Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

Shabnam Kakar

Screened

Senior Content Marketing Leader specializing in B2B SaaS GTM and SEO

Vancouver, Canada9y exp

“Partnerships and growth marketer from Dialpad who builds high-intent acquisition channels through review/comparison and integration partners. Uses SEO-driven sourcing, performance-based deal structures, and rigorous experimentation (A/B tests, segmentation, CVR/CPA tracking) to drive higher-quality trials than paid search while protecting editorial trust.”

Jeff Cushler

Screened

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in Healthcare IT, SaaS, and Cloud Transformation

Austin, TX30y exp

“Startup product/enterprise-stack builder who helped take Ventric Health from R&D to a market-launched healthcare product in 2024, operating in a $34M-raised, revenue-generating model leveraging Medicare C reimbursement through providers. Previously drove adoption of an integrated K-12 digital learning platform distributed to 100+ institutions over two years, with reported improvements in test scores.”

Nishantkumar Asodariya

Screened

Mid-level Supply Chain Analyst specializing in global logistics automation and forecasting

USA4y exp

“Built and shipped a production LLM-powered recruiting workflow that ranks resumes against job descriptions, generates evidence-based justifications, and finds "hidden fit" candidates using embeddings + RAG. Demonstrates strong production engineering around hallucination control, latency, and predictable LLM cost management (budget checks, top-K pruning, tenant caps), plus orchestration experience with Airflow/Prefect/Kubernetes and a structured evaluation/monitoring methodology for AI agents.”

“Enterprise program/project leader with experience driving large-scale technology and operational initiatives across telecom, insurance, and tech. Most notably supported Zayo's Crown Castle acquisition through a complex Workday HRIS migration affecting 1,800 employees and a portfolio of 15 concurrent initiatives, with strong ownership of governance, executive reporting, vendor coordination, and risk management.”

“Execution-oriented operator with experience spanning Credit Suisse digital assets leadership, Citi Wealth GenAI initiatives, and advisory work for founders and executives. Stands out for bridging strategy, governance, and hands-on execution across highly regulated financial services and emerging-growth environments, especially in blockchain and AI.”

“Operations leader with 8 years of experience spanning healthcare, consumer products, and financial services, now serving as a strategic operational partner to senior leadership at Point72. Stands out for redesigning complex cross-functional processes, including cutting associate integration cycle time by 4 weeks and building governance frameworks that reduced compliance risk across HR, Legal, Recruiting, and Immigration.”

“Recruiting Operations/Talent Ops leader who owns end-to-end TA process, tech stack, and vendors, with experience managing both small direct teams and 20+ person matrix groups. Led complex compliance-focused workflow redesigns (including consent and candidate-to-req linking with 97% completion in 24 hours) and served as TA project manager for a PeopleSoft-to-Workday HCM transition while keeping the ATS running, aligning US/Canada process differences through security and routing.”

“Recruiting leader who builds structured, competency-based hiring systems and can also personally run Senior Director-to-C-Suite searches. Notable for scaling a full hiring season to 175+ teacher hires and for leading a high-stakes CEO succession search, advising a board to define a new leadership vision and landing a CEO who remains successful four years later.”

“Leader at PENTAX Medical with hands-on experience managing globally distributed teams (Japan, Singapore, Europe, Canada) and navigating cultural/time-zone challenges through structured written communication. Helped drive a major shift from regional autonomy to a global leadership model by defining roles, splitting functions into global teams, and identifying skill gaps—resulting in improved efficiency and reduced overhead. Currently building out an analytics function spanning IT, Sales, Marketing, and Finance, including Power BI and Salesforce ownership alignment.”

“Talent Ops/TA leader who has managed a 15-person combined recruiting + operations team and owned major HR tech initiatives, including end-to-end CRM implementations (Phenom People, GEM) and ATS/HRIS compensation-field integrations (PeopleSoft to Taleo). Known for measurable process improvements—cut time-to-fill from 100 to 65 days, increased offer acceptance by 20%, and boosted referrals by 30%—and for building analytics dashboards to pinpoint funnel bottlenecks and hiring manager responsiveness.”

“Operations and general management leader with experience spanning Citibank (Regional VP), a startup COO/GM role, and industrial operations at Tatco. Has delivered high-impact operational and technology changes including a Paychex payroll migration for 150+ employees and an ERP/subscriber migration of 200,000+ records that improved marketing execution and sales enablement, while also managing executive alignment and sensitive workforce matters.”

Mohammed Siddique

Screened

Executive Operations & Strategy leader specializing in global digital transformation

Oakland, CA28y exp

“Global operations/program leader from PSI who ran concurrent transformation initiatives across US/APAC/EMEA—AI-driven proctoring automation, vendor consolidation, and BI/exec dashboards—while overseeing delivery of millions of exams in 120+ countries. Known for KPI-based governance (RACI, steering cadences, shared dashboards) that drove measurable outcomes: +20% throughput, $5M annual cost reduction, and 30% reduction in executive meeting load with faster decision cycles.”

Rick Desrosiers

Screened

Executive IT Director and CISO specializing in regulated gaming and enterprise infrastructure

Wilmington, Delaware15y exp

“Early ING Direct (2001) IT leader responsible for network communication architecture in a Cisco-based environment, building secure, always-on infrastructure for one of the early pioneers of online banking. Strong blend of security/compliance depth (EFTA, GLBA, AML) and operational improvement skills (KPIs, process mapping, cross-functional redesign), with an executive-facing communication style geared toward influencing budget and strategy.”

Sonia Jairath

Screened

Executive Talent Acquisition leader specializing in high-volume and executive hiring across media and tech

Los Angeles, CA20y exp

“Talent Acquisition leader (former Director of Talent Acquisition at Paramount Global) who has managed recruiter teams (1–7 direct reports) and can jump into high-impact executive searches. Experienced partnering with C-suite/EVP stakeholders and HRBPs on offer approvals and leveling/comp adjustments, and has implemented recruiting process/ATS workflows and team training programs across both startups and large enterprises.”

Joseph Herbst

Screened

Executive Technology Leader specializing in IoT, PoE building automation, and semiconductors

Portland, OR35y exp

“Engineering/exec leader (CEO experience) who built a lighting controls and building automation platform from scratch, choosing an Ethernet/PoE and Node.js web-centric architecture that anticipated market shifts and later became an industry pattern. Known for rigorous vendor QA (test-to-failure) and for delivering high-profile deployments (e.g., Black Desert Resort, Resorts World Villa 66) while leading globally distributed engineering teams.”

Elizabeth Larequi

Screened

Senior Recruiting Operations Product Owner specializing in early careers and recruiting technology

Allen, Texas11y exp

“Recruiting Operations leader in agency owner and licensed sales recruiting who has managed a 9-person sourcing team and driven measurable funnel improvements (35%+ pipeline increase) through workflow redesign. Owns ATS/CRM ecosystems (iCIMS, Yello) and has led major migrations/integrations (SuccessFactors, Oracle) while coordinating across controls, data, engineering, recruiters, vendors, and legal.”

“Executive recruiter with ownership of full-desk VP-level sales searches in healthcare technology/SaaS at IKS Health. Demonstrates a structured, research-driven approach to market mapping, competitor sourcing, candidate slate presentation, and offer negotiation for high-value roles in the $200K base / $400K-$500K OTE range.”

“Candidate has a business plan and has been actively fundraising for about one month by reaching out to targeted VCs. They are early in learning the VC/accelerator landscape, pragmatic about entrepreneurship, and open to either founding their company if funded or joining an existing company if a strong opportunity arises.”

Ramesh Namperumal

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in AI/ML, data engineering, and enterprise architecture

Alpharetta, GA27y exp

“Technical founder building an AI IT helpdesk agent startup, currently leading product development as acting CTO/CPO and doing much of the development personally with a small partner group. Brings years of cross-industry technical experience, product/vendor evaluation expertise, and a deliberate strategy to delay outside capital until the product and customer traction are stronger.”

Francois Odienne

Screened

Director of Engineering specializing in SaaS platforms, AI-first product development, and telecom

Moorpark, CA28y exp

“Technology leader with venture-backed company experience at LogicMonitor, where they aligned engineering strategy with business growth and long-term platform scalability. Demonstrates strong familiarity with the VC/studio/accelerator ecosystem and a thoughtful founder mindset centered on validating real problems, innovative solutions, and execution capacity.”

Benjamin Feldman

Screened

Director-level application development leader specializing in FinTech and digital transformation

Boston, MA16y exp

“Hands-on engineering leader in a private-company/startup-like environment who builds full-stack financial systems and leads small teams. Notably replaced a failed third-party banking platform with an in-house Azure-based product integrating major bank APIs, driving $200K-$300K in annual savings and major workflow automation and performance gains.”

“Product-minded full-stack engineer with experience shipping engagement features and core communication systems at DribbleUp and Expys. Stands out for combining rapid MVP execution with rigorous iteration: delivered a leaderboard feature that lifted engagement by 8% initially and 20% overall, built a chat MVP in 3 days, and has hands-on experience deploying LangChain-based concierge agents with evals and human review.”

“Senior business analyst/project manager with broad enterprise implementation experience across multiple business functions and platforms, including ERP, custom web apps, AI chatbot deployment, and ITSM asset migration. Stands out for owning projects end-to-end, using iterative requirements workshops and visual process mapping, and finding practical configuration workarounds when out-of-the-box systems fall short.”

“Senior product leader with experience across Times Internet, Mudah.my, Wells Fargo, and delivery/logistics products, spanning SaaS, marketplace, fintech, and AI-enabled platforms. Stands out for building products end-to-end with strong commercial outcomes, including a multi-channel engagement platform that became a new SaaS revenue stream and AI features that improved marketplace liquidity while keeping humans in control.”