Vetted Coaching Professionals

“Cross-border (US/Canada) hockey advisor with extensive experience on both the business and operations sides across pro, minor, and junior organizations. Leverages deep relationships with coaches/scouts/GMs and a structured evaluation + development planning process to guide families through Prep/Academy, Junior, NCAA, and U Sports pathways; has helped an athlete jump two levels to Junior A via a targeted 6-month training and mental development plan.”

“Light industrial staffing operations leader who scaled from multi-unit branch manager to Market VP overseeing four Dallas–Fort Worth branches (~$63M annual volume) and 56–58 direct reports. Known for data-driven SOP/operations turnarounds that lifted revenue 30%+ and gross profit 25%+ (President’s Club top 10%), plus leading a multi-market Employee Bridge mobile app pilot and tightening E-Verify compliance for high-volume accounts like HelloFresh.”

“Recent McCombs School of Business (UT Austin) Post Graduate Program graduate in Data Science & Business Analytics with hands-on project experience spanning stock clustering/segmentation and hotel booking-cancellation prediction. Strong in end-to-end analysis workflows (EDA, cleaning, feature engineering) and rigorous model comparison/selection, with exposure to boosting methods and imbalanced-data techniques; limited experience so far with embeddings/vector databases and production deployment.”

Derya Kazak

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level HR leader specializing in change management, employee relations, and talent development

Armonk, NY10y exp

“Strategic HR leader with experience managing global teams (India/Brazil/Canada) and partnering on immigration and multi-country regulatory considerations. Has driven major org changes including implementing an attendance policy across 14 logistics locations and restructuring an HR department to align with growth, using a data-driven approach (turnover, time-to-hire, performance, exit interviews). Target compensation is around $150K, flexible based on total package.”

Catherine Reyes

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior HR Director specializing in Total Rewards and HR Operations for healthcare systems

Bronx, NY16y exp

“HR/People leader with experience managing global teams and delivering complex HR/payroll system integrations (including an India-based support team) on schedule. Has built HR/onboarding teams and HRIS workflows from the ground up and partnered with senior leadership on high-impact change initiatives like a full return-to-office transition, including employee communications and backfill recruiting.”

“Operations/people-ops leader who helped an industrial fabrication company (Carlucci) scale through a major contract by standardizing operations, rolling out iPad + barcode workflows, and building workforce planning/onboarding/succession systems—doubling headcount. Uses a structured 100-day diagnostic and KPI-driven operating cadence (dashboards, AOP, goal deployment, 9-box, DISC) and mentors founders/executives by translating operational detail into strategic decision-making.”

“Aspiring founder with moderate familiarity with the VC and startup studio ecosystem, motivated by the ability to solve problems according to their own vision. Particularly interested in building in home services and mental health/counseling, and expresses strong commitment to entrepreneurship.”

Steven Dewey

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Director-level sales leader specializing in OEM, aftermarket, and industrial equipment markets

Hudsonville, MI19y exp

“Public-sector sales leader in emergency vehicle and municipal fleet equipment who drove $90M in combined incremental growth across SoundOff Signal and Buyers Products. Stands out for winning entrenched government accounts through product-led displacement strategies, disciplined KPI/CRM management, and persistence in long-cycle agency sales, including converting Houston PD from a longtime competitor.”

“Senior Account Manager with hands-on ownership of a $50K/month CPG paid media program spanning OTT/CTV, programmatic display, SEM, Meta (and TikTok), combining rigorous test design with cross-functional execution (media planning + ad ops + channel teams). Delivered concrete gains including 25–30% lift in FTA and a 15% reduction in CTV CPM, leading to increased client budgets and an upsell into audio.”

“Backend/data engineer who reports building production Python services (FastAPI + JWT) backed by Postgres and Redis, and modernizing data workflows using AWS Glue + PySpark with S3/RDS. States experience delivering AWS solutions (S3, SES, Cognito) and using golden datasets/snapshot testing for migration parity, with many details withheld due to NDAs. Seeking fully remote work with a $300k base salary expectation.”

Molly Marrin

Screened

Director-level Women’s Basketball Coach specializing in recruiting and player development

Denver, CO22y exp

“Former college basketball coach and 12-year Division I recruiting coordinator who recently left Regis University to found Level Up Coaching, providing individual player development and recruiting guidance. Deeply connected in the Colorado club/high school ecosystem and experienced recruiting nationally, with strong on-camera and social content capabilities (including current skill-video work with Gold Crown Foundation and D1 analyst work at University of Wyoming).”

Brooke Williams

Screened

Executive revenue leader specializing in sales and marketing growth systems

New Braunfels, TX10y exp

“Senior sales leader with deep public sector, municipal, and regulated-industry experience who has led large multi-state territories and delivered 37% YoY growth worth more than $50M at Republic Services. More recently, they have applied that same strategic rigor in consulting, helping a global language services provider expand into manufacturing and win complex public sector business such as the City of Minneapolis.”

Tommy Hendricks

Screened

Senior Account Director specializing in TV, digital, and out-of-home advertising sales

Rochester, NY44y exp

“Former college basketball coach/player and college administrator who owns and runs an AAU/youth basketball organization in Western NY, impacting 200+ kids and families over ~20 years. Combines hands-on scouting and officiating at exposure events with a current career in sports media/advertising sales, producing content tied to major events (Final Four, NBA, Olympics, NFL).”

Jyoti mishra

Screened

Director-level Scrum Master / Technical Program Manager specializing in Agile delivery

Dallas, Texas10y exp

“Director of Projects with experience owning HR operations processes from onboarding through exit and partnering with engineering to build/fix HRMS-related systems. Led cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, DevOps, operations, legal) to resolve data/tooling issues and improve operational rigor through Jira/Confluence documentation and multi-level code checks; also managed org-wide Jira licensing and user provisioning.”

Dominique Jackson

Screened

Director-level Sports & Youth Development Leader specializing in athletic program operations

Baltimore, MD6y exp

“Former Division III college football coach with extensive experience supporting collegiate and professional athletes, including work with Under Armour athletes (e.g., Kelsey Plum, Steph Curry) and Baltimore Ravens player engagement. While not hockey-specific, they emphasize end-to-end athlete guidance (goal-setting, transparency, family support) plus social media/profile-building to increase athlete visibility.”

“Commercially minded candidate with exposure to private equity firms as sales targets and experience building partnerships around venture-backed company ecosystems. They appear more inclined to join an existing company than found one, bringing a metrics-driven, process-oriented approach and creative execution style with a strong focus on clear growth paths and capital stability.”

“Serial founder/engineer who has raised capital for two prior startups and is now building a mental awareness venture. Drove rapid early traction for Fashom after an organic YouTube unboxing sparked demand, then scaled using influencer-led growth with no paid ads for ~2 years, achieving ~150% YoY growth and staying profitable through COVID.”

Mo Arab

Screened

Executive Technology Leader specializing in Cloud, Managed Services & AI/LLM integration

Los Angeles, CA25y exp

“Engineering/technology leader with experience at Evocative and through a merger with Hivelocity, aligning tech roadmaps to managed services growth. Led multi-region self-hosted cloud and automation initiatives that cut delivery time from days to hours/minutes and informed cost-saving infrastructure decisions (reported $500K OPEX savings). Known for scaling teams with pod ownership, agile/intake governance, and disciplined rollout practices that protect uptime and security.”

Colleen Gray

Screened

Executive healthcare and medtech CEO specializing in capital raising and medical device commercialization

San Francisco, CA18y exp

“Registered investment banker at US Capital Global with roughly 20 years of fundraising experience across startups and growth companies. He has served as both operator and founder/C-suite leader, raising more than $275M+ for ventures including StorageWay and $27M for medtech startup TracPatch Health, with particular depth in healthcare, investor strategy, diligence, and board-level execution.”