Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

“Co-founded a Digital Loss Prevention (DLP) startup and raised $6M in seed funding by showcasing a controlled, laptop-based technology demo. Post-funding, drove MVP planning and execution by sequencing operations and assembling a team to build an appliance MVP, using an iterative build/evaluate/visualize approach.”

“Operations/strategy leader who owned a founder-level turnaround at Bolt Threads, rescuing and scaling a failing business unit through ERP + S&OP implementation, operating model redesign, and cross-functional KPI-driven execution. Achieved a 97% COGS reduction, enabled repeatable production at scale, and supported investor diligence and SPAC readiness by creating a credible operating narrative.”

“Former high school/college hockey player who spent ~8 years coaching and running strength & conditioning support for NCAA Division I hockey programs (including Yale, Boston College, Harvard). Also coached Team USA Women’s hockey athletes, helping prepare them for pro league tryouts, and is comfortable creating training-tip content on Instagram and YouTube.”

“Technical Program Manager and one of three internal "founders" of HP’s Hardware-as-a-Service home printer subscription initiative, spanning DTC shipping, simplified setup, ink replenishment, and warranty coverage. Led roadmap definition/execution, scaled delivery rapidly to 15+ scrum teams (including vendors) with SAFe-like coordination and shared engineering standards, and drove key architecture trade-offs (building an interim subscription management service) to accelerate time-to-market by about a year.”

“Corporate strategy / M&A professional with experience acting as a chief-of-staff-style associate to multiple managing directors at Focus Financial Partners while running parallel M&A, enterprise vendor negotiations, and infrastructure strategy work. At BNY, led strategic growth initiatives around fintech partnerships (TAM + financial modeling) and supported a confidential divestiture using rigorous information-control processes.”

“Business manager experienced in driving cross-functional budgeting, governance, and portfolio changes while maintaining executive alignment. Supported post-acquisition integration by improvising custom Excel dashboards and weekly executive reporting to track a 70-person global hiring push when systems access was delayed; the reporting approach became a reusable HR template.”

“Engineering/technology leader with mission-critical experience at JPL NASA on the Mars Curiosity Rover, delivering an AI-driven navigation system designed for zero tolerance for mistakes and reportedly operating with no failures for 15+ years. Also led a monolith-to-microservices, cloud-native migration that improved scalability by 300% and cut deployments from days to hours, and is comfortable switching between executive fundraising/stakeholder communication and deep technical leadership.”

“Healthcare data platform builder with experience at Aetion delivering a rule-based EMR/EHR ingestion and validation framework that cut onboarding from 8–10 weeks to hours and unlocked $30M+ in revenue over ~3 years. Motivated to found an AI/agent-driven healthcare solution, with a specific interest in using PET scans, doctor notes, and treatment data with LLMs to help predict cancer progression and guide next-step treatments.”

“Transformation leader brought into Barracuda Networks to orchestrate a founder-level shift from legacy software to SaaS across 14 product lines. Drove a metrics- and operating-margin-focused, multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/private cloud for DR) execution plan while aligning engineering, GTM, finance (subscription accounting), and support—contributing to nearly doubling revenue over ~4 years.”

“Music editor and composer with Disney animation credits (Milo Murphy's Law; Disney YouTube shorts), specializing in reshaping longform scenes through precise cue editing, tonal/key-aware transitions, and retention-focused pacing. Works primarily in Pro Tools (with Cubase for bespoke transitions), delivering stem-based mixes and handling rapid, late-stage iteration for high-volume episodic workflows.”

“People/HR leader focused on scalable org systems—rebuilt performance, leveling, and compensation structures during a growth phase using CultureAmp and Workday data plus manager listening sessions. Known for systems-thinking diagnostics and leader coaching (e.g., delegation/decision-rights mapping freeing 8–10 hours/week), and for using people analytics to reduce attrition via onboarding and manager enablement.”

“Engineering leader who has led 100+ engineers at Sainsbury’s Tech and previously scaled an org from 6 to 60+ at AND Digital. Drove a high-impact modernization of a pricing/decisioning platform serving 1,700 stores—moving from batch monolith to real-time Kafka-based event-driven microservices with MLOps, IaC (Terraform), and zero-trust—delivering £18m+ annual profit uplift and 10+ deploys/day.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience at Rippling and Twitter, known for building lightweight but rigorous communication and reporting systems (shared notes, weekly updates, exec decks, issue-tracker velocity) to keep teams and executives aligned. Emphasizes psychological safety and early conflict resolution, and has supported senior leaders managing high-volume creative/media output through concise, proactive executive briefings.”

“Player-coach engineering leader focused on consumer-grade video/multimodal products and high-reliability identity/auth experiences. Led design and implementation of multi-step mobile login/MFA flows with telemetry-driven funnel improvements, shipped Node services and security fixes, and owned auth incidents end-to-end using RUM and step-level instrumentation. Introduced feature-flagged delivery and targeted review/testing practices to speed iteration ~20–30% while keeping login stability high.”

“Solo founder running a venture studio (Mongoose) building AI-personalized products (e.g., faith-based daily devotional, meal planning, and a platform aimed at helping retiring SMB owners sell businesses). Previously at InsideTrack, leveraged a Department of Labor grant program to break into the community college market and secured major contracts ($5M and $3M) by helping institutions craft winning grant applications.”

“Strategy & operations leader with senior roles at OnDeck, BlockFi, and Protocol Labs who owned founder-level initiatives end-to-end. Notably launched the first crypto credit card, driving 150k first-year sign-ups (vs 30k target) and boosting adoption of other offerings, and later cut time-to-hire from ~6 months to ~6 weeks while rebuilding GTM and operating frameworks.”

“People/HR leader who has built HR foundations from scratch and partnered directly with CEOs/C-level teams. Led global team members in Tel Aviv and London, and drove major org change by implementing a first-time performance management framework that reduced escalated ER issues and improved alignment. Brings a systems-and-data-driven approach to scaling, restructuring, and benefits strategy in fast-growing startups.”

“Strategy/finance leader with experience spanning wealth management, London Stock Exchange, and a voice AI startup. Led an ESG product launch supported by market research/ROI modeling that generated $5M+ over five years, and has hands-on PMO capability (Jira, SQL/Excel, Power BI) plus change-management experience aligning sales teams with executive digital transformation initiatives.”

“HR/People partner with hands-on experience supporting large-scale restructures and coaching senior leaders through change, using employee-experience-first approaches. Leverages qualitative and quantitative people data (stay interviews, pulse/engagement surveys, retention/promotion/exit insights) to drive interventions like onboarding improvements and team mission/role realignment. Trusted to run sensitive ER investigations involving regulatory/compliance escalation and to present systemic findings to senior business heads.”