Vetted Cross-Functional Leadership Professionals

“Tesla sourcing/supplier readiness professional focused on critical lithium-ion battery components, owning end-to-end supplier onboarding and delivery execution. Uses SQL and Power BI to run integrated readiness plans across samples/approvals/tooling and proactively mitigates cost and import-duty risks while improving supplier performance through structured execution cadences.”

Sudhir Sagi

Screened

Executive technology and operations leader specializing in connected vehicle SaaS and IoT

Novi, MI28y exp

“Candidate indicated they do not have a business plan or startup, are not familiar with the venture capital/accelerator landscape, and explicitly requested to withdraw their application because the position does not seem like the right fit.”

“Engineering leader who has led 100+ engineers at Sainsbury’s Tech and previously scaled an org from 6 to 60+ at AND Digital. Drove a high-impact modernization of a pricing/decisioning platform serving 1,700 stores—moving from batch monolith to real-time Kafka-based event-driven microservices with MLOps, IaC (Terraform), and zero-trust—delivering £18m+ annual profit uplift and 10+ deploys/day.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience at Amazon and Airbus, known for building executive-facing systems (dashboards, AI-enabled project management, operating cadences) that improve communication and efficiency. Has handled high-pressure, multi-timezone priorities and customer-facing technical escalations using structured documentation and frequent stakeholder updates, while maintaining discretion in sensitive situations.”

Umesh Toprani

Screened

Executive Cloud & Product Operations Leader specializing in SaaS transformation

26y exp

“Transformation leader brought into Barracuda Networks to orchestrate a founder-level shift from legacy software to SaaS across 14 product lines. Drove a metrics- and operating-margin-focused, multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/private cloud for DR) execution plan while aligning engineering, GTM, finance (subscription accounting), and support—contributing to nearly doubling revenue over ~4 years.”

Mayuresh Kanade

Screened

Director-level GTM and Customer Success leader specializing in Enterprise AI and SaaS

Redlands, CA18y exp

“Global sales and customer success leader with 20 years across the US, UK, and India who is now developing a buyer-first B2B platform focused on data sovereignty and shifting control from seller CRMs to enterprise buyers. Has worked with VC-backed startups and portfolio companies, including GTM efforts around AI/ML and cloud ecosystems such as Snowflake, Dataiku, Databricks, and Azure.”

“Senior sales leader from On Location who built and scaled a multi-property sales and service organization supporting major sports and entertainment partners including the NFL, WWE, UFC, NCAA, and PGA. He created the company’s first inside sales team, introduced pod-based coverage and CRM rigor, and drove an average 54% YoY revenue growth over three years while also expanding premium hospitality demand into international markets.”

“Operations and GTM leader with HP experience managing acquisitions of industrial printing companies (e.g., Nur, Scitex, Colorspan) and driving expansion strategy across EMEA. Strong in route-to-market/channel design, post-merger role clarity (RACI), and using Salesforce for KPI-driven performance management; also brings ICF-style coaching for mentoring leadership teams.”

“Strategy/finance leader with experience spanning wealth management, London Stock Exchange, and a voice AI startup. Led an ESG product launch supported by market research/ROI modeling that generated $5M+ over five years, and has hands-on PMO capability (Jira, SQL/Excel, Power BI) plus change-management experience aligning sales teams with executive digital transformation initiatives.”

Nathan Cohen

Screened

Director-level People & Platform Leader specializing in global org scaling and enterprise systems

13y exp

“Former Director of Product turned Head of People at Endeavor, blending product/analytics rigor with HR leadership. Managed globally dispersed teams across 30+ countries and helped standardize leadership expectations for managing directors across 40+ offices through competency alignment and structured evaluations.”

Mariana Quintanilha

Screened

Executive Brand & Integrated Marketing Leader specializing in GTM and growth strategy

Los Angeles, CA18y exp

“VP-level marketing leader in proptech/real estate marketplaces who blends brand strategy with performance rigor. Repositioned RentSpree with a full narrative/IA and cross-channel messaging overhaul driving +32% conversions and major signup growth, and built an internal AI copy assistant to scale on-brand content across teams. At QuintoAndar, created the company’s first 360 mass media acquisition engine, delivering significant lifts in direct traffic, visits, and contracts while implementing CAC guardrails and MMM-style measurement.”

Jignesh Desai

Screened

Director of Software Engineering specializing in fraud detection and payments platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA26y exp

“Engineering manager/player-coach who focuses on laying technical foundations and improving team execution: kickstarted Visa standard UI library adoption, standardized API exception handling, and introduced a test automation framework that enabled a shift from quarterly to monthly releases. Led a phased latency/throughput initiative that doubled throughput, and owned a production incident caused by a dependency’s expired certificate, driving monitoring and certificate-expiry notification improvements across dependent systems.”

“Global technology operations leader currently at WPP, managing teams across APAC, EMEA, LATAM, and North America. Has built large technology teams in India (Chennai and Bangalore) and managed product/product design teams in the US, and recently led a major org restructure shifting from a global to a regional operating model with change management.”

“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.”

Antonio Richmond

Screened

Executive Operations Leader and Electrical Engineer specializing in industrial scale-up and automation

Los Gatos, CA16y exp

“Operations leader with heavy industrial and climate/industrial innovation exposure: led ops for a novel cement-disruption product involving site selection near CO2 emitters and feedstock/offtake sourcing to reach a proof-of-concept facility. Previously recommissioned an oil re-refinery within a year, owning cross-functional hiring plus compliance, budgeting, and community relations—delivering on time and on budget.”

“Platform/infrastructure-focused engineer with hands-on experience automating AWS EKS upgrades in Python, building observability around logs/metrics/SLOs, and migrating Terraform delivery from CodePipeline to Atlantis. They describe shipping automation that handled 140 resources across 50+ Terraform files ahead of schedule and debugging a Karpenter/CoreDNS regression in Kubernetes by tracing it from regional traffic spikes to a missing local DNS cache configuration.”