Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

“Talent acquisition leader and former COO who has led distributed recruiting teams (up to 20) and specializes in executive search and C-suite talent intake. Has driven enterprise recruiting transformations (talent intake overhaul, ATS implementation, workforce culture change) and delivered high-impact leadership hires including deputy commissioners for a prison system while scaling organizational leadership structures internationally.”

“Commercial LNG/gas leader with hands-on experience spanning origination, commercial operations, business development, and regional marketing in India’s regasification market. Stands out for combining market creation, complex energy logistics strategy, and regulatory/commercial execution—including saving over US$25M in import tax through customs advocacy and structuring multi-party LNG/terminal agreements while managing PE risk.”

“Operations/GTM/P&L/M&A leader and long-time product advisor exploring entrepreneurship; has conducted market research and is evaluating a cybersecurity concept focused on preventing Business Email Compromise (BEC). Demonstrated ability to turn an $80K consulting assessment into $1.4M in integration revenue and a $500K ARR follow-on by identifying target-state integration needs and building an MSP to sustain outcomes.”

“Fractional HR/People Ops leader specializing in early-stage startups scaling rapidly without existing infrastructure. Has implemented ADP HRIS, standardized onboarding/recruiting/benefits/performance systems, and built multi-state compliance foundations—driving measurable outcomes like ~40% faster onboarding, time-to-hire reductions (56 to 34 days), and +12% retention while enabling founders to run processes independently.”

“Former Head of Growth & Strategy at a digital identity company (pre-MBA in Boston) who ran multiple cross-functional initiatives across sales, product, and finance. Delivered measurable outcomes including raising sales conversion from 70% to 83% in 30 days, achieving 17% profitability via a new pricing model, and launching a new onboarding platform GTM on time.”

“Operated as a data-driven cross-functional leader during a major company transition, owning initiatives across sales forecasting, pipeline analytics, and GTM process changes. Built an executive operating cadence with dashboards and weekly briefing packets that reduced information-chasing and improved decision-making, and successfully mediated Sales/Finance forecast assumption disputes using a single-page, fact-based recommendation.”

“Former Division I scholarship athlete and professional player who transitioned into professional coaching in Europe, including coaching at Triglav across U12–U18 and the pro team, plus the U20 Women’s Slovenian National Team. Experienced in identifying and recruiting talent via film, in-person scouting, and social media, and leverages connections with major university coaching staffs to track the best recruiting tournaments/camps.”

Golden Johansson

Screened

Executive Operations & Consulting Leader specializing in law firms and tribal enterprises

Parkland, FL18y exp

“Operations leader (including COO experience) who has built and optimized internal operating systems for growing organizations, notably formalizing SOPs, org structure, KPIs/incentives, and business continuity for a scaling law firm. Also experienced translating board-level direction into executable, measurable plans at Seminole Tribe of Florida, using clear visuals and dashboards to mentor leaders without formal operations backgrounds.”

Christopher Williams

Screened

Executive Real Estate Investment Leader specializing in military, student, and multifamily housing

West Chester, PA36y exp

“Early GMH Associates employee who helped build the business development/operations approach that capitalized on new DoD MHPI legislation, scaling from a 4-person team to a national privatized military housing leader. Cites a turnaround from negative NOI to $50M NOI and growth to 1,400+ employees across 56 properties valued at $10B+, driven by KPI-based management, monthly P&L/satisfaction reviews, and strong client discovery and delivery discipline.”

Carla DiNapoli

Screened

Senior Sales Development & Business Development professional specializing in Enterprise B2B SaaS

Nashville, TN10y exp

“Sales development professional with strong outbound and enterprise support experience, generating $2.5M pipeline and 15–20 meetings/month with a 45% meeting-to-opportunity conversion rate. Broke into the financial sector using ZoomInfo/LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Outreach sequencing, and helped win a $250K Nevada Department of Corrections deal by nurturing a CISO relationship over 8 months; known for exemplary Salesforce hygiene (Trailblazer certified).”

“Analytics professional at Santander Bank with hands-on experience building SQL and Python workflows for transaction reporting, reconciliation, and monitoring across messy multi-source financial data. They combine strong data validation and exception-handling practices with stakeholder-friendly dashboards, and also bring digital analytics experience from a Google Analytics UI optimization project focused on funnel drop-off and engagement.”

Thomas LaBarbera

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in security technology and enterprise SaaS

New Jersey, USA21y exp

“Senior public sector sales leader with national territory experience across law enforcement, transit, city, and government accounts. Stands out for combining strategic sales leadership with direct involvement in complex enterprise deals, including winning NYPD, closing a $3.4M transit software deal, and launching Canada to 224% of target through a channel-led expansion strategy.”

Vik Krane

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI-powered SaaS and FinTech

12y exp

“Product leader and startup co-founder who has been shipping AI-powered products since 2020 across creative tools, expert knowledge products, and financial compliance workflows. Particularly notable for building Shotcraft from zero to scale, using AI to turn scripts into executable shot lists, and for a nuanced human-centered AI philosophy that emphasizes user control over critical outputs.”

“Product leader with a rare mix of healthcare, HR tech, mobile, and AI experience. They rebuilt UPMC's member app for 3M members while pioneering a product-based funding model inside a large enterprise, and later drove 80%+ revenue growth at JazzHR by reshaping marketplace UX for SMB buyers. Their AI work is notably human-centered, with explicit fairness, compliance, and approval guardrails.”

Harry Hollines

Screened

Executive strategy and corporate development leader specializing in AI-native operations and M&A

14y exp

“Two-decade executive operator who has repeatedly served as the CEO’s right hand inside PE-backed, VC-backed, and growth-stage companies, spanning corporate development, operations, fundraising, and strategy. Particularly differentiated by combining end-to-end M&A execution—including a 6-acquisition roll-up and a $25M PE exit—with AI-native platform building, most recently launching a nationally used proprietary diagnostics platform and a new entrepreneurship business line at the Latino Leadership Institute.”

“Performance marketer focused on high-spend acquisition, having personally owned a ~$500K/month budget driving small business credit card applications for a large US banking client. Experienced running cross-channel programs (Google/Bing search plus LinkedIn/Reddit prospecting) with rigorous experimentation (Drafts & Experiments, bid strategy and match-type tests) and long-horizon measurement to validate sustainable CPA and conversion-rate improvements.”

“NCAA coach (20+ years, non-hockey sport) pivoting into hockey advising/agency work, bringing deep recruiting and talent-identification experience including scholarship negotiation and helping athletes secure pro opportunities and transfers. Uses a data-driven evaluation model (on-ice metrics, wearables, video) and emphasizes trust-based relationship building with families and decision-makers.”

“Global talent acquisition/executive search leader from FIS Global who managed a distributed recruiting org and partnered closely with HRBPs and C-suite leaders. Has driven enterprise-wide recruiting lifecycle improvements (including onboarding programs to reduce attrition) and engaged in strategic initiatives like an AI council tied to product roadmap decisions.”

“Operations leader who built holding-company infrastructure from the ground up for Fairwood Brands, a national collection of design-build landscaping companies—spanning finance/accounting, HR, safety, fleet, and corporate admin. Emphasizes data-driven visibility into financial/operational performance and pricing discipline to materially improve profitability and enable scalable growth, while mentoring founders and leadership teams through change.”

“Healthcare operator/strategic program lead currently at Time Care working directly with national health insurance payer partners to translate executive priorities into operational initiatives (e.g., patient marketing, data interoperability, in-home member access). Previously led the build-out and day-to-day execution of a new value-based performance risk division at Stellar Health, combining metrics-driven operations with long-term strategy and executive alignment.”

“Operations leader specializing in building scalable internal systems for startups, from being Spoonflower’s first ops hire (5th employee) to launching its first international Berlin/EMEA office from scratch. At bookingkit, drove measurable operational improvements by implementing a customized OKR framework (+18% goal achievement) and deploying automation/AI tools like Contractbook and kapa.ai to eliminate manual work and save engineering time.”

“Entrepreneurially minded operator with ~20 years in corporate now building a new venture (business plan + MVP in progress) and focused on rapid traction to reach PMF. Previously identified and executed a major student-events opportunity in Milan, scaling from renting a hotel for 800 paying guests to an Olympic village for 5,000, handling logistics, outreach, and team coordination.”

“Former President/CEO who led MyGov through a successful acquisition, now on sabbatical building ncognait LLC—an AI-enabled app studio with one product launched (Taistful) and another in private beta (AIDONIS). Focused on startup CTO/founding roles and highly opinionated about using agentic coding to dramatically compress product development cycles and compete with larger incumbents.”

“Customer Success leader with deep ad tech expertise who owned enterprise accounts end-to-end, including Bank of America, driving ad fraud down from ~8–10% to <1% in ~3 months and resolving spikes through data-driven investigations. Experienced partnering cross-functionally as a PM to build analytics dashboards and using user stories to align Product/Engineering/Sales and influence roadmap priorities; also supports land-and-expand via paid benchmarking/industry data upsells.”