Vetted Performance Management Professionals

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

Lauren Stein

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff specializing in operations, HR, and GTM enablement for SaaS

7y exp

“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.”

Bhaskara Naidu

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in SaaS, Product & GCC tech hiring

Hyderabad, India14y exp

“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.”

Ryan Echols

Screened

Senior Workforce Analytics & WFM Leader specializing in contact center operations

Marietta, GA8y exp

“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.”

Jon Davis

Screened

Executive business leader specializing in operations, growth, and M&A

Kalamazoo, MI23y exp

“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.”

“Candidate participated in Launch Factory's venture studio selection process, which introduced them to a formalized startup methodology, and then went on to found and recently exit their own business. They are highly motivated to keep building companies, with a clear emphasis on creating products that serve a community and validating market need through product-market fit.”

Cia Hang

Screened

Executive IT and Operations leader specializing in digital transformation and security

Chicago, IL13y exp

“Candidate is very familiar with the venture capital and broader investment landscape, but is not interested in founding a company. They have worked with several TPG-backed or TPG-owned organizations, helping drive business scaling, cost reduction, and execution against investor governance requirements.”

Joe Lovrek

Screened

Director-level mortgage sales leader specializing in banking and consumer lending

Huntsville, TX22y exp

“Senior national business development leader from PenFed Credit Union/PenFed Realty with deep experience scaling mortgage, banking, and real estate partnership channels across large territories. Stands out for combining relationship-led growth with operational rigor, including raising internal mortgage capture from under 1% to over 20% and leading divisions producing up to $400M annually.”

“Product leader with experience modernizing and merging complex B2B platforms in industrial, facilities, and logistics contexts. Notably led the integration of Smartbin and WasteForce into a single Contelligent platform with no customer attrition, and has shipped AI-informed IoT products that made building optimization more accessible to non-analytical users.”

“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.”

“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.”

Andrea Scherle Alleyne

Screened

Senior Project Manager specializing in industrial construction and energy projects

20y exp

“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.”

Jurien Garrison

Screened

Principal Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in technical and GTM hiring for SaaS and AI

New York City, NY12y exp

“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.”

Monal Rana

Screened

Senior HR Manager specializing in global HR operations and talent management

New York, NY11y exp

“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.”

Cherrice Mason

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition Operations leader specializing in global TA programs, HRIS/ATS, and compliance

Dallas County, Texas18y exp

“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%.”

JOSHUA DAVIS

Screened

Director-level Digital Marketing leader specializing in SEO, PPC, and growth strategy

Kansas City, MO13y exp

“Digital marketer with 12+ years of hands-on SEO and PPC experience managing accounts across many industries rather than a single niche. He has owned sizable multi-platform budgets across Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok, and stands out for a disciplined testing methodology tied to CPA/ROAS improvement, including a cited e-commerce win reducing CPA from 65 to 40 and recovering stalled performance within two weeks.”

“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.”

“Recruiting Operations leader with 10 years across transportation, staffing, and tech, managing teams up to 40 in both remote-first and onsite settings. Known for rebuilding end-to-end recruiting workflows (interviewing, pay equity/salary transparency, onboarding automation) and delivering measurable outcomes including 140% revenue growth, plus strong ATS analytics and HRIS/LMS implementation experience (Workable, SmartRecruiters, Paycom, Litmos).”

“Operations and people-systems builder who has completed three 0-to-1 healthcare startups, standing up org design, governance, workflows, and core policies/cultural norms. Certified executive coach with hands-on experience implementing HRIS and compliance/compensation tooling (e.g., Navex, CompXL) and advising founders on scalable operating models and early leadership hires.”