Vetted Coaching Professionals

Thomas LaBarbera

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in security technology and enterprise SaaS

New Jersey, USA21y exp

“Senior public sector sales leader with national territory experience across law enforcement, transit, city, and government accounts. Stands out for combining strategic sales leadership with direct involvement in complex enterprise deals, including winning NYPD, closing a $3.4M transit software deal, and launching Canada to 224% of target through a channel-led expansion strategy.”

“NCAA coach (20+ years, non-hockey sport) pivoting into hockey advising/agency work, bringing deep recruiting and talent-identification experience including scholarship negotiation and helping athletes secure pro opportunities and transfers. Uses a data-driven evaluation model (on-ice metrics, wearables, video) and emphasizes trust-based relationship building with families and decision-makers.”

“Global talent acquisition/executive search leader from FIS Global who managed a distributed recruiting org and partnered closely with HRBPs and C-suite leaders. Has driven enterprise-wide recruiting lifecycle improvements (including onboarding programs to reduce attrition) and engaged in strategic initiatives like an AI council tied to product roadmap decisions.”

“Entrepreneurially minded operator with ~20 years in corporate now building a new venture (business plan + MVP in progress) and focused on rapid traction to reach PMF. Previously identified and executed a major student-events opportunity in Milan, scaling from renting a hotel for 800 paying guests to an Olympic village for 5,000, handling logistics, outreach, and team coordination.”

“Senior technology/executive leader with 30+ years building and scaling mission-critical platforms across blockchain, cloud, cybersecurity, and fintech, including leading 100+ person global teams and managing $100M P&Ls. Founded Pharus (2022) after driving Web2-to-Web3/DeFi/metaverse initiatives at SDK Co, using a first-principles, PoC-driven approach to deliver secure, compliance-aware transformations (GDPR/NYDFS) and multi-million-dollar optimizations, with a focus on quantum-resistant Web3 and ethical AI governance.”

Lexi Wood

Screened

Senior Recruiter specializing in full-cycle, high-volume talent acquisition

13y exp

“Senior Recruiter at Gusto with 10+ years spanning agency recruiting ops and in-house TA, leading a CX Invite team and coaching 3–5 recruiters. Known for scaling high-volume contact center hiring (20 hires/month) by redesigning interview workflows—cutting steps, introducing batch interview days, and driving measurable gains (candidate NPS +20, offer acceptance +10%). Experienced with Greenhouse, ModernLoop scheduling automation, LinkedIn Recruiter extensions, and Tableau recruiting dashboards.”

Dan Sorensen

Screened

Executive CISO specializing in cybersecurity strategy, AI governance, and enterprise risk

Denver, CO10y exp

“Founder of Nexus Security Advisors, an early-stage cybersecurity consulting firm focused on supporting small and mid-sized businesses with practical security needs. Brings cybersecurity leadership plus AI governance and compliance focus, and has experience designing and delivering hands-on cyber threat intelligence training by validating needs with leadership and partnering to build a practical curriculum.”

“Houston-based football advisor, current high school coach, and former college athlete/coach with 30+ years in sports management. He has negotiated six-figure NIL collective deals and brand sponsorships, sources athletes through direct outreach and deep football relationships, and supports families across recruiting, transfer portal, scouting, and long-term athlete development.”

Spencer Stewart

Screened

Mid-level baseball development coach specializing in analytics and player development

San Francisco, CA7y exp

“Former high-achieving pitcher and collegiate club All-American who translated his playing background into professional development coaching and collegiate baseball analytics leadership. He combines lived baseball experience, Trackman-driven evaluation, and a trusted West Coast mid-major coach network to guide athletes on recruiting, development, and college decision-making.”

“HR/people leader with experience partnering directly with firm partners and C-suite leaders to drive culture and retention initiatives, including launching a Partner Connectivity Program to rebuild community during/after remote-pandemic work. Strong in people analytics (Workday/Aderant) and executive dashboards, and experienced handling complex employee relations cases and accommodations in collaboration with in-house counsel.”

“Hands-on engineering manager/lead focused on Azure application deployments and CI/CD automation. Has led design sessions and 1:1 code reviews, and owned a production performance incident end-to-end from measurement and test-environment setup through production validation, while coaching team members via regular 1:1s.”

Stephanie Kaplar

Screened

Director-level Human Resources leader specializing in global HR operations and employee relations

New York, NY11y exp

“People leader with experience managing globally distributed teams across the US, Canada, and Brazil, including product/design/analytics functions. Partnered directly with executives to plan org restructures during multiple layoff rounds—owning future org design, role impact mapping, and company-wide communication planning to maintain clarity through change.”

Farzam Ebadypour

Screened

Senior Security Sales Engineer specializing in AI security and edge WAF/API protection

San Jose, CA34y exp

“Enterprise customer success / technical sales professional with strong security and fintech account experience, owning onboarding through renewal for a ~5k-employee rollout. Demonstrated measurable outcomes including 80%+ adoption, 3-year renewal with expansion, CSAT 9/10 and NPS 69, plus a reported 60%+ reduction in security analyst review time; experienced driving SIEM/ticketing integrations and influencing product roadmap from customer feedback.”

Rachel Kravit

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in employee relations and people strategy

Remote, NY10y exp

“Cross-functional change leader with experience partnering with senior product/engineering/marketing leaders to revamp product development processes, delivering a 30% reduction in time-to-market. Combines systems thinking, executive coaching, and people analytics (engagement/turnover analysis, KPI dashboards) to resolve complex org and employee-relations challenges and improve culture.”

Waldorff Villacres

Screened

Healthcare technology executive and architect with 20+ years leading enterprise platforms and digital transformation.

Seattle, Washington, USA21y exp

“Healthcare-focused founder in the R&D stage building an EHR and clinical staffing startup centered on value-based care. They have already tested the concept with the market, are engaging Medicaid/Medicare leaders and industry conferences like ViVE and HIMSS, and are focused on early-signal detection to improve patient outcomes while lowering utilization costs.”

“Senior public sector enterprise sales leader with experience across RedSeal, eIQ, Reconnex, Dhaani Systems, Tufin, and Skybox, specializing in cybersecurity and regulated infrastructure accounts. Stands out for leading multi-region government territories, ranking #1 in 13 of 16 quarters, and winning complex seven-figure deals by tying security and technology investments to compliance, operational resilience, and measurable ROI.”

“Omnichannel merchandising and partnerships leader who owned end-to-end strategy for major soccer programs, including USA Soccer and the Argentina National Team. Negotiated a sophisticated dual-license structure to preserve Amazon channel rights while protecting margin, and drove $8M in pre-buys plus margin improvement through disciplined planning, Excel-based hindsight analysis, and in-season inventory adjustments.”

Daniel Goyeneche

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in global, high-volume and technical recruiting

Morris Plains, NJ17y exp

“Talent Acquisition leader (Director-level) with 6+ years managing recruiter teams (2–14, including managers) across geographies and offshore/US delivery. Has partnered directly with C-suite during Series C workforce planning to identify org gaps and build hiring plans, and has driven ATS/process transformations in iCIMS (workflow redesign, automations, and KPI/dashboard revamps) to standardize recruiting operations.”

“Software engineer with hands-on experience using Claude Code at PayPal to accelerate enhancement and development work. Takes a review-first approach to AI-generated code so they can validate changes and communicate them clearly with other developers, and has prior team lead experience.”

“Growth and brand marketing leader with franchising experience who helped scale Xponential Fitness’ Rumble Boxing from 15 to 90 locations in 4 years, delivering a 30% lift in lead gen/conversions and hitting systemwide revenue targets. Built scalable omnichannel launch playbooks for new openings and created an influencer/creator engine that tripled creative output and cut CPL by 25%. Former CMO for a music-nostalgia-driven brand with strong perspective on creator authenticity and IP/credit in marketing.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10+ years in TA and 6–7 years leading ops teams (up to 5 direct reports). Drove an enterprise-wide, global redesign of EchoStar’s recruiting and selection process, focusing on automation and process streamlining, and has led major HR/TA system implementations (Workday, Dayforce, iCIMS) across ATS/HRIS, onboarding, and payroll.”

Larry Moran

Screened

Executive Business Leader specializing in operations, growth strategy, and value creation

Lexington, NC32y exp

“Operator/CIO-type leader who has supported multiple founding teams and stepped in early at a high-growth venture (4th employee) to build core operations and hiring as the company scaled rapidly (4→40 employees; ~$1M→~$8M revenue in a year). Implemented an enterprise ATS across ~600 employees to centralize candidate flow and cut talent acquisition costs, and created a standardized operational playbook (30–40 offerings) to improve delivery efficiency in a healthcare/pharma-focused agency.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer with experience at Fandango and Young & Reckless, owning high-volume multi-brand campaign calendars and building Braze-based email/SMS/push journeys. Stands out for tying lifecycle strategy to measurable business impact, including 14% lift in email-attributed revenue, 18% CLTV improvement, and 22% higher activation through behavior-based experimentation.”

“Sales leader with experience running large-territory outside sales organizations, combining door-to-door execution, analytics, and territory optimization to drive over $700K in annual new acquisition MRC and roughly 60% market penetration. Stands out for rebuilding underperforming sales cultures, enforcing CRM and KPI discipline, and coordinating cross-functional expansion and property-based deal execution.”