Vetted Budget Management Professionals

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.”

“Product-minded full-stack engineer with experience shipping engagement features and core communication systems at DribbleUp and Expys. Stands out for combining rapid MVP execution with rigorous iteration: delivered a leaderboard feature that lifted engagement by 8% initially and 20% overall, built a chat MVP in 3 days, and has hands-on experience deploying LangChain-based concierge agents with evals and human review.”

Richard Wilson

Screened

Senior IT Project Manager specializing in Agile delivery and migration programs

Greensboro, NC19y exp

“Project manager with 16+ years of experience leading enterprise implementations across software, e-commerce, and financial services environments. Stands out for coordinating complex multi-country launches involving legal, creative, development, QA, and executive stakeholders, while also bringing regulated-environment experience through FINRA compliance and administration system modernization.”

Claudia Perez

Screened

Director-level Chief of Staff and strategy operations leader in multinational environments

New York, NY26y exp

“Cross-functional strategy and operations leader with experience spanning telecom, nonprofits, logistics, consulting, and startup environments. Particularly strong in turning high-level strategy into executable operating models—most notably mapping 300+ cross-functional initiatives after a planning effort, work that became the basis for a PMO. Brings a rare blend of change management, operational rigor, and political savvy in complex organizations.”

“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.”

“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.”

“GTM and operations leader with experience spanning SaaS, marketplaces, OT/ICS, and retail/e-commerce, including work that drove e-commerce revenue for a $44B retailer. Particularly strong in enterprise ABM and partner-led motions for critical infrastructure accounts, with proven results in pipeline growth, conversion improvement, and cycle-time reduction, plus direct ownership of complex six-figure ARR deals.”

“Product leader with standout experience rebuilding the National Debt Relief customer portal into a reassurance-first self-service experience, reversing roughly $60MM in annual churn and improving NPS by 36+ points. Brings a strong blend of customer research, UX judgment, experimentation, and cross-functional leadership, plus hands-on experience applying AI personalization in conversion funnels. Particularly compelling for mission-driven products where trust, emotional context, and human-centered AI matter.”

“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.”

Tiffany Square

Screened

Director-level Creative Producer specializing in global brand partnerships and operations

Los Angeles, CA12y exp

“Operator from the fashion and creative industries who supported Nicola Formichetti across a creative agency, clothing brand, and personal business portfolio. Grew from EA/Office Manager into a Chief of Staff / Client Director-type role, building operating structure, leading campaigns, negotiating budgets, and managing multi-million-dollar productions in a high-growth, multi-stakeholder environment.”

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.”

“CTO/AI executive with repeated 0-to-1 leadership and founder experience across banking software, cloud, and fintech. Most recently, as a fractional CAIO, built a 50+ person team and launched 3 products in 9 months generating $10M+ new revenue; previously founded Trilogy (200+ clients in 7 countries) and created cloud tech that helped drive a $35M acquisition by VMware.”