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.”

Erik Melanson

Screened

Executive intelligence and cyber operations leader in defense and national security

Annapolis Junction, MD19y exp

“Aspiring founder in the early stages of shaping a startup concept, with a practical plan to refine the initial offering, sharpen the value pitch, and secure both investors and early client interest. Brings firsthand exposure to private-equity-backed companies, including experience seeing capital raising and board accountability from the operating side.”

“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).”

“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.”

Sadie Novello

Screened

Executive Operations & Content Leader (COO/CCO) in Media and Technology

Los Angeles, CA21y exp

“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.”

Rami Parham

Screened

Executive mobility leader specializing in autonomous vehicles and Mobility-as-a-Service

Tel Aviv, Israel13y exp

“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.”

Donnell Mata

Screened

Director-level Strategy & Operations leader specializing in GTM, product, and operating cadence systems

San Francisco, CA22y exp

“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.”

HUGH BOYLE

Screened

Executive marketing leader specializing in brand, digital, and agency transformation

Grapevine, TX18y exp

“Experienced corporate operator with a co-founder bringing 50+ combined years of relevant large-company experience, now building a bootstrapped AI/SaaS/Data Infrastructure startup. They have spent the past year developing a detailed business plan, playbook, and investor materials with support from Accenture's startup assessment tools, and are just beginning to engage VCs from a position of strong preparation.”

Vineeta Srivastav

Screened

Senior Talent Acquisition Lead specializing in AI, Cloud, and technical recruiting

Dallas, TX18y exp

“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.”