Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

“Founder/partner of two staffing companies and former Chief Strategy Officer who led executive-level strategy including acquiring a locums staffing firm and scaling it from $4M to $14M revenue in one year. Experienced recruiting leader managing up to 15 recruiters (and recruiting leaders), known for building repeatable processes, coaching managers, and improving recruiting workflows while preventing burnout.”

“Former Army professional who began working with athletes before NIL and has built a football development practice through relentless in-person outreach. He has identified and developed prospects from a young age, including Stephen Herron and Tajh Rice, with athletes progressing to major Division I programs such as Stanford, Louisville, and Duke.”

“Sales/business development professional with experience in high-value client account expansion and partner acquisition (including real estate sales/property management) who also self-taught Python and built a Selenium-based automation system to eliminate manual booking work. Demonstrated measurable impact across both revenue/relationship outcomes (profit margin lift, high CSAT) and operations (70% faster bookings, 95% fewer errors, 25%+ efficiency gains).”

Marshawn Denny

Screened

Director of Operations specializing in nonprofit/startup operations and sports program leadership

Detroit, MI18y exp

“Detroit-raised AAU/travel-ball alum who later coached youth (including girls) and helped run showcases, clinics, summer leagues, and tournaments—combining on-court talent evaluation with event logistics and family/player guidance. Also produces recruiting-style basketball media (highlights/spotlights/recaps) and has created onboarding/training videos for startups supporting distributed teams.”

Abhinav Sharma

Screened

Director-level Performance Marketing & SEO Leader specializing in paid media and analytics

Ras Al Khaimah, UAE16y exp

“Paid media performance marketer managing high-spend accounts ($50K+/month) across Google Ads, Meta, and Bing, with a reported ROAS lift from ~1.5–2x to 4x in ~3 months. Experienced in PMax optimization (including negatives to prevent budget waste), creative and bidding experimentation, and translating complex performance data into clear client-facing narratives.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”

“Staffing/recruiting sales professional with a hands-on, full-cycle approach to winning and growing hiring-manager relationships. They described sourcing and closing new business such as Descor Builders through months of persistent outreach, then converting that into filled roles and repeat hiring demand; they also use tools like Sales Navigator, D&B Hoovers, and MEDDICC in their process.”

Mila Chernik

Screened

Executive strategy and operations leader specializing in SaaS, payments, and AI

New York, NY17y exp

“Operator and transformation leader with deep SaaS/payments experience across fintech, ecommerce, retail, and hospitality. Has led large cross-functional organizations through Agile, portfolio, and architecture transformations, including $20M ARR impact at Movex and major performance/cost gains at HS-Soft. Also brings founder-level strategic advisory experience, building ROI cases for growth and AI automation investments.”

“Junior college basketball coach and former AAU organization operator who has also run his own youth tournaments and provides player development from youth through pro levels. Deeply involved in the full pipeline—scouting via film/social, building relationships with families and college coaches, and producing highlight tapes to help athletes get recruited.”

“Operations-focused startup scaler (since 2021) with cross-industry exposure in hospitals/healthcare, NBFC, and IT. Describes building businesses from scratch to profitability by combining long-range planning (5-year projections), structured hiring (KRAs/manpower matrices), departmental policy/checklist setup, and continuous-improvement practices (Kaizen, SGAs).”

“Operations and membership professional with broad experience spanning bookkeeping, office management, executive support, HR tasks, and marketing in nonprofit-focused organizations. Stood out by building core processes from scratch, taking over a delayed invoicing workflow using QuickBooks and Excel, and turning it into a standardized process adopted across departments.”

Craig Hall

Screened

Director-level Sales & Commercial Leader specializing in Automotive and SaaS

Gorebridge, UK13y exp

“Product manager who led the development cycle and UI design for the TIER mobile/web app used by search-and-rescue teams to manage competency checks, training, equipment records, and incident response. Experienced coordinating web and mobile teams to align APIs to cross-platform features, and demonstrates solid understanding of F2P live-ops, event planning, and IAP experimentation/metrics.”

Nachshon Fertel

Screened

Executive startup founder and product engineer specializing in marketplace platforms

Minneapolis, MN12y exp

“Repeat founder currently building Unhookt, a digital wellness app, after co-founding Poplin and helping raise $10M in VC funding in 2021. He has already completed Unhookt’s frontend MVP, is building the backend, and is gathering early user feedback while navigating the shift from metrics-driven Series A fundraising to vision-led pre-seed pitching.”