Vetted Onboarding Professionals

Pranali Redij

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Marketing Analytics & Marketing Operations professional specializing in CRM and automation

Syracuse, NY4y exp

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer with hands-on HubSpot expertise who improves funnel performance by fixing data foundations (workflow logic + validation), then building lifecycle segmentation, nurture sequences, and measurement dashboards tied to CAC/ARR. Has driven measurable lifts in data accuracy, early lifecycle engagement, and lead qualification through targeted messaging and A/B-tested email optimization across companies including Wicket and Beekind.”

Veronica Andrews

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief People & Operations Officer specializing in HR strategy and operational scale

Brooklyn, NY16y exp

“People/HR leader with deep org design and change-management experience, including leading a full-company restructuring at Mirimus in direct partnership with the CEO and VPs. Known for combining systems thinking with rigorous people analytics (engagement, churn, capacity, performance signals) to diagnose root causes, redesign operating models, and coach senior leaders through high-stakes transitions and ER situations.”

“Global HR leader who has managed teams across EMEA/APAC/Canada/Australia and led large-scale people initiatives spanning comp/benefits, recruiting, talent management, and employee experience. Notably modernized a manufacturing organization by implementing an AI-driven performance management system tied to operational KPIs, delivering major gains in engagement, customer satisfaction, culture, and internal promotions, and later drove a continuous-feedback performance overhaul with significant retention and manager-effectiveness improvements.”

Derya Kazak

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level HR leader specializing in change management, employee relations, and talent development

Armonk, NY10y exp

“Strategic HR leader with experience managing global teams (India/Brazil/Canada) and partnering on immigration and multi-country regulatory considerations. Has driven major org changes including implementing an attendance policy across 14 logistics locations and restructuring an HR department to align with growth, using a data-driven approach (turnover, time-to-hire, performance, exit interviews). Target compensation is around $150K, flexible based on total package.”

“Compensation and payroll professional with hands-on ownership of end-to-end U.S. payroll and strategic compensation work, including a full-cycle comp redesign for 1,500 employees across corporate, sales, and technical roles. Stands out for combining operational payroll rigor with analytical compensation modeling, pay equity work, and finance-grade reconciliation controls.”

Catherine Reyes

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior HR Director specializing in Total Rewards and HR Operations for healthcare systems

Bronx, NY16y exp

“HR/People leader with experience managing global teams and delivering complex HR/payroll system integrations (including an India-based support team) on schedule. Has built HR/onboarding teams and HRIS workflows from the ground up and partnered with senior leadership on high-impact change initiatives like a full return-to-office transition, including employee communications and backfill recruiting.”

William Armstrong

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Junior Product Engineer specializing in AI and SaaS

San Francisco, CA1y exp

“Product intern at an AI startup (AdvisorGPT) who helped turn an LLM-based prototype into a production SEO blog-generation workflow that matched a firm’s tone/voice and targeted specific search phrases. Strong at bridging technical and non-technical teams, rapidly learning new AI tooling, and driving adoption through customer calls, UX improvements, and customer-facing demos/workshops.”

Elizabeth Angle

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Executive Recruiter specializing in Accounting & Finance and recruiting operations

Fort Worth, TX14y exp

“Talent/recruiting operations leader who built and managed an 8–10 person recruiting team and created training, onboarding, and standardized processes to support high-volume staffing for new and existing branches across the US. Known for improving recruiter–branch manager communication and implementing structured timelines/checklists to keep office openings on track; experienced with Bullhorn (including Textkernel) dashboards and team enablement.”

“Executive sales leader with 20+ years of experience spanning Director to COO/CSO/founder roles, known for building and rebuilding large sales organizations. Particularly notable for transforming a 357-person GoHealth region into the company's top performer and for creating Rewards Network's first inside sales function after 30 years of field-only selling, producing outsized early results. Brings a rare mix of public sector exposure, national-scale sales leadership, and hands-on operational design across CRM, forecasting, compliance, and manager development.”

“Recruiter with hands-on full-desk ownership across the entire hiring lifecycle, from intake and job description creation through sourcing, offer, compliance steps, onboarding, and 30/60/90-day follow-up. Demonstrates a practical, metrics-driven approach to managing multiple requisitions and proactively adjusts search strategy when applicant flow is low.”

Michael Hopkin

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive product leader specializing in AI platforms and SaaS

Portland, OR21y exp

“Senior product leader with experience rebuilding products and organizations in healthcare, research administration, public safety, and K-12 education. Stands out for building a product team from zero at Plexus and shipping an award-winning platform in 8 months, while also bringing strong human-centered AI judgment from ML compliance products at Cayuse and education strategy work at Imagine Learning.”

Crystal Marcus-Kanesaka

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Product Designer specializing in onboarding, activation, and product-led growth

20y exp

“Seasoned product strategist and UX-led product leader with ~20 years across education, cybersecurity, Web3, martech, media, and public/private sector work. She combines hands-on AI-enabled product building with large-scale team leadership, including launching zero-to-one cybersecurity learning products, scaling Braintrust programs from 2,500 to 58,000 users, and improving onboarding experiences that helped double ARR to $400M. Her background in underserved K-12 communities and blended learning makes her especially compelling for human-centered AI and educational equity roles.”

“Operations/people-ops leader who helped an industrial fabrication company (Carlucci) scale through a major contract by standardizing operations, rolling out iPad + barcode workflows, and building workforce planning/onboarding/succession systems—doubling headcount. Uses a structured 100-day diagnostic and KPI-driven operating cadence (dashboards, AOP, goal deployment, 9-box, DISC) and mentors founders/executives by translating operational detail into strategic decision-making.”

Ron Buchanan

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in cloud architecture and Healthcare IT

Summerville, SC20y exp

“Startup-focused builder currently developing a values-driven multi-platform mobile app in beta. Previously led a major technical turnaround at Lucina Analytics, taking the product from 0-to-1 and rebuilding it into an enterprise Azure-based SaaS platform that contributed to its acquisition by Unified Women's Health.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has managed small TA ops teams and redesigned hiring workflows to speed decisions and improve quality. Drove measurable outcomes (time-to-hire cut to 38 days; first-year turnover down 6%) and has led cross-functional ATS implementations (Taleo, Greenhouse) while supporting fast, high-volume creative hiring with strong process and documentation.”

“Aspiring founder with moderate familiarity with the VC and startup studio ecosystem, motivated by the ability to solve problems according to their own vision. Particularly interested in building in home services and mental health/counseling, and expresses strong commitment to entrepreneurship.”

“LLM/agent production specialist with strong customer-facing and pre-sales chops: turns demo-grade prototypes into reliable, compliant deployments using RAG tuning, guardrails, evals in CI, and observability with staged rollouts/rollback. Known for engineering-first workshops (including live break-and-fix on retrieval misses, tool timeouts, and prompt injection) that win over skeptical senior developers and drive adoption.”