Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

Judy Garza

Screened

Director-level HR & Talent Acquisition leader specializing in workforce transformation and HR operations

Rockwall, TX23y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who owned end-to-end recruiting ops and served as the Workday TA implementation SME at DART, standardizing a fragmented hiring process into documented SOPs, dashboards, and SLAs that cut time-to-fill by 52% in one year. Previously led recruiting/resource/payroll teams supporting 10k+ independent catastrophe adjusters, building surge workflows and compliance checkpoints to staff disaster events within hours.”

“Founder/outbound sourcing professional who builds high-trust pipelines through network-driven outreach, LinkedIn research, and in-person community events, then nurtures prospects with low-pressure, transparent multi-call processes. Created and used a custom Salesforce module to track founder candidates, manage stages, and run disciplined follow-up cadences with strong internal/external communication.”

“Founder building Hubub, a digital concierge startup that automates business client entertainment workflows from reservations and ticketing to CRM updates and expense reporting. They have a business plan, 500 beta users, positive traction around event discovery, and are exploring a partnership with a major credit card company while prioritizing compliance and expense features next.”

Gary Zimble

Screened

Executive COO specializing in healthcare operations, IT, and multi-site transformation

San Diego, CA32y exp

“Candidate indicated they have an active business plan and are working with an investor to raise capital, suggesting entrepreneurial experience and exposure to fundraising. The interview ended early after the candidate declined to discuss current startup details.”

“Senior Yardi implementation professional with deep experience in affordable housing and accounting software rollouts for complex property management clients. Grew from learning the platform in year one to leading large-scale implementations of up to 10,000 units, managing five concurrent projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and serving as a high-performing customer-facing problem solver.”

“Product leader with experience at Quest Diagnostics and Citeline, spanning healthcare, regulatory, and AI-enabled products. Particularly strong in rebuilding complex platforms, designing human-in-the-loop AI workflows, and making pragmatic product decisions in high-trust, real-world environments such as offline clinical mobile apps and regulated document-import systems.”

Nanyie Temlong

Screened

Director-level Product Executive specializing in enterprise SaaS, AI, and cloud modernization

Washington, DC17y exp

“Product leader focused on enterprise AI and data platform transformation, with a track record of rebuilding mission-critical analytics systems into governed, cloud-based platforms that delivered about $40M ROI. Particularly strong in trustworthy AI product design—combining governance, explainability, and human-in-the-loop workflows—and in leading cross-functional teams to ship high-impact enterprise products.”

Rebekka Taubman

Screened

Senior Procurement & Facilities Manager specializing in P2P and art logistics

Inglewood, CA20y exp

“Procurement/sourcing professional with hands-on experience across facilities build-outs, custom print/envelope supply, and complex logistics. Demonstrated ability to reduce costs (20% savings on custom envelopes) while maintaining delivery performance, and to mitigate trade/tariff exposure through alternative routing strategies. Uses Critical Path Method to manage multi-step production and packaging dependencies and has improved supplier performance in multi-site service delivery environments (Iron Mountain/Office Depot).”

“General Manager of Animoto and longtime product leader who has led zero-to-one builds and major rebuilds across video, insurance, automotive, and web products. Most notably, they transformed Animoto’s product into a more flexible creation platform, driving 80% higher conversion, doubling LTV, tripling NPS, and cutting video creation time from roughly 100 hours to 20. They also bring practical AI product experience and a clear human-centered philosophy shaped by tutoring and family ties to education.”

Nancy Meyer

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff specializing in healthcare operations and cross-functional execution

New York, NY29y exp

“Healthcare administration and executive operations leader with 15+ years at Mount Sinai Health System, operating as a strategic partner to senior leadership in a complex academic medical environment. She has evolved into chief-of-staff-style work focused on executive enablement, enterprise coordination, and strategic execution, and recently earned a Certified Chief of Staff credential. Notably, she led the buildout of a centralized administration team that improved executive support, operational efficiency, and cross-department collaboration.”

Marcus Benayon

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff and organizational psychologist specializing in family offices and healthcare

New York, NY17y exp

“Chief of Staff/operator-advisor with an unusual blend of healthcare operations, behavioral psychology, family office advisory, and ethical AI investing. Has led operational stabilization that drove ~70% revenue growth at a healthcare business, co-founded the North American arm of an ethical AI investment platform, and now advises UHNW families across governance, succession, philanthropy, and cross-border strategy.”

“Startup-oriented operator who moved from strategy and product management into self-taught engineering to build Ratemykidscoach, a youth sports transparency platform, after participating in the Sandbox Startup Accelerator. Also has experience improving PM operating processes at Instructure's Canvas LMS and balancing strategic and operational work in an academic setting.”

“UX/UI designer and UX research leader with cross-industry experience spanning software/cloud infrastructure, agriculture, restaurant customer experience, and platform onboarding. They stand out for building research practices from the ground up, facilitating alignment through workshops and service design, and using AI thoughtfully to accelerate research while keeping human judgment central.”