Vetted Strategic Planning Professionals

“ZS consultant/product owner who repeatedly turns vague GTM performance goals into decision-centric analytics products and operating rhythms. Has scaled analytics initiatives from pilots into $1M+ platforms with 100+ leader adoption, and tied measurement tools to material business outcomes (e.g., $10M+ incremental revenue impact) through change management and cross-functional alignment.”

“Real Estate & Construction professional at Analog Devices who built a cross-functional "single source of truth" system (Excel to Smartsheet) integrating tools like CoStar and Conga. Previously co-founded a Shanghai-based communications coaching consultancy serving eBay middle managers, handling incorporation, branding/marketing (including WeChat), office negotiation, and growth through increased class frequency and mentoring.”

“Cross-functional operations leader who managed six departments and led a first-time international expansion from Dubai into Riyadh, including hiring a Saudi GRO to navigate registrations/licensing and local requirements. Implemented a BI dashboard and later integrated it with an ERP to give executives real-time visibility into sales, project delivery, and finance, and stood up a PMO to improve delivery and collections while reducing sales-to-delivery friction.”

“Operations/finance leader who built the internal infrastructure for a personal care company to sell into 35,000 retail stores, spanning contract manufacturing, warehousing/3PL, banking credit facilities, HR policies, marketing ops, and accounting systems (Great Plains, QuickBooks Online). Currently supports a music/entertainment organization, mentoring non-business creatives on business and finance while driving profitability and growth.”

“Operations/program leader who partnered closely with a COO to drive transformation initiatives (compliance workflow automation and budgeting redesign), implementing governance cadences and executive dashboards to improve alignment and decision speed. Managed a $120MM operating budget and successfully delivered regulator-mandated resolution planning under tight timelines, while maintaining strict discretion during restructuring work involving sensitive HR data.”

“Operations/program support professional with experience at Meta and a ~25-person sports/partnerships agency (Innovative Partnerships Group). Known for quickly diagnosing bottlenecks and implementing lightweight systems (e.g., Airtable recruiting dashboard with 150 applicants; monthly vendor accrual process bridging engineering, vendors, and FP&A) to improve executive visibility and operational throughput.”

“Serial entrepreneur and former CEO who founded a startup ~15 years ago, raised $13M, scaled it to a multi-million-dollar tech business with tens of employees, and led it through acquisition. Currently exploring an AI-first "vibe engineering" / factory operations platform to address skilled labor shortages in low-tech engineering and rising demand from data center and physical infrastructure buildouts, with early customer discovery indicating strong willingness to pay.”

“Cross-functional digital transformation and operations leader with experience at Brookfield and Celonis, building centralized roadmaps and executive dashboards to align priorities across Finance/Accounting/Operations/Portfolio Management. Implemented FP&A reporting automation and sales compensation/performance reporting (Anaplan, Monday.com), and established strong PII governance via access approvals and monitoring.”

“Architect/engineering leader who built a multi-tenant AI platform end-to-end, including a secure FastAPI orchestrator (JWT, RBAC, tenant isolation, auditing) and an extensible MCP tool-routing layer, then productionized it via fully containerized microservices (Docker, Postgres/pgvector, Redis). Also has strong governance and compliance experience (ARB with security/privacy/SOX) and has owned high-severity incidents through mitigation and RCA/RCCA, plus prior high-volume payments/accounting data pipeline design with audit-grade integrity checks.”

“R&D-focused aspiring founder building a business plan (with CPA/attorney support and a secured webpage) and preparing to seek external funding. Demonstrated ability to turn a customer need into an executed technical initiative—scoped requirements, pitched leadership, formed a team, built tools, and created physics-based models to inform thermal performance guidance for signal cables.”

“Operator/strategy leader with experience driving digital transformation and building executive operating systems in high-noise environments. At a legacy B2C brand, created a prioritization framework and exec alignment process that cut 100+ initiatives to 16 and lifted execution from 12% to 81%. At Point B, owned a $20M delivery budget while shifting the firm to a tech-forward practice, implementing OKR/KPI cadences and AI-enabled workflows (n8n, LLMs, gamma.ai) that materially improved executive productivity.”

“Operations/business leader at Rent the Runway who led a cross-functional, Board-visible redesign and network-wide rollout of the company’s garment bag—a >$5M CapEx/OpEx initiative central to luxury customer experience. Known for aligning executives with conflicting priorities (cost vs CX), driving KPI-based operating rhythms, and delivering vendor/manufacturing wins that improved unit cost while upgrading product quality; previously led legal operations with strong confidentiality/privilege discipline.”

“Senior cross-functional leader with 20 years’ experience advising founders, C-suite, and elected officials; most recently served on the executive team of a New York City mayoral campaign overseeing 12+ departments, messaging alignment, and budget allocation. Brings strong operating cadence (daily check-ins/rolling agendas), data-driven prioritization, and proven discretion from nearly a decade holding Top Secret federal government clearance.”