Vetted Team Leadership Professionals

“Talent acquisition leader with experience managing a small recruiting team post-layoffs (1 direct, 3 dotted-line) and staying hands-on in executive search. Led a global expansion to hire 30 roles across the US, UK, and Singapore, and implemented a competency-based, standardized recruiting process for product managers that was validated in real-time and approved by the Chief Product Officer.”

“15-year Talent Acquisition leader in the airline industry who has run large, high-volume recruiting operations (6,000–8,000 hires/year) across airport ops, maintenance, IT, and inflight roles. Known for rebuilding TA workflows and ATS operations (iCIMS) to automate communications and improve compliance transparency—cutting onboarding from 6 to 2 weeks and improving time-to-fill—while also delivering multi-source Power BI KPI dashboards and leading change management for major ATS transitions (Taleo to SAP SuccessFactors).”

“Hands-on engineering manager at a marketing company leading a highly senior, distributed team (10 direct reports) while personally coding ~60–70% and owning end-to-end architecture across three interconnected products. Built agentic CRM automation and a reinforcement-learning-driven distribution layer for channel spend/bidding, with a strong focus on scalable design and observability (Prometheus/APM/logging) enabling frequent releases and few production incidents.”

“Deloitte consultant who led cross-functional teams delivering a Snowflake/AWS data ingestion, warehousing, and analytics platform, with a strong track record of executive alignment and risk mitigation. Built reusable business-development accelerators (including an end-to-end Appian app and a Java integration-config tool) credited with helping secure $75M+ in contracts, and has high-confidentiality experience consulting for DoD and FDA.”

Christy Tuescher

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in global workforce strategy

Cary, NC20y exp

“Recruiter with hands-on full-desk experience leading complex executive and engineering searches, including a VP of AI and Engineering hire. Stands out for using AI sourcing tools, funnel and cycle-time analytics, and market compensation data to unblock searches, influence hiring teams, and close difficult offers.”

“Product-minded frontend/UX leader with notable experience at CNBC, where they owned premium subscription and engagement flows from problem definition through production and post-launch iteration. They stand out for combining high-polish React implementation, Figma-driven systems thinking, and AI-assisted prototyping to quickly ship and refine conversion-focused experiences.”

“Product and consumer growth professional from a B2C app background, focused on improving retention/activation and driving revenue through customer/product data. Experienced in maintaining BI layers and dashboards and running KPI-driven analysis across returns/refunds operations (NPS/CSAT, TAT, repeat complaints). Familiar with core F2P monetization mechanics and how to evaluate IAP offers via A/B testing; has shipped/managed products on mobile and web.”

Claudia Zie

Screened

Director-level Creative Director specializing in dubbing and localization

Los Angeles, CA15y exp

“Creative lead and localization/linguistic supervisor working across major entertainment and tech clients (Netflix, Meta, Audible, MrBeast). Known for using audience retention signals to drive rapid edit/script iterations and for high-impact global localization decisions (dubbing, transcreation, subtitles) that support international scale viewership.”

“Partnerships/integrations leader with experience running multiple simultaneous ISV launches and executive-level cross-functional cadences. Created a CEO-backed, data-driven partner/integration prioritization scorecard that helped increase partnership revenue 13.5x, and has operated in high-confidentiality environments supporting major global product launches (Samsung).”

“Strategic enterprise Customer Success leader from Atlassian Cloud managing a >$10M ARR, ~33k-user account end-to-end, driving measurable adoption (+12%), services expansion (+30%), and strong satisfaction (4.5/5). Experienced leading cross-functional deployments of AI agents (Rovo) and Forge-based integrations, and translating enterprise governance needs (e.g., RBAC at scale) into roadmap-shaping product requirements.”

“Global Talent Acquisition leader with 7+ years managing recruiting orgs (2–26 direct reports) across regions and time zones, combining strategic leadership with hands-on executive search. Has led major TA initiatives including Microsoft’s internal-talent utilization program ('Talent in Flow') and a Workday skills-based transformation aligning interview frameworks to job architecture/skill taxonomies. Currently manages TA P&L at Serverfarm and partners directly with the CFO on ROI-driven hiring strategy and budgeting.”

“Recruiting leader with experience in both large-scale financial institutions (Morgan Stanley/JPMorgan) and a high-growth fintech (CAIS), including managing a 12-person recruiting team and staying hands-on with executive searches. Led a high-visibility Director of Finance search reporting to the President and drove process modernization by implementing AI tools (BrightHire, Metaview) to standardize interviews and improve sourcing. Regularly partners with HRBPs and C-suite leaders on restructuring, compensation alignment, and strategic talent pipeline programs (internship redesign with intern-to-FT conversions).”