creative formats. Drove 5–10% week-over-week gains in video completion rate while maintaining strict brand-safety standards, and has experience leading a team of traders and translating complex performance tradeoffs into client-ready action plans.”