Vetted Business Development Professionals

“Outbound sales candidate with experience spanning trade show prospecting for premium wedding photo albums and door-to-door solar sales. Demonstrates strong hands-on prospecting discipline, stakeholder mapping, and message testing, including improving email reply rates from about 5% to 15–20% by shifting to outcome-focused messaging and narrowing the ICP.”

“Women’s apparel merchandising/category leader who owned end-to-end seasonal strategy across DTC e-commerce and a broad wholesale footprint (6–7 platforms plus trade shows). Delivered outsized wholesale growth (e.g., FAIRE from $40K to $370K/month in 6 months) and strong trade show revenue ($650K–$1.3M per show) by combining rigorous sell-through/returns analysis, SKU rationalization, and margin-protecting factory negotiations with tight production/QC execution.”

Luke Ruggiero

Screened

Intern Sports Marketing & Market Research professional specializing in fan engagement and analytics

Online1y exp

“Basketball-focused candidate with long-term high school program involvement (team manager) plus Seton Hall athletics experience (basketball marketing intern and equipment room work). Recently supported an elementary basketball camp in a coaching/operations role and is getting connected to volunteer at USA Basketball events; also brings sports marketing sales outreach and basic Adobe video editing/content experience.”

Brian Pod

Screened

Junior Business Development & Sports Marketing professional

Oceanside, NY2y exp

“Enterprise Rent-A-Car branch employee combining frontline sales (vehicle upgrades and protection products) with operational ownership of reservations and fleet availability. Regularly performs outbound phone/email outreach to confirm insurance-driven reservations and convert them into in-branch rentals, and has demonstrated strong on-the-fly problem solving when short-staffed and facing vehicle availability constraints.”

Syed M Shah

Screened

Senior Business Development & Enterprise Sales Manager specializing in SaaS and digital transformation

New York City, NY11y exp

“Enterprise SaaS seller with 9 years across cloud and cybersecurity, owning outbound motions from ABM account penetration to partner ecosystem outreach for Fortune 100 accounts and an eight-figure book. Reports 40+ enterprise closes, including a financial services expansion driving 45% YoY growth and $1.7M in multi-SaaS deals across North America and Europe, with a structured, insight-led multi-channel prospecting approach using tools like Outreach, ZoomInfo, Salesforce, and HubSpot.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”

“Sales development candidate with hands-on outbound experience across email, phone, and LinkedIn, producing 4-6 meetings per week and roughly 10-15 SQLs per month. Demonstrates a thoughtful, insight-led prospecting style, including objection handling with VP-level buyers, multithreaded outreach, and a clear framework for building an SDR pipeline engine in low-enable­ment environments.”

Alexander Home

Screened

Mid-level investment analyst specializing in portfolio analysis and financial modeling

Oregon, USA4y exp

“Sales-focused candidate with high-volume outbound experience targeting founders and operators, primarily through LinkedIn, email, and cold calling. They report operating at 200 calls per day, booking 10 meetings per week, and contributing to $5M per quarter, with a founder-sourced opportunity specifically cited as bringing in $5M of business. They emphasize tailored messaging, trust-based relationship building, and disciplined CRM pipeline management in fast-paced environments.”

“Outbound sales candidate from Shell Canada with strong top-of-funnel production, including 30+ meetings booked over December and January and more than $1M in pipeline generated in Q4 2025. Brings experience prospecting into enterprise stakeholders such as CFOs, CEOs, ops leaders, and controllers, with a data-driven, personalized approach to building repeatable outbound motion.”

DIANA ROMERO

Screened

Director-level business development and sales leader in hospitality, marketing, and events

Albany, CA14y exp

“Sales professional with experience selling streaming, white-label software, and broader SaaS solutions into media, communications, and marketing/revenue-facing teams. Stands out for building pipeline in early-stage environments, leveraging industry relationships and budget-cycle timing to win deals, including a $120K contract and a $30K deal later expanded by $15K.”

“Outbound sales candidate with a structured approach to prospecting, cold calling, and multi-channel outreach across phone, email, and LinkedIn. Demonstrates comfort engaging senior marketing stakeholders, handling time-based objections, and refining scripts to better match executive buyer personas and improve meeting conversion.”

“Operations-focused problem solver with hands-on experience improving cash flow and throughput in small businesses: built a collections and insurance follow-up framework for an auto body shop that recovered $10K quickly and exceeded $100K collected, and implemented a speech-recognition workflow at a car dealership that cut 2–3 hours from each vehicle financing process. Also introduced spreadsheet-based applicant screening and background-check processes for an apartment complex to standardize leasing decisions and improve safety.”

Craig Hall

Screened

Director-level Sales & Commercial Leader specializing in Automotive and SaaS

Gorebridge, UK13y exp

“Product manager who led the development cycle and UI design for the TIER mobile/web app used by search-and-rescue teams to manage competency checks, training, equipment records, and incident response. Experienced coordinating web and mobile teams to align APIs to cross-platform features, and demonstrates solid understanding of F2P live-ops, event planning, and IAP experimentation/metrics.”