Vetted Vendor Management Professionals

Craig Bower

Screened

Executive operations leader specializing in PE-backed healthcare platform integration

New York Metro, USA8y exp

“Healthcare and multi-entity operations leader who progressed from managing infrastructure at NYU Langone to building enterprise operating systems across acquired businesses at True Ventures Group, and now serves as founding COO at NSCS. Stands out for combining hands-on integration execution with executive-level governance, including $12M budget ownership, $1.3M in savings, double-digit EBITDA growth, and centralized shared-services buildouts across clinical and care operations.”

“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.”

“Sourcing/procurement professional who owned end-to-end supplier management across concept through launch while running 20 projects concurrently. Known for hands-on supplier recovery (including onsite interventions) and process improvements that delivered measurable results (30% cycle-time reduction) plus strong cost focus via total landed cost analysis and international logistics optimization.”

“Customer success/account and product leader who rebuilt from a failed startup into a consulting + SaaS business (~$300K) and later oversaw account management/renewals across a manufacturing software portfolio that scaled to $22M (mentions clients like Segway and Invisalign). Brings scaled-agile cross-functional leadership, strong change-management/training focus, and Salesforce analytics/reporting to drive adoption, retention, and roadmap improvements.”

“Buyer managing the Nightwear & Lingerie category with end-to-end ownership across range planning, vendor negotiation, phased launches, and in-season trading. Reported delivering $61M in sales at a 56% margin with 4% growth in 2024–2025, and demonstrates strong retail math/OTB discipline plus vendor-led speed-to-market tactics (e.g., pulling forward pipeline and using air freight when needed).”

Margaux Pelli

Screened

Director-level Talent Development & HR Business Partner specializing in L&D and performance management

New York, NY9y exp

“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.”

Kristina Colclasure

Screened

Senior HR & Talent Acquisition Operations Leader specializing in global HRIS and analytics

Downers Grove, IL20y exp

“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).”

Michael Kramp

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in global retail, distribution, and e-commerce growth

Oklahoma City, OK23y exp

“Sales executive with a consumer products and national retail background who successfully built a government/public sector channel from scratch while leading six sales divisions across retail, ecommerce, international, and institutional markets. Particularly compelling is his blend of eight-figure commercial leadership and firsthand law enforcement/SWAT experience, which helped him win business with agencies like the FBI Academy at Quantico, the U.S. Military Academy, and Homeland Security.”

“CRM and retention marketer with 4+ years of experience across leading Indian consumer and D2C brands including My11Circle, Nykaa, and Croma. Brings hands-on multi-channel lifecycle expertise across email, WhatsApp, SMS, RCS, and in-app, with end-to-end ownership of promotional and retention journeys and a cited 28% lift in repeat purchases from a replenishment campaign.”

“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.”

Ariel Davis

Screened

Senior editorial and executive operations leader specializing in media production

New York, NY15y exp

“Operator with roots in executive operations and content/publishing who has supported major corporate milestones at The Knot, including China office expansion and the NASDAQ-to-NYSE transition. Combines investor-facing communication, budget ownership, and startup-style initiative—having pitched a shopping app and begun an MVP—with proven process redesign that increased on-time promotional visibility by 80% and boosted sales.”

“Sports marketing professional with 4 years of CRM and multi-channel campaign experience, currently owning marketing strategy and execution for 17 collegiate sports at Pepperdine. They’ve grown from student attendance-focused campaigns into broader donor, alumni, and community engagement work, using segmentation, ticketing data, and cross-functional coordination to drive attendance, renewals, and revenue.”

“Composer/music editor with experience scoring GTA V missions at Rockstar Games, designing narrative-driven but gameplay-reactive music with adaptive layers implemented via middleware. Uses Pro Tools for frame-accurate arrangement and Ableton Live for sound design, with a hybrid outboard/in-the-box mix chain targeting broadcast/streaming loudness standards. Strong emphasis on original sound creation (custom SFX/Foley) and scalable workflows via templates and SOPs.”

“Built a web-based online Sudoku game in JavaScript (multiplayer format supporting up to 6 teams with up to 5 players each) and demonstrates strong product/analytics orientation. Uses a KPI-driven approach (DAU/WAU, ARPU, session duration, LTV) and structured prioritization methods (MoSCoW, story mapping, cost of delay, DFV) to iterate toward targets; seeking a remote role around $70k/year.”

“Growth and brand marketing leader with franchising experience who helped scale Xponential Fitness’ Rumble Boxing from 15 to 90 locations in 4 years, delivering a 30% lift in lead gen/conversions and hitting systemwide revenue targets. Built scalable omnichannel launch playbooks for new openings and created an influencer/creator engine that tripled creative output and cut CPL by 25%. Former CMO for a music-nostalgia-driven brand with strong perspective on creator authenticity and IP/credit in marketing.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 10+ years in TA and 6–7 years leading ops teams (up to 5 direct reports). Drove an enterprise-wide, global redesign of EchoStar’s recruiting and selection process, focusing on automation and process streamlining, and has led major HR/TA system implementations (Workday, Dayforce, iCIMS) across ATS/HRIS, onboarding, and payroll.”

“Senior enterprise architecture and engineering leader (Sr. Director / Principal Architect) who has owned enterprise IT strategy and governance for a $100M budget and partnered directly with C-suite stakeholders. Led a cruise-industry employee/crew digital transformation, scaling to 10 agile teams (~70 people) using SAFe/TOGAF and making architecture decisions optimized for low-connectivity environments (local database to avoid internet authentication).”

“Founder building an AI-driven predictive analytics and programmatic advertising platform focused on identifying and marketing "hidden gem" songs and books. Has demonstrated early traction with 1M+ streams, a growing revenue base, acquired catalogs, and an artist roster, while developing proprietary AI and a supporting data ecosystem.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer with experience at Fandango and Young & Reckless, owning high-volume multi-brand campaign calendars and building Braze-based email/SMS/push journeys. Stands out for tying lifecycle strategy to measurable business impact, including 14% lift in email-attributed revenue, 18% CLTV improvement, and 22% higher activation through behavior-based experimentation.”

“Engineering leader with 8+ years across IoT, emergency messaging, and political campaign data science, including operating a massive IoT microservices platform at several million devices and roughly 200 million requests per minute. Particularly strong in retrofitting legacy systems for modern observability using OpenTelemetry, Honeycomb, and Grafana LGTM, while also managing distributed international teams and developing engineers into senior and tech lead roles.”

“Former Harris County leader turned consulting partner with strong public-sector transformation experience, including a $2.5M Azure-based analytics modernization for Harris County Public Health and governance-heavy infrastructure work on the Harris County Flood Warning System. Also managed multiple concurrent quantum computing optimization and machine learning engagements, showing an unusual blend of government modernization, executive stakeholder management, and frontier-tech delivery.”

“Product leader with deep healthcare experience who has shipped 50+ products, including a mobile app platform adopted by 120+ health plan clients and AI-enabled pharma tools that moved from plan-level to patient-level insights. Former high school science and math teacher who brings a distinctly human-centered, emotionally aware approach to product design, while also driving Agile transformation, mobile-first/API-first modernization, and scalable operational change.”

Dean Jackson

Screened

Mid-level Game Developer specializing in Unity and VR

4y exp

“Unity lead game developer who shipped two games to Steam for Windows and ported them to Android. Hands-on with gameplay mechanics plus coordinating freelance model/animation work and integrating assets into the game, and uses AI tools to speed up debugging and navigating large codebases.”