Vetted Budget Management Professionals

“Hands-on IT/engineering executive who has led high-impact architecture changes and compliance-driven data systems. Notably built an internally developed columnar database at Troparé (with dual-support UI for legacy/new DBs) and shipped an MVP in 3–4 months with dramatic performance improvements, and previously delivered PCI/opt-out compliant deletion workflows while addressing DB performance and migrations.”

“Executive operations/project leader who managed cross-entity priority initiatives for Eric Schmidt’s family office, driving alignment through structured reporting and dashboards. Led a board-level digital transformation at ACC, moving a 14-member Board of Trustees from paper processes to board software, and brings high-discretion experience supporting Senator Warner.”

“Implementation/project management leader with experience in Weight Watchers' business solutions division managing ~44 strategic client accounts across marketing, tech, business ops, and executive leadership. As Director of Project Management at Tier One Solutions Group, proactively implemented Microsoft Project to improve executive visibility and deadline adherence; brings a leadership psychology lens to driving clarity, accountability, and discretion as a Chief of Staff-style partner.”

“Paid media professional from Vox Media who owned multiple high-spend accounts (including Apple), focused on impression delivery and above-benchmark CTR. Uses Google Ad Manager/Analytics plus 3P systems to optimize creative performance and validate results via 1P vs 3P reporting, and emphasizes proactive, client-safe communication around risks like underdelivery.”

“Paid media specialist from Publicis Group who owned and optimized a high-spend travel campaign for Visit Florida in partnership with Marriott hotels, spanning Google, Meta, and programmatic. Demonstrates deep hands-on experience with early HTML5 ad constraints (polite load, file-size specs) and solved delivery issues via Google Ad Manager transcoding and backup creative workflows while running structured creative/budget testing and optimization.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has managed teams up to 6 and specializes in fixing broken interview pipelines through workflow standardization, scheduling automation, and ATS analytics. Built real-time dashboards in Lever/ATS to track aging, time-in-stage, and req health, and drove a 20% reduction in time to interview while improving candidate experience and hiring manager visibility. Experienced leading cross-functional tool/workflow implementations with HRIS and IT for high-volume early-career hiring.”

“Chief of Staff to the family of Kevin Scott (CTO of Microsoft), serving as the first CoS to unify previously siloed teams and build an operating cadence for executive decision-making. Experienced running high-stakes, high-security events including a Presidential fundraiser/President Biden visit, coordinating with the presidential advance team and Secret Service while protecting principal priorities and privacy.”

“Engineering leader (Director/VP level) who has repeatedly aligned product and engineering through ROI-driven quarterly roadmaps and strong stakeholder communication, including board presentations. Built a parallel cloud team to migrate an on-prem product to the cloud, credited with delivering $9M ARR, and led a Python monolith-to-serverless event-driven microservices transformation. Currently manages distributed teams across Mexico, India, and the US using pod-based structures, clear KPIs, and a supportive accountability culture.”

“Paid media strategist with ~25 years of client-facing performance marketing experience, owning seven-figure monthly budgets across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and Meta. Led an international North America campaign for Pirelli Tires that increased unit sales 37% in under a year, and has a track record of using rigorous testing and attribution to reallocate spend (including shifting budget from outdoor to digital to fill a luxury apartment building). Experienced advising automotive clients through 2025 market headwinds and retaining major accounts by translating complex performance data into decisive action.”

“Operations/finance leader who repeatedly stood up full business infrastructure for early-stage expansions, including being employee #1 after a cross-country relocation and launching US operations for an Australian company. Also helped professionalize a ~$40M Patriot Supply Store by moving the business to GAAP/accrual accounting and building policies/processes to support a private-equity-ready exit.”

“Operator/program leader from Keyo who builds the “operating backbone” for fast-moving teams—OKRs/KPIs, dashboards, SOPs, and tight decision cadences. Led end-to-end initiatives spanning supply/delivery stabilization, finance reporting/forecasting inputs, vendor alignment, and company-wide SOC 2 Type II compliance with centralized audit evidence.”

“Experienced editor/motion graphics professional with deep Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects expertise spanning broadcast TV spots, music videos, social/web content, and feature-length films. Notably worked on the YouTube channel Black20—nominated for Best Web Series and awarded G4TV's "Kings of DotComedy"—with videos reaching millions of viewers.”

“Marketing/PR professional with B2B/B2C demand-gen experience in the trucking/fleet space, including influencer sourcing/vetting (NDAs, background checks) and performance marketing. Has run Meta-driven acquisition funnels to landing pages/Marketo forms routed to Sales, measuring impact by completed credit applications, and partnered with Exxon to build monthly sales calendars and sales-ready social content.”

“Customer Success / product-facing account owner in a property management/rent payments platform, managing enterprise onboarding, adoption, and subscription conversion. Strong track record using CSAT/NPS and direct customer feedback to influence roadmap (e.g., shipping UX fixes within a sprint and reducing closed accounts ~10%), plus experience implementing AI chatbot/agentic workflows to improve support and drive upsell into partner services like mortgages and insurance.”

“Talent acquisition leader and former COO who has led distributed recruiting teams (up to 20) and specializes in executive search and C-suite talent intake. Has driven enterprise recruiting transformations (talent intake overhaul, ATS implementation, workforce culture change) and delivered high-impact leadership hires including deputy commissioners for a prison system while scaling organizational leadership structures internationally.”

“Repeat early-stage startup CTO/first engineer who helped take Vettery from 0 to a $100M+ exit. Led product-oriented engineering with heavy investment in data science/ML, including a recommendations system and candidate evaluation model (90%+ predictive effectiveness), and scaled the modeling stack using parallel processing and Apache Airflow.”

“Recruiting leader who has managed a global team of 12 and can still jump in hands-on for high-impact, confidential executive searches (e.g., Chief Security Officer). Strong in recruiting operations and analytics—built Greenhouse-to-Workday handoff processes, implemented structured job intake, and partnered with a CFO on hiring-speed forecasting dashboards, driving a 27% reduction in time-to-hire.”

“Growth creative lead with hands-on experience running end-to-end paid creative tests for major music/entertainment campaigns at UMG, including a vinyl sale push that cut CPA by 20%+ in a tight promo window. Known for a modular ad-building approach (hooks/value prop/proof/CTA) and platform-native optimization across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, plus strong label/creative-team alignment and QA discipline (including tracking).”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of high-spend acquisition programs, including managing ~50K/month at Backblaze across Google Ads and paid social while optimizing for trial-to-paid conversion. Built Protective's employee benefits paid media from scratch into a full-funnel LinkedIn + Google program, scaling spend ~300% YoY and improving lead quality through tighter targeting and keyword refinement.”

“Performance marketer focused on high-spend acquisition, having personally owned a ~$500K/month budget driving small business credit card applications for a large US banking client. Experienced running cross-channel programs (Google/Bing search plus LinkedIn/Reddit prospecting) with rigorous experimentation (Drafts & Experiments, bid strategy and match-type tests) and long-horizon measurement to validate sustainable CPA and conversion-rate improvements.”

“NCAA coach (20+ years, non-hockey sport) pivoting into hockey advising/agency work, bringing deep recruiting and talent-identification experience including scholarship negotiation and helping athletes secure pro opportunities and transfers. Uses a data-driven evaluation model (on-ice metrics, wearables, video) and emphasizes trust-based relationship building with families and decision-makers.”

“Operations leader specializing in building scalable internal systems for startups, from being Spoonflower’s first ops hire (5th employee) to launching its first international Berlin/EMEA office from scratch. At bookingkit, drove measurable operational improvements by implementing a customized OKR framework (+18% goal achievement) and deploying automation/AI tools like Contractbook and kapa.ai to eliminate manual work and save engineering time.”

“Senior technology leader and hands-on builder spanning enterprise architecture and product/engineering leadership across healthcare and entertainment. Has led high-impact cloud and security architecture decisions (including establishing a private cloud to address scalability/security at massive scale) and scaled orgs 300% using pod-based team structures. Currently building an AI-supported hydroponics/vertical farming IoT framework (ESP32 + Azure) and a musician collaboration platform (React + Neo4j + AWS).”

“Growth-creative marketer with experience optimizing evergreen campaigns (including Laserfiche document management) by testing landing page/offer strategy—e.g., routing search traffic to a buyer’s guide ebook—and reporting sustained 4:1 ROAS. Emphasizes disciplined A/B testing (isolating single variables like CTAs) across Meta/TikTok/YouTube and applies funnel-stage CTA learnings to improve performance.”