Vetted Budgeting Professionals

“Former Army leader turned communications executive, startup founder, and public-sector operator who has repeatedly built functions from scratch in ambiguous, high-stakes environments. Unusually broad profile spanning global SaaS scale-up leadership, major construction and facilities operations, and NYC government executive management, with measurable impact including a 61% backlog reduction and oversight of 57 buildings plus $97M+ in budget.”

Christina Flores

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Executive Operations & Administrative Leader in government, nonprofit, and private office settings

New York, NY14y exp

“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.”

“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.”

Guillermo Salas

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive software engineering leader specializing in AI-augmented Healthcare SaaS platforms

Elm Grove, WI15y exp

“VP-level software engineering leader in a private-equity-backed company, overseeing a 50+ person org through aggressive growth and operational efficiency goals. Particularly strong in building the operating system around engineering—product-to-engineering governance, AI-augmented SDLC practices, ADRs, and feature-flag-driven delivery—to reduce ambiguity, dependency on institutional knowledge, and cycle time.”

“Partnerships and GTM operator with experience across healthcare and the creator ecosystem: sourced and negotiated influencer deals for hormone healthcare products, and leveraged a personal network to land a major B2B white-label partnership driving steady monthly B2C sales. At TELUS Health, led a Learning product relaunch from one-time purchases to subscriptions (28% conversion vs 30% goal) and built a webinar acquisition loop optimized through iterative conversion experiments.”

“Commercial LNG/gas leader with hands-on experience spanning origination, commercial operations, business development, and regional marketing in India’s regasification market. Stands out for combining market creation, complex energy logistics strategy, and regulatory/commercial execution—including saving over US$25M in import tax through customs advocacy and structuring multi-party LNG/terminal agreements while managing PE risk.”

“Fashion buyer/category manager with end-to-end ownership of Shopbop’s evening business, using Excel-driven classification and pricing tier analysis to uncover demand opportunities and deliver +20% above annual sales target on higher margin. Experienced negotiating vendor sell-through agreements (e.g., Marchesa Notte) and using RTV to reduce inventory risk while maintaining full-price selling; also has a track record coaching buyers to drive incremental revenue (e.g., $350K unplanned full-price sales via an exclusive delivery).”

“Brand and growth marketer with experience refining Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s brand across 62+ mall locations, using family-focused event programming to increase attendance and tracking results via ticket sales and website sign-ins. Brings 15 years in the entertainment/music/creator ecosystem, including artist representation and label deal experience, and applies that partnership mindset to multi-channel campaigns (owned web + third-party sites) and SEO-driven acquisition.”

“Founder of an LLC operating as a consulting firm providing fractional CTO services to startups, giving them parallel exposure to multiple early-stage companies. Has direct experience with MVP development, building org structures from scratch, and supporting early fundraising, and is exploring a pivot from consulting into a scalable product business while staying engaged with the VC/accelerator ecosystem.”

“Cross-functional product/engineering leader with startup and enterprise experience (Whimstay, Wells Fargo, Leap AI Technologies). Has owned end-to-end delivery including UI and payment architecture—built a multi-customer reservation payment flow using pre-auth plus event/timer-driven reminders and handled tricky edge cases like date changeover. Also introduced lightweight process (Jira, sprints, team/module structuring) to increase delivery speed in an early-stage AI document-matching startup.”

Golden Johansson

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Executive Operations & Consulting Leader specializing in law firms and tribal enterprises

Parkland, FL18y exp

“Operations leader (including COO experience) who has built and optimized internal operating systems for growing organizations, notably formalizing SOPs, org structure, KPIs/incentives, and business continuity for a scaling law firm. Also experienced translating board-level direction into executable, measurable plans at Seminole Tribe of Florida, using clear visuals and dashboards to mentor leaders without formal operations backgrounds.”

Akarsh Kangondi Lokanath

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Junior Supply Chain Planner specializing in inventory, replenishment, and procurement analytics

Chicago, IL3y exp

“Sourcing/procurement professional from Pavana Impex who has owned end-to-end sourcing for production-critical materials, combining spend/demand analytics with hands-on supplier onboarding, negotiation, and production-to-delivery execution. Demonstrates strong trade and landed-cost acumen (HS classification/COO, broker coordination, packaging changes) and a structured approach to supplier performance improvement using scorecards, CAPA, and OTIF/OTD tracking.”

Carl Kibler

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Executive engineering leader specializing in AI and Healthcare IT

Salt Lake City, UT13y exp

“Senior technical leader pursuing CTO roles who combines deep engineering breadth with strong product instincts and direct investor-facing startup experience. Has represented engineering, security, and IT in diligence processes, built investor-prep materials, and thinks strategically about AI-forward products, pivots, and market fit without falling into hype.”

Leah Kenehan

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Senior CRM & Lifecycle Marketing Manager specializing in retention and customer growth

Valencia, CA19y exp

“Senior CRM/lifecycle marketer who has grown from email execution into full-funnel campaign ownership, spanning strategy, segmentation, deployment, and performance analysis. Brings hands-on experience with Simon Data, Iterable, and Moveable Ink, plus interim people leadership managing a team of six while driving retention and rebooking campaigns in a travel/hospitality-style DTC environment.”

“Operations leader who built holding-company infrastructure from the ground up for Fairwood Brands, a national collection of design-build landscaping companies—spanning finance/accounting, HR, safety, fleet, and corporate admin. Emphasizes data-driven visibility into financial/operational performance and pricing discipline to materially improve profitability and enable scalable growth, while mentoring founders and leadership teams through change.”

“Built an end-to-end Alexa smart-home IoT application controlling a Wi-Fi bulb, including ESP32 firmware (MQTT) and an AWS serverless backend (IoT Core/Device Shadow, Lambda, DynamoDB) with a REST API. Demonstrates strong real-time scalability patterns (streaming ingestion, stateless processing, partition-key design) and full-stack delivery with Spring Boot + React (JWT auth, CORS, data-heavy dashboards).”

“Entrepreneurially minded operator with ~20 years in corporate now building a new venture (business plan + MVP in progress) and focused on rapid traction to reach PMF. Previously identified and executed a major student-events opportunity in Milan, scaling from renting a hotel for 800 paying guests to an Olympic village for 5,000, handling logistics, outreach, and team coordination.”

Michell Graham

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Executive Operations & Commercial Leader in Renewable Energy and Service Delivery

Houston, TX21y exp

“Operations leader with deep experience scaling early-stage energy companies, including helping take Sunnova through an IPO and currently building Radial Power’s project development and accounting frameworks. Known for creating standardized, repeatable workflows (interconnections/community solar) and service operating models (centralized dispatch + local field service) that reduce cost, backlog, and time-to-NTP while enabling rapid growth.”

Mohit Sharma

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Principal Salesforce Architect specializing in healthcare and patient engagement

Ewing, NJ15y exp

“Salesforce lead architect working on a large J&J healthcare implementation, with hands-on ownership of security architecture, identity modernization, and Experience Cloud design in a HIPAA-sensitive environment. Particularly notable for leading a SAML-to-OpenID Connect rollout and driving reusable LWC architecture across patient and provider portals while coordinating closely with identity, DevOps, QA, and business stakeholders.”

Emily MacPherson

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Senior finance and business operations leader specializing in technology financial management

San Francisco, CA14y exp

“Finance leader with roots in telecom and utilities who evolved from FP&A and product analysis into strategic technology business management. They have built cost transparency and total-cost-of-ownership capabilities for large-scale agile product transformations, delivering $41M in expense impact and helping reprioritize $200M+ in capital investments.”

“HR/People leader with experience at The Princeton Review driving enterprise-wide compensation and benefits transformations. Built a scalable compensation system using market benchmarking and change management, and led a broker/carrier overhaul that cut benefits costs by $300K+ while improving employee satisfaction. Also experienced in high-stakes employee relations investigations and executive coaching (including a General Counsel) to restore trust and improve leadership effectiveness.”

“HR/people leader with experience partnering directly with firm partners and C-suite leaders to drive culture and retention initiatives, including launching a Partner Connectivity Program to rebuild community during/after remote-pandemic work. Strong in people analytics (Workday/Aderant) and executive dashboards, and experienced handling complex employee relations cases and accommodations in collaboration with in-house counsel.”

Mukundan Sridharan

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Executive Technology Leader (CTO) specializing in IoT sensing, AI/ML, and RF/embedded systems

Rockville, MD22y exp

“Currently a startup CTO who thrives on building new technology stacks and rapidly turning technical ideas into products. Interested in partnering with a CEO/business team to commercialize embedded/edge concepts such as multi-sensor drone localization (video/audio/RF with SDR), low-cost solar+battery power nodes networked via LoRa, and an Amazon Sidewalk/LoRa connectivity device with cloud management.”