Vetted Team Management Professionals

“Global people/program leader with experience managing teams across Seoul, Tokyo, and Brazil; addressed language and collaboration barriers via workshops and cross-functional workflow design, driving a major attrition improvement and 90% team approval plus board commendation. Has led edtech product teams (design + development) through a 4-month sprint and partnered with executives on org-wide onboarding redesign using 30-60-90 plans and workflow data.”

“People/organizational leader with hands-on experience managing global teams (India, Mexico, UK, Canada) and partnering with product/design/analytics leadership on org design, workforce planning, and restructuring. Drove measurable outcomes including engagement improvement (67% to 82%), reduced role ambiguity (15%), and faster hiring (25%) while scaling cross-functional product and analytics organizations.”

“Senior multi-state sales leader with deep public-sector and partner-led go-to-market experience, overseeing a 14-person team across 9 southern states. Stands out for 8 straight years of plan attainment, 8,400+ new PODs in 2024, and a track record of using data, field coaching, and cross-functional influence to drive distribution growth, brand expansion, and complex sponsorship deals.”

“Recruiting/casting leader who has managed and scaled talent booking/sourcing teams up to 20 people, building structured communication and process systems (Slack, daily meetings, documented workflows). Interfaces daily with C-suite executives across major networks/platforms and is comfortable jumping hands-on into high-impact executive search; targeting $175K–$225K and currently remote at $208K.”

“Early-stage startup operator with 12+ years in Vancouver spanning venture studios, Silicon Valley Bank, accelerators, and go-to-market roles. Has worked on both sides of the venture ecosystem, helped multiple companies go to market, and has exposure to outcomes ranging from exits and IPOs to failed ventures. Especially compelling for venture studio or CEO roles requiring deep ecosystem fluency and strong investor/operator networks.”

“Operations/program leader who ran the global IRG100 Leadership Program, coordinating cross-functional workstreams and major partners (WPP, Google, Ipsos, TCS) using centralized roadmaps and executive cadences; delivered increased enrollment and a 4.8/5 satisfaction score. Previously managed strategic and day-to-day production operations for major multi-country sports campaigns at DIRECTV Panamericana (FIFA World Cup, Olympics, NBA), building pipelines, budgets, and vendor relationships across Latin America.”

“Former Division I athlete with 30 years in basketball and 20 years building a career training and mentoring players, including multi-season youth coaching and recruiting. Brings a character-first recruiting philosophy shaped by mentorship from high-profile coaches/players and is eager to create on-camera/social content to help families navigate the recruiting process.”

“HR Business Partner with experience supporting technology/product/design and R&D organizations at Samsung, including global team leadership and large-scale org redesign. Drove >50% org growth in 2 years while enabling Samsung Semiconductor’s first full-chip launch outside Korea (delivered ahead of deadline). Built agile-inspired HR programs like the 'Speak Easy' leadership integration initiative (Johari Window), earning 8.3/10 feedback from 150 leaders and contributing to a 5-point attrition reduction.”

“Global HR leader with experience at Tata Consultancy Services and Target, partnering with senior product and technology leaders to drive large-scale reorganizations and operating model shifts (including COE adoption and product role re-titling for clearer career paths). Has led complex change initiatives such as offshoring, mainframe decommissioning, and merging overlapping teams, and implemented structured 30/60/90-day check-ins to support retention across US/India distributed workforces.”

“Video editor/post-production lead who helped launch a new hour-long show (“The Why”), developing the explainer-package style from scratch and ultimately cutting 100+ explainers and ~100 full episodes. Led a four-editor team to standardize workflow and visual approach, with additional experience producing web-based content at Scripps News and editing punchy, graphics-forward YouTube music video essays for Middle 8.”

“Automotive embedded product leader (player-coach/product-functional engineering) who helped ship a cybersecurity gateway ECU into production, owning architecture decisions, critical module reviews, and delivery. Demonstrated hands-on security/diagnostics expertise (ADA, RSA) and production defect ownership, plus experience tailoring quality-gate processes to speed variant delivery without sacrificing quality.”

“Seasoned IT professional services and business transformation executive (currently global Head of Business Transformation Management at Fujitsu) who has built scalable sales-to-delivery operating models for growing boutique firms. Uses data-driven process/task mining plus stakeholder-led prioritization to deliver measurable outcomes, including a 30% manufacturing cycle-time improvement and 80+ SAP S/4HANA improvement recommendations implemented via a phased roadmap.”

“Engineering lead/player-coach working on project management software, owning a high-impact scheduling algorithm rewrite focused on performance, maintainability, and documentation after prior team turnover caused regressions. Previously at EOX Vantage, helped an insurance client modernize monolithic workflows by scoping ambiguous requirements into a roadmap and shipping a day-one MVP before iterating with value-add features.”

Shavone Kennedy

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Senior Global HR Director specializing in high-growth tech and global people strategy

New York, NY14y exp

“People/organization leader with deep experience scaling and restructuring global product organizations—managed 900+ employees across 12+ countries and helped scale Verbit’s product org from 30 to 120+ across Product, UX/UI Design, Analytics, and Product Ops. Known for building operating models (product trios, OKRs, design governance) plus talent systems (leveling, comp, calibration) and partnering with executives to deliver major reorganizations tied to strategic shifts.”

Benjamin Hudnut

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Junior Live Events & Music Operations professional specializing in booking, touring, and community events

Los Angeles, CA4y exp

“Founder/director of the music and event production company Tuned In, personally driving outbound BD to book underground LA talent and produce 25 events, including a major Lunar New Year collaboration with Alice Longyu Gao. Also ran multi-channel voter/community outreach for the Frankie Carrillo campaign (door knocking, 1,000+ SMS) and built automation tools (Apple widget; AI image-to-CSV workflow at Live Nation) to improve operational efficiency.”

“30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran who built Pratexo, an intelligent edge analytics company focused on the energy transition, raised $15M in seed funding, and landed a major partnership with ABB. He has spent the last decade continuously advising startups and brings deep familiarity with VC and accelerator ecosystems including YC and ABB's SynerLeap.”

“VR/social platform engineer with experience at AltspaceVR, Mozilla Hubs, and Dopple, spanning Unity/C#, custom engine networking, and early voice-agent systems. Particularly compelling for roles at the intersection of multiplayer, XR, and AI: they’ve built data-driven avatar systems, ownership-based netcode, VR replay capture, and a custom real-time voice->LLM->voice stack integrated with hardware and computer vision.”

“People/operations leader with experience managing global teams and building product, design, and analytics organizations. Partnered directly with CEO and operating leadership to drive post-acquisition integration—unifying fragmented teams, systems, and cultures through a target operating model, clear roadmaps, and accountability frameworks while protecting company culture.”