Vetted Process Improvement Professionals

“People/operations leader who builds scalable HR and operating infrastructure for growing companies, including greenfield HR buildouts, HRIS/people analytics, compensation and career-path frameworks, and operating model redesign. Drove measurable impact at DCM Services by breaking down silos to support expansion into three new states and improving retention by 30%+, and has advised a startup CEO at Cerulean Sonar for six years to translate innovation into execution.”

“Operations-focused advisor with a structured approach to helping early-stage/growing companies scale: assesses processes and org design, applies Lean/BPR-style improvements, and executes phased rollouts with KPI monitoring. Has experience mentoring overwhelmed founders during rapid growth, with hands-on guidance around scaling sales teams, improving customer satisfaction, and maintaining culture while making strategic decisions.”

“Project/operations coordinator who helped spin off Cannabiz Advisor from an accounting firm, coordinating tax/accounting, marketing, sales, and client onboarding/training to launch the new service line and build a book of 30 clients within a few months. Also implemented a sales performance cadence at Orion Mobile with the VP of Sales, combining weekly metric reviews with structured rep action plans.”

“Operations/project leader with extensive experience running multiple cross-functional initiatives, including transitioning department functions to an overseas team with defined workflows, KPIs, and executive approval. Implements executive-facing systems (Asana, Microsoft Lists, Geckoboard) and tight communication cadences to drive real-time visibility, alignment, and accountability, and is trusted with sensitive HR/termination-related confidentiality.”

“Apparel sourcing/production professional who runs end-to-end vendor onboarding and execution using open-costing negotiation, rigorous T&A calendars, and KPI-based vendor scorecards. Demonstrated proactive risk mitigation across mills/factories (phased cutting, SKU prioritization, size-ratio rebalancing) and trade/duty exposure (classification review with customs brokers and shifting volume to lower-duty countries).”

“Operations leader/advisor with early-stage startup turnaround experience, joining Organic Pharmer in 2017 when operations were fragmented across production, fulfillment, and marketing. Implemented a lightweight EOS operating system and improved operational efficiency/product mix to move the business from a $50k burn to 10% net profit monthly within 4 months, then shifted focus to growth strategies and partnerships.”

“Chief-of-Staff / operations leader who has scaled creative and production organizations through hyper-growth, including growing a creative team from ~30 to 200+ while improving turnaround times and protecting margins. Acts as a founder force-multiplier by installing operating cadences, dashboards, and decision systems, and has built scalable editorial and motion-graphics pipelines tied to growth metrics (e.g., ~$2 CPI and seven-figure media spend scaling).”

“Former SDR at Placer AI (later promoted into Customer Success) who generated high outbound volume—booking ~40–50 meetings/month and converting ~30 into opportunities. Experienced selling into municipalities with research-led personalization, and has navigated multi-stakeholder buying committees in healthcare staffing (recruiters/ops/CFO) including ATS and Salesforce-based solution discussions.”

“High-volume full-cycle recruiter promoted to lead, managing a team of 4 and serving as primary client POC while filling 30–40 roles per week. Built pipeline dashboards/trackers, introduced a structured screening questionnaire focused on people skills, and optimized job board spend to reduce costs while maintaining candidate flow. Also owned JazzHR ATS operations and data-quality process documentation, troubleshooting workflow gaps (e.g., RTR generation) to keep hiring moving within a 2–3 day submission SLA.”

“Fashion/retail sales and partnerships professional who previously ran an independent multi-line showroom (sales rep for 5 Jr/Young Contemporary lines) and successfully landed a high-profile, celebrity-backed graphic tee line at Nordstrom—driving 80% sell-through from a test order into an all-door program. Leverages SKU-level selling data, OTB/SKU productivity, and hands-on quality control (including chargebacks for off-spec product) to optimize assortments across retail and e-commerce.”

“Talent/recruiting operations leader with 3 years of experience managing 5–6 recruiters and owning client/vendor relationships, KPIs, and process improvement. Notably cut time-to-fill by redesigning interview workflows and solved a hard-to-fill rural cryogenic technician search by shifting requirements to HVAC talent and building a train-up pipeline—an approach still used today.”

“Hospitality operations leader with hands-on experience building administrative and operational infrastructure for new hotel and restaurant openings (handbooks, training, SOPs, cleaning regimens). Known for developing talent—mentored 7 team members into General Manager roles—and for running multi-property oversight using daily reporting and continuous communication to drive operational improvements.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has run regional and national high-volume recruiting organizations (~40–50 people) and owned the full recruiting operating system end-to-end (ATS/CRM, analytics, workflows, training, and cross-functional governance). Known for rebuilding chaotic multi-state hiring engines into standardized, SLA-driven processes with real-time dashboards—cutting time-to-fill ~30% and boosting recruiter productivity >25%—and for leading major tooling implementations like GoodTime and advanced Lever reporting.”

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

“QA tester with console game experience across PlayStation/Xbox/Nintendo, focused on online multiplayer stability and monetization/reward flows, with pre-launch defect prevention. Brings a regulated fintech compliance-testing background and applies structured triage, SQL-based server/client validation, and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate coverage and debugging.”

“Built and shipped a production AI booking/quoting system for a Spanish-speaking cleaning business serving English-speaking customers, covering the full booking and payment flow and generating bilingual SEO/AEO content. Uses Gemini/Genkit with multi-agent orchestration (ADK/MCP, LangChain) and a production stack on Vertex AI + Cloud Run + Terraform, with analytics wired from Google Analytics to BigQuery for measurable agent performance.”

“Marketing-focused visual/motion designer who leads high-polish campaign concepts through rollout across social, motion, print, and OOH. Notable for building scalable Figma systems and modular creative frameworks that enable fast, consistent high-volume production (including localization) and for streamlining workflows with AI and mid-cycle QA to hit tight deadlines while balancing multiple stakeholder goals.”

“B2B product builder with prior experience taking products from 0-1 and scaling to revenue; previously implemented e-commerce search and turned it into a monetized paid-results/bidding platform requiring architectural changes and GTM alignment. Now exploring a startup idea focused on retention and upsell for B2B companies, targeting the underserved long-tail partner segment and already validating the gap with industry leaders and POC conversations.”

“Founder and financial-operations-focused consultant who builds FP&A/BI frameworks for early-stage and legacy businesses, including KPI systems tied to month-end close and integrated manufacturing/distribution datasets (BOM, PPV, rolling forecasts). Drove a 400% cash-position increase for a distribution client by redesigning collections analytics (customer-level DSO + proprietary PTC ratio) and has coached PE-installed executives through U.S. operational/legal and cultural nuances.”

“Cross-functional operations/coordination professional with experience aligning finance (including FP&A), vendor management, and operations through structured communication cadences and tools like Asana. Has supported executive productivity by coordinating executive assistants, prioritizing meeting agendas, and triaging inbound email and meeting requests, and has stepped in to resolve finance-team misalignment by clarifying objectives and delivery expectations.”

“Hospitality operator who has opened and started multiple restaurant and bar concepts, with a structured approach from concept/brand story and mission creation through to operational execution. Emphasizes repeatable standards, margin discipline (inventory, portioning, labor), and coaching founders/executives to build scalable, replicable operations.”