Vetted Budgeting Professionals

“Former McKinsey consultant with MBA consulting experience who led financial/budgeting work and helped shape a nonprofit fundraising GTM strategy. Built targeted corporate outreach, tailored messaging by stakeholder, and used HubSpot-driven pipeline tracking to help secure roughly $50K in partner funding.”

“Former corporate retail leader (25 years) who recently launched a boutique consultancy and has already advised ~12 early-stage founders. Specializes in installing disciplined but lightweight operating systems across merchandising, inventory planning, and wholesale readiness—driving outcomes like +53% YTD growth for a D2C/wholesale apparel brand and rebuilding a NYC candy brand’s margin structure ahead of major wholesaler launches in 2026.”

Tricia Biggio

Screened

Executive media and creative-tech leader specializing in entertainment and AI storytelling

Los Angeles, CA18y exp

“Former co-founder/CEO of a venture-backed media-tech startup who spent 6 years raising capital, leading through market shifts, and building with major investor backing. She brings strong relationships across venture studios and senior executives in media, entertainment, consumer products, startups, and AI, and led her last company into Amazon's AWS GENAI accelerator as one of 15 selected in North America.”

“PMO consultant with experience delivering regulatory and compliance-driven programs across financial services and government healthcare, including Citibank MRA remediation (Helios) and Ohio Department of Medicaid enterprise release management. Known for proactively consolidating fragmented project data into executive-ready reporting, driving cross-functional alignment, and operating with strong discretion in regulated environments.”

Scott D'Andrea

Screened

Executive Business Manager / COO Chief of Staff in global investment banking

New York, NY25y exp

“Business Manager/Chief of Staff with 20+ years in investment banking (Barclays, HSBC) leading cross-functional governance across IT, Ops, Finance, Compliance, and Risk. Notably helped launch and operationalize a new TRS on leveraged loans trading desk at Barclays, including building a bespoke trade-booking system and scaling the business from $0 to >$20B AUM, later becoming the largest TRS desk globally.”

“Engineering/product leader with repeated experience defining roadmaps and delivering platform migrations across SaaS and enterprise contexts. Scaled an education system from two districts to 2M+ students statewide, and led an Elasticsearch-based architecture for an internal Disney product serving ~100K employees. Known for rigorous execution (RAID/OKRs/sprints), strong stakeholder communication (weekly AI summaries), and empowering teams via end-to-end ownership and customer-connected development.”

“Engineering leader with a mix of large-scale platform experience at Microsoft and product/customer-facing work across GM, Panasonic, Acuity, and other environments. Stands out for combining people leadership with hands-on depth in accessibility, web performance at 120M+ MAU scale, and cross-functional delivery spanning enterprise permissions, e-commerce, AI, and automotive systems.”

“Serial game publishing builder who has helped raise $300M+ across multiple rounds for four publishers. Deeply embedded in the SF/LA VC ecosystem and actively advises clients through pitch rounds, emphasizing data-driven narratives, timing, and investor relationship-building in highly scrutinized markets.”

Sandeep Natu

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in Telecom, IT Delivery, and eGovernment platforms

Atlanta, GA19y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator who has started three revenue-generating startups for an employer and is now ready to found independently. Built and scaled a USSD-based lottery product in Nigeria by partnering with MTN, driving 10%+ uplift in gross turnover, and has hands-on experience validating market gaps via SMS/call-center surveys and launching pilots before scaling.”

“Hospitality entrepreneur who founded and launched Hotel Lucine, a hotel resort in Galveston, TX, raising approximately $30M and opening in 2023. Led the venture end-to-end—from business model and investor pitches to entity structuring, deal docs, design/construction (including acting as primary general contractor), and ongoing operations spanning service standards, finance/capital strategy, brand, and event bookings.”

Neeraj Sadarjoshi

Screened

Director of BizOps & Strategy specializing in e-commerce delivery and operations scaling

San Bruno, CA13y exp

“Ops/strategy leader with 10+ years in analytics, operations, and strategy (MBA) who has launched and scaled on-demand/express delivery capabilities in large retail ecosystems. Led complex, cross-functional initiatives including a 30-minute white-label delivery pilot for an automotive parts client and express delivery expansion for Sam’s Club across 800+ locations, with strong emphasis on driver supply, incentives, and on-time performance.”

Lisa Wong

Screened

Senior Program Manager specializing in financial services technology transformation

New York, NY20y exp

“Consulting and PMO leader with deep experience inside large financial institutions, specializing in tax technology platform delivery across complex business lines including HNW, hedge funds, mutual funds, insurance, and banking/capital markets. Stands out for building governance, funding, and cross-functional operating structures that reduce redundancy, improve communication, and enable on-time, on-budget implementations with measurable time savings and fewer errors.”