Vetted Performance Management Professionals

“HR/People leader with experience managing distributed teams and driving major org initiatives, including implementing a data-driven pay equity compensation program presented to the CEO. Also built a multi-channel recruiting program (schools, affinity orgs, career fairs, marketing) aimed at increasing visibility and diversifying the candidate pipeline.”

“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.”

“HR/people partner with strong people-analytics orientation, currently supporting a complex voluntary buyout initiative involving critical talent decisions, role evaluation, and workforce planning. Demonstrated impact improving retention in a sales organization by building internal mobility pathways (cut turnover ~50%) and coaching leaders to improve engagement and morale, with experience handling sensitive employee relations situations including mental health crises.”

“Early hire at FullCycle who owned high-trust fund operations initiatives spanning tax (K-1) process redesign, investor communications, and executive support. Known for building scalable systems (including an executive communication framework adopted as a team best practice) and for driving complex logistics like getting a team to Davos while keeping core fund operations running.”

Scott Quinlan

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in executive search and recruiting analytics

14y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10 years of experience managing distributed teams (4–19) across North America and LATAM in automotive, construction, and energy/utilities. Led a nationwide onboarding/orientation redesign that lifted employee feedback to 94% and accelerated time-to-productivity, and has implemented multiple ATS platforms (iCIMS, Taleo, UKG, Workday) plus career site launches in partnership with HR, Marketing, and senior leadership.”

Eboni Mallett

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive HR Leader specializing in talent management, total rewards, and DEIB

Houston, TX18y exp

“HR/People Operations leader with experience standing up core HR infrastructure at startups, including implementing ADP Workforce Now and Lever plus workforce planning and recruiting strategy frameworks. Known for pragmatic operational diagnostics (interviews/SOP review), change management, and measurable impact—e.g., creating budget discipline for a graduate development program and driving $100K+ in savings while improving goal alignment, development planning, and recruiting efficiency.”

“Hands-on production engineer with deep Oracle tuning and observability-driven troubleshooting experience in a 24x7 healthcare system used by pharmacists across the U.S. While not yet hands-on with GCP databases, they bring strong transferable cloud and platform experience from AWS/Azure, including migration work, memory leak remediation, HA/DR operations, and end-to-end performance debugging across DB, JVM, and network layers.”

Victoria Mehran

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior investment professional specializing in venture capital and startup ecosystems

Los Angeles, CA12y exp

“Venture capital and venture studio operator since 2019 with experience evaluating 75+ startups and helping raise capital across accelerator and venture-building environments. Currently developing Zenom, an AI-driven longevity and preventive healthcare platform combining biomarker analysis, genomics, and personalized wellness recommendations, with commercialization ambitions across MENA and Los Angeles.”

“HR professional currently at Intuit supporting global teams on escalated cases spanning LOA, employee relations, performance management, and change management. Previously partnered with executive leadership at Care/of to execute a RIF and ultimately a full company closure, owning selection criteria, WARN/separation documentation with Legal, and employee communications with a strong empathy-first approach.”

“HR Business Partner with experience supporting technology/product/design and R&D organizations at Samsung, including global team leadership and large-scale org redesign. Drove >50% org growth in 2 years while enabling Samsung Semiconductor’s first full-chip launch outside Korea (delivered ahead of deadline). Built agile-inspired HR programs like the 'Speak Easy' leadership integration initiative (Johari Window), earning 8.3/10 feedback from 150 leaders and contributing to a 5-point attrition reduction.”

“Global HR leader with experience at Tata Consultancy Services and Target, partnering with senior product and technology leaders to drive large-scale reorganizations and operating model shifts (including COE adoption and product role re-titling for clearer career paths). Has led complex change initiatives such as offshoring, mainframe decommissioning, and merging overlapping teams, and implemented structured 30/60/90-day check-ins to support retention across US/India distributed workforces.”

“VP of HR with 5 years in a design/manufacturing organization, leading full-cycle recruiting and training across engineering, design, IT, production, and operations. Has driven major org initiatives including employee value mapping, org development tied to revenue targets, and transitions to new PEO/payroll, healthcare, and 401(k) providers, using a structured RASCI-based project approach. Experienced managing distributed contractors across Canada, Jamaica, and the Philippines with clear core/flex-hour policies to handle time zones.”

“HRBP with experience supporting distributed teams across the US and partnering closely with Product, Analytics, and Sales leadership on performance management, employee relations, and lifecycle changes. Notably drove a parental leave policy update for revenue-generating teams by analyzing operational impact, defining clearer parameters, and securing SVP Talent buy-in, and has led leaders through restructuring and role realignment with transparent change communications.”

“Org/people advisor with 20+ years applying systems thinking and data-driven methods to high-stakes change—spanning DEI transformations at an international consulting firm, profitability turnarounds in eldercare via company-wide facilitation, and executive coaching. Also designs compensation benchmarks for novel roles at international tech companies, enabling successful global hiring and growth.”

“People/HR leader with strong change management and employee relations experience, including implementing an internal mobility policy to improve fairness and transparency. Uses people analytics (exit interviews, engagement surveys, Five Whys/root-cause diagrams) to drive measurable outcomes—cut frontline turnover ~25–26% by improving onboarding and advancement pathways. Also coaches leaders to improve team engagement and mediates cross-functional conflict (clinical vs. administrative) during critical workflow changes.”

Shavone Kennedy

Screened

Senior Global HR Director specializing in high-growth tech and global people strategy

New York, NY14y exp

“People/organization leader with deep experience scaling and restructuring global product organizations—managed 900+ employees across 12+ countries and helped scale Verbit’s product org from 30 to 120+ across Product, UX/UI Design, Analytics, and Product Ops. Known for building operating models (product trios, OKRs, design governance) plus talent systems (leveling, comp, calibration) and partnering with executives to deliver major reorganizations tied to strategic shifts.”

Alejandro Morales

Screened

Director-level Talent Management leader specializing in enterprise performance, succession, and leadership development

Dallas, Texas19y exp

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with deep HR tech governance and process architecture experience, including architecting a Workday Talent Review deployment and building standardized succession/bench-strength data models. Known for driving measurable adoption (Quarterly Conversations from 16% to 85%) and creating legally defensible, high-volume selection workflows through validated assessments (American Airlines), while leading teams across US and Mexico.”

“30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran who built Pratexo, an intelligent edge analytics company focused on the energy transition, raised $15M in seed funding, and landed a major partnership with ABB. He has spent the last decade continuously advising startups and brings deep familiarity with VC and accelerator ecosystems including YC and ABB's SynerLeap.”

“Seasoned entrepreneur with decades of cross-functional business experience who initially expected a CTO role at an existing company rather than a founder track. Brings a distinctive mix of technical scalability thinking, complex integration awareness, education/multimedia production capability, and formal credentials including a PhD, security clearances, and AI and leadership certifications.”

“People/operations leader with experience managing global teams and building product, design, and analytics organizations. Partnered directly with CEO and operating leadership to drive post-acquisition integration—unifying fragmented teams, systems, and cultures through a target operating model, clear roadmaps, and accountability frameworks while protecting company culture.”

“Engineering leader who proposed and delivered a new API-based document management platform to replace a vendor-dependent system, improving latency by ~1s and availability to 99.9% while migrating legacy data. Also drove Python-based automation of ~12 workflows via third-party API integrations and led an SSO/auth integration focused on backward compatibility and high login success rates.”