Vetted Forecasting Professionals

“Candidate brings an operator-to-founder profile with leadership experience in IT and Business Systems and a strong grasp of how ideas become venture-backable products. They speak fluently about startup evaluation criteria such as TAM, technical defensibility, speed to scale, and AI differentiation, and appear especially motivated by building solutions end-to-end in startup or venture studio environments.”

“Supply chain/sourcing professional focused on semiconductor tooling NPI ramp-ups, owning vendor selection through production and delivery. Demonstrates strong cost and trade-risk mitigation (e.g., avoided 25% Section 301 tariff via HTS/landed-cost analysis) and measurable supplier performance turnarounds (OTD improved to 95%) using SAP MRP, shortage analysis, and structured supplier governance.”

“Built production LLM automations using the Claude API, including a sales enablement workflow that summarizes playbooks and incorporates sales call metadata into strategic one-pagers. Experienced in orchestrating and scheduling data pipelines with SnapLogic, Airflow, and Databricks, and in scaling LLM API calls via parallel/batch processing. Also partnered with HR to deliver prompt-tuned, automated Slack messaging aligned to business tone and acceptance criteria.”

“Supply chain/procurement professional (Maersk) who leads end-to-end freight sourcing initiatives using heavy analytics (SAP/SQL/Python/Excel) to drive measurable savings. Known for automating sourcing workflows (60% faster bid evaluation) and building Power BI dashboards to monitor contract compliance and supplier performance post-implementation.”

“Quota-carrying SaaS seller with experience at Splunk and Everlaw, spanning security/observability and legal tech. Strong in self-sourcing (events + outbound), running full-cycle deals ($50K–$75K ACV), and winning competitively via ROI/TCO narratives while navigating security/compliance and legal/procurement. Has also helped build a repeatable GTM motion in a high-ambiguity segment by refining ICP, messaging, and sales process rigor (MEDDICC, Gong, CRM hygiene).”

Briana Schoffman

Screened

Director-level Program & Professional Services Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and PMO

25y exp

“Entrepreneur who invested in a startup franchise concept and opened a dog-grooming store that became the most successful location in company history within one year, with projected revenue of $600K+ in 2026. Uses structured market sizing (PAM/TAM) and GTM thinking, and has executed cost-effective local marketing through grassroots social and community sponsorships.”

jitender Hooda

Screened

Executive Client Partner specializing in engineering and digital services

San Ramon, CA19y exp

“Founder building an agentic AI-based low-code platform for B2B enterprise applications, validated through enterprise client conversations and delivered via rapid paid MVP/POCs. Platform has seen production traction (6–7 apps, 1000+ daily users) and includes capabilities like QR scanning integrated with ERP/PLM systems. Experienced in business development and client relationships, with a pragmatic, ROI- and speed-focused approach to product and GTM under tight capital constraints.”

John Ward

Screened

Executive Applications Development & Analytics Leader specializing in enterprise transformation

Chicago, IL30y exp

“Candidate has prior startup experience building systems and has firsthand experience with a venture that lost angel funding. They show thoughtful reflection on why the startup failed—emphasizing unclear success criteria, weak funding planning, and lack of team consensus—and would seek experienced advisors earlier in future ventures.”

“Analytics-focused candidate with hands-on experience building SQL data pipelines and Python-based forecasting workflows for inventory and planning use cases. They emphasize data quality, stakeholder trust, and operational adoption, citing a 19% forecast accuracy improvement and strong experience translating analytics into dashboard-ready business metrics.”

Bhaskar Reddy

Screened

Junior Business & Data Analyst specializing in analytics and BI

Fairfield, CT2y exp

“Analytics-focused candidate with hands-on experience building SQL and Python workflows that turn messy multi-source data into reporting assets and dashboards. They show strong practical judgment around data quality, table grain, validation, and performance tuning, and they described an education-focused engagement project that reportedly improved course completion by 15% through targeted interventions and metric-driven stakeholder alignment.”

“Finance data and reporting professional with PwC experience who bridges accounting and technology, especially around GL-related reconciliations, reporting accuracy, and close support. While not a direct PeopleSoft GL owner, they bring strong SQL-driven troubleshooting, ETL/data mapping remediation, and process automation experience that helped shorten close cycles and improve audit readiness.”

Devang Shah

Screened

Executive AI and Cloud transformation leader specializing in enterprise GTM and product engineering

San Jose, CA23y exp

“Candidate is interested in building horizontal AI infrastructure capabilities, specifically around observability, and brings exposure to investor evaluation dynamics from experience at PE-backed firm WinWire. They appear strongly motivated by entrepreneurial ownership, creativity, and the ability to drive and pivot ideas in a venture studio or startup environment.”

“Analytics candidate with hands-on experience turning messy pricing and competitor data into reporting-ready SQL tables, plus building Python automation workflows that replaced manual processing across 40,000 images at roughly 89% accuracy. They also led a price elasticity analysis that informed differentiated pricing strategies and supported reporting through Power BI dashboards.”

“Compensation professional with hands-on experience supporting complex year-end salary, bonus, and equity payment processes from the comp side of payroll. Built an Excel-based modeling tool to implement a new target bonus structure for a Technology population, and shows strong strength in reconciling incentive budgets, handling late-cycle pay exceptions, and putting approval controls around high-risk compensation scenarios.”

Briant Trainer

Screened

Principal cloud consultant specializing in ERP, public sector, and enterprise implementations

California, USA25y exp

“Senior cloud/functional consultant with deep experience implementing Oracle and Infor solutions for large public-sector clients, especially permitting, licensing, and EAM-related workflows. Stands out for owning full lifecycle delivery, translating highly regulated requirements into complex configured workflows, and running large-scale UAT/test management across multi-module enterprise programs.”

“Seasoned ERP implementation leader with 14 full lifecycle deployments spanning Microsoft Dynamics, PeopleSoft, QAD, and SAP across 9 countries. Stands out for managing complex multinational rollouts, strong executive governance, and pragmatic decision-making—such as replacing a 600K EUR customization path with a lower-cost bolt-on that improved ROI across multiple South American deployments.”

“Product leader with experience building a patented demand chain management application inspired by 7-Eleven Japan’s inventory practices and piloting it with strong results: lower inventory, fewer out-of-stocks and waste, and higher sales. Has also shipped early AI features in edtech, including student chat moderation, and brings a notably human-centered perspective on AI’s role alongside tutors rather than as a full replacement.”

“AI/ML practitioner with Northern Trust experience who has shipped production LLM systems (internal support assistant) using RAG, vector databases, orchestration (LangChain/custom pipelines), and rigorous monitoring/feedback loops. Also built AI-driven fraud detection/risk monitoring solutions in a regulated financial environment, emphasizing explainability (SHAP), audit readiness, and stakeholder trust through dashboards and clear communication.”

“At JP Morgan Chase, built and deployed a production LLM-powered RAG knowledge assistant to help fraud investigators and risk analysts quickly navigate regulatory updates and internal policies, reducing investigation delays and compliance risk. Strong focus on secure retrieval (RBAC filtering), reliability (layered testing + observability), and production constraints (latency/SLOs), with Airflow-orchestrated, auditable ML pipelines.”

“Procurement/sourcing professional with deep end-to-end ownership of recurring program supply and services sourcing (materials plus logistics/fulfillment), focused on reducing unit and landed costs while improving OTIF and tightening SAP purchasing controls. Demonstrates structured supplier vetting (capability, capacity, execution reliability), strong negotiation on commercial terms and SLAs, and proactive mitigation of international trade/freight/duty volatility through risk-adjusted sourcing strategies.”

“Recruiting Operations leader with experience scaling talent functions at Scout Motors, Caribou, Peloton, and Willis Towers Watson—owning dashboards, headcount/forecasting, ATS optimization, and event-based hiring workflows. Implemented Lightcast and SeekOut to uncover niche automotive technical talent beyond LinkedIn, and redesigned onsite hiring event interview processes by department, driving strong candidate feedback (4.7/5).”

“Built and deployed an LLM-powered analytics assistant enabling business users to ask questions in plain English and receive validated Spark SQL executed in Databricks, with a Streamlit/Flask UI. Addressed strict client schema-privacy constraints by implementing a RAG strategy and ultimately leveraging AWS Bedrock and fine-tuned reference docs. Also has production ML pipeline experience using Docker + Airflow and AWS (S3/ECS/EC2) for financial classification models.”

“Fractional CFO/operations advisor specializing in early-stage and scaling service businesses, combining Profit First-informed cash management with lean operating systems. Known for 360-degree operational audits and translating complex finance/ops into simple dashboards, scorecards, and process maps; delivered predictable cash flow and scalable structure within ~90 days for a fast-growing startup.”