Vetted Budget Management Professionals

“Startup President in the liquor/spirits space with hands-on experience raising capital (from friends & family through family offices/venture) and leading a major pivot from DTC to wholesale. Built GTM plans, leveraged partnerships to secure distribution across 8 states, and launched an American Single Malt positioned as a category leader ahead of TTB ratification, including product/brand strategy and multi-market rollout.”

“Operations/PMO leader across IPG Mediabrands, Kinesso, and IPG Corporate with deep experience building executive governance systems and cross-functional operating rhythms. Led high-visibility transformations including a $36M global rebrand and created data-backed dashboards/cadences that improved efficiency (10–20%) and executive alignment, including oversight of a 175M monthly media spend analysis.”

“Video editor/producer with ~15 years across Adobe Premiere and After Effects, including high-pressure live broadcast work at CNN handling rapid-turn 'crashing' graphics requests for shows like Anderson Cooper 360. Led post-production for a weekly 30-minute CBS affiliate program (Atlanta Eats), managing a multi-person editing team and standardizing graphics/templates. Currently an international video producer at Nestle, previously producing/managing YouTube content for Garden of Life.”

Sehar Uddin

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Digital Marketing & Technical SEO Strategist specializing in B2B and B2C growth

Northbrook, IL9y exp

“Performance marketer with pharma advertising experience managing $50K+/month budgets across search, display, and programmatic. They highlight measurable efficiency gains—about 20% lower CPA and 30% higher conversions over two quarters—while using a structured, statistically minded testing approach and full-funnel budget allocation across Meta, TikTok, and Google. Seeking contract/freelance work.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of large Coca-Cola programmatic/retail media spend across The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, and Walmart DSP, focused on ROAS and sales outcomes. Experienced in validating incrementality and attribution by benchmarking retailer first-party measurement against third-party partners (Foursquare/InMarket), and has delivered measurable lifts (e.g., 2x ROAS on Core Power; 1.5x–2x sales/ROAS recovery on Fairlife after audience + creative/video refresh).”

Vivian Lazarevic

Screened

Senior Project Manager specializing in healthcare, biotech, and financial services

Poughkeepsie, NY14y exp

“Project/program management leader with cross-industry experience spanning private equity, biotech, healthcare, insurance, and consulting. Has evolved from implementation support at KKR into owning enterprise governance, IPO-readiness workstreams, and multi-project delivery in highly regulated environments, with exposure to initiatives tied to more than $650M in cumulative budgets.”

Yemi Soyombo

Screened

Senior IT Project Manager and Scrum Master specializing in enterprise Agile delivery

Davidson, NC10y exp

“Project/program leader with 8 years of experience delivering enterprise B2B and SaaS implementations in highly matrixed environments, often combining traditional PM and Scrum Master responsibilities. Has managed portfolios of 4-6 concurrent initiatives from discovery through go-live and hypercare, with strong governance, executive communication, and experience supporting operational platforms similar to EAM/CMMS systems.”

Afra Ali

Screened

Senior Technical Program Manager specializing in infrastructure and systems delivery

Worcester, MA10y exp

“Program/design management professional with architectural and operations experience who has supported highly complex infrastructure environments, including Houston Airport System's $1.5B International Terminal Redevelopment Program. Stands out for bridging technical teams and executive stakeholders, building real-time governance tools, and coordinating multilingual client engagement across large-scale design and construction programs.”

“Operations/program leader who ran the global IRG100 Leadership Program, coordinating cross-functional workstreams and major partners (WPP, Google, Ipsos, TCS) using centralized roadmaps and executive cadences; delivered increased enrollment and a 4.8/5 satisfaction score. Previously managed strategic and day-to-day production operations for major multi-country sports campaigns at DIRECTV Panamericana (FIFA World Cup, Olympics, NBA), building pipelines, budgets, and vendor relationships across Latin America.”

“20-year technology builder with ~8 years in healthcare AI, currently at Keycentrix modernizing a legacy pharmacy solutions business. Shipped an OCR MVP within days and delivered a rebate-based product generating ~$50K/month, leveraging Claude/LangGraph agentic automation to replace work typically requiring a much larger engineering team. Developing a "Longevity AI Copilot" B2B platform that synthesizes research, labs, and wearable data into personalized longevity protocols for HNW and corporate wellness markets; concept validated but not yet incorporated or funded.”

Jones Pavan

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in platform modernization and AI integration

Burbank, CA15y exp

“Engineering leader from Blackline who has repeatedly rescued and delivered high-visibility products by resetting roadmaps, tightening execution (better specs/estimation), and accelerating team velocity. Scaled a distributed org from ~20 to ~40 engineers by building a new India team with strong hiring rubrics and governance-as-code/SDLC consistency. Also modernized legacy systems into microservices (Kafka/Kubernetes/Apigee) and drove hackathon-to-production innovation using Google Vertex AI.”

“Former Division I athlete with 30 years in basketball and 20 years building a career training and mentoring players, including multi-season youth coaching and recruiting. Brings a character-first recruiting philosophy shaped by mentorship from high-profile coaches/players and is eager to create on-camera/social content to help families navigate the recruiting process.”

Eboni Mallett

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive HR Leader specializing in talent management, total rewards, and DEIB

Houston, TX18y exp

“HR/People Operations leader with experience standing up core HR infrastructure at startups, including implementing ADP Workforce Now and Lever plus workforce planning and recruiting strategy frameworks. Known for pragmatic operational diagnostics (interviews/SOP review), change management, and measurable impact—e.g., creating budget discipline for a graduate development program and driving $100K+ in savings while improving goal alignment, development planning, and recruiting efficiency.”