Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

“Customer-facing implementation/security-focused professional with experience at Freshworks and IMImobile (Cisco), advising enterprise customers on app security for CRM/ITSM and sensitive/PII workflows. Has led threat-model-driven remediation for API/RBAC/token risks and troubleshot complex cloud integration incidents (token expiry + load balancer misrouting) using logs/metrics/tracing, escalating with clear technical reports to accelerate engineering fixes.”

“Cross-functional product/engineering leader with startup and enterprise experience (Whimstay, Wells Fargo, Leap AI Technologies). Has owned end-to-end delivery including UI and payment architecture—built a multi-customer reservation payment flow using pre-auth plus event/timer-driven reminders and handled tricky edge cases like date changeover. Also introduced lightweight process (Jira, sprints, team/module structuring) to increase delivery speed in an early-stage AI document-matching startup.”

“Performance marketer with hands-on ownership of high-spend acquisition programs, including managing ~50K/month at Backblaze across Google Ads and paid social while optimizing for trial-to-paid conversion. Built Protective's employee benefits paid media from scratch into a full-funnel LinkedIn + Google program, scaling spend ~300% YoY and improving lead quality through tighter targeting and keyword refinement.”

“Growth/marketing operator with experience improving revenue conversion through a cross-functional accelerated sales/compliance workflow and measurable multi-channel campaigns (landing pages, retargeting, UTM/tagging, Salesforce attribution). Previously ran an insurance-industry acquisition experiment, pivoting from social to targeted email to hit engagement goals with an 85% signup rate. Also sources industry leaders to create and promote thought-leadership content (case studies, white papers, guides).”

“Talent acquisition leader with experience at Grey, Publicis, and Taylored Search who specializes in building and restructuring recruiting teams and embedding TA into strategic business planning (including new business/RFP pipelines). Known for bringing market data and candidate sentiment into executive org-design decisions to improve hiring outcomes, speed offer approvals, and increase acceptance rates.”

“Recruiting leader with 15 years of people management experience (up to 10 recruiters) and deep, hands-on executive search background from 5+ years at Samsung, supporting four SVPs and filling roles up to VP level. Known for streamlining complex hiring processes—cut Samsung’s 100+ page recruiting SOP and overall process roughly in half—resulting in a significant drop in time-to-fill and improved stakeholder satisfaction.”

“Global talent acquisition/executive search leader from FIS Global who managed a distributed recruiting org and partnered closely with HRBPs and C-suite leaders. Has driven enterprise-wide recruiting lifecycle improvements (including onboarding programs to reduce attrition) and engaged in strategic initiatives like an AI council tied to product roadmap decisions.”

“Founder/CEO who built Hometown Heart from the ground up—creating SOPs and standing up hiring, GTM, finance, and investor/government relations—scaling from 6 employees and $100K debt to 350 employees and $40M in annual revenue in 3 years. Led expansion into San Francisco County, proactively managing compliance/licensing and municipal stakeholders to secure early approvals and drive major revenue growth.”

“Senior technology leader and hands-on builder spanning enterprise architecture and product/engineering leadership across healthcare and entertainment. Has led high-impact cloud and security architecture decisions (including establishing a private cloud to address scalability/security at massive scale) and scaled orgs 300% using pod-based team structures. Currently building an AI-supported hydroponics/vertical farming IoT framework (ESP32 + Azure) and a musician collaboration platform (React + Neo4j + AWS).”

“Engineering leader who stays hands-on in high-leverage technical areas (architecture, scalability, reliability) while operating at an executive level. Led StagePilot’s shift from a tightly coupled legacy system to a cloud-native, event-driven real-time platform proven at 1M+ concurrent users, and previously scaled multiple SRE teams at McGraw-Hill with SLOs, on-call, and blameless ops practices.”

“Global Talent Acquisition Operations leader with ~10 years leading TA strategy across North America, EMEA, and APAC; built and manages a 14-person worldwide TA team at Computershare. Known for modernizing recruiting operations with AI-driven sourcing, market intelligence (TalentNeuron), and digital interviewing—most notably redesigning India hiring workflows to cut time-to-fill by 35%—and for leading major ATS transformation work including Oracle Taleo to Oracle Fusion migration with UAT and hypercare.”

“Cross-functional change leader with experience partnering with senior product/engineering/marketing leaders to revamp product development processes, delivering a 30% reduction in time-to-market. Combines systems thinking, executive coaching, and people analytics (engagement/turnover analysis, KPI dashboards) to resolve complex org and employee-relations challenges and improve culture.”

“HR/People leader with experience at The Princeton Review driving enterprise-wide compensation and benefits transformations. Built a scalable compensation system using market benchmarking and change management, and led a broker/carrier overhaul that cut benefits costs by $300K+ while improving employee satisfaction. Also experienced in high-stakes employee relations investigations and executive coaching (including a General Counsel) to restore trust and improve leadership effectiveness.”

“Hands-on HR/operations executive (CHRO profile) with experience modernizing internal operations by leading an ADP-to-UKG payroll/HRIS migration that expanded capabilities across recruiting, onboarding, and benefits. Strong in vendor evaluation, change management, and de-risking implementations via parallel payroll runs, executive sponsorship, and field-focused training; also mentors leadership teams on operations and P&L-driven execution.”

“HR/people leader with experience partnering directly with firm partners and C-suite leaders to drive culture and retention initiatives, including launching a Partner Connectivity Program to rebuild community during/after remote-pandemic work. Strong in people analytics (Workday/Aderant) and executive dashboards, and experienced handling complex employee relations cases and accommodations in collaboration with in-house counsel.”

“Led acquisition efforts for the Etkin family partners during their transition from construction ownership into industrial real estate investing, focusing on REO acquisitions in the Denver/Front Range market (1990–1995). Built a structured due diligence and underwriting approach, developed financial analysis tooling, and navigated multi-stakeholder family dynamics while leveraging top brokerage relationships to source and lease assets.”

“Hands-on engineering manager/lead focused on Azure application deployments and CI/CD automation. Has led design sessions and 1:1 code reviews, and owned a production performance incident end-to-end from measurement and test-environment setup through production validation, while coaching team members via regular 1:1s.”

“Currently a startup CTO who thrives on building new technology stacks and rapidly turning technical ideas into products. Interested in partnering with a CEO/business team to commercialize embedded/edge concepts such as multi-sensor drone localization (video/audio/RF with SDR), low-cost solar+battery power nodes networked via LoRa, and an Amazon Sidewalk/LoRa connectivity device with cloud management.”

“Technically oriented operator with experience driving a strategic migration to Microsoft Azure to modernize a company toward microservices and CI/CD, improving scalability and positioning for long-term optimization. Evaluates product ideas through an operational lens (efficiency, decision support, process optimization) and emphasizes building viable products with paying customers while maintaining revenue resilience.”

“Omnichannel merchandising and partnerships leader who owned end-to-end strategy for major soccer programs, including USA Soccer and the Argentina National Team. Negotiated a sophisticated dual-license structure to preserve Amazon channel rights while protecting margin, and drove $8M in pre-buys plus margin improvement through disciplined planning, Excel-based hindsight analysis, and in-season inventory adjustments.”

“Operations/project leader with hands-on experience driving an end-to-end transition of legacy customers from on-prem to cloud, including customer communication, structured execution planning, and operational handover. Also improved field operations productivity by selecting and implementing a field management tool that automated work orders and replaced spreadsheet/email workflows with mobile app-driven data flows.”

“Engineering/technology leader who stays hands-on while driving executive-level roadmap execution, with deep experience modernizing cloud-based LIMS/LIS platforms and building AI-driven lab analytics. Led a monolith-to-microservices cloud migration with containerization and CI/CD, and delivered a reported 30% reduction in lab turnaround time while strengthening compliance.”

“Talent Acquisition/Talent Operations leader who has managed multi-site teams (8–15) and rebuilt high-volume recruiting workflows end-to-end, combining process rigor (structured intake, SLAs, standardized interview kits) with deep ATS analytics. Hands-on with Lever and Workday Recruiting, and led a Workday + GoodTime implementation delivering major efficiency gains (40% scheduling improvement, 50% less manual coordination) alongside measurable hiring outcomes (33% faster time-to-fill, 42% increase in DEI hiring).”

“HR/People leader with 10+ years of experience, including fractional Head of People and consulting work, who builds executive operating systems and cross-functional structure. Has led a performance management rollout and implemented Slack-based communication architecture (decision channels, SLAs, SOP/FAQ knowledge base) to improve executive alignment, accountability, and operational cadence.”