Vetted Change Management Professionals

Shery Saeed

Screened

Executive Strategic Advisor & Executive Coach specializing in transformation and growth

New York, NY26y exp

“Transformation/PMO leader who launched the Bear Stearns program management office for a firm-wide business transformation, building governance (steering/ops committees), communications, and an issue-resolution system to align five parallel teams. Known as a highly discreet trusted advisor who improves executive effectiveness through delegation systems, and who can influence senior leaders via storytelling and ROI framing—while also advocating strongly for teams on deadlines and workload.”

Zach Pavlosky

Screened

Director-level M&A and Capital Markets advisor specializing in debt placement and middle-market deals

Washington, DC11y exp

“Corporate development / corporate strategy M&A professional from a small boutique consulting firm (Aleris Acquisitions) who also owned internal ops improvements. Led the shift from manual spreadsheet-based tracking to HubSpot with pipeline scoring/prioritization, created enablement materials to drive adoption, and regularly supported founders in tech/tool decision-making through structured presentations and demos.”

MICHELLE WEATHERSBY

Screened

Executive Governance & Compliance Leader specializing in AI and multi-cloud security

TX & GA25y exp

“Operations and governance/risk consultant with experience across retail, beauty, construction, and consulting, drawing on prior work at MetLife, Fidelity, and BB&T. Known for replacing manual, spreadsheet-driven compliance/operations with centralized governance dashboards and scalable frameworks, and for mentoring early-stage founders using RACI, financial controls, and AI/automation to scale deliberately.”

ADITI DUGAR

Screened

Director of Real Estate FP&A and Lease Accounting specializing in global occupancy and systems transformation

24y exp

“Cross-functional corporate operations/real estate leader with experience delivering office consolidation, finance centralization, and facilities management transformation programs. Implemented a digital budgeting/forecasting tool covering ~$700MM in costs and automated reporting into OneStream to improve executive visibility and reduce errors. Experienced in portfolio optimization and executive steering committee governance to maintain alignment across Real Estate, IT, and FM stakeholders.”

Joseph Dowden

Screened

Director-level HR Business Partner specializing in org transformation and talent strategy

Basking Ridge, NJ14y exp

“HR/People operations leader with global scale experience supporting a 600+ person customer success org across US/EMEA/APAC, including 500+ compensation reviews and employee relations/investigations. Led a major transformation moving 75 employees into sales-compensated roles to improve retention and customer outcomes, and partnered with senior leaders on pay equity/eligibility work resulting in $34K in retro bilingual premium payments plus leader training for consistent application.”

Wayne PetinaudJr.

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in SaaS, FinTech, and Design

New York, NY7y exp

“Recruiting leader and hands-on executive search player/coach who has managed teams at Acquire and Mastercard and partnered closely with HRBPs on sensitive, change-management hiring. Pre-Series B at Acquire, collaborated with CFO/CPO/founders on a location-based hiring strategy that reduced salary costs by 30%+. Recently at Paperless Post, implemented AI-era technical assessment and interview tooling (Coderbyte, BrightHire) to improve candidate quality and process efficiency.”

“Salesforce-focused candidate with hands-on experience owning Sales Cloud automation end to end, including requirements translation, Flow/Apex design, testing, and production deployment. They show practical judgment in choosing hybrid declarative/code solutions, bulk-safe Apex patterns, and modern UI work across both LWC and legacy Aura components.”

“Engineering leader with experience owning product engineering strategy, architecture, and org scaling across hospitality/workforce management and insurance startup environments. They describe being brought in to help Fourth Inc. revamp engineering for large-scale enterprise customers, while also scaling teams at The Zebra and staying hands-on with production monitoring, performance analysis, and cross-team architectural execution.”

“Engineering director and former front-end engineering manager with a strong blend of people leadership, UX/design-system ownership, and hands-on technical depth. At Siemens, they led a 15-person US/Europe team through a SaaS-era design-system transformation, winning over resistant product teams and exceeding adoption goals; at Intellimize, they solved legacy-browser constraints with a custom TypeScript-based build pipeline that improved quality, morale, and user experience.”

“Former Societe Generale investment banking/markets professional turned startup operator who became the first employee at Two Dots and helped scale it from prototype to $12M ARR. Combines executive-level financial analysis, AI product understanding, and hands-on GTM/customer execution, with a standout example of building a backtest-led enterprise sales motion that pushed conversion above 90% and helped win major property management customers.”

Susan Sorensen

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in EdTech, learning platforms, and AI-enabled outcomes

13y exp

“Education-focused product leader with 12+ years across Bridge LMS, Canvas, Kuali, and healthcare.gov, known for turning ambiguity into clear product strategy and shipping human-centered AI. They pair strong UX judgment with cross-functional leadership, including a Bridge AI course-creation launch that hit 76.8% admin adoption and a healthcare.gov enrollment redesign that cut session time to under 10 minutes.”

“Strategic HR Business Partner supporting Product Development, Creative/Design, Digital, Marketing, and Supply Chain organizations, partnering with senior leaders across the US, UK, and Latin America. Known for data-informed org design and capability reviews that drive future-ready restructures, including redefining roles/leveling and enabling more data-driven leadership via Power BI adoption.”

“HR leader who joined Polished as Head of HR days before the entire C-suite resigned, then partnered with new executives to restructure a $500M e-commerce organization using rapid internal promotions and manager development. More recently at Coforge, supported a North America population and used exit-interview and compensation data to address call-center turnover in Charleston, WV, alongside deep experience running sensitive ER investigations.”

“People/HR-focused change leader with experience driving a company-wide payroll/PEO provider transition through executive alignment, cross-functional facilitation, vendor coordination, and employee-focused communication/training. Uses systems thinking to diagnose drivers of turnover (e.g., gaps in post-onboarding training) and coaches leaders via 360-style feedback, real-time coaching, and structured behavior experiments to improve delegation and team effectiveness.”

“Partnerships leader (Director of Partnerships at Frontify; previously supported Founder/CEO/President at Modicum) known for driving cross-functional alignment and executive productivity. Built U.S. market presence and expanded agency partnerships while implementing practical operating rhythms (trackers, leadership syncs, streamlined reporting) to keep senior teams aligned and moving quickly.”

“Operations leader/consultant for early-stage, VC-backed and fast-growth companies with hands-on experience spanning NetSuite finance ops, product prioritization, and People Ops/HR systems. Notably overhauled internal communications at a Bay Area home health company by centralizing to HIPAA-compliant Slack integrated with ClickUp, driving ~30% faster project completion and ~25% higher retention, using ADKAR-based change management and rigorous adoption tracking.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10+ years driving large-scale K-12 district hiring, including staffing across 200 schools and managing thousands of candidates annually. Known for redesigning fragmented recruiting workflows and implementing ATS solutions (Lever, AppliTrack, Taleo, Oracle HCM) to deliver measurable gains: 15% vacancy reduction, 20% faster time-to-hire, 30% fewer compliance errors, and 25% faster onboarding.”

“Windows/VMware infrastructure project lead with experience managing 3,000+ servers across large enterprise environments (mentions Pfizerco, American Express, and FedEx). Focused on performance troubleshooting and stability using monitoring tools, plus security hardening and dependency/latency evaluation during on-prem to AWS/Azure hybrid migrations.”

Angelo Bianchi

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in organizational design, labor relations, and people analytics

New York, NY16y exp

“HR/people analytics and transformation leader with experience at Royal Caribbean and Baptist Hospital, combining a graduate degree in business analytics with hands-on org design and change execution. Built HR analytics capabilities (predictive/causal approaches, data quality, storytelling) and partnered directly with a CFO to run a 2+ year finance reorg across a 26,000-employee, 14-hospital system, including writing 124 job descriptions and implementing a CoE/business partnering model.”

Jeff Cushler

Screened

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in Healthcare IT, SaaS, and Cloud Transformation

Austin, TX30y exp

“Startup product/enterprise-stack builder who helped take Ventric Health from R&D to a market-launched healthcare product in 2024, operating in a $34M-raised, revenue-generating model leveraging Medicare C reimbursement through providers. Previously drove adoption of an integrated K-12 digital learning platform distributed to 100+ institutions over two years, with reported improvements in test scores.”

Jeff Craven

Screened

Director-level delivery executive specializing in enterprise SaaS, telecom, and platform deployments

Gainesville, GA37y exp

“Enterprise SaaS implementation leader with broad cross-functional ownership spanning project management, sales engineering, customer success, and technical account management. Has delivered complex migrations and multi-release portfolios across 40+ enterprise customers, including utilities, telecom, and municipal environments, with strong experience coordinating high-stakes cutovers, integrations, and executive stakeholder communication.”

“People/HR strategy leader with experience in global team management and workforce planning across five divisions at Kantar. Uses data-driven org change (production + engagement analysis) and practical engagement levers (stay interviews, internal mobility, shift redesign) to deliver measurable results, including a 10% production efficiency gain in six months, and has led targeted initiatives to recruit/retain women through focus groups and flexible work options.”

“People/Org leader with hands-on experience managing teams across Europe and the US, often in post-merger consolidation environments. Has repeatedly built product/design/analytics teams from scratch using benchmarking, role templating, and budget/scenario planning with finance, and has led high-stakes change initiatives including reorgs, M&A integration, and RIF execution with structured global communications.”

“HR leader experienced in partnering with senior leaders through restructuring and process standardization, supporting multi-location organizations with diverse teams. Strong in org design/workforce planning, manager coaching, and change communications (talking points/FAQs), with a focus on minimizing disruption while monitoring engagement and attrition trends.”