Vetted Workforce Planning Professionals

“Recruiting/Talent Operations leader who managed 6–12 person teams across two office locations and drove measurable process improvements. Standardized onboarding (cut ramp time by 2–3 weeks) and redesigned interview scheduling to move candidates forward within 24–48 hours, while leveraging Workday/Lever reporting and leading a GoodTime rollout with HR/IT/HRIS.”

“People/HR leader with deep compensation expertise who built a company’s first enterprise-wide compensation framework, including benchmarking and pay equity analysis, partnering closely with executives to improve transparency, satisfaction, and reduce turnover. Demonstrates strong systems-thinking and employee relations judgment (ADA/FMLA-aware), plus hands-on coaching and conflict mediation to improve leader effectiveness and team trust.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who has managed teams up to 6 and specializes in fixing broken interview pipelines through workflow standardization, scheduling automation, and ATS analytics. Built real-time dashboards in Lever/ATS to track aging, time-in-stage, and req health, and drove a 20% reduction in time to interview while improving candidate experience and hiring manager visibility. Experienced leading cross-functional tool/workflow implementations with HRIS and IT for high-volume early-career hiring.”

“Chief of Staff to the family of Kevin Scott (CTO of Microsoft), serving as the first CoS to unify previously siloed teams and build an operating cadence for executive decision-making. Experienced running high-stakes, high-security events including a Presidential fundraiser/President Biden visit, coordinating with the presidential advance team and Secret Service while protecting principal priorities and privacy.”

“Recruiting leader with experience managing a 5-person, non-US sourcing team and building their US hiring compliance knowledge (EEOC/visas/laws) through ongoing training. Has executed hands-on executive searches (Sr Director/VP), including filling a VP Revenue Operations role in ~2 months via tight CRO partnership, and led an ATS transformation by implementing Greenhouse with company-wide training.”

“Talent acquisition leader and former COO who has led distributed recruiting teams (up to 20) and specializes in executive search and C-suite talent intake. Has driven enterprise recruiting transformations (talent intake overhaul, ATS implementation, workforce culture change) and delivered high-impact leadership hires including deputy commissioners for a prison system while scaling organizational leadership structures internationally.”

“Recruiting leader who has managed a global team of 12 and can still jump in hands-on for high-impact, confidential executive searches (e.g., Chief Security Officer). Strong in recruiting operations and analytics—built Greenhouse-to-Workday handoff processes, implemented structured job intake, and partnered with a CFO on hiring-speed forecasting dashboards, driving a 27% reduction in time-to-hire.”

“Backend/platform engineer (American Express) who built a Flask-based orchestration layer to automate infrastructure provisioning and integrated Azure AD/JWT RBAC security. Strong in PostgreSQL/SQLAlchemy performance optimization (70%+ query-time reduction) and scalable async/event-driven architectures, including ML inference pipelines (SageMaker/Azure ML/Hugging Face) and high-throughput job queues (Celery/Redis) with reliability patterns like DLQs and idempotency.”

“People/HR leader specializing in change management, leader coaching, and people analytics—partnered with VP Operations and HR to execute a large-scale restructuring ahead of a major live event cycle with compressed timelines. Uses a systems-thinking, metrics-first approach (operational + engagement + adoption) and has resolved high-stakes ER conflicts involving retaliation allegations through neutral investigations and mediation.”

“Fractional HR/People Ops leader specializing in early-stage startups scaling rapidly without existing infrastructure. Has implemented ADP HRIS, standardized onboarding/recruiting/benefits/performance systems, and built multi-state compliance foundations—driving measurable outcomes like ~40% faster onboarding, time-to-hire reductions (56 to 34 days), and +12% retention while enabling founders to run processes independently.”

“Operated as a data-driven cross-functional leader during a major company transition, owning initiatives across sales forecasting, pipeline analytics, and GTM process changes. Built an executive operating cadence with dashboards and weekly briefing packets that reduced information-chasing and improved decision-making, and successfully mediated Sales/Finance forecast assumption disputes using a single-page, fact-based recommendation.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience hiring and standing up a product support function, then reducing ambiguity across Sales/CS/Product Support through clear roles and KPI-driven accountability. Reported outcomes include +20% customer satisfaction, +40% employee engagement, and -10% churn, with an emphasis on structured execution (deliverables/deadlines/follow-ups) and proactive risk/disaster recovery planning.”

“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.”

“Operations leader with deep experience scaling early-stage energy companies, including helping take Sunnova through an IPO and currently building Radial Power’s project development and accounting frameworks. Known for creating standardized, repeatable workflows (interconnections/community solar) and service operating models (centralized dispatch + local field service) that reduce cost, backlog, and time-to-NTP while enabling rapid growth.”

“People leader with experience managing globally distributed teams across the US, Canada, and Brazil, including product/design/analytics functions. Partnered directly with executives to plan org restructures during multiple layoff rounds—owning future org design, role impact mapping, and company-wide communication planning to maintain clarity through change.”

“Global HR leader with experience across GULF Oil Lubricants, Glenmark Life Sciences, and CEAT Specialty, partnering with CXOs to drive org change and leadership development. Has led global talent and engagement programs (Gallup), implemented Korn Ferry leadership assessments and learning labs, and built leader capability in Behavioral Event Interviewing to improve talent quality across regions.”

“Recruiting leader who managed a team of 4 and stays hands-on with executive search and analytics. Partnered closely with a CRO to run a quality-of-hire analysis for sales hires and used the findings to shift hiring toward consultative profiles; also implemented candidate surveys to shorten overly long interview processes and improve candidate experience.”

“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.”

“Senior HR Business Partner with deep experience partnering with product/engineering, design, and analytics organizations (including Justworks and consulting), specializing in performance management, org design, and manager coaching. Led a major Workday implementation at Urban Resource Institute across multiple HR workstreams, delivering an on-time/on-budget launch with improved process speed and accuracy, and brings strong global, cross-cultural leadership practices across NA/EU/APAC.”

“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.”

“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.”