Vetted Business Development Professionals

“Real Estate & Construction professional at Analog Devices who built a cross-functional "single source of truth" system (Excel to Smartsheet) integrating tools like CoStar and Conga. Previously co-founded a Shanghai-based communications coaching consultancy serving eBay middle managers, handling incorporation, branding/marketing (including WeChat), office negotiation, and growth through increased class frequency and mentoring.”

“Cross-functional operations leader who managed six departments and led a first-time international expansion from Dubai into Riyadh, including hiring a Saudi GRO to navigate registrations/licensing and local requirements. Implemented a BI dashboard and later integrated it with an ERP to give executives real-time visibility into sales, project delivery, and finance, and stood up a PMO to improve delivery and collections while reducing sales-to-delivery friction.”

“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.”

“International development program manager with experience across major institutions (World Bank, McKinsey, Deloitte) and multi-country complex programs, including multi-million-dollar US government finance projects. Known for driving executive alignment and accountability through data-driven messaging, disciplined follow-up cadences, and productivity tooling/process improvements (e.g., Asana).”

“Business builder and operator with 15+ years developing new businesses inside larger companies, including joining GIPHY 5 years post-founding and helping drive value pre-acquisition. As Head of GIPHY Studios, led a major org and business-model transformation—converting a non-revenue content team into a profitable, self-sustaining creative agency embedded within the company.”

“Serial entrepreneur and former CEO who founded a startup ~15 years ago, raised $13M, scaled it to a multi-million-dollar tech business with tens of employees, and led it through acquisition. Currently exploring an AI-first "vibe engineering" / factory operations platform to address skilled labor shortages in low-tech engineering and rising demand from data center and physical infrastructure buildouts, with early customer discovery indicating strong willingness to pay.”

“Cross-functional digital transformation and operations leader with experience at Brookfield and Celonis, building centralized roadmaps and executive dashboards to align priorities across Finance/Accounting/Operations/Portfolio Management. Implemented FP&A reporting automation and sales compensation/performance reporting (Anaplan, Monday.com), and established strong PII governance via access approvals and monitoring.”

“Operator/strategy leader with experience driving digital transformation and building executive operating systems in high-noise environments. At a legacy B2C brand, created a prioritization framework and exec alignment process that cut 100+ initiatives to 16 and lifted execution from 12% to 81%. At Point B, owned a $20M delivery budget while shifting the firm to a tech-forward practice, implementing OKR/KPI cadences and AI-enabled workflows (n8n, LLMs, gamma.ai) that materially improved executive productivity.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with Siemens experience managing a blended internal team plus RPO and owning end-to-end TA operations (ATS/Lever, onboarding, background checks, compliance, reporting). Known for redesigning intake-to-offer workflows with measurable impact (20% faster time-to-fill; ~33% fewer aging reqs) and leading automated interview scheduling implementations in partnership with HRIS, IT, and SSO teams.”