Vetted Change Management Professionals

“Organizational effectiveness and L&OD leader with experience managing a global volunteer team and partnering closely with senior leaders to drive enterprise culture change. Demonstrated measurable impact improving employee engagement (+31 points in 6 months) and applying Lean/appreciative discovery to streamline regulatory workflows to meet state-mandated timelines.”

“HR operations and human capital leader with Department of Transportation experience who built an HR policy and training infrastructure from scratch (20 policies in a year), enabling ~25% organizational growth. Known for data-driven process optimization (cut processing time by 20 days and improved request responsiveness by ~20%) and for creating scalable manager enablement tools (HR toolkit/quick-reference guides) while aligning senior leadership and reducing overhead via FTE-to-contractor transitions.”

Mazhar Haq

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior AWS Cloud Architect and Technical Leader specializing in security, migrations, and cost governance

Santa Monica, CA26y exp

“Infrastructure/platform engineer with strong AWS and hybrid on-prem networking depth, spanning Kubernetes platform engineering (IaC, autoscaling, GitOps, observability) and large-scale VMware operations. Managed thousands of VMs across 56 US military bases/airports and has resolved real production hybrid incidents involving BGP/Direct Connect route advertisement and prefix-limit constraints.”

“Operations-focused leader specializing in rebuilding and scaling marketing/product/commercial operating models during rapid growth and leadership change. Known for implementing integrated quarterly planning, intake/resourcing, and KPI reporting systems that de-silo teams (including B2B enterprise, sales, and marketing) and create predictable execution, clearer decision rights, and scalable operating rhythms.”

“COO at Malk Partners who led a ~75-person org and managed a 6-month sell-side diligence process while still delivering growth targets. Known for building executive alignment and accountability through clear KPIs, strong 1:1 operating rhythms (including N-2s), and board-level strategy projects, and for scaling planning processes by pushing AOP ownership to business unit leaders with templates and coaching.”

Yevgeniy Sergunov

Screened

Principal Partnerships & Business Development leader specializing in AI alliances and SaaS growth

San Francisco, CA22y exp

“Candidate explicitly states they focus on SaaS and software (not hardware/GPU infrastructure) and withdrew their application due to the role’s hyperscaler/AI infrastructure focus and screening criteria.”

“Entrepreneur and investor with hands-on experience launching a startup, investing in numerous startups (including ones that later went public), and acquiring startups for mature enterprises that drove growth. Brings a disciplined, finance-oriented approach to evaluating opportunities—value proposition, competitive intensity, and risk/expected value—shaped by firsthand experience with venture funding disputes.”

“Mission-driven founder at the pre-seed stage with a fully developed business plan, validated concept, and defined business model. They demonstrate strong early-stage startup judgment through demand validation, scalability assessment across repeatable use cases and multi-city expansion, and informed familiarity with VC, studio, and accelerator pathways while preparing for first outside capital.”

“Operator with consulting and startup experience who has led founder-level, zero-to-one initiatives across highly complex domains—from conceiving and launching an $80M, 80m maritime disaster-response vessel for Global Support & Development (Sergey Brin’s org) to acting as a cross-functional leader at Windfall Bio spanning regulatory, GTM, partnerships, and R&D. At Deloitte, owned the Omnia ESG software roadmap and drove >30% faster delivery through standardization/automation, and was tapped to train other managers on their operating cadence system.”

Vandana Ravi

Screened

Mid-level GTM analytics professional specializing in strategy, operations, and growth

New York, NY6y exp

“Engineer and current MBA student making a post-MBA pivot into venture capital, with a strong track record of sourcing and nurturing early-stage founder relationships. She combines technical curiosity in AI with deep NYC ecosystem networking and says she has translated hundreds of qualified founders into conversations with relevant VCs.”