Vetted Process Improvement Professionals

“People/organizational leader with hands-on experience managing global teams (India, Mexico, UK, Canada) and partnering with product/design/analytics leadership on org design, workforce planning, and restructuring. Drove measurable outcomes including engagement improvement (67% to 82%), reduced role ambiguity (15%), and faster hiring (25%) while scaling cross-functional product and analytics organizations.”

“UE5/VR-focused developer who has shipped real UE5 deliverables (Fab.com products and VR template projects used by graduate students) and built a modular VR training interaction system end-to-end using Blueprint Interfaces and Actor Components. Also shipped a game-ready UE5 character product (“Ryan the incredible”) with 180 animations and a scalable AnimBP, and has hands-on profiling/optimization experience reducing tick-heavy Blueprint logic.”

Christina Vogel

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief of Staff and Operations Strategist specializing in enterprise SaaS and compliance

Newtown Square, PA22y exp

“Operations/executive-support leader with Chief of Staff compensation expectations who routinely managed multiple cross-functional initiatives, including large customer conferences and strategic customer escalations. Created scalable digital onboarding (rewrote customer comms, built self-serve implementation materials and product onboarding videos) that eliminated workflow bottlenecks and increased customer adoption by a few hundred percent while keeping executives aligned through concise status updates.”

“CFO for PE-owned Catalyze Holdings (distributed generation solar + battery storage for C&I) brought in to professionalize a founder-led startup into an IPO-ready organization. Implemented IPO-readiness governance plus Procore and NetSuite (on time/on budget), established KPI and stage-gate operating rhythms, and drove change management that improved process clarity and reduced G&A spend.”

“Operations leader with experience standing up and scaling a bespoke, high-growth services operating model at ADP (Comprehensive Services), including SOP standardization, BPM/workflow deployment, and analytics/automation enablement. Reports major outcomes including 99.5%+ accuracy, NPS 71, and a turnaround from losses to significant profitability growth, with a metrics- and governance-driven approach to change management and executive advising.”

“Operations-focused startup builder who creates “enterprise-ready” maturity through reliability testing systems, data collection, and customer-facing quarterly reviews. Has a process-first approach (document → automate → scale), including automating manufacturing testing and moving it to a contract manufacturer. Experienced mentoring founders/executives using GQM and improving leadership effectiveness through targeted coaching and role redesign.”

Stephen Boney

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive operating partner and global manufacturing leader in metals and packaging

Nashville, TN41y exp

“Operations and quality leader who co-founded and scaled a patented-product business in the retail paint industry to $400k+ revenue with ~50% gross margin, while maintaining perfect delivery and quality-return records through a disciplined supplier audit system. Former global quality leader at Novelis who used collaborative self-assessment frameworks to drive ~65% reduction in customer claims and mentor non-operations teams (including sales) in practical quality tools and loss reduction.”

Rory Catinella

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Leader specializing in scaling high-growth hiring

Southlake, TX15y exp

“Senior staffing/recruiting operations leader with large-scale, high-volume experience across Amazon and Integrity Staffing, known for building rigorous operating cadences, analytics, and documentation that materially improve productivity and rankings. Also led SaaS-enabled workforce solutions operations at Indeed Flex, implementing strategic account planning that cut high-risk churn by 77% while managing multi-market teams.”

Alexander Farrar

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Human Resources leader specializing in talent acquisition and talent management

Dallas, TX13y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who has built and scaled TA/HR infrastructure across Fortune 500, mid-sized, and startup environments, including scaling Seraphim Solar from 5 to 1,000 employees in 3 months. Known for data-driven workflow redesign and ATS analytics—delivering measurable gains like +30% candidate experience, -35% cost-per-hire, 92% offer acceptance, and -40% agency reliance while supporting rapid growth.”

“Operations/finance leader with experience building the operational backbone for fast-growing firms, including setting up recordkeeping, internal controls, and brokerage-specific clearing firm decisions. Helped scale an entity from ~$30M to nearly ~$300M and later modernized consulting-firm expense operations by implementing Concur integrated with ERP, with a hands-on approach to systems selection and change management.”

Kathy Gagne

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Leadership Advisor specializing in organizational design, culture transformation, and board coaching

East Greenwich, RI37y exp

“Operations and organizational effectiveness advisor who builds scalable playbooks and maturity-based operating frameworks for growing organizations, including investment portfolio companies. Has led change and regulatory adoption work in a large financial institution and coached a rapidly scaling fintech founder/exec team to improve trust, delegation, and decision-making.”

“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.”

“Recruiting/Talent Operations leader with deep Lever ATS and analytics experience who led a high-impact Grace Hopper Conference program, creating attribution tracking via unique links and coordinating IT/engineering/TA to drive thousands of applicants and improved operational outcomes. Redesigned recruiter–hiring manager intake and alignment workflows with automation, improving time-to-fill by ~20%, and led compliance initiatives including pay transparency and ADA-accessible job descriptions using CommonLook/PAC in partnership with Legal and Compensation.”

“Chief of Staff / cross-functional operator with experience at HighRadius and Darwinbox, building executive operating rhythms (KPI dashboards, pipeline reviews, decision logs, intake/triage) and driving multi-country SE Asia expansion. Uses data-driven prioritization and unit economics (CAC, sales velocity) to align founders/CxOs on tough trade-offs, and has supported a GenAI product launch while managing enterprise escalations without derailing strategic timelines.”

“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.”