Vetted Coaching Professionals

“Full-lifecycle recruiter who recently led the end-to-end search for newly created Internal Executive Guide roles at Pathways (leadership development), partnering closely with an executive team. Strong in executive alignment and process design—interviewed leaders individually to unify the role vision, coached interview frameworks, managed offers/references, and onboarded the final hire.”

“Organizational effectiveness manager and sustainability lead at Bifernandes Hermanos (major Puerto Rico consumer goods company) who built the internal operating structure and culture needed to sustain rapid growth. Combines Lean Six Sigma/Prosci change management with coaching and systems thinking to deliver measurable engagement gains (25% climate survey improvement, 40% engagement boost) and scalable, repeatable operating rhythms for teams and founders.”

Edmarie Bonilla

Screened

Director-level Operations & HR Talent Strategy leader specializing in performance metrics and L&D

Remote, US22y exp

“Operations Manager leading a 10-person BA team and owning operations execution across three lines of business, with additional ownership of OKRs tied to talent development (IDPs), value metrics, and recognition programs. Designed an onboarding framework aligned to company strategy and OKRs that improved retention, ramp-up, and engagement, and built healthcare college partnerships to strengthen hiring and internship pipelines while supporting cross-functional enterprise system implementations (policy admin, finance/HR, billing, call centers).”

Elizabeth Abend

Screened

Director-level HR leader specializing in people operations, compliance, and HR systems

New York, NY16y exp

“HR/People leader with multi-industry experience (boutique fitness, retail multi-location, bakery/manufacturing) who partners closely with senior leadership on major change. Has led acquisition integration of people systems, executed org redesign without layoffs, uses people analytics to drive leadership decisions, and manages sensitive ER investigations with a transparency-first approach.”

“Built football recruiting and athlete advisory experience through youth sports coaching and a West Coast talent pipeline, including helping families navigate contracts, exposure, and player development. Describes hands-on work sourcing opportunities, evaluating prospects, and supporting one SoCal athlete from 8th grade development through a scholarship to San Jose State.”

“Public sector sales leader with hands-on experience running direct, online, and partnership channels, generating over $2M in revenue and 85% retention. Built and coached teams across mid-market and government segments, with a practical playbook around consultative/value selling, compliance-aware selling, rigorous CRM discipline, and closing municipal deals such as Euless Power and Water.”

“Operations leader at Bathworks of Michigan who scaled call-center and sales scheduling by commissioning a custom-built tool (drive-time + rep performance routing) as the org grew from ~10 to 30 sales reps, cutting appointment assignment to under 10 seconds. Uses a mix of frontline feedback frameworks and KPI analysis to drive efficiency (e.g., after-hours AI texting + shift changes) and has advised the founder on territory expansion, adding warehouses and leadership layers.”

Michelle Jimenez

Screened

HR Director specializing in HR strategy, benefits/payroll, and industrial security programs

New York, NY21y exp

“People/HR leader focused on retention, engagement, and organizational effectiveness—partnering with executives to implement performance review systems, redesign teams for growth, and improve hiring/onboarding. Brings strong employee relations experience (including harassment investigations) and uses people metrics and market research to optimize benefits and drive participation.”

Marion Villanueva

Screened

Mid-level Warehouse & Operations Supervisor with logistics and shift management experience

Gillingham, United Kingdom6y exp

“Early-career game developer with 4 years of university game development plus multiple game jams, contributing across coding, art, and planning. Has shipped small PC/mobile projects and published on itch.io, tracking views/downloads and thinking about engagement metrics and IAP A/B testing for larger-scale live games.”

“Recruiter with strong full-desk search ownership, including a recent enterprise-level Senior Director of Warehouse, Inventory and Logistics search for Vibrant Ingredients completed in 6-8 weeks. Demonstrates particular strength in passive talent mapping within food and beverage manufacturing, hiring-manager calibration, and using market data, scorecards, and process discipline to unblock stalled searches and close candidates in competitive situations.”

“Logic Pro-based music editor/mixer for short films and YouTube content who specializes in stem-driven edits to hit narrative beats (e.g., blending tension drums into a melancholy cue for a cemetery/chase sequence). Known for client-first flexibility, consistent mixes via templates/low-volume monitoring, and reliable turnaround with strong version control—work that has led to repeat collaborations with directors.”

“Cross-industry partnerships and GTM operator with experience spanning environmental consulting (hazardous waste abatement/emergency services), employee transportation programs (Best Buy shuttle partnership), and a dance business (product add-on sales). Demonstrates practical negotiation using cost/usage ratios and strong network-driven business development (secured a competitive conference speaking slot via referral).”

“Founding People leader at two companies with hands-on experience building talent pipelines and scaling org practices. Led global people & culture across the US, India, and Canada, including creating flexible holiday policies and virtual community-building programs. Partnered with CEO/C-suite to diagnose leadership gaps via listening tours and engagement data, then built manager training programs with 100% completion and reported improvements in clarity and feedback.”

“Former basketball player with deep exposure to youth leagues/tournaments and recruitment events, now coaching middle and high school athletes while coordinating district-wide Special Olympics programming. Currently a full-time Florida State University grad student in athletic coaching who regularly produces and edits video content and uses game film breakdown to develop players; comfortable scouting and communicating with families via social media.”

Avi Gottlieb

Screened

Mid-level Funding & Business Development professional specializing in SMB finance and SaaS sales

Brooklyn, NY6y exp

“Sales/BD professional from startup environment (Gigaspaces) who personally owned outbound motions and built multi-step, multi-channel sequences that produced record-breaking quality meetings. Uses LinkedIn Sales Navigator for targeted prospect research, prioritizes C-level decision makers, and applies A/B testing plus AI/automation to scale and improve messaging performance.”

Jade Butler

Screened

Senior Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Leader specializing in full-cycle hiring and onboarding

Jersey City, NJ16y exp

“Recruiting leader who managed 12 direct-report technical and corporate recruiters, focused on developing recruiter capability (training, coaching, candidate management) and driving strategy execution. Partnered closely with HRBPs on learning & development planning and implemented an ATS workflow change that improved hiring-manager feedback speed and candidate experience. Comfortable engaging executive stakeholders on sensitive compensation/incentive decisions.”

“Agency-side executive search leader with experience running a 360-degree desk for 6+ years and managing both permanent and project-based recruiting teams (including 2 direct reports and teams supporting 7–10 concurrent searches). Regularly partners with executive stakeholders and HRBPs, and has driven process improvements such as expanding a VP Product search from local to national/remote to improve candidate quality.”

“Frontend engineer with enterprise B2B and healthcare web experience, specializing in React/TypeScript architectures for complex, permissioned workflows and data-heavy admin dashboards. Has modernized legacy codebases with improved state management (Redux/Zustand/Rematch, IndexedDB caching) and shipped fast Next.js SEO/performance-focused builds under tight deadlines, including measurable bug-ticket reduction via improved error reporting.”

“Recruiting leader who manages a team of 3 and remains hands-on with high-impact executive searches. Experienced as a client-facing TA partner to HRBPs, hiring managers, and C-suite stakeholders, using talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and compensation/offer consulting to close critical roles. Drove measurable process improvement by streamlining an interview loop from 7 rounds to 3 to reduce candidate drop-off and improve time-to-fill.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has run regional and national high-volume recruiting organizations (~40–50 people) and owned the full recruiting operating system end-to-end (ATS/CRM, analytics, workflows, training, and cross-functional governance). Known for rebuilding chaotic multi-state hiring engines into standardized, SLA-driven processes with real-time dashboards—cutting time-to-fill ~30% and boosting recruiter productivity >25%—and for leading major tooling implementations like GoodTime and advanced Lever reporting.”

“Hockey lifer with ~18 years in the sport (4-year varsity player and multi-year captain) who combines on-ice leadership with Marine Corps NCO mentoring experience. Emphasizes disciplined preparation and a holistic approach to player evaluation (IQ, compete level, off-puck play, and character), and is comfortable creating educational social content like roadmaps and Q&As for hockey families.”

“Senior engineering leader who says he spent the last 7 years implementing rather than planning, including building a one-person engineering function into a fully operational department with standards, KPIs, Scrum, QA, and automation. He also designed the full technical ecosystem across application, backend, enterprise architecture, ETL, IoT, and CI/CD, and has additional exposure to VC-backed environments and M&A integration leadership.”

“Hospitality operator who has opened and started multiple restaurant and bar concepts, with a structured approach from concept/brand story and mission creation through to operational execution. Emphasizes repeatable standards, margin discipline (inventory, portioning, labor), and coaching founders/executives to build scalable, replicable operations.”