Vetted Process Improvement Professionals

“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.”

“Engineering/technology leader with experience tying roadmaps to OKRs/KPIs, scaling cross-functional engineering teams, and driving go-to-market execution for Managed IT Services revenue growth. In an early-stage company setting, personally stood up core systems (CRM, lead gen, website) and multi-cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS) while building investor materials (pitch deck, VDR, financials), resulting in an investor LOI within 8 months. Also led an on-prem deployment architecture redesign for a network monitoring (NPM) product to improve compatibility, scalability, and security.”

“Paid media performance marketer with hands-on ownership of high-spend ($100K+/month) display and online video campaigns in The Trade Desk, optimizing to CPA and VCR. Drove measurable improvements (20% CPA reduction, 15% VCR lift) using audience refinement, inventory curation, and creative optimization, and applies incrementality/marginal ROAS thinking to allocate spend across Google, Meta, and TikTok.”

david horachek

Screened

Executive Game Systems & Animation Engineering Leader specializing in console and Unreal/Unity

California, USA26y exp

“Unity/C# engineer with AAA and social MMO experience who owned and shipped a marquee VR gameplay system for Meta Quest, using advanced 3D math and closed-form optimization to maintain a solid 60 FPS on constrained hardware. Also builds LLM systems from first principles and integrates native inference into C# pipelines, and has deep multiplayer architecture experience (Photon/Netcode/frame sync) including fault-tolerant WebSocket messaging for mobile connectivity dropouts. Prefers contract work; time zone flexible (EST).”

Neus Tosi

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition & Development leader in beauty and pharmaceuticals

New York, NY9y exp

“Recruiting leader with experience managing teams of 2–5 and driving end-to-end recruiting process improvements, including SOP standardization, ATS implementations (Taleo/Paylocity), and data-driven reporting. Has led confidential executive searches (VP level) and partnered closely with HRBPs on strategic, high-volume initiatives such as building a global IT service center in Argentina (Boehringer Ingelheim).”

William Scott Prestwood

Screened

Director-level Post-Production Supervisor & Senior Editor specializing in digital and streaming content

West Chester, PA19y exp

“Video editor/motion finisher with deep Adobe Premiere Pro + After Effects experience across longform/shortform, promos, sizzle reels, VSLs, and explainers. Built SOPs and led/mentored editors to maintain consistent quality from intake through delivery and archiving, with a retention-focused approach informed by focus groups/post-mortems. Notable brand work includes QVC/HSN (performance marketing + YouTube-exclusive series) and freelance projects for Call of Duty, Wall Street Journal, and Home Depot.”

“Implementation/project leader with experience spanning Confluent, Cerner/VA, and Elovate/Madani Traffic Management, managing complex cross-functional portfolios and building governance in ambiguous environments. Stands out for aligning resources across technical and operational teams, creating executive-ready reporting in Power BI, and delivering measurable savings, including reducing losses by $50K per month.”

“Cross-functional operator who regularly leads globally distributed work and acts as a bridge between product, UX, and analytics. Has driven reporting/dashboard and workflow automation initiatives with senior leadership, using data-backed communication and quick wins to improve adoption and efficiency.”

“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.”

“Transformation-focused operator with experience at CVS Health and Wurth, leading usability analysis across dozens of programs during a major operational transformation. Known for data-driven prioritization and executive-ready communication (weekly metric/risk updates, concise progress briefs) to drive cross-functional alignment and measurable operational improvements.”

“Chief of Staff with experience driving cross-functional execution and executive alignment, including in real estate development environments with shifting timelines. Implements PM tooling (Notion/Monday.com) plus KPI/OKR systems to improve clarity, accountability, and executive productivity, and has experience mediating priority conflicts between functions like marketing and operations.”

“Unity developer with experience shipping on Meta Quest, tackling VR constraints through disciplined shader/particle usage and a custom rendering approach that only draws visible quads. Builds systems with cross-platform portability in mind via abstraction layers (input/networking/UI) and is currently developing a 2D visual novel/strategy prototype emphasizing decoupled architecture and ScriptableObject-driven events.”

Ellise Kim

Screened

Mid-level CRM & Lifecycle Marketing Manager specializing in email/SMS growth for DTC brands

Los Angeles, CA7y exp

“CRM/lifecycle marketer at Honest who led end-to-end launch strategy for a new anti-aging collection, combining creative storytelling with a custom Y2K-inspired early-access experience. Delivered a 26% MoM lift in new subscribers and 36% waitlist-to-purchase conversion, and uses rigorous segmentation and A/B testing to tailor messaging across acquisition and retention—especially effective during periods of reduced paid media.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

Vincent Osere

Screened

Senior Operations Analyst specializing in business intelligence and financial services

Massachusetts, USA15y exp

“Analytics-focused candidate with hands-on experience turning messy datasets into reporting-ready outputs using SQL, building reproducible Python workflows, and operationalizing metrics in R Shiny dashboards. They stand out for combining structured data analysis with NLP and segmentation in marketplace-style datasets such as Airbnb, real estate, and sports salary data to drive pricing, engagement, and demand insights.”

“Beauty buyer/merchant with hands-on experience owning supplier sourcing, sampling, pricing, and online sell-through. Reports delivering 10-20% cost reductions, 100% on-time delivery, and 2x sales growth through supplier optimization and relationship-driven negotiations.”

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.”

“Long-tenured EdTech operator who joined LinkIt! as the third Data Analyst when the company had fewer than 40 employees and grew into a Data Quality Manager over 7+ years. Stands out for blending data operations leadership—ETL migration, reporting automation, process documentation, and training—with highly hands-on startup execution across office operations, hybrid work rollout, and crisis response during COVID.”

“Strategic sourcing/procurement professional with experience at Gumpro and Micron leading indirect (MRO/CapEx) and critical component sourcing initiatives. Uses structured category strategy (spend/Kraljic/Pareto), RFX, risk management, and TCO/should-cost models; reports $10M+ savings and lead-time reduction from 60 days to 2 days while mitigating geopolitical/tariff exposure and strengthening supply resilience.”

“System Engineer with Panasonic Avionics and DIRECTV experience who functions as a software integration focal point, owning system-level QA from requirements and ATP verification through regression and release readiness. Brings rigorous, compliance-driven testing (FAA/ISO) plus strong RCA skills, including reproducing critical UI freezes under high memory conditions and supplying logs/memory dumps to drive engineering fixes.”