Vetted Risk Management Professionals

Lenis Donado

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Finance Leader specializing in accounting, compliance, and high-ticket digital sales

32y exp

“Finance leader and accountant with ~30 years of experience in end-to-end organizational financial management, now pivoting into sales (closer/SDR-adjacent) roles. Positions her differentiator as using financial analysis to qualify prospects and translate solutions into clear ROI for executive stakeholders; has studied Salesforce/CRM best practices but lacks hands-on sales/SDR metrics to date.”

Ose Okpamen

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Product Manager specializing in UX, growth, and data-driven product strategy

London, UK12y exp

“Product manager from edTech focused on AI-driven, B2B HR training simulations (live work-scenario platforms). Demonstrated measurable funnel improvement by diagnosing a registration drop-off issue, coordinating a cross-functional fix (including Android), and delivering ahead of schedule, resulting in a 20% increase in sign-ons. Has shipped/managed products on web and mobile.”

Alexis Gray

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Digital Marketing Strategist specializing in SEO & PPC

Flint, Michigan3y exp

“Paid media specialist with hands-on ownership of $50K+/month Google and Microsoft Ads spend for a large brand, emphasizing disciplined manual optimization (Shopping/PMax + Merchant Center feed alignment) to scale without sacrificing efficiency. Maintained 3x+ ROAS while more than doubling revenue (~$100K+ to $210K+ in 12 months) and has a strong track record diagnosing performance issues (e.g., feed/title relevance) and communicating results in client-safe terms.”

Priyank Jhaveri

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Junior AI/ML & Mobile Engineer specializing in LLMs, synthetic data, and React Native

New York, United States1y exp

“Currently at Uplift AI shipping production LLM features that generate personalized growth insights from user reflections using BERT + embeddings + RAG, with strong safety/guardrail practices for sensitive contexts. Also built an end-to-end React Native UGC challenge submission/moderation system that improved repeat submissions and 7-day retention, and has applied rigorous clinical-style evaluation methods on a dental X-ray disease detection project to reduce false negatives.”

“Entrepreneur with education administration experience now forming an AI-in-education startup concept focused on augmenting instruction with better AI tools. Previously opened and scaled a coffee roasting franchise in Asia into cafes and exited after strengthening the business financially, demonstrating international regulatory navigation and government relationship-building.”

“Founder/operator who turned around an underperforming nightlife/hospitality venture by rebuilding the operating system end-to-end—SOPs, dashboards, staffing/onboarding, pricing/promotions, and weekly forecasting/reporting. Demonstrates strong zero-to-one and ambiguity-to-clarity execution with a metrics-driven operating cadence across GTM, finance, and people operations.”

“Operations and accounting transformation leader who specializes in reorganizing high-growth and distressed companies using a people/processes/systems framework. Notably helped a distressed mid-stage tech company clean up historical financials, rebuild the accounting function, fix broken operations, and become VC-fundable. Experienced fractional CFO and board advisor who mentors founders/executives and builds scalable hiring plans with clear headcount triggers.”

“HR leader with ~20 years of experience focused on raising talent and performance standards through structured hiring (Bar Raiser veto panel), output-linked incentives, and rigorous operating cadences. Reports quantified impact including +21% revenue per head and 93% top-performer retention, and has built recruiting-to-revenue pipelines plus performance-gated onboarding/certification boot camps aligned with Finance and Sales.”

“Former consulting-firm professional who started their own company and ran operations as a solo operator, relying on deep document review and analytical issue-spotting rather than software systems. Has practical experience reducing costs in field service operations by optimizing dispatch/scheduling, and has organized teams and provided fact-supported analysis in litigation-oriented work.”

“Entrepreneur with 20+ years in the recruiting industry building a Salesforce-based CRM tailored to track candidate outreach from initial identification (positioned as a differentiated alternative to traditional ATS workflows). Previously launched a small consulting company after spotting unmet technical needs among small medical practitioners, emphasizing branding and relationship-driven business development.”

“Business/partnerships-focused project/program leader with government contracting (SLED) experience who supported a cybersecurity solicitation response for Amtrak after a breach, using NIST-aligned posture assessment and recommending MFA, Zero Trust, and incident/vulnerability registers. Also led an urgent COVID-era recovery from a server crash by coordinating a move to AWS EC2 and managing vendor negotiation and project timelines for a CRM platform serving the winery/beverage industry.”

Abdullah Usman

Screened

Director-level SEO & Growth Lead specializing in SaaS and multilingual organic acquisition

Karachi, Pakistan7y exp

“Content/SEO marketer from Disrupt.com with experience in regulated, trust-sensitive categories (VPNs, privacy, geo-restricted streaming, payments). Led an education-first SEO content cluster distributed via SEO and regional pages that reached six-figure monthly organic sessions and produced consistent high-intent affiliate conversions; seeking to apply these transferable skills to crypto/Web3.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer from Lid Vizion who led behavior-segmented onboarding/reactivation email programs, delivering a 26% lift in email engagement. Experienced running A/B tests (subject lines, CTAs, send times) and coordinating cross-functionally across creative/product/dev to align influencer, blog, and email messaging—cutting go-to-market time by 20%.”

“F2P mobile LiveOps/product specialist (iOS) who acted as a bridge between product, design, and data during the live phase—analyzing player behavior, identifying loop friction, and iterating on progression, rewards, and live events. Emphasizes trust-preserving monetization through incremental cohort rollouts and tight monitoring of retention, funnel, revenue, and player feedback signals.”

“Backend engineer at PlatePost who built an AI-driven food pairing/recommendation feature for restaurants using Google Gemini, shipping quickly by caching results with a 24-hour refresh and manual override. Emphasizes practical reliability/security patterns (logging, error handling, tenant-scoped queries) and proactively caught an accessibility issue via screen reader testing.”

“Experienced technology executive and consultant who has founded multiple companies and currently runs an IT consulting business providing fractional CIO/CTO services. Brings hands-on experience with VC-backed firms, startups, and rebuilding IT functions for acquired businesses, with a strong emphasis on ethical leadership and helping non-technical companies understand and leverage technology.”

“Founder/operator of an AI services firm that has not raised outside capital; exploring executive technology leadership roles due to a major partner stepping down. Familiar with the VC/accelerator landscape through research and direct experience working in and with venture-backed startups, and is motivated by shaping market forces and driving business outcomes.”