Vetted Business Development Professionals

Sokhnadiarra Ndiaye

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Mid-level founder and community growth leader specializing in education and startup partnerships

New York, NY8y exp

“Founder-operator who built and pivoted Muneko from a media translation startup into a media distribution platform for emerging-market film and TV, securing LOIs, pilots, and high-profile industry relationships. Earlier served as COO of a NYC policy advocacy organization at age 18, helping scale it from a small team to 50-70 active members while driving major events and public visibility.”

“Entrepreneur building an applied-AI tool for geological resource exploration (critical minerals, oil & gas) that overlays proprietary and public data from reports/logs/maps to generate evidence-based greenfield profiling insights. Has spent ~2 years on industry research, built a POC, validated demand with purchasing signals, and developed partnerships/network including USGS, DARPA, and ESRI.”

“Omnichannel merchandising and partnerships leader who owned end-to-end strategy for major soccer programs, including USA Soccer and the Argentina National Team. Negotiated a sophisticated dual-license structure to preserve Amazon channel rights while protecting margin, and drove $8M in pre-buys plus margin improvement through disciplined planning, Excel-based hindsight analysis, and in-season inventory adjustments.”

Ariana Bavarian

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Executive Operations Leader specializing in M&A integration and marketing/tech transformation

Chicago, IL20y exp

“Operations-focused leader who joined a consulting firm immediately after consolidating 5 companies via M&A and built standardized time tracking plus utilization analytics that became a core executive-management tool. Experienced in change management and cross-functional redesign of business systems, including simplifying an over-engineered Salesforce CRM to improve sales adoption and pipeline data integrity.”

Gaurav Budhale

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Senior Performance Marketing & Media Buying Specialist (Meta-first)

8y exp

“Senior Performance Marketing Manager with hands-on ownership of high-spend paid acquisition across Meta and Google (plus YouTube/TikTok funnel planning), known for rigorous experimentation and account restructuring. Delivered record performance at BrightChamps by segmenting parents (father vs mother) with tailored creative/LPs, driving 3x spend scale alongside major CTR/CVR/ROAS gains, and has also improved lead quality and ROAS via conditional-logic qualification forms in regulated-style lead gen.”

Grant Bruno

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Mid-level Business Transformation & Strategy Consultant specializing in EdTech and FinTech

London, United Kingdom6y exp

“BD/partnership professional with 5 years across tech, AI, and fintech who has repeatedly built outbound pipelines from scratch using HubSpot/Salesforce/Monday.com. At Cellfunds, ran segmented multi-channel campaigns for credit unions/fintechs tied to wallet/payout API/virtual card solutions, driving +20% partner engagement and supporting ~20% project revenue growth, and used Apollo AI enrichment to halve prospecting prep time.”

“Sales leader with deep North American public sector SaaS experience spanning government, municipalities, and adjacent nonprofit segments, including payments/FinTech monetization. Stands out for combining large-scale new ARR ownership ($27M target), measurable retention improvement (cut churn from 13% to 7%), and a track record of building new-market teams from scratch to multi-million-dollar ARR outcomes.”

“Early-stage investor from Manchester Stories with a strong sourcing engine, generating 500-600 deals per year through referrals, events, thematic research, and AI-driven stealth startup discovery. Particularly differentiated in private payer healthcare and founder relationship-building, with examples of converting value-add outbound outreach into investments through hands-on market guidance and rigorous diligence.”

Nadia Elinbabi

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Senior Product and Systems Design Leader specializing in AI-enabled enterprise workflows

Charlotte, NC18y exp

“Former UX designer with 12 years in design who moved into product management and now leads complex AI-enabled retail experiences. Most notably, they championed Competitive Quote from an overlooked Hack Day prototype into a major initiative later valued at $300M over three years, combining strong product strategy, agentic UX thinking, and deep practical understanding of human-in-the-loop AI systems.”

“Operations/HR leader and advisor with hands-on experience scaling an FDA-regulated manufacturing operation after a national retail placement—driving >40% throughput gains, 60% defect reduction, and cutting turnover by more than half through workforce, compensation, and training system redesign. Also led HR process automation (ATS/HRIS integration, employee self-service) and coaches executives on delegation, accountability, and outcomes-based operating rhythms.”

Samantha Pinheiro

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Mid-level Growth & Business Development Operator in Financial Services and Defense Tech

Remote3y exp

“Sales/business development operator who has repeatedly built outbound motions from scratch—most recently launching a B2B recruiting GTM at Pinnacle Private Credit, generating 50+ relationships, a $50K+ pipeline in 5 weeks, and closing 7 enterprise agreements with C-suite financial services stakeholders. Also co-founded a defense tech startup (multi-sensor aerial threat detection), led investor outreach to 100+ investors, and applies AI/ML both for outreach personalization (ChatGPT/Claude) and product work (sensor fusion/threat detection).”

“Venture investing/sourcing professional who runs a high-volume, systematized founder outreach motion across warm intros, accelerators, social outbound, and databases (PitchBook/Crunchbase), targeting ~50 personalized founder touchpoints weekly. Uses AI workflows to build targeted lists and monitor company updates, and has converted highly contextual outbound into qualified diligence opportunities (e.g., industrial automation/frontline productivity). Values long-term founder relationships pre-raise through consistent value-add and is motivated by growth toward a partner track.”

“Sales executive with private-equity-backed leadership experience in cybersecurity and compliance software, known for building sales infrastructure and scaling teams quickly. Grew KnowBe4's North America SMB business from $8M to $25M+ and transformed Zenwork's outbound engine from 5% to 25%+ of revenue while nearly doubling sales in year one.”

“Sales leader with multi-state revenue ownership in consumer services and partnership-driven growth, including turning HairClub into the top-performing region with 22%+ YoY growth. At Bluegreen Vacations, led complex retail partnership expansion across 40+ locations by building disciplined operating models, cross-functional alignment, and phased scaling strategies.”

“Former Harris County leader turned consulting partner with strong public-sector transformation experience, including a $2.5M Azure-based analytics modernization for Harris County Public Health and governance-heavy infrastructure work on the Harris County Flood Warning System. Also managed multiple concurrent quantum computing optimization and machine learning engagements, showing an unusual blend of government modernization, executive stakeholder management, and frontier-tech delivery.”

“Audio/music editor and producer with recent long-form brand work for Novartis, crafting a playful modern Motown-inspired track tailored to a two-act narrative. Works in Logic Pro and Final Cut with a plugin-heavy mix/master workflow (Soundtoys, Native Instruments, Spectrasonics, Output) and emphasizes automation for dialogue-safe mixes and rapid same-day iteration on notes.”