Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

“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.”

“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.”

Mark Krawczuk

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Senior Program & Project Leader specializing in digital transformation and cross-functional delivery

New York, NY30y exp

“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.”

Azra Jiwa

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Senior People Operations Manager specializing in HRIS, compliance, and global mobility

New York, NY7y exp

“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.”

Umesh Toprani

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Executive Cloud & Product Operations Leader specializing in SaaS transformation

26y exp

“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.”

Aaron Jacob

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Senior Music Coordinator/Composer specializing in film & TV animation production

Remote10y exp

“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.”

Vivek Anand

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Executive Technology Leader (CIO/CTO/CDO) specializing in AI, cloud, and data strategy

Northbrook, IL20y exp

“Founder with an end-user-ready product who has self-funded/used angel investing but has not yet launched marketing in earnest. Motivated by identifying a market gap with a differentiated product and is now seeking value-add investors who can provide both capital and go-to-market expertise/connections.”

“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.”

“Candidate does not currently have a business plan or startup and has not raised capital. They have not worked directly in VC/studio/accelerator settings but report being familiar through friends/family and personal interest in joining that ecosystem; they are not committed to entrepreneurship at all costs.”

Lamide Isijola

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Senior HR Business Partner specializing in organizational change and performance frameworks

United States14y exp

“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.”

Khori Whittaker

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Executive Venture Builder & Operator specializing in 0-to-1 launches and governance

Remote, Global15y exp

“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.”

Suzanne Gerber

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Director-level Talent Acquisition Operations leader specializing in recruiting operations and integration

Remote, USA22y exp

“Recruiting Operations professional focused on building standardized workflows and training hiring managers to ensure consistent, efficient execution for a sourcing-based recruiting team. Implemented a process where candidates could not move forward until hiring manager feedback was entered, reinforcing accountability and cycle-time discipline.”

Lena Bell

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Senior HR & People Operations Partner specializing in talent development and HR systems

Charlotte, NC8y exp

“Talent Acquisition Recruiter from AWS with experience owning full-desk, high-volume technical and professional hiring at scale. Stands out for supporting 80–100 monthly hires, using Oracle and Cornerstone to manage pipeline health, and acting as a data-driven partner to hiring managers in fast-moving remote recruiting environments.”

“Principal engineer with experience across multiple startups, including direct exposure to VC due diligence and early-stage company strategy. Stands out for making pragmatic product decisions—such as steering a startup away from capital-intensive custom hardware toward mobile applications to validate the business faster and focus on the most valuable software layer.”

Joseph Villanueva

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Senior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack SaaS and Healthcare IT

San Francisco, CA8y exp

“Product-minded software engineer from Gusto who has shipped internal AI agent capabilities and end-to-end user-facing features across frontend and backend. Stands out for making pragmatic architecture tradeoffs—moving from OpenAI prototypes to deterministic systems when accuracy, latency, and uptime mattered—while still improving LLM workflow quality and reducing tool-calling errors by 15%.”

“Programmatic media specialist with deep hands-on experience running high-budget AWS/Amazon campaigns, including a $4MM side-by-side DSP bakeoff (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP) focused on awareness and cost efficiency. Strong in CTV/OLV optimization and measurement, leveraging brand lift and attention studies, and known for disciplined testing frameworks and practical troubleshooting to restore performance.”

“HR/operations leader with experience since 2003 advising and working directly for owners across multiple organizations, including building scalable HR infrastructure during a major growth phase at Bosch. Known for using market data and benchmarking to drive compensation changes that improved employee quality, and for designing scalable compliance programs (e.g., I-9 remediation with ongoing training and annual reviews). Recently launched an independent consulting practice and leverages structured communication and AI meeting assistants to manage part-time advisory engagements.”

“Enterprise Architecture leader with insurance domain experience (Farmers Insurance) who drove a multi-phase roadmap to modernize a siloed CRM landscape—migrating from legacy Siebel to Salesforce Financial Services Cloud with Customer 360, MDM, and omnichannel capabilities. Also led a high-impact architecture decision to implement offline billing to reduce customer-facing downtime, including complex SAP/on-prem-to-cloud integration and transaction sync.”

David Zeibert

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Junior Development Analytics Analyst specializing in QSR growth and automation

Miami, FL3y exp

“Data-driven economy/incentives designer with experience across QSR brands (Popeyes and Burger King), spanning franchise development incentive systems and in-app game economies. Built live scorecards (Snowflake/SQL/Tableau) and regression-based sales forecasting models on thousands of restaurant records, and used app telemetry to tune progression loops and improve retention while aligning ops and business KPIs.”

Michael Boholst

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Director of Operations specializing in healthcare and biotech operations

Honolulu, HI13y exp

“Operations leader who joined Nucleus Biologics early and built the company’s pre-production and technical operations operating model end-to-end, including team buildout, KPI/dashboards, and regulatory readiness. Co-led ISO 13485 certification and managed capex and multi-year initiatives up to $10M. Notably mitigated a post-COVID supply chain crisis by designing an in-house manufacturing path for a critical sterile 2000L mixing bag/impeller (including CNC/prototyping and L&E considerations), eliminating vendor reliance and driving significant YoY savings.”

“Full-cycle recruiter with experience spanning executive-level searches (hiring a Talent Acquisition Leader) and high-volume call center hiring (~100 hires/month). Uses an always-on pipeline strategy, tracks Time to Fill and funnel health, and enforces SLAs with hiring managers—including escalation to leadership—to keep throughput and decision-making on track.”

“Current COO who rebuilds and scales operational backbones end-to-end—data architecture, workflows, dashboards, and operating cadence—creating real-time visibility into pipeline, cycle times, and revenue forecasting. Known as a cross-functional integrator (hiring, GTM, finance, investors) who drives tough tradeoffs and turns ambiguity into durable operating systems.”