Vetted Mentoring Professionals

Susan Njenga

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive product leader specializing in enterprise healthcare SaaS

Grand Prairie, TX15y exp

“Product leader at Nexleaf Analytics who drove a major platform evolution from a vaccine refrigerator temperature-monitoring product into a broader health equipment management system used for cold chain, solar, oxygen, and other assets. Brings a rare mix of digital health, public-sector stakeholder management, UX transformation, and practical AI product experience, including a RAG-based support chatbot designed for technicians and healthcare workers in remote settings.”

“UE5/VR-focused developer who has shipped real UE5 deliverables (Fab.com products and VR template projects used by graduate students) and built a modular VR training interaction system end-to-end using Blueprint Interfaces and Actor Components. Also shipped a game-ready UE5 character product (“Ryan the incredible”) with 180 animations and a scalable AnimBP, and has hands-on profiling/optimization experience reducing tick-heavy Blueprint logic.”

Christina Vogel

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief of Staff and Operations Strategist specializing in enterprise SaaS and compliance

Newtown Square, PA22y exp

“Operations/executive-support leader with Chief of Staff compensation expectations who routinely managed multiple cross-functional initiatives, including large customer conferences and strategic customer escalations. Created scalable digital onboarding (rewrote customer comms, built self-serve implementation materials and product onboarding videos) that eliminated workflow bottlenecks and increased customer adoption by a few hundred percent while keeping executives aligned through concise status updates.”

“Video editor/producer with ~15 years across Adobe Premiere and After Effects, including high-pressure live broadcast work at CNN handling rapid-turn 'crashing' graphics requests for shows like Anderson Cooper 360. Led post-production for a weekly 30-minute CBS affiliate program (Atlanta Eats), managing a multi-person editing team and standardizing graphics/templates. Currently an international video producer at Nestle, previously producing/managing YouTube content for Garden of Life.”

“Senior video editor with 15+ years of expert-level Premiere Pro and After Effects experience, spanning full-length TV documentaries and major-brand social content (Nike Running, JP Morgan Chase, Mattel). Led editing for Mattel’s Hot Wheels Labs YouTube series with tens of millions of views, and brings a highly structured longform workflow from ProRes 422 transcoding through graphics, color, mix, and final delivery.”

“Operations leader with experience standing up and scaling a bespoke, high-growth services operating model at ADP (Comprehensive Services), including SOP standardization, BPM/workflow deployment, and analytics/automation enablement. Reports major outcomes including 99.5%+ accuracy, NPS 71, and a turnaround from losses to significant profitability growth, with a metrics- and governance-driven approach to change management and executive advising.”

“CFO for PE-owned Catalyze Holdings (distributed generation solar + battery storage for C&I) brought in to professionalize a founder-led startup into an IPO-ready organization. Implemented IPO-readiness governance plus Procore and NetSuite (on time/on budget), established KPI and stage-gate operating rhythms, and drove change management that improved process clarity and reduced G&A spend.”

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.”

Mark Nies

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in recruiting operations for hypergrowth companies

Florham Park, NJ10y exp

“Talent acquisition leader with deep executive search and recruiting operations experience, including leading teams up to 35 during Teladoc Health’s Livongo acquisition integration. Recently completed a fractional consulting engagement hiring C-suite/VP/SVP leaders and partnering directly with CEO/CFO/founders on strategic decisions. Known for driving measurable process improvements—e.g., building a workforce plan/budget that moved offer approvals from 40% to 100% in 30 days.”

“Operations/finance leader with experience building the operational backbone for fast-growing firms, including setting up recordkeeping, internal controls, and brokerage-specific clearing firm decisions. Helped scale an entity from ~$30M to nearly ~$300M and later modernized consulting-firm expense operations by implementing Concur integrated with ERP, with a hands-on approach to systems selection and change management.”

Kathy Gagne

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Leadership Advisor specializing in organizational design, culture transformation, and board coaching

East Greenwich, RI37y exp

“Operations and organizational effectiveness advisor who builds scalable playbooks and maturity-based operating frameworks for growing organizations, including investment portfolio companies. Has led change and regulatory adoption work in a large financial institution and coached a rapidly scaling fintech founder/exec team to improve trust, delegation, and decision-making.”

“People Business Partner Principal/Director at Guild focused on scaling HR infrastructure and organizational excellence. Led a major redesign of a 300-person team, improving efficiency and culture, and implemented Workday and Quinto to enable a new performance review cycle and pay-for-performance bonus plan while advising C-suite leaders on talent strategy and org design.”

“AI engineer (2+ years; pursuing an online MS at UIUC) who has shipped an AI-powered voice screening platform end-to-end on GCP with strong production monitoring and measurable hiring-process impact (80% reduction in unqualified pass-through; ~50+ hours saved per role). Also built and deployed an AWS-based context-aware hybrid search system using OpenSearch as a vector store, and has hands-on experience with multi-agent LLM orchestration (ReAct) and structured-output guardrails.”