Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

“Sole founder of Bazaaro who built the company’s operations across product, hiring, GTM, finance, and investor relations—securing initial investment by effectively spanning multiple functions. Also drove a high-stakes operational turnaround at Ciena by process-mapping end-to-end workflows, correcting cost mis-modeling, and building Excel dashboards to recover $60K+ while improving margin visibility.”

“Recruiting leader with experience managing teams of 2–5 and driving end-to-end recruiting process improvements, including SOP standardization, ATS implementations (Taleo/Paylocity), and data-driven reporting. Has led confidential executive searches (VP level) and partnered closely with HRBPs on strategic, high-volume initiatives such as building a global IT service center in Argentina (Boehringer Ingelheim).”

“HR/talent business partner with global experience supporting teams across the US, UK, and Canada, focused on adapting talent initiatives to cultural and legal requirements. Played a key role in a successful company integration, driving HRIS/process changes, compliance, and employee communications, and has supported product/design/analytics orgs with staffing, compensation strategy, and career mapping.”

“Talent acquisition leader and executive recruiter who has managed up to 10 recruiters while driving tech stack optimization, vendor/cost management, and executive-level reporting. Experienced partnering closely with HRBPs and CFO-level stakeholders on director+ hiring, including internal audit leadership roles, and has led a full recruiting lifecycle redesign to improve candidate experience and hiring leader visibility.”

“Staffing leader who has managed a team of 7 recruiters and delivered rapid, multi-location hiring across both direct and contract placements. Partners closely with client-side HRBPs and C-suite stakeholders, including handling contract negotiations, and has improved hiring outcomes in challenging geographies through relocation and sign-on incentive strategies.”

“Change management and HR/people strategy leader with repeated experience partnering with senior executives through high-impact transformations, including QuickChek’s post-acquisition integration into Fortune 500 Murphy USA. Uses structured frameworks (McKinsey 7S, ADKAR) and KPI-driven systems thinking to execute org design, system migrations, and workforce analytics initiatives, and has handled complex employee relations investigations with risk-based decision tools.”

“US Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Ops leader at Funbox (nearly 5 years) who owns end-to-end recruiting operations and ATS strategy, and who successfully pivoted into HR Ops during a 2022 slowdown (payroll, compliance, policies, reporting). Known for building operational rigor at scale—redesigned req approval/1:1 req-to-hire workflows, led Greenhouse→HiBob hiring module implementation in ~4 months, and executed a major hiring blitz (35→75 reqs; ~90% closed; 100+ referrals) across functions including engineering, product, sales, marketing, and frontline support.”

“Merchandising and buying leader with experience at Rue Gilt, Zappos, and Fisker, owning end-to-end category strategy, OTB, and vendor negotiations across multi-channel e-commerce. Known for structuring high-impact vendor deals (tiered cost breaks, exclusivity, vendor-funded markdowns) and using SKU-level analytics to drive outsized results, including 15% sales growth/8% margin improvement on a $55M category and 80% YoY profit growth from partnership agreements.”

“CRM/lifecycle marketer at Honest who led end-to-end launch strategy for a new anti-aging collection, combining creative storytelling with a custom Y2K-inspired early-access experience. Delivered a 26% MoM lift in new subscribers and 36% waitlist-to-purchase conversion, and uses rigorous segmentation and A/B testing to tailor messaging across acquisition and retention—especially effective during periods of reduced paid media.”

“Hands-on architect/executive who built a virtual sales platform from scratch with real-time video delivery and autoscaling global video nodes, while also operating at the stakeholder/roadmap level. Previously scaled IT as Arbonne grew from ~$11M to $1B in annual sales and led large digital transformation efforts including a 70-person team for princesshouse.com; also advises startups (e.g., SocialBud) on product expansion and roadmaps.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer with 14 years of cross-functional experience, leveraging SQL-driven segmentation and structured A/B/multivariate testing to optimize engagement and conversions. Has led coordinated national/regional launches for a hardware product and tracks impact through CRM campaign codes tied to closed sales.”

“Recruiting leader with 4+ years of people management experience, leading a team of 8 direct-report recruiters and staying hands-on in high-impact executive searches (including senior engineering leadership). Strong HRBP and executive stakeholder partner who uses KPI-driven reviews, structured interviewing, and dashboards to improve quality and cut hiring timelines ~20–25%, while also reducing agency reliance through source-mix and cost-impact analysis.”

“Operations-focused team lead currently managing 20 coordinators, with strong workforce management experience spanning forecasting, scheduling, KPI/staffing reporting, and executive-facing data presentations. Led a cross-functional Salesforce implementation and redesigned forecasting/workflow to support a newly created internal-promotion department, improving flexibility in coverage planning.”

“Product designer/hardware prototyper building Saccade (VR headset attachment for Apple Vision Pro) to enable earlier, lower-cost Alzheimer's detection via eye-tracking and on-device CV/ML; designed a custom biocompatible snap-on light-shield replacement with integrated cameras/PCB after Apple camera-data restrictions. Also has biomedical manufacturing experience (major fixture-driven throughput gains) and leads a 160-member Assistive Technology Club sponsored by Apple and Google.”

“Chief of Staff with strong cross-functional leadership across go-to-market and product/engineering, focused on revenue-aligned prioritization and executive operating cadence. Implemented integrated Looker reporting to connect product usage/adoption with revenue, retention (GDR/NDR), churn risk, and upsell—enabling faster executive decision-making and clearer accountability.”

“Luxury-focused buyer/merchandising professional with experience purchasing full women’s, men’s, and home collections (including work tied to Gianni Versace corporate offices in Milan) and serving Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills clientele. Strong in end-to-end brand partnership evaluation and negotiation (MOQs, margins, delivery, exclusivity) and in using OTB, sell-through, and SKU productivity data to optimize assortments across e-commerce and subscription models.”

“Partnerships and growth leader (Traveronto) specializing in partner-led GTM through enterprise/API integrations and white-label distribution. Uses rigorous analytics (audience overlap, engagement quality, cohort retention/LTV) to source and scale creator/platform partnerships, and runs funnel-driven A/B tests on onboarding and pricing to improve activation, GMV, and recurring revenue while keeping CAC low.”

“Procurement/sourcing professional with experience at Avantstay, owning end-to-end sourcing for furnishing new properties under tight go-live deadlines. Demonstrated trade/tariff cost mitigation by shifting a Canada-based linen supply flow to bulk US warehousing, and built cross-functional SOPs and vendor KPIs to improve operational execution despite lacking an ERP.”

“Backend/platform engineer who owned a Python-based smart finance assistant backend, building async FastAPI microservices with PostgreSQL/Redis and deploying to AWS EKS via Docker/Helm and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins). Strong in production reliability and migrations—implemented observability (Prometheus/Grafana), security (JWT RBAC), and executed a low-downtime monolith-to-microservices migration plus Kafka-based event streaming with ordering/retry/idempotency patterns.”

“Engineering/IT leader with 12+ years of people management and deep ERP ecosystem experience, including SAP S/4HANA and large-scale integrations (APIs/EDI/e-commerce). Managed an 11-person cross-functional team supporting multiple business domains and led process improvements like support-cycle/ticketing and documentation, plus regression test automation strategy driven by business-critical prioritization.”

“Talent Acquisition Operations leader with 15+ years spanning aviation and helicopter rescue/emergency services through manufacturing, healthcare, and SaaS. Has led teams up to 30 and recently drove a major shift from a business-unit recruiting model to shared services across 8 units, improving Workday reporting/integrations and helping a SkillBridge program exceed goals by 100%.”

“Operations leader with deep fintech/lending startup experience (OnDeck Capital, 1st Merchant Funding, ForwardLine, Founders First) building end-to-end underwriting-to-portfolio operations, compliance, and supporting functions like sales/marketing. Known for scaling teams and automating repeatable work—citing growth from ~$3MM to ~$20MM in 2 years—while implementing systems like Salesforce/QuickSight and helping build proprietary funding and portfolio management software. Also provides structured part-time advisory support with clear scope/cadence, including helping set up a global finance company based in Argentina.”

“HR/People leader with experience driving enterprise change and operational improvements, including a regional-to-global org restructure across the U.S. and Canada and major benefits/HRIS transitions. Strong blend of systems thinking and people analytics (dashboards, engagement/turnover diagnostics) plus hands-on leadership coaching and high-stakes employee relations investigations in partnership with Legal and executive leadership.”

“CTO candidate who independently built an AI bot to assist store associates by first analyzing manual workflows, then delivering a nights/weekends POC that earned executive sponsorship and immediate funding. Successfully scaled the initiative to production by reallocating developers and later secured budget for a dedicated FTE within four months, citing strong adoption and cost savings.”