Vetted Coaching Professionals

“Co-founded a Digital Loss Prevention (DLP) startup and raised $6M in seed funding by showcasing a controlled, laptop-based technology demo. Post-funding, drove MVP planning and execution by sequencing operations and assembling a team to build an appliance MVP, using an iterative build/evaluate/visualize approach.”

“Former high school/college hockey player who spent ~8 years coaching and running strength & conditioning support for NCAA Division I hockey programs (including Yale, Boston College, Harvard). Also coached Team USA Women’s hockey athletes, helping prepare them for pro league tryouts, and is comfortable creating training-tip content on Instagram and YouTube.”

“Recruiting leader currently managing a 6-person recruiter team, blending people leadership with hands-on executive search when needed. Experienced partnering with HRBPs and CFO-level stakeholders on workforce planning, compensation/market benchmarking, and strategic hire decisions. Led multi-location standardization and automation of recruiting intake and pre-onboarding to improve speed, consistency, and compliance.”

“People/HR leader focused on scalable org systems—rebuilt performance, leveling, and compensation structures during a growth phase using CultureAmp and Workday data plus manager listening sessions. Known for systems-thinking diagnostics and leader coaching (e.g., delegation/decision-rights mapping freeing 8–10 hours/week), and for using people analytics to reduce attrition via onboarding and manager enablement.”

“Senior recruiting leader currently at Deloitte (previously Marriott) with experience managing large full-cycle recruiting teams (up to 30). Known for implementing structured intake/decision standards that cut time-to-fill by ~20 days and for partnering closely with HRVPs and executive stakeholders to align expectations with market realities and drive hiring decisions.”

“Senior HR Director/HRBP-style leader with experience partnering directly with CEOs and senior VPs to redesign org structures in fast-scaling companies (1,000+ employees). Combines change management, systems thinking, and people analytics to deliver measurable business impact (efficiency doubled, promotions +30%, revenue 3x in 18 months) and is hands-on in leader coaching and high-stakes employee relations.”

“Brazil-based startup CTO who raised $3M and spent 5 years building an agri-fintech credit origination tool for farmers, including going through Y Combinator and fundraising via Demo Day and Brazilian VCs. Ultimately shut the company down due to market shifts (rising interest rates and farmer delinquency), demonstrating pragmatic judgment and deep exposure to credit-market dynamics.”

“HR/operations leader with experience since 2003 advising and working directly for owners across multiple organizations, including building scalable HR infrastructure during a major growth phase at Bosch. Known for using market data and benchmarking to drive compensation changes that improved employee quality, and for designing scalable compliance programs (e.g., I-9 remediation with ongoing training and annual reviews). Recently launched an independent consulting practice and leverages structured communication and AI meeting assistants to manage part-time advisory engagements.”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

“Data-driven economy/incentives designer with experience across QSR brands (Popeyes and Burger King), spanning franchise development incentive systems and in-app game economies. Built live scorecards (Snowflake/SQL/Tableau) and regression-based sales forecasting models on thousands of restaurant records, and used app telemetry to tune progression loops and improve retention while aligning ops and business KPIs.”

“Early-stage GTM and revenue-operations builder who helped Seculert (cybersecurity breach detection) scale beyond founder-led sales as US employee #3, standing up TAM/ICP targeting, first SDR/AE hires, Salesforce, and lead scoring/qualification systems. Experienced mentoring founders/executives with lightweight, stage-appropriate operating cadences and playbooks to create repeatable pipeline and scalable execution.”

“HR/People leader with experience at Equifax, EMC, and HP driving high-impact org initiatives across compensation, performance management, leadership coaching, and people analytics. Led a major pay-for-performance variable comp redesign and managed a sensitive conflict-of-interest investigation resulting in VP termination, while also improving leader engagement outcomes (+15%) and reducing attrition drivers through internal mobility and development programs.”

“Enterprise Customer Success/Renewals leader who owned onboarding through renewal for large accounts (including a $500K ARR deal) and is described as the global leader for renewals in their org. Strong in executive stakeholder alignment, QBR-driven success planning, and structuring complex multi-year renewals/expansions (e.g., fintech ramped license growth with co-terming and pricing strategy) while influencing product roadmap via quantified ARR impact.”

“Retail buyer/category manager with experience rebuilding underperforming programs end-to-end through data-driven assortment strategy, supplier selection, and product/value engineering. Led a pet beds turnaround (70% sell-through in week one; category mix from ~20% to ~35% and primary IMU driver) and previously drove a licensed sports vendor at Amazon from a $550K projection to $1.7M by re-framing assortment planning around turn and product-type insights.”