Vetted Cross-Functional Leadership Professionals

“Fractional ops/HR leader with 15 years of experience supporting ~40 startups, building internal operations and people infrastructure from scratch (HRIS, recruiting funnels, career pathing, benefits). Recently helped a Series A company ($11M raise) implement headcount budgeting and runway modeling to align young founders on sustainable hiring plans, and uses survey/exit-interview feedback loops to fix leadership communication and retention issues.”

“Growth-creative marketer in the dental/clinic space who runs offer-led, multichannel acquisition campaigns (Google Ads + paid social + email/SMS) to lift bookings and lower CPA across underperforming locations. Builds flexible, location-specific frameworks and iterates modular creative (hooks/offers/CTAs) using platform-specific performance signals; has also directed video/landing-page creative tied to improved reviews and referrals.”

“Influencer/creator partnerships and growth marketer with 4 years at Desenio building a performance-rated creator roster and negotiating long-term collaborations. Led GTM for Hubble Connected’s Hubble the Bear using a full-funnel, multi-channel approach (Meta/Google retargeting, email, affiliates), beating pre-order targets by 80% and converting 75% of buyers into paid app subscribers.”

“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).”

“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.”

“Serial entrepreneur and entrepreneurship instructor at Montana State University currently bootstrapping MEETR (meetr.pro), a platform targeting snowsports instructors and outdoor guides, with early customers acquired via paid social, SEO, paid search, and cold outreach. Previously built and scaled EXEC from zero to one to 25,000+ members, culminating in acquisition by Community.co after selling into elite professional organizations and private clubs.”

“CEO & co-founder of Spotlight Creators, a digital platform for visual artists, which they took from idea validation (100 artist interviews) to a live product with 50+ artists and 50+ customers. Drove GTM through hands-on social content across Instagram/YouTube/TikTok, ran local artist spotlight events, and pursued fundraising via cold outreach and acceptance into Launch NY while building skills in pitch decks, financial projections, and ARR modeling.”

“Full-stack/product-leaning engineer who owned an end-to-end AI Tutor feature (Claude-powered) shipped simultaneously to iOS/Android/web via Expo, with Cloudflare Workers backend and PostHog analytics. Built the company’s GitHub-based CI/CD to coordinate app store releases with backend blue/green deployments. Also has significant data engineering experience (including ~8TB/day workloads) using dbt/Fivetran plus sharding and hashing-based diffing for correctness.”

“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.”

“Sourcing/merchandising professional with experience supporting US brands via Youngone Corporation (YHT unit, Bangladesh), managing end-to-end vendor evaluation, FOB/MOQ/lead-time negotiations, compliance and AQL-based quality standards. Uses OTB, SKU productivity, margin and Q-score/customer feedback to rationalize assortments—citing a data-led shift where 30% of styles drove 70% of revenue and reallocating spend to higher-margin sustainable products improved sell-through, margin, and satisfaction.”

“Fractional CIO/founder-type operator at AHDX Inc, a hybrid-cloud/primary storage solutions startup with a compliance focus targeting healthcare; MVP has completed beta and the company has seed funding while pursuing additional investment. Has supported multiple startups (OmniHR, Combat Connect, 3BX) and cites tangible results tied to DoD/security, Medicare/Medicaid, and Air Force LMS contracts, positioning them as a hands-on "fixer" for early-stage technical strategy and architecture.”

“Cross-functional operator/chief-of-staff style leader who took a product from prototype to a live pilot in 3 months, spanning public-sector data normalization, an ML matching engine, a secure API, and KPI/investor demo instrumentation. Strong focus on executive alignment and productivity via Notion-based operating systems plus automated reporting (Python/Power BI), with experience supporting fundraising and go-to-market narratives.”

“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.”

“Autonomy Engineer at Joulea Inc (Atlanta) with ~3 years building a drone autonomy stack end-to-end, spanning controls, swarm path planning, SLAM/LIO, and multi-sensor fusion (lidar/IMU/GPS RTK/camera). Notable work includes lidar degeneracy detection using Hessian-based constraints in an EKF and fusing visual odometry to reduce drift, plus ongoing lidar-camera synchronization and calibration.”

“Product/LiveOps leader who applies free-to-play mechanics to live consumer products; led monetization and engagement for Pavo (video-based Gen Z dating app on iOS/Android), addressing weak D7 retention and low free-to-paid conversion. Implemented progression, nudges, soft paywalls, experimentation, and real-time moderation, driving 3.2x DAU and ~60% lift in early engagement while improving conversion without harming retention.”

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

“Security-focused engineer/customer-facing technical lead with SaaS platform experience at Ipsilon Lab, advising customers on API security and secure SDLC improvements. Has implemented production AppSec tooling (SAST/SCA), designed AWS least-privilege agent/scanning deployments, and led Kubernetes CI/CD security-agent integrations with Secrets Manager and PR gating. Strong track record troubleshooting complex customer integrations end-to-end (logs/metrics/traces through DB execution plans) and driving measurable stability/security posture improvements.”

“B2B growth and partnerships operator with experience at Convera leading GTM for a cross-border payments offering and driving a ~17% lift in qualified leads through refined positioning and multi-channel activation. Has run data-driven funnel experiments (Dentacloud) and built association-based co-marketing partnerships measured through both top-of-funnel engagement and downstream pipeline influence.”

“Sourcing/procurement professional who led a supplier transition for fabric lamp shades when an incumbent vendor exited, managing inventory risk across 9 SKUs and coordinating site/sales communications to avoid order disruption. Strong in vendor qualification (samples, capability discussions, potential facility visits), negotiation framing around mutual profitability, and data-driven planning using Excel, commodity indexes (brass/copper), and MOQ-driven MRP forecasting to reduce waste and improve turnover.”

“Cross-functional operations/coordination professional with experience aligning finance (including FP&A), vendor management, and operations through structured communication cadences and tools like Asana. Has supported executive productivity by coordinating executive assistants, prioritizing meeting agendas, and triaging inbound email and meeting requests, and has stepped in to resolve finance-team misalignment by clarifying objectives and delivery expectations.”