Vetted Contract Negotiation Professionals

Jason Sipula

Screened

Executive Technology Leader & Strategic Architect specializing in cloud-native platforms

Sacramento, CA15y exp

“Technology leader with experience driving multi-year transformations at Jewelry Supply, including migrating a legacy custom e-commerce platform to SaaS and leading a 3-year ERP program from requirements through implementation and training. Also led a major architecture shift from self-hosted virtualized infrastructure to cloud Kubernetes with a strong DevOps/DevEx focus, emphasizing stakeholder buy-in and scalable processes for distributed engineering teams.”

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.”

Andrew Franz

Screened

Intern sports marketing professional specializing in athlete partnerships and sponsorships

Kernersville, NC2y exp

“Baseball-lifelong candidate with hands-on exposure to athlete representation through internships at Rosenhaus Sports Representation and Covenant Sports Group. Has already helped players with NIL deals, recruiting conversations, and summer-ball placement, including one player who joined a top summer team and committed to Wake Forest three months later.”

“Strategic enterprise sales leader at TTM Technologies with a background in complex national and global account management rather than traditional public sector sales, but with highly transferable experience in large-scale, multi-stakeholder environments. Has managed over $100M in annual revenue exposure, delivered double-digit growth including roughly 30% account expansion, and led cross-functional coordination across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and executive teams in high-value technology infrastructure programs.”

“Hospitality operations leader with hands-on experience building administrative and operational infrastructure for new hotel and restaurant openings (handbooks, training, SOPs, cleaning regimens). Known for developing talent—mentored 7 team members into General Manager roles—and for running multi-property oversight using daily reporting and continuous communication to drive operational improvements.”

“Founder/CTO-type candidate with deep exposure to the VC/accelerator ecosystem (Open Angel Forum; HAX/SOSV) and a track record of raising capital, including a $1M seed round in 2017. Built ventures spanning IoT wearable/HUD SaaS for industrial hygiene monitoring and institutional Bitcoin mining/distributed compute infrastructure, and ran a venture from 2017–2025.”

Brian Morelli

Screened

Senior Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Manager specializing in technical equipment and NPI

El Segundo, California19y exp

“Supply chain/sourcing leader with experience taking a personal hydration system from idea to product, coordinating 35 custom-component suppliers into a CM-led FATP and logistics flow. Demonstrated trade/tariff risk mitigation by shifting manufacturing from China to Taiwan/Indonesia while standing up logistics plus IQC/OQC and buffering inventory to avoid sales disruption. Known for hands-on supplier qualification/auditing and for turning around supplier performance through clear communication, forecasts, and direction.”

Wayne Werling

Screened

Executive Operations Leader specializing in manufacturing buildouts and multi-industry scaling

Beavercreek, OH13y exp

“Entrepreneur building a self-funded men's routine/body care startup that originated from developing a topical product to support a brother’s nerve injury recovery, revealing a perceived gap in men’s care. Has also identified and executed a manufacturing coatings opportunity by creating detailed execution plans and building stakeholder trust, and describes a structured, resource-conscious go-to-market approach.”

Rachel Stanford

Screened

Senior Import Production Manager specializing in global sourcing and demand planning

Arcadia, CA13y exp

“Fashion/retail sales and partnerships professional who previously ran an independent multi-line showroom (sales rep for 5 Jr/Young Contemporary lines) and successfully landed a high-profile, celebrity-backed graphic tee line at Nordstrom—driving 80% sell-through from a test order into an all-door program. Leverages SKU-level selling data, OTB/SKU productivity, and hands-on quality control (including chargebacks for off-spec product) to optimize assortments across retail and e-commerce.”

“Strategic sourcing professional with strong vendor onboarding and negotiation approach grounded in open-costing transparency and commodity market analysis. Uses critical path trackers and cross-functional milestone governance to protect OTD, and has mitigated duty/commodity volatility by shifting sourcing and locking prices—avoiding a reported 10–12% cost increase while maintaining quality and delivery.”

“Enterprise Customer Success leader in the Azure/AVD ecosystem (Nerdio) with end-to-end ownership of large accounts, driving measurable adoption growth and Azure cost optimization. Demonstrated ability to orchestrate complex migrations (Citrix to AVD), align multi-stakeholder enterprise priorities, and convert customer feedback into roadmap action that directly supported renewal and expansion (including GovCloud use cases).”

Darion Jefferson

Screened

Mid-level IT & Cloud Security Specialist specializing in GRC, SOC workflows, and agentic AI automation

Petersburg, VA4y exp

“Builder/creator who ships practical AI automations and content workflows: created a no-backend website that uses ChatGPT to generate AI agents/manual workflows, and built an inbound/outbound receptionist using n8n and Retell AI (later migrated to Retell workflows). Also produces an AI-written/produced podcast with 55+ hosts and uses tools like Descript and Sora with make.com for batch content creation and scheduling.”

Samantha vandzura

Screened

Senior Strategic Partnerships & Growth Leader specializing in partner ecosystems and co-marketing

Remote13y exp

“Partnership-led growth marketer in a SaaS/coaching context (Breakthrough Academy) who builds co-marketing engines using webinars, podcasts, and downloadable resources. Has delivered large-scale joint webinar results (2,000+ registrants) and landed a major partnership via network/podcast connections, with a strong emphasis on clear partner ops, lead qualification, and data-driven optimization into evergreen acquisition loops.”

Joseph Whissel

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in scalable SaaS, cloud, and embedded systems

12y exp

“Startup-experienced builder exploring an ambitious “internet 2.0” concept: a decentralized wireless mesh network using custom hardware nodes, with a security-first communications goal. Has thought through adoption mechanics via at-cost node distribution, usage-based crypto incentives, and an AR area-control game to drive network growth; also brings practical insight into what VCs value from working at startups including one owned by a PE firm.”

Iasha King

Screened

Director-level talent relations and booking professional in sports, entertainment, and fitness

Los Angeles, CA9y exp

“Operator focused on founder sourcing, screening, and partnership development across accelerator and enterprise innovation programs. They helped drive nearly 300 applications and 75 founder calls for the Real California Milk accelerator, and managed a P&G founder engagement in the AI/marketing space that ultimately led to an investment.”

“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.”

“Performance marketer who has personally owned and optimized $300K–$600K/month paid media budgets across Google and Meta, focused on lead gen and pipeline growth. Uses disciplined testing (creative/audience/bid), daily monitoring, and landing page/conversion-path optimization to improve CPL and lead quality, including experience in early childhood education campaigns (e.g., Endeavor).”