Vetted Performance Management Professionals

“HR Business Partner with experience across R&D, manufacturing, and corporate environments (International Paper), known for leading high-stakes change work including restructures/RIFs and workforce planning. Combines systems thinking and people analytics (RCCM, turnover segmentation) with strong leader coaching—driving outcomes like 15 months of zero turnover and improved productivity/safety metrics—plus deep employee relations investigation experience including sensitive harassment cases.”

“HR Business Partner with GroupM experience supporting multiple mergers, building and transitioning Analytics/Programmatic/Account Management teams through hands-on job architecture, benchmarking, and performance management. Uses HR analytics (including an Excel-based retention model with visual reporting) and cross-functional partnership with IT to reduce disruption and improve retention during restructuring and major policy changes like return-to-office.”

“Sole founder of Bazaaro who built the company’s operations across product, hiring, GTM, finance, and investor relations—securing initial investment by effectively spanning multiple functions. Also drove a high-stakes operational turnaround at Ciena by process-mapping end-to-end workflows, correcting cost mis-modeling, and building Excel dashboards to recover $60K+ while improving margin visibility.”

“HR/talent business partner with global experience supporting teams across the US, UK, and Canada, focused on adapting talent initiatives to cultural and legal requirements. Played a key role in a successful company integration, driving HRIS/process changes, compliance, and employee communications, and has supported product/design/analytics orgs with staffing, compensation strategy, and career mapping.”

“Talent acquisition leader and executive recruiter who has managed up to 10 recruiters while driving tech stack optimization, vendor/cost management, and executive-level reporting. Experienced partnering closely with HRBPs and CFO-level stakeholders on director+ hiring, including internal audit leadership roles, and has led a full recruiting lifecycle redesign to improve candidate experience and hiring leader visibility.”

“HR manager and lead recruiter with cross-border oversight (US, Canada, UK) and hands-on experience navigating region-specific employment law, benefits, and offboarding. Built product, analytics, and creative teams by designing structured hiring processes (panels, portfolio/presentation steps) and prioritizing candidate experience. Partnered with C-level leadership to migrate payroll/benefits from ADP Workforce Now to TriNet, coordinating IT/Finance and employee training for a smooth transition.”

“Change management and HR/people strategy leader with repeated experience partnering with senior executives through high-impact transformations, including QuickChek’s post-acquisition integration into Fortune 500 Murphy USA. Uses structured frameworks (McKinsey 7S, ADKAR) and KPI-driven systems thinking to execute org design, system migrations, and workforce analytics initiatives, and has handled complex employee relations investigations with risk-based decision tools.”

“US Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Ops leader at Funbox (nearly 5 years) who owns end-to-end recruiting operations and ATS strategy, and who successfully pivoted into HR Ops during a 2022 slowdown (payroll, compliance, policies, reporting). Known for building operational rigor at scale—redesigned req approval/1:1 req-to-hire workflows, led Greenhouse→HiBob hiring module implementation in ~4 months, and executed a major hiring blitz (35→75 reqs; ~90% closed; 100+ referrals) across functions including engineering, product, sales, marketing, and frontline support.”

“People/HR leader with experience supporting globally distributed teams (US, Canada, UK) and partnering with senior leaders on org design and scalable people processes. Implemented a formal performance review program, including manager training and 1:1 coaching, to improve consistency, transparency, and performance conversations as the company grew.”

“Recruiting leader managing a team of 3 who stays hands-on in high-impact executive searches, including a confidential CMO search run directly with the CEO. Strong HRBP partnership experience, driving company-wide workforce planning/hiring prioritization and implementing Spark Hire one-way video interviews to speed screening and improve consistency and candidate experience.”

“Recruiting leader with 4+ years of people management experience, leading a team of 8 direct-report recruiters and staying hands-on in high-impact executive searches (including senior engineering leadership). Strong HRBP and executive stakeholder partner who uses KPI-driven reviews, structured interviewing, and dashboards to improve quality and cut hiring timelines ~20–25%, while also reducing agency reliance through source-mix and cost-impact analysis.”

“Operations-focused team lead currently managing 20 coordinators, with strong workforce management experience spanning forecasting, scheduling, KPI/staffing reporting, and executive-facing data presentations. Led a cross-functional Salesforce implementation and redesigned forecasting/workflow to support a newly created internal-promotion department, improving flexibility in coverage planning.”

“Former CEO of Davis Oil who led an operational and cultural reset in a multi-location business—rebuilding org structure, KPI reporting, SOPs, and accountability systems. Now consults and advises leaders (especially family businesses) who lack formal operations backgrounds, using a systems-focused “diagnose before design” approach grounded in frontline discovery.”

“Chief of Staff with strong cross-functional leadership across go-to-market and product/engineering, focused on revenue-aligned prioritization and executive operating cadence. Implemented integrated Looker reporting to connect product usage/adoption with revenue, retention (GDR/NDR), churn risk, and upsell—enabling faster executive decision-making and clearer accountability.”

“Engineering/technology leader (CTO-style) with experience scaling orgs and running distributed teams across four continents for over a decade. Led a high-stakes modernization of a securities trading platform at Wedbush—migrating from monolith to microservices on AWS with zero-downtime constraints—driving 45% execution performance improvement and enabling 25% market share growth. Emphasizes business-aligned roadmaps, build-vs-buy rigor, and scalable engineering practices/culture.”

“HRBP leader in a startup environment with experience supporting global teams and driving org change through structured communication and ADKAR-based change management. Built an analytics-focused function to mature data-driven decision-making, and created a role expectations playbook that later shaped onboarding and reduced role-related performance issues for newly promoted senior staff.”

“Recruiting leader managing teams of up to 26 who stays hands-on with high-impact executive searches; recently led and closed a VP of Revenue search in 60 days to unblock revenue growth. Partners closely with HRBPs and executive stakeholders (including CFO) on workforce planning, attrition reduction, and compensation/leveling decisions, and has rebuilt recruiting processes with structured, metrics-driven adoption.”

“HR leader (VP of HR at Joe Coffee Company; previously at Equinox) with hands-on experience implementing two HRIS migrations and configuring timekeeping/HR systems used as an org-wide hub (ATS, performance management, timekeeping, system of record). Drove a major compliance-focused change to break tracking/pay practices using cost analysis and system configuration to reduce liability while minimizing employee dissatisfaction.”

“Talent Acquisition Operations leader with 15+ years spanning aviation and helicopter rescue/emergency services through manufacturing, healthcare, and SaaS. Has led teams up to 30 and recently drove a major shift from a business-unit recruiting model to shared services across 8 units, improving Workday reporting/integrations and helping a SkillBridge program exceed goals by 100%.”

“Project/operations leader who helped a growing company (2023–2024) overhaul its internal delivery operations by standing up a PMO and customizing PMI-based project management frameworks end-to-end (requirements, sprint cadence, bug handling, dashboards/KPIs). Strong in diagnosing operational inefficiencies through current/future-state analysis and advising founders/executives with a servant-mentor style grounded in deep listening and candid feedback.”

“HR/People leader with experience driving enterprise change and operational improvements, including a regional-to-global org restructure across the U.S. and Canada and major benefits/HRIS transitions. Strong blend of systems thinking and people analytics (dashboards, engagement/turnover diagnostics) plus hands-on leadership coaching and high-stakes employee relations investigations in partnership with Legal and executive leadership.”

“Recruiting leader with 4 years managing a 25-person recruiting team and deep experience in C-suite executive search. Built a full recruiting lifecycle process from the ground up in their current role, scaling to ~60 candidate interviews per week and implementing Salesforce-based pipeline tracking. Regularly partners with HRBPs and works directly with CEO/COO on retention, budgeting, and hiring/firing decisions.”