Vetted Risk Management Professionals

“Entrepreneurial operator who has started three revenue-generating startups for an employer and is now ready to found independently. Built and scaled a USSD-based lottery product in Nigeria by partnering with MTN, driving 10%+ uplift in gross turnover, and has hands-on experience validating market gaps via SMS/call-center surveys and launching pilots before scaling.”

“HR operations and human capital leader with Department of Transportation experience who built an HR policy and training infrastructure from scratch (20 policies in a year), enabling ~25% organizational growth. Known for data-driven process optimization (cut processing time by 20 days and improved request responsiveness by ~20%) and for creating scalable manager enablement tools (HR toolkit/quick-reference guides) while aligning senior leadership and reducing overhead via FTE-to-contractor transitions.”

“Engineering leader at Sysdig Secure who pitched and prototyped a model data platform that initially got rejected, then proved value by migrating the CIEM offering and expanding adoption across multiple verticals. Now owns the CIEM suite plus the broader Sysdig Secure data and reporting platforms, manages 14 direct reports, and also leads a pilot AI team while remaining hands-on weekly.”

“Operator with founder/COO/CEO experience in professional services, managed services, and cloud services (Adjoined Consulting, Virtustream, Lemongrass). Known for instrumenting businesses with real-time pipeline/backlog-to-resource planning systems and for building sales organizations end-to-end, including bookings-based comp plans that drove ~40% CAGR. As VC-backed non-founder CEO, scaled Lemongrass from ~$25M to ~$100M run-rate and applied AI to de-risk SOW/costing and to improve service desk efficiency and gross margin.”

“CIO-level technology leader (most recently at Sovos) who owned the full tech roadmap across product, infrastructure, and corporate IT, scaling engineering across 14 countries with an architectural review board and standardized security/observability. Hands-on in high-severity incidents (ransomware) while managing executive/client communications, and drove a reported 40% product-velocity lift by adopting AI code assistants and agentic AI (Devin) alongside Kubernetes + Bottlerocket for secure scalability.”

“Operations and transformation leader who ran UPS Security through a major McKinsey-led restructuring, implementing a shared-services/territory-based "Patch of Land" model. Built task/time-based staffing models that enabled a 1K+ headcount reduction and $70M+ in recurring savings, earning the first UPS CEO Change Maker Award. Also mentors emerging leaders with simple, scalable operating rhythms (cadence meetings, decision frameworks, goal tracking).”

“Engineering leader (12+ years Director, 17 years lead) focused on developer productivity and platform/framework work across Oracle, PlayStation, Workday, and CafePress. Notable for building distributed teams from scratch and delivering high-impact platform architecture—e.g., re-architected PlayStation’s upload pipeline to support 500GB–5TB submissions using browser-to-AWS chunked uploads with SNS/SQS and deduplication/resume support.”

“AWS enterprise customer leader supporting the Apple Maps account, focused on large-scale migrations from on-prem (e.g., Cloudera) to AWS EMR/EBS. Known for deep troubleshooting and cross-functional execution (Grafana-driven autoscaling fixes, Graviton capacity/ICE mitigation) and for tying roadmap alignment to commercial outcomes, including a cited $30M incremental ARR expansion.”

“Founder/idea lead behind InvantX, an AI-powered product helping people make better decisions with their own data. Developed the business model canvas and MVP plan, set up an early customer feedback loop, and iterates roadmap/architecture based on beta-user learning. Has participated in accelerators including FinAccelerate, Pegasus, and an NVIDIA program (AWS credits), and applies a metrics-driven, structured approach to traction building.”

“Product-focused operator with ~20 years experience helping both large companies and newer market entrants launch successful products, with a strong emphasis on disciplined product-market fit in emerging markets. Has personal investing exposure as an LP in two private funds and is researching seed-stage angel investing, and is motivated to found a consumer/software venture built with lean execution and clear defensibility.”

“Strategic enterprise Customer Success leader from Atlassian Cloud managing a >$10M ARR, ~33k-user account end-to-end, driving measurable adoption (+12%), services expansion (+30%), and strong satisfaction (4.5/5). Experienced leading cross-functional deployments of AI agents (Rovo) and Forge-based integrations, and translating enterprise governance needs (e.g., RBAC at scale) into roadmap-shaping product requirements.”

“Led an end-to-end regional sourcing strategy at AMAT for consumables and high-value critical parts, including risk/mitigation planning, cross-functional execution, and executive-level reporting. Successfully influenced internal business unit leaders to shift procurement away from captive suppliers by validating and improving regional supplier capability and reliability, while building a repeatable playbook for the team.”