Vetted Project Management Professionals

Eboni Mallett

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive HR Leader specializing in talent management, total rewards, and DEIB

Houston, TX18y exp

“HR/People Operations leader with experience standing up core HR infrastructure at startups, including implementing ADP Workforce Now and Lever plus workforce planning and recruiting strategy frameworks. Known for pragmatic operational diagnostics (interviews/SOP review), change management, and measurable impact—e.g., creating budget discipline for a graduate development program and driving $100K+ in savings while improving goal alignment, development planning, and recruiting efficiency.”

“MBA-trained project manager with experience spanning retail, commercial real estate, payroll operations, and government compliance. Has served as an owner's representative at CBRE, managed contractor hiring and training at Gusto during peak volume, and now coordinates a complex Department of Defense healthcare initiative involving 40+ stakeholders and significant change management.”

Janine Casale

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Director-level operations leader specializing in franchise and enterprise transformation

Parsippany, NJ29y exp

“Operations and business transformation leader with experience spanning franchise advisory and large-scale enterprise execution, most recently as Senior Director of Operations Solutions & Engagement at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Stands out for building structure in ambiguous environments, leading cross-functional initiatives across operations, legal, technology, sourcing, and brand teams, and using analytics tools like Power BI and Salesforce to turn fragmented processes into scalable, insight-driven systems.”

“Supply chain/sourcing professional focused on semiconductor tooling NPI ramp-ups, owning vendor selection through production and delivery. Demonstrates strong cost and trade-risk mitigation (e.g., avoided 25% Section 301 tariff via HTS/landed-cost analysis) and measurable supplier performance turnarounds (OTD improved to 95%) using SAP MRP, shortage analysis, and structured supplier governance.”

“Founder/product manager building an operational longevity nutrition startup with a 500k community, growing primarily through organic social content and rapid weekly funnel experiments. Has launched a detox bundle via a major partnership with Hurom (expected to drive ~$500k ARR) and is building a pipeline of partnerships plus planned corporate sales; preparing to raise $500k–$1M and applying to accelerators.”

“Operator/program leader with experience building operating models and execution cadences for data/analytics and energy data services across Entech, HealthEquity, and RealPage. Has launched an undefined energy data management service into regulated enterprise environments and driven cross-functional alignment via dashboards, SLAs, and OKRs—contributing to enterprise wins and a successful company sale.”

“Program/operations leader with Booz Allen Hamilton experience turning around a near-canceled Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia procurement-training contract by implementing train-the-trainer, mentorship, and KPI/dashboard-driven execution. Currently supports the CFO organization at Berkeley Lab, translating high-level strategy into people/process/technology/governance plans with an executive operating cadence.”

“HR Business Partner with experience supporting technology/product/design and R&D organizations at Samsung, including global team leadership and large-scale org redesign. Drove >50% org growth in 2 years while enabling Samsung Semiconductor’s first full-chip launch outside Korea (delivered ahead of deadline). Built agile-inspired HR programs like the 'Speak Easy' leadership integration initiative (Johari Window), earning 8.3/10 feedback from 150 leaders and contributing to a 5-point attrition reduction.”

“VP of HR with 5 years in a design/manufacturing organization, leading full-cycle recruiting and training across engineering, design, IT, production, and operations. Has driven major org initiatives including employee value mapping, org development tied to revenue targets, and transitions to new PEO/payroll, healthcare, and 401(k) providers, using a structured RASCI-based project approach. Experienced managing distributed contractors across Canada, Jamaica, and the Philippines with clear core/flex-hour policies to handle time zones.”

“At Triple Whale, partnered with product, engineering, and sales to bring enterprise LLM-based budget recommendation agents from impressive prototypes to trusted production workflows. Strong in prompt/input tuning, explainable structured outputs, and running tightly-scoped POCs with clear success criteria—plus hands-on technical demos and post-sale implementation to drive adoption.”

“Operations/process leader with experience in SaaS and RPO environments, known for turning tribal knowledge into scalable, measurable systems. Has built documentation and knowledge-management standards for 90+ person teams, used data and change agents to drive adoption, and delivered major productivity gains (~300%) through training and automated reporting. Also led cross-functional process mapping and implemented partner onboarding workflows directly in Salesforce to improve SI partner enablement.”

“People/HR leader with strong change management and employee relations experience, including implementing an internal mobility policy to improve fairness and transparency. Uses people analytics (exit interviews, engagement surveys, Five Whys/root-cause diagrams) to drive measurable outcomes—cut frontline turnover ~25–26% by improving onboarding and advancement pathways. Also coaches leaders to improve team engagement and mediates cross-functional conflict (clinical vs. administrative) during critical workflow changes.”

“Automotive embedded product leader (player-coach/product-functional engineering) who helped ship a cybersecurity gateway ECU into production, owning architecture decisions, critical module reviews, and delivery. Demonstrated hands-on security/diagnostics expertise (ADA, RSA) and production defect ownership, plus experience tailoring quality-gate processes to speed variant delivery without sacrificing quality.”

“Seasoned IT professional services and business transformation executive (currently global Head of Business Transformation Management at Fujitsu) who has built scalable sales-to-delivery operating models for growing boutique firms. Uses data-driven process/task mining plus stakeholder-led prioritization to deliver measurable outcomes, including a 30% manufacturing cycle-time improvement and 80+ SAP S/4HANA improvement recommendations implemented via a phased roadmap.”

“Bootstrapped founder of a 1-year-old IT consulting/technology advisory firm with two active contract clients. Focuses on integrating business strategy with technology direction for organizations, growing through networking and targeted marketing (e.g., LinkedIn/Indeed) while maintaining a financially disciplined, client-first growth approach.”

“Former PwC Director with hands-on early-stage venture experience (e.g., BridgeLights, a big-data analytics concept for early fintech) spanning concept creation, platform architecture, and go-to-market experimentation. Strong focus on building scalable, modular data platforms with rigorous governance/compliance (data lineage, quality controls) and supporting technical diligence in investor-aligned environments.”

Mark Orsini

Screened

Executive Literary Agent and Managing Partner specializing in talent, IP, and entertainment dealmaking

New York, NY21y exp

“Long-tenured agency leader (20+ years) who built foundational operational systems for contract and payment tracking—driving an immediate 33% revenue jump and lasting process improvements. Managed high-stakes, compliance-heavy initiatives like the COVID-era Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and led cross-functional alignment across finance/legal/admin during catalogue acquisition integration, with a strong emphasis on executive trust and discretion.”

Briana Schoffman

Screened

Director-level Program & Professional Services Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and PMO

25y exp

“Entrepreneur who invested in a startup franchise concept and opened a dog-grooming store that became the most successful location in company history within one year, with projected revenue of $600K+ in 2026. Uses structured market sizing (PAM/TAM) and GTM thinking, and has executed cost-effective local marketing through grassroots social and community sponsorships.”

Caroline Cahill

Screened

Senior Graphic Designer specializing in brand campaigns, marketing design, and art direction

New York City, NY4y exp

“Marketing creative/art director and designer with portfolio work for Glossier, Vox Media, and Bobbi Brown, focused on premium, modern brand storytelling. Builds scalable Figma systems and modular templates for high-volume cross-platform campaigns (social/paid/e-comm) and pairs them with a fast, template-driven video workflow, iterating based on performance signals while maintaining brand guardrails in fully remote async collaboration.”

Shrey Kumar

Screened

Junior Full-Stack Software Developer specializing in web platforms and AI workflows

Dallas, TX1y exp

“Software engineer who built and shipped “Counsellor AI,” a production LLM-powered academic advising agent for college students using AWS Bedrock and grounded RAG over official university catalogs/policies. Emphasizes reliability through structured JSON outputs, multi-step orchestration with shared state, and strict intake/validation gates to prevent hallucinations and invalid academic plans; also has experience hardening messy telecom operational data pipelines with normalization, permissions, fallbacks, and idempotent patterns.”

John Ward

Screened

Executive Applications Development & Analytics Leader specializing in enterprise transformation

Chicago, IL30y exp

“Candidate has prior startup experience building systems and has firsthand experience with a venture that lost angel funding. They show thoughtful reflection on why the startup failed—emphasizing unclear success criteria, weak funding planning, and lack of team consensus—and would seek experienced advisors earlier in future ventures.”

Darshan Patel

Screened

Mid-level Data Engineer specializing in financial and trading data

Sydney, Australia4y exp

“Quant Data Engineer at ASX who is also building FinishKit, a full-stack SaaS that scans AI-generated codebases for bugs and production-readiness issues. Combines React/TypeScript, Supabase/serverless, Fly.io, and Postgres with strong product instincts, rapid iteration, and prior experience building secure multi-tenant data and dashboard systems across enterprise teams.”

“Seasoned entrepreneur with decades of cross-functional business experience who initially expected a CTO role at an existing company rather than a founder track. Brings a distinctive mix of technical scalability thinking, complex integration awareness, education/multimedia production capability, and formal credentials including a PhD, security clearances, and AI and leadership certifications.”

“Compensation professional with hands-on experience supporting complex year-end salary, bonus, and equity payment processes from the comp side of payroll. Built an Excel-based modeling tool to implement a new target bonus structure for a Technology population, and shows strong strength in reconciling incentive budgets, handling late-cycle pay exceptions, and putting approval controls around high-risk compensation scenarios.”