Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

Joshua Seiden

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in emerging tech commercialization

Centennial, Colorado33y exp

“Startup operations/product advisor and long-time accelerator mentor who has helped multiple early-stage companies become enterprise-ready—shifting teams to customer-driven roadmaps and implementing CI/Agile delivery processes. Notably supported an Israeli company in landing a Fortune 30 customer before it later IPO’d on NASDAQ, and helped an Australian startup operationalize delivery to secure deployment with a major telecom and sports league.”

“Senior Engineering Manager with large-scale platform/API ownership at eBay, leading a globally distributed team and redesigning Order public APIs used by external developer ecosystems at ~800M requests/day, delivering 84% performance gains and reducing compute by ~300 VMs. Also led Google CRES ETL migration work on GCP, creating reusable Python libraries to standardize configuration across 10 integrations and improve developer productivity.”

“Operations and scaling leader who launched Management Events' Germany office from 0 to 10 employees and advised HQ on scaling into mature European markets (Germany/UK/France). Also has Intel and Microsoft experience taking local best practices global, including scaling the Microsoft Virtual Academy worldwide, plus recent executive mentoring via nonprofit board leadership (co-chair at United Planet).”

“Operations and GTM advisor for early-stage and scaling software companies who implements practical operating frameworks (RACI, OKRs) to translate founder vision into execution. Notable outcomes include cutting sales ramp time from 6–9 months to 3–4 months at OPSWAT through enablement programs and driving 124% of financial plan at Cradlepoint (2022) after cascading OKRs across the organization.”

“Former corporate retail leader (25 years) who recently launched a boutique consultancy and has already advised ~12 early-stage founders. Specializes in installing disciplined but lightweight operating systems across merchandising, inventory planning, and wholesale readiness—driving outcomes like +53% YTD growth for a D2C/wholesale apparel brand and rebuilding a NYC candy brand’s margin structure ahead of major wholesaler launches in 2026.”

CHRISTOPHER LOREFICE

Screened

Executive Operations & Supply Chain Leader specializing in multi-site transformation and M&A integration

New York, NY19y exp

“Operations executive (VP Operations) with deep experience building internal operations support functions from scratch in a growing healthcare laundry/services business. Led data and process transformations across procurement, supply chain, and safety—implementing KPI dashboards, savings scorecards, and analytics tooling (MS Access, Qlik)—and delivered measurable DC improvements (e.g., +7 fill-rate points and >30% returns productivity) through Lean/5S redesign and targeted capex.”

Tricia Biggio

Screened

Executive media and creative-tech leader specializing in entertainment and AI storytelling

Los Angeles, CA18y exp

“Former co-founder/CEO of a venture-backed media-tech startup who spent 6 years raising capital, leading through market shifts, and building with major investor backing. She brings strong relationships across venture studios and senior executives in media, entertainment, consumer products, startups, and AI, and led her last company into Amazon's AWS GENAI accelerator as one of 15 selected in North America.”

hemant jha

Screened

Executive Design & Innovation Leader specializing in product, strategy, and sustainable systems

Chicago, Illinois25y exp

“Product/system designer focused on ultra-clean, modular, customizable work/organization environments (e.g., making stations for studios and fabrication spaces). Emphasizes rules-based interaction models, restrained structural visual language, and hands-on field research/prototyping to embed industrial constraints (tolerances, load paths, safety) into intuitive, training-free user experiences.”

Raymond Otero

Screened

Director of Customer Experience & Success specializing in regulated cloud and agentic AI transformation

Philadelphia, PA28y exp

“Founder of a self-funded side advisory (e-Regency Advisory Services LLC) focused on helping early- and growth-stage technology companies improve customer experience, modernize cloud platforms, and build customer success/operations strategies leveraging AI. Has worked closely with founders and startup leadership teams and has supported companies as they prepared for or pursued funding, bringing a pragmatic, operationally disciplined approach to validating and scaling new ideas.”

“Talent Acquisition leader in professional services/consulting who has led national experienced hire and campus recruiting teams at scale (up to ~40 recruiters). Known for data-driven recruiting strategy—cut a campus school roster by ~60% based on ROI analysis, expanded virtual sourcing, and reduced spend—plus executive-facing workforce planning, talent model redesign, and interview process modernization (virtual, pre-recorded, psychometrics).”

“PMO consultant with experience delivering regulatory and compliance-driven programs across financial services and government healthcare, including Citibank MRA remediation (Helios) and Ohio Department of Medicaid enterprise release management. Known for proactively consolidating fragmented project data into executive-ready reporting, driving cross-functional alignment, and operating with strong discretion in regulated environments.”

Alexander Schaab

Screened

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in ADAS and software-defined vehicles

Cupertino, CA14y exp

“Automotive technology leader who has driven ADAS/autonomous driving (L2++ to L4) and AI-assistance roadmaps for Mercedes and Volkswagen Group. In current role, built a software-defined vehicle organization from a handful of people to ~150 supporting VW, Porsche, and Audi, while setting scalable architecture foundations across brands and vehicle classes.”

Tina Bai

Screened

Executive operator-founder specializing in GTM, revenue strategy, and AI-native commercial operations

New York, NY10y exp

“Operator with Deloitte consulting experience supporting PE/VC-backed portfolio companies and current experience inside a VC-funded Series C scale-up. Building a bootstrapped D2C women’s telehealth brand (Petty Pills) with two initial SKUs, deployed tech stack, and white-labeled clinical/compliance infrastructure, leveraging AI tooling to keep operations lean while focusing on full-time operator roles.”

Jean-Marc Chanoine

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and AI go-to-market

New York, NY15y exp

“Self-funded aspiring founder with a few million dollars available to launch a consumer health product startup centered on oxymetazoline nasal spray and AI-driven marketing. He claims deep familiarity with venture/accelerator ecosystems, was accepted by Fractal, and serves as an advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck, suggesting strong startup-network access and ecosystem fluency.”

“Founder building a digital transformation startup that combines execution, GCC/center-of-excellence setup to fund transformation via labor arbitrage savings, and an AI/data analytics platform with live dashboards. Previously delivered multiple Fortune 500 transformations and created fraud-detection value by reusing in-vehicle cybersecurity data to identify warranty and odometer rollback fraud; currently raising capital through executive/board networks and Silicon Valley investors.”

“Life sciences business development leader with experience as Head of Business Development at Praxis Precision Medicines, leveraging VC relationships to source value-accretive opportunities such as a partnership with Cerebral Therapeutics. Demonstrates a founder-oriented mindset and unusually rigorous biotech opportunity assessment, including nuanced evaluation of mechanism, preclinical data, and compounded biology/technology risk.”

Philip Kearney

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in embedded systems, IoT, and wireless networking

San Francisco Bay Area, CA34y exp

“Former Apple employee who worked with Steve Jobs in the early 2000s and is now looking to join startups as a CTO partner to non-technical founders. Brings a thoughtful, skeptical lens on VC-backed startup execution, emphasizing technical feasibility, real product-market fit, and mission-driven teams solving meaningful problems.”

“Serial game publishing builder who has helped raise $300M+ across multiple rounds for four publishers. Deeply embedded in the SF/LA VC ecosystem and actively advises clients through pitch rounds, emphasizing data-driven narratives, timing, and investor relationship-building in highly scrutinized markets.”