Vetted Contract Negotiation Professionals

“Early major technical hire who helped build fintech startup Ugami from MVP to near Series A, while supporting bridge round and Series A fundraising with technical materials for leadership. Also grew from intern to lead engineer at a venture-backed product shop, giving him firsthand exposure to investor expectations, startup incubation, and practical AI opportunities with tight scope and strong unit economics.”

“HR leader with ~20 years of experience focused on raising talent and performance standards through structured hiring (Bar Raiser veto panel), output-linked incentives, and rigorous operating cadences. Reports quantified impact including +21% revenue per head and 93% top-performer retention, and has built recruiting-to-revenue pipelines plus performance-gated onboarding/certification boot camps aligned with Finance and Sales.”

“Music editor working primarily in Pro Tools with experience on a feature film where they pivoted the soundtrack approach mid-post (from era-appropriate to character/energy-driven), shaping the opening sequence with a bold mix of styles while preserving dialogue clarity. Also edits for YouTube, using audience retention patterns and producer feedback to iterate quickly, delivering consistent mixes via reference tracks, loudness checks, and clean, pop-free edits.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with experience scaling ops across healthcare and veterinary staffing, including managing 27 direct reports and 9 departments. Known for building KPI dashboards and bill-rate analytics to drive territory-level profitability, and for leading major systems changes (Salesforce to Jobvite) that cut time-to-hire from 30 days to 2 weeks while improving onboarding/orientation throughput and revenue capture.”

“Entrepreneur with 20+ years in the recruiting industry building a Salesforce-based CRM tailored to track candidate outreach from initial identification (positioned as a differentiated alternative to traditional ATS workflows). Previously launched a small consulting company after spotting unmet technical needs among small medical practitioners, emphasizing branding and relationship-driven business development.”

“Business/partnerships-focused project/program leader with government contracting (SLED) experience who supported a cybersecurity solicitation response for Amtrak after a breach, using NIST-aligned posture assessment and recommending MFA, Zero Trust, and incident/vulnerability registers. Also led an urgent COVID-era recovery from a server crash by coordinating a move to AWS EC2 and managing vendor negotiation and project timelines for a CRM platform serving the winery/beverage industry.”

august hurtado

Screened

Junior outside sales professional specializing in logistics and transportation

New York, NY2y exp

“Founder of Storage Scholars who generated and closed 75+ leads in just 6 weeks while entering a new market solo, combining cold outreach with grassroots campus and Facebook-group marketing. Also brings SMB and mid-market outbound experience, using Apollo, trigger-based personalization, and ROI-led messaging to engage decision-makers and improve close rates.”

“Sales/business development professional with experience in high-value client account expansion and partner acquisition (including real estate sales/property management) who also self-taught Python and built a Selenium-based automation system to eliminate manual booking work. Demonstrated measurable impact across both revenue/relationship outcomes (profit margin lift, high CSAT) and operations (70% faster bookings, 95% fewer errors, 25%+ efficiency gains).”

Syed M Shah

Screened

Senior Business Development & Enterprise Sales Manager specializing in SaaS and digital transformation

New York City, NY11y exp

“Enterprise SaaS seller with 9 years across cloud and cybersecurity, owning outbound motions from ABM account penetration to partner ecosystem outreach for Fortune 100 accounts and an eight-figure book. Reports 40+ enterprise closes, including a financial services expansion driving 45% YoY growth and $1.7M in multi-SaaS deals across North America and Europe, with a structured, insight-led multi-channel prospecting approach using tools like Outreach, ZoomInfo, Salesforce, and HubSpot.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”

“Staffing/recruiting sales professional with a hands-on, full-cycle approach to winning and growing hiring-manager relationships. They described sourcing and closing new business such as Descor Builders through months of persistent outreach, then converting that into filled roles and repeat hiring demand; they also use tools like Sales Navigator, D&B Hoovers, and MEDDICC in their process.”

Lindsey Nettles

Screened

Senior Digital Marketing & Operations Specialist in lifecycle marketing and analytics

West Hollywood, CA15y exp

“Marketing Director-level CRM/lifecycle marketer with deep restaurant/franchise and DTC experience, known for using CDP-driven segmentation and local-store personalization to materially lift loyalty (18% to 30%) and shift visit frequency (60% monthly-to-weekly). Comfortable integrating data across POS/CRM/email/feedback systems via APIs and running continuous A/B testing, plus strong stakeholder management to win franchisor buy-in through pilots and measurable outcomes.”

DIANA ROMERO

Screened

Director-level business development and sales leader in hospitality, marketing, and events

Albany, CA14y exp

“Sales professional with experience selling streaming, white-label software, and broader SaaS solutions into media, communications, and marketing/revenue-facing teams. Stands out for building pipeline in early-stage environments, leveraging industry relationships and budget-cycle timing to win deals, including a $120K contract and a $30K deal later expanded by $15K.”

Stan Caramalac

Screened

Executive CEO specializing in transportation, operations, and growth strategy

San Diego, CA19y exp

“Founder building a multimodal AI startup to clone top-performing sales personas from text, audio, and video into adaptive AI sales agents. They appear to be in the product development stage, with a disciplined focus on algorithm performance, proof of concept, repeatable output quality, ICP definition, and clear market differentiation before raising capital.”

“Marketing-focused designer producing high-polish creative across brand, templates, and lightweight video. Built and rolled out a hierarchical Figma design system with atomic components and a shared library, overcoming adoption challenges with documentation/workshops and reporting a 40% design-time reduction. Uses modular frameworks and platform-specific video layouts (9:16/16:9/1:1) to scale output while improving audience retention.”

“Founder/operator of an AI services firm that has not raised outside capital; exploring executive technology leadership roles due to a major partner stepping down. Familiar with the VC/accelerator landscape through research and direct experience working in and with venture-backed startups, and is motivated by shaping market forces and driving business outcomes.”