Vetted Budgeting Professionals

“Engineer turned consultant turned Morgan Stanley TMT investment banker with a rare blend of technical operations, strategy, and finance. Has worked on over $40B in transactions and brings standout experience navigating novel, high-ambiguity situations such as a $3B AI/HPC datacenter deal for Cipher Mining and complex cross-border regulatory structuring in gaming M&A.”

Alex Gonye

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Senior strategy and M&A operator specializing in financial services and FinTech

New York, NY10y exp

“Strategy and corporate development professional who started in principal-side M&A at Morgan Stanley and PNC, including work on the Eaton Vance acquisition, then moved into a Chief of Staff role at an early-stage agentic AI company serving global financial institutions. Distinctive for operating at the intersection of analytical rigor and hands-on commercialization, with experience rebuilding pricing around a 10x ROI framework and owning enterprise client deployments in a highly ambiguous startup environment.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of a high-spend ($50K+/month+) financial services account running integrated campaigns across paid search, paid social, and programmatic (Google/Microsoft, Meta, TikTok, DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon Ads, and more). Experienced driving new account openings against cost-per-open targets through audience/creative testing, sequential messaging and influencer-led upper funnel, and rigorous tracking/measurement in a highly regulated environment.”

“IFC professional who helped build a supply chain decarbonization fund, running multiple workstreams spanning TA program design, MRV framework build-out, gender inclusion, supplier pipeline development, investor engagement, and engineering partner coordination. Known for critical-path prioritization and executive-ready operating systems (decision trackers, weekly one-page briefs, risk logs) that keep complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives aligned and moving quickly.”

Ashraf Jahangeer

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Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, SaaS, and large-scale platform transformation

Pleasanton, CA19y exp

“Senior engineering executive with 20+ years of experience scaling and restructuring product engineering organizations across startups and larger companies. Over the last 8 years, they grew teams significantly at Stitch Fix and EasyPost, led monolith-to-microservices modernization, and launched products associated with 50M-100M+ ARR. Currently a hands-on VP Engineering at BlueCargo, combining executive leadership with direct technical contribution when customer-critical issues arise.”

“Operations/finance leader who built the internal infrastructure for a personal care company to sell into 35,000 retail stores, spanning contract manufacturing, warehousing/3PL, banking credit facilities, HR policies, marketing ops, and accounting systems (Great Plains, QuickBooks Online). Currently supports a music/entertainment organization, mentoring non-business creatives on business and finance while driving profitability and growth.”

“Operations/program leader who partnered closely with a COO to drive transformation initiatives (compliance workflow automation and budgeting redesign), implementing governance cadences and executive dashboards to improve alignment and decision speed. Managed a $120MM operating budget and successfully delivered regulator-mandated resolution planning under tight timelines, while maintaining strict discretion during restructuring work involving sensitive HR data.”