Vetted Inventory Management Professionals

Stephen Boney

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive operating partner and global manufacturing leader in metals and packaging

Nashville, TN41y exp

“Operations and quality leader who co-founded and scaled a patented-product business in the retail paint industry to $400k+ revenue with ~50% gross margin, while maintaining perfect delivery and quality-return records through a disciplined supplier audit system. Former global quality leader at Novelis who used collaborative self-assessment frameworks to drive ~65% reduction in customer claims and mentor non-operations teams (including sales) in practical quality tools and loss reduction.”

“Backend/data platform engineer with production experience at Walmart and Molina Healthcare, building Python microservices on AWS (EKS + Lambda) for real-time inventory and recommendation systems. Strong in reliability/observability and incident leadership, plus modernizing legacy healthcare workflows and building resilient AWS Glue/PySpark pipelines with schema evolution and data quality controls.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of large Coca-Cola programmatic/retail media spend across The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP, and Walmart DSP, focused on ROAS and sales outcomes. Experienced in validating incrementality and attribution by benchmarking retailer first-party measurement against third-party partners (Foursquare/InMarket), and has delivered measurable lifts (e.g., 2x ROAS on Core Power; 1.5x–2x sales/ROAS recovery on Fairlife after audience + creative/video refresh).”

“Apparel product developer/sourcing manager at Linkwear Limited who led high-risk, low-MOQ launches (down to 50 pcs/style) by reverse-engineering samples into tech packs, aggressively vetting/negotiating suppliers, and managing production through QC and shipping. Demonstrated trade-risk hedging (Section 301) via parallel sourcing and hands-on supplier recovery by traveling to Wuxi to resolve a mill bottleneck.”

“Former Division I athlete with 30 years in basketball and 20 years building a career training and mentoring players, including multi-season youth coaching and recruiting. Brings a character-first recruiting philosophy shaped by mentorship from high-profile coaches/players and is eager to create on-camera/social content to help families navigate the recruiting process.”

“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.”

“Video editor/post-production lead who helped launch a new hour-long show (“The Why”), developing the explainer-package style from scratch and ultimately cutting 100+ explainers and ~100 full episodes. Led a four-editor team to standardize workflow and visual approach, with additional experience producing web-based content at Scripps News and editing punchy, graphics-forward YouTube music video essays for Middle 8.”

“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.”