Vetted Recruiting Professionals

“Full-lifecycle recruiter who recently led the end-to-end search for newly created Internal Executive Guide roles at Pathways (leadership development), partnering closely with an executive team. Strong in executive alignment and process design—interviewed leaders individually to unify the role vision, coached interview frameworks, managed offers/references, and onboarded the final hire.”

“Seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience who has raised capital for both his own companies and others, primarily through private equity and angel investors. Currently exiting his last company and open to either launching a new startup or stepping into a leadership role, with a strong bias toward disruptive, high-growth businesses that can leverage AI.”

“Venture/accelerator operator with experience at Newchip Accelerator (Austin) and Boomerang Venture Studios, focused on high-volume sourcing and qualifying founders and building an investor network through automated LinkedIn/email outbound and events. Known for translating outreach into founder–investor meetings, running structured discovery, and using rubric/risk grading to drive go/no-go decisions while maintaining strong post-meeting feedback loops.”

“HR Business Partner with experience supporting and scaling product, design, analytics, and technical orgs, including global stakeholder management across the US, Australia, and the UK. Known for bringing consistency to performance/ER/leave practices across regions by partnering with Legal/Payroll/People Ops, and for stabilizing teams during major org changes through role/reporting alignment and manager toolkits.”

“Silicon Valley operator with ~30 years of experience as a board member, advisor, VC, founder, and turnaround executive, claiming 50+ venture-backed turnarounds. Has driven outsized outcomes including a $1B Nokia spinout and a 9-figure Jaspersoft exit to TIBCO, and is known for pragmatic, people-and-financials-first operational diagnosis (including CRM forensics) and rapid team scaling via structured hiring pipelines.”

Jasmeet Kaur

Screened

Senior HR & People Operations Leader specializing in organizational design and workforce planning

8y exp

“Operations-focused startup advisor/consultant who builds lightweight, scalable internal systems (ownership mapping, cadences, Notion, OKRs) for early-stage teams. Drove measurable ops impact including a 35% reduction in onboarding time at Securiguard by implementing an automated onboarding platform integrated with HRIS, and is experienced coaching founders through change resistance while maintaining speed.”

Elizabeth Abend

Screened

Director-level HR leader specializing in people operations, compliance, and HR systems

New York, NY16y exp

“HR/People leader with multi-industry experience (boutique fitness, retail multi-location, bakery/manufacturing) who partners closely with senior leadership on major change. Has led acquisition integration of people systems, executed org redesign without layoffs, uses people analytics to drive leadership decisions, and manages sensitive ER investigations with a transparency-first approach.”

Haytham Nasri

Screened

Software Engineering Manager specializing in cloud-native mobility and enterprise Java

Amsterdam, The Netherlands15y exp

“Backend/architecture-focused player-coach who designed and built two partner-facing data APIs using a contract-first (OpenAPI) governance model in Java (Quarkus/Spring Boot). Strong in technical standards, incident response, and delivery systems—improved reliability under peak load (DB/index fix) and sped up delivery by streamlining PR/review processes while maintaining production stability.”

Frank Albanese

Screened

Executive CTO & Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML and distributed systems

New York, NY10y exp

“Founder of Essence, a wisdom and memory preservation platform with early testing indicating mental health benefits and positive impact for hospice patients. Has raised $25K to date and reports prior capital-raising experience through Y Combinator and the Berkeley Angel Network, with a GTM plan starting in hospice and expanding to the general public.”

“Built football recruiting and athlete advisory experience through youth sports coaching and a West Coast talent pipeline, including helping families navigate contracts, exposure, and player development. Describes hands-on work sourcing opportunities, evaluating prospects, and supporting one SoCal athlete from 8th grade development through a scholarship to San Jose State.”

Sloan Caplan

Screened

Executive Manufacturing & Operations Leader specializing in strategy, MRP, and growth

Lancaster, PA29y exp

“Operations-focused leader/advisor who has spun up and redirected an internal startup into a standalone division with full P&L ownership, introducing tech-enabled order tracking and a weekly management operating cadence. Experienced driving change in legacy environments through transparency and KPI-driven execution, with additional advisory work supporting founders/executives through M&A and working-capital/inventory discipline.”

Michelle Jimenez

Screened

HR Director specializing in HR strategy, benefits/payroll, and industrial security programs

New York, NY21y exp

“People/HR leader focused on retention, engagement, and organizational effectiveness—partnering with executives to implement performance review systems, redesign teams for growth, and improve hiring/onboarding. Brings strong employee relations experience (including harassment investigations) and uses people metrics and market research to optimize benefits and drive participation.”

Yarisbeth Sagardia

Screened

HR Director specializing in HR operations, talent management, and organizational development

Brooklyn, NY13y exp

“People/operations leader with experience managing multi-site teams and supporting international offices (Germany and London), known for building connection and culture in distributed environments using structured comms and engagement programs. Partnered with senior leadership through two executive transitions (succession planning, town halls, retreats) and worked closely with finance on restructuring decisions including 2020 layoffs handled with a human-centered approach.”

“Recruiter with strong full-desk search ownership, including a recent enterprise-level Senior Director of Warehouse, Inventory and Logistics search for Vibrant Ingredients completed in 6-8 weeks. Demonstrates particular strength in passive talent mapping within food and beverage manufacturing, hiring-manager calibration, and using market data, scorecards, and process discipline to unblock stalled searches and close candidates in competitive situations.”

“Cross-industry partnerships and GTM operator with experience spanning environmental consulting (hazardous waste abatement/emergency services), employee transportation programs (Best Buy shuttle partnership), and a dance business (product add-on sales). Demonstrates practical negotiation using cost/usage ratios and strong network-driven business development (secured a competitive conference speaking slot via referral).”