Vetted Performance Management Professionals

Thomas LaBarbera

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in security technology and enterprise SaaS

New Jersey, USA21y exp

“Senior public sector sales leader with national territory experience across law enforcement, transit, city, and government accounts. Stands out for combining strategic sales leadership with direct involvement in complex enterprise deals, including winning NYPD, closing a $3.4M transit software deal, and launching Canada to 224% of target through a channel-led expansion strategy.”

“Sales leader from construction equipment, industrial distribution, and contractor-focused markets who has translated highly consultative, operationally critical selling into public-sector-like environments. He has led dispersed, multi-territory teams, delivered double-digit revenue and market share growth, and won complex CalTrans business by displacing an incumbent through executive relationship strategy, operational creativity, and disciplined execution.”

“Veteran software engineering leader who started as an early internet engineer in the mid-1990s and has since grown into Director/VP-level leadership across legacy web platforms, logistics systems, and modern data engineering. Particularly compelling for companies needing a hands-on leader who can modernize complex Perl/UNIX monoliths, manage large cross-functional teams, and deliver operational systems in warehouse, marketplace, and reverse-logistics environments.”

“People leader with experience spanning both large enterprises and smaller companies, partnering closely with executives on high-impact workforce decisions. Stands out for combining strategic HR judgment with analytical rigor across M&A integration, compensation design, workforce planning, and rapid scaling, including 55% headcount growth in a year.”

“Recruiting leader with experience managing a team of 5 recruiters and stepping in hands-on for high-impact executive searches. Recognized with a Gold Star Award at PTC Therapeutics for partnering closely with a VP Marketing on a critical Director-level hire through offer negotiation, and drove time-to-fill reductions at Johnson & Johnson by implementing and tracking improved search strategies.”

“Global talent acquisition/executive search leader from FIS Global who managed a distributed recruiting org and partnered closely with HRBPs and C-suite leaders. Has driven enterprise-wide recruiting lifecycle improvements (including onboarding programs to reduce attrition) and engaged in strategic initiatives like an AI council tied to product roadmap decisions.”

“Operations leader who built holding-company infrastructure from the ground up for Fairwood Brands, a national collection of design-build landscaping companies—spanning finance/accounting, HR, safety, fleet, and corporate admin. Emphasizes data-driven visibility into financial/operational performance and pricing discipline to materially improve profitability and enable scalable growth, while mentoring founders and leadership teams through change.”

“Operations and back-office scaling leader from Diversified Restaurant Group who helped design a 3–5 year strategy/structure/culture plan to support growth from ~$280M to $1B revenue. Experienced bringing core functions (finance, HR, payroll, risk) in-house and leading a major Workday HCM implementation, including securing C-suite buy-in for a ~$1M investment and running a collaborative RFP/workflow-mapping process.”

Lexi Wood

Screened

Senior Recruiter specializing in full-cycle, high-volume talent acquisition

13y exp

“Senior Recruiter at Gusto with 10+ years spanning agency recruiting ops and in-house TA, leading a CX Invite team and coaching 3–5 recruiters. Known for scaling high-volume contact center hiring (20 hires/month) by redesigning interview workflows—cutting steps, introducing batch interview days, and driving measurable gains (candidate NPS +20, offer acceptance +10%). Experienced with Greenhouse, ModernLoop scheduling automation, LinkedIn Recruiter extensions, and Tableau recruiting dashboards.”

“APAC-to-US startup operator who began in client advisory at CXG and Ipsos, then joined Potloc as an early employee and helped scale it from Series A to C. Built functions, operating models, and a new US market from scratch, and later created a partnerships function that closed 4 deals worth over $1M in annual revenue.”

“Hands-on HR/operations executive (CHRO profile) with experience modernizing internal operations by leading an ADP-to-UKG payroll/HRIS migration that expanded capabilities across recruiting, onboarding, and benefits. Strong in vendor evaluation, change management, and de-risking implementations via parallel payroll runs, executive sponsorship, and field-focused training; also mentors leadership teams on operations and P&L-driven execution.”

“HR/People leader with experience at The Princeton Review driving enterprise-wide compensation and benefits transformations. Built a scalable compensation system using market benchmarking and change management, and led a broker/carrier overhaul that cut benefits costs by $300K+ while improving employee satisfaction. Also experienced in high-stakes employee relations investigations and executive coaching (including a General Counsel) to restore trust and improve leadership effectiveness.”

“HR/people leader with experience partnering directly with firm partners and C-suite leaders to drive culture and retention initiatives, including launching a Partner Connectivity Program to rebuild community during/after remote-pandemic work. Strong in people analytics (Workday/Aderant) and executive dashboards, and experienced handling complex employee relations cases and accommodations in collaboration with in-house counsel.”

Stephanie Kaplar

Screened

Director-level Human Resources leader specializing in global HR operations and employee relations

New York, NY11y exp

“People leader with experience managing globally distributed teams across the US, Canada, and Brazil, including product/design/analytics functions. Partnered directly with executives to plan org restructures during multiple layoff rounds—owning future org design, role impact mapping, and company-wide communication planning to maintain clarity through change.”

Varsha Motwani

Screened

Director-level HR & Talent Management leader specializing in leadership development and global HRBP

New York/New Jersey, USA12y exp

“Global HR leader with experience across GULF Oil Lubricants, Glenmark Life Sciences, and CEAT Specialty, partnering with CXOs to drive org change and leadership development. Has led global talent and engagement programs (Gallup), implemented Korn Ferry leadership assessments and learning labs, and built leader capability in Behavioral Event Interviewing to improve talent quality across regions.”

Althea Harvey

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in People & Culture strategy

New York, NY23y exp

“Senior HR Business Partner with deep experience partnering with product/engineering, design, and analytics organizations (including Justworks and consulting), specializing in performance management, org design, and manager coaching. Led a major Workday implementation at Urban Resource Institute across multiple HR workstreams, delivering an on-time/on-budget launch with improved process speed and accuracy, and brings strong global, cross-cultural leadership practices across NA/EU/APAC.”

Rachel Kravit

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in employee relations and people strategy

Remote, NY10y exp

“Cross-functional change leader with experience partnering with senior product/engineering/marketing leaders to revamp product development processes, delivering a 30% reduction in time-to-market. Combines systems thinking, executive coaching, and people analytics (engagement/turnover analysis, KPI dashboards) to resolve complex org and employee-relations challenges and improve culture.”

Steve Van Treeck

Screened

Engineering executive specializing in SaaS platforms for transportation & logistics

Denver, CO18y exp

“Pragmatic, Lean Startup–oriented candidate who prefers validating ideas through barebones MVPs and direct customer feedback, especially when entering unfamiliar markets. Motivated to partner with visionary founders and scale accessible products by lowering barriers to entry, while maintaining financial sustainability.”

“Senior public sector enterprise sales leader with experience across RedSeal, eIQ, Reconnex, Dhaani Systems, Tufin, and Skybox, specializing in cybersecurity and regulated infrastructure accounts. Stands out for leading multi-region government territories, ranking #1 in 13 of 16 quarters, and winning complex seven-figure deals by tying security and technology investments to compliance, operational resilience, and measurable ROI.”

“Providing technical guidance to a small team exploring a biomedical startup focused on earlier disease detection, including for remote/underserved areas. The venture is in ideation with initial research completed and is moving toward prototyping while exploring initial investment/support.”

Margaux Pelli

Screened

Director-level Talent Development & HR Business Partner specializing in L&D and performance management

New York, NY9y exp

“HR/People leader with 10+ years of experience, including fractional Head of People and consulting work, who builds executive operating systems and cross-functional structure. Has led a performance management rollout and implemented Slack-based communication architecture (decision channels, SLAs, SOP/FAQ knowledge base) to improve executive alignment, accountability, and operational cadence.”

“Sales leader with deep North American public sector SaaS experience spanning government, municipalities, and adjacent nonprofit segments, including payments/FinTech monetization. Stands out for combining large-scale new ARR ownership ($27M target), measurable retention improvement (cut churn from 13% to 7%), and a track record of building new-market teams from scratch to multi-million-dollar ARR outcomes.”

Michael Kramp

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in global retail, distribution, and e-commerce growth

Oklahoma City, OK23y exp

“Sales executive with a consumer products and national retail background who successfully built a government/public sector channel from scratch while leading six sales divisions across retail, ecommerce, international, and institutional markets. Particularly compelling is his blend of eight-figure commercial leadership and firsthand law enforcement/SWAT experience, which helped him win business with agencies like the FBI Academy at Quantico, the U.S. Military Academy, and Homeland Security.”

“Engineering/technology leader who stays hands-on while driving executive-level roadmap execution, with deep experience modernizing cloud-based LIMS/LIS platforms and building AI-driven lab analytics. Led a monolith-to-microservices cloud migration with containerization and CI/CD, and delivered a reported 30% reduction in lab turnaround time while strengthening compliance.”