Vetted Team Leadership Professionals

“Former college basketball coach/player and college administrator who owns and runs an AAU/youth basketball organization in Western NY, impacting 200+ kids and families over ~20 years. Combines hands-on scouting and officiating at exposure events with a current career in sports media/advertising sales, producing content tied to major events (Final Four, NBA, Olympics, NFL).”

“ML/NLP engineer (Beyond Identity) who built production semantic search and entity-resolution systems over internal security documentation, using LDA + BERT embeddings with FAISS/Pinecone to cut search time by 30%. Also scaled a real-time anomaly detection pipeline to millions of events/day with Spark and AWS Lambda, with strong emphasis on measurable validation (Precision@k, MRR, F1, ARI).”

“Backend/cloud engineer who built an AWS serverless IoT system that computes Bluetooth beacon locations from telemetry using heavy scientific Python (NumPy/SciPy/pandas) packaged as Dockerized Lambda, integrated with Java microservices and scheduled batch orchestration. Has deep AWS delivery experience (CI/CD with Code* tools, CloudFormation, cost controls) and has led high-severity incident response including CloudTrail forensics and infrastructure recovery after a compromised-keys crypto-mining attack.”

“Operations-focused leader with multi-property experience who turns vague complaints (labor spend vs. service quality) into repeatable operating systems. Known for aligning finance, ops, revenue, and HR around shared metrics, running pilots before scaling, and improving labor efficiency/staffing predictability without harming guest experience.”

“Founder who built and operated a marketing agency (Six Degrees) end-to-end, setting up legal/infrastructure foundations and implementing SOPs, KPIs, and repeatable operating rhythms. Emphasizes operational excellence, predictable delivery, and prioritization based on customer impact, revenue risk, and compliance/safety.”

“Unity VR programmer with multiple shipped Meta Quest titles (including Lead Programmer on Infinite Inside), spanning core architecture, interactions, Addressables, and localization. Also independently designed/programmed/directed the commercial Steam release Zellige: The Tilemaker of Granada, managing a 10-person team and earning positive coverage from Rock Paper Shotgun.”

“Currently at Magnum managing a small global team (NY/London/Paris) and leading analytics operations, including financial reporting for a Shopify-based ecommerce platform. Partnered directly with a newly appointed CFO and COO during a significant org change involving elimination of three global director roles, coached the COO through difficult conversations, and supported a senior promotion that included navigating an H-1B visa process.”

“Video producer with 4 years at Berklee College of Music leading end-to-end production for online music education (degree/graduate/non-degree), with clips published via Berklee Online Learning’s YouTube. Combines high-end cinema camera experience (RED KOMODO/V-RAPTOR, Zeiss/Sigma) with deep audio engineering skills (Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton) and social/marketing content leadership for Bean House Productions and a gospel label (Red Alliance Media).”

“Operations/project management professional with hands-on experience leading a company-wide office consolidation (3 floors to 2), coordinating across IT, HR, marketing, facilities management, and movers while maintaining executive alignment. Strengths include building clear communication systems (templates, trackers, EA cadences) that improve executive decision-making and managing sensitive initiatives such as layoff logistics with strict confidentiality.”

“Engineering leader with experience in small, bootstrapped startups and exposure to VC environments, currently pursuing CTO-level opportunities. Thrives in fast-iterating, high-uncertainty settings and emphasizes data-driven clarity plus strong problem/market validation when evaluating new ventures.”

“Customer-facing engineer who led recurring midnight ERP data-feed/B2B integrations from prototype to production, building reusable APIs and using Hangfire for job scheduling. Known for tight weekly customer iteration, strong documentation and test coverage (80%+), and cross-functional problem-solving with Operations/Quality/NPI to resolve data-collection and manufacturing-process constraints; has 2 customers live on the integration.”

“GS-9 federal civilian Human Resource Specialist supporting Navy recruiting at Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn), leading ~12 military recruiters and overseeing elements of contracting and security clearance processing via NASIS. Brings prior Army experience (medically discharged) plus a BS in Legal Studies/Criminology and is starting an MBA in Global Management & Leadership, with a strong data-driven approach to executive stakeholder decisions.”

“Full-stack developer with strong cloud/on-prem focus (AWS, VPC networking) who has improved production reliability by bringing manually created IAM/security group resources under Terraform and standardizing environments. Demonstrated end-to-end troubleshooting across app + infrastructure + networking (traffic capture revealed proxy response truncation) and delivered Python-based monitoring/reporting enhancements that improved ops visibility and turnaround.”

“ML/AI engineer who deployed a real-time, edge-based computer-vision pipeline for produce recognition in retail self-checkout to reduce shrink. Demonstrates strong end-to-end production chops: multi-camera data calibration/sync, ranking-based modeling for fine-grained classes, latency-focused optimization, and continuous A/B testing/monitoring with guardrails. Experienced with ML orchestration (Kubeflow Pipelines, Airflow) and CI/CD via GitHub Actions, and collaborates closely with store operations to make interventions usable in the checkout flow.”

“Growth-creative lead focused on scaling paid acquisition profitably across Meta and Google (Search/PMax), with a rigorous testing approach that isolates creative impact and uses ROAS/CPA decision rules tied to breakeven thresholds. Strong in translating performance signals (drop-off, hook effectiveness, audience shifts) into concrete edit lists and modular UGC/influencer-driven creative systems for rapid iteration across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.”

“Performance marketer with high-spend ($50K+/month+) acquisition experience at TastyTrade (online brokerage), running full-funnel prospecting and retargeting across DV360, Meta, TikTok, Reddit, X/Twitter, and Google Display. Uses structured, KPI-driven testing and weekly reporting; notably reversed a Meta downturn by restructuring campaigns and refreshing creative/audiences, resulting in ~2x performance improvement.”

“Partnership and account-growth professional with experience managing 1,000+ accounts and sourcing/closing major key accounts through relationship-led selling and CRM-driven execution. Led a cross-functional GTM launch (creative/marketing + sales) that achieved #5 positioning among 5,000+ competitors in the first year, and reports 85% YoY growth with 40% QoQ distribution/sales gains. Built a QR-code customer feedback survey loop to continuously refine questions tied to sell-through and sales performance.”

“Unity VR/AR developer with industrial training simulation experience (heavy machinery, electrical panel, arc welding) who improved user completion and retention by shipping a context-aware AI instructor. Uses Unity Analytics and in-game feedback to pinpoint drop-offs and drive measurable gains (e.g., 30%→75% completion; 60% drop-off fixed to reach 85%). Has also built multiplayer collaborative training prototypes with Photon PUN2 and strong Git/Unity workflow practices to reduce scene conflicts and technical debt.”

“Web product lifecycle professional with hands-on experience taking licensed sports merchandise from start-to-finish and publishing it live on a website. Tracks operational throughput and content/catalog health via daily/weekly metrics (products processed, image sourcing/uploading, catalog updates) and applies structured planning for event timelines.”

“Video editor/motion graphics specialist with 10+ years in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, delivering high-volume branded content under extreme deadlines (200+ videos in 24-hour turnarounds; 300+ assets with AE graphics). Co-led a 7-person post-production team at Homes.com, building templates and workflow standards to maintain quality at scale. Longtime contributor to ArtsEmerson’s YouTube presence for nearly a decade, helping evolve channel branding and cross-platform rebranding.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader from high-volume, customer-centric environments who has managed teams of 18–42 and owned workforce planning, QA calibration, onboarding/training, and process optimization. Notable for redesigning a service-coordinator hiring funnel (standardized competency screening + scheduling automation + revamped onboarding) driving 8–10% service-level gains and faster fills, and for leading cross-functional system implementations with strong reporting/analytics rigor.”

“Operations-focused advisor/consultant for early-stage and growing companies, with repeated experience scaling processes and people. Has driven measurable improvements in SaaS partnerships by implementing partner scoring, onboarding, and accountability systems, and reduced churn for an outsourced IT provider by clarifying roles and responsibilities without adding headcount. Known for mentoring founders through data-backed, Socratic questioning to unlock tough decisions like reallocating spend away from underperforming partners.”

“Greater Boston-based videographer with foundation and brand experience (Milken Family Foundation, Kia) spanning social-first YouTube content, live-event b-roll, green-screen interviews, and conference audio capture. Comfortable as a lean two-person crew, known for fast on-the-fly shot planning and strong technical command across major cinema camera ecosystems, DJI stabilization, pro audio recorders, and extensive lighting/grip setups.”

“Game industry QA and customer support professional with experience at Zynga (QA tester in a small, highly collaborative studio) and 505 Games (customer support manager). Has supported live-service operations and major releases for 8+ years, combining community-driven bug triage/regression with strong cross-team reporting and player communication to drive fixes through verification.”