Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

“Solo founder running a venture studio (Mongoose) building AI-personalized products (e.g., faith-based daily devotional, meal planning, and a platform aimed at helping retiring SMB owners sell businesses). Previously at InsideTrack, leveraged a Department of Labor grant program to break into the community college market and secured major contracts ($5M and $3M) by helping institutions craft winning grant applications.”

“Growth and partnerships marketer with experience spanning Coca-Cola brand/creator collaborations and CMC Markets performance acquisition. Has sourced and closed a Hong Kong Disneyland partnership built around a digital game activation, and runs data-driven Google Ads GTM and funnel experiments (Search/YouTube/Demand Gen, retargeting, landing page CRO) focused on lowering CPA and increasing qualified leads.”

“Strategy & operations leader with senior roles at OnDeck, BlockFi, and Protocol Labs who owned founder-level initiatives end-to-end. Notably launched the first crypto credit card, driving 150k first-year sign-ups (vs 30k target) and boosting adoption of other offerings, and later cut time-to-hire from ~6 months to ~6 weeks while rebuilding GTM and operating frameworks.”

“Former Director of Product turned Head of People at Endeavor, blending product/analytics rigor with HR leadership. Managed globally dispersed teams across 30+ countries and helped standardize leadership expectations for managing directors across 40+ offices through competency alignment and structured evaluations.”

“Senior HR Director/HRBP-style leader with experience partnering directly with CEOs and senior VPs to redesign org structures in fast-scaling companies (1,000+ employees). Combines change management, systems thinking, and people analytics to deliver measurable business impact (efficiency doubled, promotions +30%, revenue 3x in 18 months) and is hands-on in leader coaching and high-stakes employee relations.”

“Operations and GTM leader with HP experience managing acquisitions of industrial printing companies (e.g., Nur, Scitex, Colorspan) and driving expansion strategy across EMEA. Strong in route-to-market/channel design, post-merger role clarity (RACI), and using Salesforce for KPI-driven performance management; also brings ICF-style coaching for mentoring leadership teams.”

“Strategic operations and org design leader who led restructuring at MGM Resorts, including an "org-blind" approach separating structure design from talent evaluation to reduce bias. Also teaches strategic management at a university and has advised/mentored C-suite leaders, combining high-level strategy with hands-on stakeholder listening (e.g., UNLV dean strategic re-envisioning).”

“Organizational effectiveness and transformation leader who has driven everything from $75M turnarounds to building operating blueprints for smaller businesses. Blends culture/leadership change with rigorous operational design (process mapping, decision rights) and measurable outcomes (free cash flow), and also serves as an executive coach using tools like 360 feedback and DiSC. Has advised CEOs on major negotiation strategy, including a collective agreement impacting ~10,000 employees.”

“Robotics software engineer focused on real-time mapping and SLAM in unstructured environments, combining camera-based navigation, GTSAM/iSAM2 pose-graph optimization, and nvBlox ESDF mapping with strong real-time performance on both RTX 4070 and Jetson Orin. Has hands-on ROS 2 + Docker integration experience and has built Isaac Sim plugins/ROS 2 packages to make LIO-SAM work in simulation, plus work on decentralized multi-robot SLAM with heterogeneous LiDARs and edge map building.”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

“Operations and revenue-ops leader with higher-education experience who built a team and the full operating/marketing/sales infrastructure from scratch, getting to revenue in under a year and beating projections by year 2. Deep hands-on Salesforce CRM implementation and automation (lead-to-opportunity conversion, round-robin assignment, dashboards) paired with data-driven brand/market research and executive mentoring.”

“Enterprise Architecture leader with insurance domain experience (Farmers Insurance) who drove a multi-phase roadmap to modernize a siloed CRM landscape—migrating from legacy Siebel to Salesforce Financial Services Cloud with Customer 360, MDM, and omnichannel capabilities. Also led a high-impact architecture decision to implement offline billing to reduce customer-facing downtime, including complex SAP/on-prem-to-cloud integration and transaction sync.”

“Current COO who rebuilds and scales operational backbones end-to-end—data architecture, workflows, dashboards, and operating cadence—creating real-time visibility into pipeline, cycle times, and revenue forecasting. Known as a cross-functional integrator (hiring, GTM, finance, investors) who drives tough tradeoffs and turns ambiguity into durable operating systems.”

“Senior soccer leader and educator: former NCAA coach across Div I/II/III, youth national team contributor, and ex-leader within a major state soccer organization. Now VP of Education at United Soccer Coaches, known for integrating sports psychology into coaching and for transforming Washington & Lee into a #1-ranked, perennial Final Four program while also excelling in recruiting and player evaluation.”

“Senior HR leader/HRBP with experience at Lowe's and as VP of HR at Chefs' Warehouse (NYSE: CHEF), known for building scalable talent and performance systems across large operational workforces. Led a nationwide assessment across 15 distribution centers and delivered executive-ready insights that earned a CEO commendation, and is a strong HRIS/people-metrics practitioner (Workday/ADP/Dayforce) who turns survey and workforce data into concrete action plans.”

“HR/People leader with experience at Equifax, EMC, and HP driving high-impact org initiatives across compensation, performance management, leadership coaching, and people analytics. Led a major pay-for-performance variable comp redesign and managed a sensitive conflict-of-interest investigation resulting in VP termination, while also improving leader engagement outcomes (+15%) and reducing attrition drivers through internal mobility and development programs.”

“Chief of Staff at the Kufel Group with a strong operator + investment/portfolio orientation, leading OKR rollout, real-time portfolio reporting, and AI workflow adoption in parallel. Built AI-enabled executive productivity systems (meeting transcription/summaries, prep briefs, scheduling optimization) and measured impact via an Executive Effectiveness Dashboard, citing a 40% drop in urgent escalations and 13% portfolio performance improvement.”

“Entrepreneur and fundraising leader with 8 years raising $500K–$55M across life sciences, transportation, and brand marketing. Notably raised $55M for an oncology startup by de-risking the story and sourcing aligned institutional investors with drug development expertise. Brings a highly structured, metrics-driven approach to validation and surgical go-to-market execution in resource-constrained environments.”

“Senior engineering leader with experience at Disney and BlackLine who drives business-aligned technology roadmaps through deep Product/Engineering partnership (two-in-a-box) and pragmatic prioritization frameworks. Has led major modernization initiatives—private-to-public cloud migration to GCP with multi-cloud evolution, data-layer performance improvements (Mongo/Redis, caching/query optimization), and tooling upgrades (VSS to GitHub)—while scaling teams with strong quality and accountability culture.”

“Serial entrepreneur with decades in lead gen and CRM marketing and a track record of three exits/acquisitions. Founded Roost, a national MLS-driven real estate portal, leveraging SEO/SEM/email and a pilot-led, unit-economics approach (pricing, retention, CAC/LTV). Now exploring an AI-driven, end-to-end automation concept for SMB hyper-local marketing and execution.”