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.”

Stephanie Kline

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Content Strategy & Thought Leadership Leader specializing in B2B growth

North Carolina, US13y exp

“Chief-of-Staff / operations leader who has scaled creative and production organizations through hyper-growth, including growing a creative team from ~30 to 200+ while improving turnaround times and protecting margins. Acts as a founder force-multiplier by installing operating cadences, dashboards, and decision systems, and has built scalable editorial and motion-graphics pipelines tied to growth metrics (e.g., ~$2 CPI and seven-figure media spend scaling).”

Michael Petronaci

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive DTC & E-commerce Operator specializing in finance, ops, and brand growth

Remote14y exp

“Operations leader/advisor with early-stage startup turnaround experience, joining Organic Pharmer in 2017 when operations were fragmented across production, fulfillment, and marketing. Implemented a lightweight EOS operating system and improved operational efficiency/product mix to move the business from a $50k burn to 10% net profit monthly within 4 months, then shifted focus to growth strategies and partnerships.”

Luke McConnell

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive product leader specializing in digital products and FinTech

Naperville, IL11y exp

“Product leader with deep experience building and modernizing complex systems in regulated industries, especially banking and logistics. They led a major core banking platform rebuild, introduced AI-driven operational features, and drove a mobile UX change that increased app usage by roughly 200%. Also brings people leadership experience from building a product team from scratch and a personal connection to education through ESL program work and a family background in special education.”

“Education product leader who has built and rebuilt large-scale learning platforms from the ground up, including GamED Academy, a Minecraft-based K-12 platform that grew to 6,000+ active students per cycle and produced IP tied to a Microsoft/Mojang exit. Particularly compelling for mission-driven edtech roles: combines curriculum, UX, platform, and AI product leadership with a clear philosophy that technology should amplify human teaching relationships rather than replace them.”

“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.”

“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.”

Edmarie Bonilla

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Director-level Operations & HR Talent Strategy leader specializing in performance metrics and L&D

Remote, US22y exp

“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).”

Frank Albanese

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Executive CTO & Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML and distributed systems

New York, NY10y exp

“Founder of Essence, a wisdom and memory preservation platform with early testing indicating mental health benefits and positive impact for hospice patients. Has raised $25K to date and reports prior capital-raising experience through Y Combinator and the Berkeley Angel Network, with a GTM plan starting in hospice and expanding to the general public.”

“Founder of an AI + blockchain software startup in the cryptocurrency space, positioned around authenticity and MiCA regulatory compliance for crypto companies. Has participated in 6 accelerators and mentors in VC-backed programs, using a feedback-driven MVP approach and validating product-market fit through direct user outreach and payment commitment.”

“Growth marketer with strong end-to-end ownership across messaging, experimentation, and funnel systems for complex products and international expansion. They combine customer research, cross-functional sales/product alignment, and marketing automation to drive measurable outcomes, including 18% MoM customer acquisition growth, 40% lower MQL-to-SQL friction, and a 24% lift in SQL-to-opportunity conversion.”

“Product leader who progressed from Director to VP while building a 0-to-1, award-winning B2B eCommerce platform on MACH architecture. Brings unusually hands-on AI product depth, including vectorized/document-based data foundations, RAG-powered commerce use cases, and a customizable GPT-based shopping assistant, while emphasizing human-supervised AI and customer-driven roadmap decisions.”

Tolga Onuk

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Executive product and growth leader specializing in SaaS, mobility, and consumer tech

Houston, TX18y exp

“Product leader, designer, and founder who says he has built more than a dozen platforms from scratch, including a rapid transformation of Envoy from a basic EV rental app into an enterprise multi-company fleet management and EV charging platform before its acquisition. He combines hands-on design, cross-functional team leadership, and executive stakeholder management, and is now advising an AI-driven social media moderation and brand reputation platform.”

“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.”

“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.”

Sam Fish

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in web platforms, cloud infrastructure, and data systems

Culver City, CA5y exp

“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.”

Austin Meechan-Maddon

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Director-level Sales Leader specializing in public sector and equipment markets

Fullerton, CA10y exp

“Sales leader with full P&L ownership over a $50M+ regional business and a track record of scaling revenue from $19M to $35M while growing market share beyond 30%. Brings strong channel and public-sector sales experience across dealer, contractor, municipal, and customer-driven markets, plus hands-on strength in CRM rollout, forecasting, inventory strategy, and cross-functional alignment.”

“Product leader with hands-on experience building enterprise SaaS products from 0 to 1, including Valueflow, a customer lifecycle mapping platform shipped as an MVP in 6 months. Also brings applied AI product experience in compliance software, launching an LLM-based document validation workflow with human-in-the-loop review and strong cross-functional alignment across regulatory, engineering, design, and customer-facing teams.”

“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.”

Christopher Peacock

Screened

Executive CIO and Enterprise Architect specializing in cloud, security, and IT governance

Remote5y exp

“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.”

Asifa Aziz Poppy

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Executive Apparel Merchandising & Sourcing Leader specializing in global supply chain

Dhaka, Bangladesh27y exp

“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.”