Vetted Change Management Professionals

Colleen Quinn

Screened

Executive People Operations leader specializing in global, remote-first startups

12y exp

“NYC-based HR Business Partner with deep startup experience supporting product, design, and analytics orgs. Known for building competency matrices and career pathing frameworks that stabilized teams and improved retention during rapid growth, and for partnering with senior leadership through multiple RIFs using a transparency-first communication and support approach.”

Michael Boholst

Screened

Director of Operations specializing in healthcare and biotech operations

Honolulu, HI13y exp

“Operations leader who joined Nucleus Biologics early and built the company’s pre-production and technical operations operating model end-to-end, including team buildout, KPI/dashboards, and regulatory readiness. Co-led ISO 13485 certification and managed capex and multi-year initiatives up to $10M. Notably mitigated a post-COVID supply chain crisis by designing an in-house manufacturing path for a critical sterile 2000L mixing bag/impeller (including CNC/prototyping and L&E considerations), eliminating vendor reliance and driving significant YoY savings.”

Blake Thomas

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in AI and EdTech platforms

San Mateo, CA21y exp

“Has been on the receiving end of a VC investment and took responsibility for significant parts of the diligence process, drawing parallels to hands-on work with security compliance and auditors. Approaches entrepreneurship and idea selection with a structured framework (leverage, resources/runway, passion) and a sustainability-first mindset around risk and personal/family well-being.”

“Enterprise implementation leader with 10+ years delivering multi-million-dollar B2B/SaaS rollouts across procurement, expense management, legal tech, and fraud/identity platforms. At Amazon Business, managed 12+ concurrent enterprise implementations and owned the full lifecycle from strategy and change management through go-live, with strong executive stakeholder management and governance discipline.”

“Current COO who rebuilds and scales operational backbones end-to-end—data architecture, workflows, dashboards, and operating cadence—creating real-time visibility into pipeline, cycle times, and revenue forecasting. Known as a cross-functional integrator (hiring, GTM, finance, investors) who drives tough tradeoffs and turns ambiguity into durable operating systems.”

“Senior HR leader/HRBP with experience at Lowe's and as VP of HR at Chefs' Warehouse (NYSE: CHEF), known for building scalable talent and performance systems across large operational workforces. Led a nationwide assessment across 15 distribution centers and delivered executive-ready insights that earned a CEO commendation, and is a strong HRIS/people-metrics practitioner (Workday/ADP/Dayforce) who turns survey and workforce data into concrete action plans.”

“Global technology operations leader currently at WPP, managing teams across APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America. Has built large technology teams in India (Chennai and Bangalore) and managed product/product design teams in the US, and recently led a major org restructure shifting from a global to a regional operating model with change management.”

“Associate Director in commercial technology leading Salesforce platform delivery (Sales Cloud + Health Cloud) for patient engagement and order management. Personally led secure integrations like Bartender Cloud label/barcode generation (PDF creation, encryption, malware scanning) and owned a major StreamSets-based Salesforce data sync incident triggered by a Salesforce region move, adding proactive monitoring and automated DR/failover. Experienced in scaling delivery via CI/CD, release cadence, and leading teams through architecture reviews, code reviews, and lead-to-cash automation.”

Helen Eresseril

Screened

Director-level Global HR Business Partner specializing in people strategy and org design

USA & India20y exp

“HR/People leader with experience at Equifax, EMC, and HP driving high-impact org initiatives across compensation, performance management, leadership coaching, and people analytics. Led a major pay-for-performance variable comp redesign and managed a sensitive conflict-of-interest investigation resulting in VP termination, while also improving leader engagement outcomes (+15%) and reducing attrition drivers through internal mobility and development programs.”

Vivek Shrivastava

Screened

Director-level Technology Leader specializing in data platforms, AI, and media/AdTech transformation

Los Angeles, California24y exp

“Technology leader who built a unified platform for Fox live sports production operations starting in 2019, delivering an initial operational system on an ~18-month timeline while simultaneously scaling an in-house engineering team from a service-provider partnership. Led a security architecture for external vendors/partners using a separate Okta instance with zero-trust and passwordless authentication, and drove adoption through strong change management, documentation, and agile execution.”

“Performance marketer from Unilever with hands-on ownership of a sizable multi-platform paid media portfolio across Google, Meta, TikTok, and YouTube. Stands out for combining rigorous experimentation, LTV-based audience segmentation, and incrementality testing to improve ROAS, lower CPA, and restore growth when campaigns plateau.”

“Product leader with experience rebuilding large-scale search and AI-enabled workflow products at Amadeus and SignalWire. Stands out for combining AI strategy, UX simplification, and organizational alignment—driving measurable outcomes like 45% adoption growth, 42% revenue increase, and mentoring teams to stronger cross-functional execution.”

Roger Woody

Screened

Executive Operations & Transformation Leader in Federal and Defense organizations

36y exp

“Operations and Chief of Staff leader with experience at NRO, DHS/TSA, and NOAA, translating complex, regulated enterprise environments into startup-like scalable operating systems. Implemented Salesforce/PeopleSoft/Cognos-driven process optimization, governance, and keystroke-level SOPs, delivering measurable improvements (20% performance gains; 15% error reduction) while driving adoption through hands-on change management and executive alignment.”