Vetted Budget Management Professionals

“Talent Acquisition leader with WeWork experience who managed a team of 3 recruiters plus a TA Coordinator while maintaining an executive-level requisition load. Partnered closely with HRBPs on org design and workforce planning, and implemented a budget-aligned requisition approval process via a weekly hiring committee. Has hands-on C-level search experience, including supporting the CEO in hiring a CFO.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10+ years driving large-scale K-12 district hiring, including staffing across 200 schools and managing thousands of candidates annually. Known for redesigning fragmented recruiting workflows and implementing ATS solutions (Lever, AppliTrack, Taleo, Oracle HCM) to deliver measurable gains: 15% vacancy reduction, 20% faster time-to-hire, 30% fewer compliance errors, and 25% faster onboarding.”

“Gameplay/systems designer who owned the end-to-end gameplay redesign of Top Spin 4 (2011)—including player states, ball physics, shot resolution, attributes, and AI—with much of that work later reused in TopSpin 2K25 (2024). Deep experience balancing realism and responsiveness for competitive multiplayer/online play, using extensive playtesting plus telemetry analysis (Tableau) to tune timing windows and core mechanics.”

Nikhil Saukhla

Screened

Director-level Operations & Chief of Staff specializing in HealthTech and venture-backed startups

12y exp

“Operations leader/advisor with experience joining a Cedar Sinai Accelerator spinout (RAIOS) at an inflection point and rebuilding the company’s internal ops “connective tissue” across HR, finance, IT, product, and sales. Uses structured frameworks (RACI, OKRs/KPIs), rapid diagnostics, and tool centralization (Gusto, BILL, Brex) to create scalable, founder-friendly operating systems.”

Edward Robinson-Adams

Screened

Executive cybersecurity and AI leader, CEO/co-founder specializing in enterprise SaaS and strategy

Boston, MA35y exp

“Operator who took a seed-funded university spin-off in cybersecurity from zero revenue and heavy losses to profitability and industry leadership, while building the full internal ops stack (HR/payroll/benefits/401k) and the initial GTM engine (Salesforce/HubSpot, SPIN + MEDPICC). Personally led fundraising across 30+ VC pitches, raising $11.2M total and delivering $98M returned to investors to date, with additional upside from a subsequent spin-off.”

“Recruiting leader who builds structured, competency-based hiring systems and can also personally run Senior Director-to-C-Suite searches. Notable for scaling a full hiring season to 175+ teacher hires and for leading a high-stakes CEO succession search, advising a board to define a new leadership vision and landing a CEO who remains successful four years later.”

“Operations and general management leader with experience spanning Citibank (Regional VP), a startup COO/GM role, and industrial operations at Tatco. Has delivered high-impact operational and technology changes including a Paychex payroll migration for 150+ employees and an ERP/subscriber migration of 200,000+ records that improved marketing execution and sales enablement, while also managing executive alignment and sensitive workforce matters.”

Allwyn Brown

Screened

Executive Law Enforcement Leader specializing in constitutional policing and public safety

SF Bay Area, California41y exp

“Law enforcement operations leader who modernized a police organization by shifting from a traditional hierarchical model to a matrix structure and driving cross-functional collaboration. Served as project manager for major public-safety technology deployments (ShotSpotter, body-worn cameras with CJIS-compliant cloud storage, LPRs, CAD/RMS upgrades) while expanding community engagement and public transparency through social and video communications.”

Ramesh Namperumal

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in AI/ML, data engineering, and enterprise architecture

Alpharetta, GA27y exp

“Technical founder building an AI IT helpdesk agent startup, currently leading product development as acting CTO/CPO and doing much of the development personally with a small partner group. Brings years of cross-industry technical experience, product/vendor evaluation expertise, and a deliberate strategy to delay outside capital until the product and customer traction are stronger.”

Raymon Bledsoe

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in EdTech, SaaS, and real estate solutions

Dallas, TX10y exp

“Public-sector sales leader in K-12 education currently leading an inside sales team at Edmentum across a large Midwest territory. Brings a disciplined, metrics-driven approach to district acquisition, expansion, forecasting, and manager coaching, with early-year performance at 110% of Q1 goal and clear experience navigating complex multi-stakeholder school district deals.”

“Hands-on engineering leader who has scaled teams quickly (hired 20 engineers in 4 months) and led major architecture shifts including monolith-to-microservices and serverless, async AI-driven medical data ingestion/search. Also drove a versioned-inventory redesign with auditability and rollback that reduced operational errors by 22%, and demonstrates strong incident response with clear stakeholder communication.”

“Operations and manufacturing leader with experience acting as an internal CEO to build a new business inside IDEX Corp from a $15M budget, owning P&L and a 3-year plan through product launch. At Planet Innovation, used Lean/DMAIC-style value stream mapping to 4x production throughput (400 to ~1600 units/month), exceeding a customer’s 1200/month scaling target. Strong in building teams and operational systems (product development, quality, supply chain) and coaching non-ops founders using structured frameworks.”

“Operations leader managing a Northeastern US/Canada region with day-to-day responsibility for 17 facilities while also running multiple country-wide programs (goal/KPI and performance review for 130+ ops leaders, cleanliness across 90+ sites, and cost reduction). Previously led a PMO org reporting to a VP of Engineering and implemented a quarterly prioritization/resource allocation system across 200+ projects for a 500+ engineer organization.”

“B2B paid social specialist who has owned $50K+/month+ budgets across multiple accounts, including cybersecurity, using a full-funnel LinkedIn + Reddit approach. Demonstrated measurable impact (2x QoQ lead volume and 150% CPL reduction), rigorous testing practices (stat sig, single-variable tests), and hands-on tracking/debugging via GTM and LinkedIn conversion setup.”

“Former CTO/CTPO with hands-on experience supporting co-founders through pre-seed to Series B fundraising, including investor technical due diligence and architecture deep-dives. In a logistics company, led a customer-interview-driven effort applying AI and workflow tools that cut customer busywork by ~30% in the first iteration, and has experience planning delivery with onshore/offshore teams (LATAM/India).”

Chandler Reiter

Screened

Director of Sports & Entertainment specializing in sponsorships, partnerships, and venue experiences

New York, NY8y exp

“Business development and partnerships leader with sports/gaming experience who helped deploy Low6’s free-to-play gamification platform across 20+ NCAA schools through a LEARFIELD deal, acting as the cross-functional liaison from tech implementation through marketing and prizing. Currently building the Sports & Entertainment division at drive21 (experiential graphic design), owning both the go-to-market pitch and post-sale partnership execution while operating closely with founders/executives.”

Daniel Riskey

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in pathway programs and high-volume hiring

20y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with experience across aviation, technology, corporate/finance, and education. Led a 12-person TA org and drove major operational transformations, including a Southwest Airlines pilot pipeline program cutting time-to-cockpit from ~10 years to ~4 and forecasting 400–600 pilots annually at peak. Recently served as primary TA stakeholder for an iCIMS-to-ADP RM ATS migration, simplifying workflows and reducing recruiter administrative work by ~70%.”

Kishore Koduri

Screened

Director-level Enterprise Architecture leader specializing in AI and platform transformation

Akron, OH29y exp

“Entrepreneurial candidate with deep technology expertise who has already acted as a founder/principal across a real estate venture and early-stage tech startups. Most notably, they raised approximately $1-2M for a real estate project and describe hands-on ownership from ideation and business case development through ROI validation and investor commitment.”

Kiyan Ng

Screened

Senior Performance Marketing Manager specializing in paid search and demand generation

San Francisco, CA10y exp

“Performance marketer with experience managing very large paid media budgets ($500K-$2M/month) across Google, Bing, and programmatic. They combine hands-on account restructuring and testing with cross-functional growth work, citing a 51% lift in conversions and 24% lower CPA, plus recovery work on a challenged AncestryDNA non-brand search program through landing page, promotion, and affiliate strategy.”

Mohammed Ahmed

Screened

Senior Media Performance Manager specializing in programmatic advertising

Hyderabad, India10y exp

“Performance marketer with 10 years of experience managing large US media budgets for global brands including Ford, Toyota, Nestle, Daimler, and Mondelez. Brings strong programmatic and measurement expertise across DV360, The Trade Desk, StackAdapt, Yahoo DSP, Google Ads, Innovid, IAS, and CM360, with hands-on examples of improving e-commerce sales and restoring lost attribution through pixel diagnostics.”

“Revenue/GTM leader with ~10 years of experience scaling companies from early stage through IPO, with unusually deep cross-functional exposure across risk, finance, product/tech, and DevOps. At Catapult, helped drive a pivot from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce and landed major enterprise customers (Lenovo and Wayfair) by navigating complex system integrations and enterprise delivery expectations. Previously ran a family business (2004–2008) and is committed to founding a company.”

“Talent Acquisition Operations leader with 7+ years in project-based, high-urgency client engagements (including Korn Ferry), repeatedly stepping into product launches/mergers to diagnose and rebuild recruiting workflows. Has led distributed recruiting teams (1 to 30+ across the US, Canada, and Europe) and drives delivery through metrics, streamlined interview/debrief processes, and strong cross-functional ATS selection/SME partnership.”

Donovan Mason

Screened

Senior Audio Engineer specializing in audio QA, annotation, and studio production

11y exp

“Game/audio engineer focused on Unreal Engine audio implementation and optimization, with hands-on experience building spatial/environmental and combat/weapon audio behaviors via Sound Cues and Blueprints. Has owned an end-to-end AAA-style audio pipeline (recording through Pro Tools mixing to in-engine integration) with defined sign-off criteria and playtest validation, plus strong dialogue repair experience using iZotope RX.”

Jonathan Tucker

Screened

Mid-level Esports & Game Operations Leader specializing in strategy, analytics, and live events

San Francisco, CA9y exp

“Game designer with shipped multiplayer FPS experience on XDefiant, owning end-to-end mode design and tuning (Capture the Flag) and co-designing the Hardpoint spawn system across maps. Builds and iterates prototypes directly in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints, and has navigated real console/engine performance constraints and post-launch fixes while maintaining competitive integrity.”