Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

“People/organizational leader with hands-on experience managing global teams (India, Mexico, UK, Canada) and partnering with product/design/analytics leadership on org design, workforce planning, and restructuring. Drove measurable outcomes including engagement improvement (67% to 82%), reduced role ambiguity (15%), and faster hiring (25%) while scaling cross-functional product and analytics organizations.”

“Operations/PMO leader across IPG Mediabrands, Kinesso, and IPG Corporate with deep experience building executive governance systems and cross-functional operating rhythms. Led high-visibility transformations including a $36M global rebrand and created data-backed dashboards/cadences that improved efficiency (10–20%) and executive alignment, including oversight of a 175M monthly media spend analysis.”

“Operations/executive-support leader with Chief of Staff compensation expectations who routinely managed multiple cross-functional initiatives, including large customer conferences and strategic customer escalations. Created scalable digital onboarding (rewrote customer comms, built self-serve implementation materials and product onboarding videos) that eliminated workflow bottlenecks and increased customer adoption by a few hundred percent while keeping executives aligned through concise status updates.”

“Video editor/producer with ~15 years across Adobe Premiere and After Effects, including high-pressure live broadcast work at CNN handling rapid-turn 'crashing' graphics requests for shows like Anderson Cooper 360. Led post-production for a weekly 30-minute CBS affiliate program (Atlanta Eats), managing a multi-person editing team and standardizing graphics/templates. Currently an international video producer at Nestle, previously producing/managing YouTube content for Garden of Life.”

“CFO for PE-owned Catalyze Holdings (distributed generation solar + battery storage for C&I) brought in to professionalize a founder-led startup into an IPO-ready organization. Implemented IPO-readiness governance plus Procore and NetSuite (on time/on budget), established KPI and stage-gate operating rhythms, and drove change management that improved process clarity and reduced G&A spend.”

“Operations and quality leader who co-founded and scaled a patented-product business in the retail paint industry to $400k+ revenue with ~50% gross margin, while maintaining perfect delivery and quality-return records through a disciplined supplier audit system. Former global quality leader at Novelis who used collaborative self-assessment frameworks to drive ~65% reduction in customer claims and mentor non-operations teams (including sales) in practical quality tools and loss reduction.”

“Operations/finance leader with experience building the operational backbone for fast-growing firms, including setting up recordkeeping, internal controls, and brokerage-specific clearing firm decisions. Helped scale an entity from ~$30M to nearly ~$300M and later modernized consulting-firm expense operations by implementing Concur integrated with ERP, with a hands-on approach to systems selection and change management.”

“Chief of Staff / cross-functional operator with experience at HighRadius and Darwinbox, building executive operating rhythms (KPI dashboards, pipeline reviews, decision logs, intake/triage) and driving multi-country SE Asia expansion. Uses data-driven prioritization and unit economics (CAC, sales velocity) to align founders/CxOs on tough trade-offs, and has supported a GenAI product launch while managing enterprise escalations without derailing strategic timelines.”

“Senior startup operator who turned an open-ended AI Data Fabric platform at Mapped into a validated category with repeatable revenue—building PMF validation, GTM (pricing/packaging, first GTM hires), and a major partner ecosystem (Microsoft, Honeywell, NTT, global SIs). Drove lighthouse Fortune 100 deployments, scaled to multi-million ARR within 24 months with ~70% partner-influenced pipeline, and led two fundraising rounds with full diligence/financial modeling and an OKR-driven operating system.”

“Apparel product developer/sourcing manager at Linkwear Limited who led high-risk, low-MOQ launches (down to 50 pcs/style) by reverse-engineering samples into tech packs, aggressively vetting/negotiating suppliers, and managing production through QC and shipping. Demonstrated trade-risk hedging (Section 301) via parallel sourcing and hands-on supplier recovery by traveling to Wuxi to resolve a mill bottleneck.”

“HR/people partner with strong people-analytics orientation, currently supporting a complex voluntary buyout initiative involving critical talent decisions, role evaluation, and workforce planning. Demonstrated impact improving retention in a sales organization by building internal mobility pathways (cut turnover ~50%) and coaching leaders to improve engagement and morale, with experience handling sensitive employee relations situations including mental health crises.”

“Early hire at FullCycle who owned high-trust fund operations initiatives spanning tax (K-1) process redesign, investor communications, and executive support. Known for building scalable systems (including an executive communication framework adopted as a team best practice) and for driving complex logistics like getting a team to Davos while keeping core fund operations running.”

“Founder of Token Events and former Executive Director of Technology in digital advertising who leveraged large datasets to identify a market gap in first-party/affinity data and digital rewards. Has multiple patents, raised $2.2M, built a beta product, and secured a signed LOI/MSA while launching into the Austin, TX market.”

“Operations/program leader who ran the global IRG100 Leadership Program, coordinating cross-functional workstreams and major partners (WPP, Google, Ipsos, TCS) using centralized roadmaps and executive cadences; delivered increased enrollment and a 4.8/5 satisfaction score. Previously managed strategic and day-to-day production operations for major multi-country sports campaigns at DIRECTV Panamericana (FIFA World Cup, Olympics, NBA), building pipelines, budgets, and vendor relationships across Latin America.”

“Growth and GTM operator focused on building high-margin DTC subscription businesses; helped create and launch the world's first clean energy subscription at Inspire Clean Energy, scaling ARR from under $15M to $150M in three years via digital-first acquisition and simplified pricing. Strong product+marketing hybrid with a rigorous, low-resource approach to market validation (persona research, pricing elasticity, landing page/waitlist tests).”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“LLM/agentic-systems engineer with PayPal experience hardening an LLM-powered fraud support assistant from prototype to production, focusing on low-latency distributed architecture, rigorous evaluation/testing, and security/compliance. Comfortable in customer-facing and GTM contexts—runs technical demos/workshops, builds tailored pilots, and aligns sales/CS with engineering to close deals and drive adoption.”