Vetted Workforce Planning Professionals

“Former college basketball coach and 12-year Division I recruiting coordinator who recently left Regis University to found Level Up Coaching, providing individual player development and recruiting guidance. Deeply connected in the Colorado club/high school ecosystem and experienced recruiting nationally, with strong on-camera and social content capabilities (including current skill-video work with Gold Crown Foundation and D1 analyst work at University of Wyoming).”

“Recruiting/people-ops leader at Marcy Lab School who partners directly with executive leadership to solve funnel and retention challenges. Designed a pre-orientation “Immersion Day” to reduce admitted-prospect drop-off and built a scalable diversity recruiting workflow by partnering with Black Girls Code to address a gender gap in the applicant pipeline.”

“Talent Acquisition leader and player-coach who has managed small recruiting teams and partnered directly with executives (CEO/CFO/VP People) on headcount planning, hiring budgets, and role prioritization. Notably redesigned a software engineer interview process at Sprinter Health by moving the algorithm screen earlier and updating outdated questions, improving conversion and reducing wasted hiring manager time.”

“People/HR leader in a manufacturing tech startup environment who partners directly with co-founders/CFO to drive org-wide change. Led a major shift to a Spotify-style squad model on the commercial side and uses engagement-survey analytics (including AI-assisted analysis) to guide management practices, restructures, and resource decisions while handling sensitive ER situations.”

“Recruiting Ops/Preboarding leader who owned end-to-end TA operations and the full recruiting tech stack, directly managing 8 team members within a 15–20 person recruiting org. Drove measurable efficiency gains by automating an AI assessment workflow (12% faster time-to-fill in 5 months) and supported extreme high-volume hiring (800+ agent hires in 2022). Led tool rollouts (Metaview) and was recognized with a bonus for leadership during a cross-company HRIS transition.”

“HR leader/HRBP with global team management experience who has driven high-impact people operations initiatives across many functions (Sales through Engineering and Legal). Implemented a company’s first HRIS and ATS integration while scaling hiring (52 FTEs in <10 months), cutting operating costs 35% and improving retention. Also led year-long post-merger integration of culture and core people programs and managed multiple layoffs with strong compliance and zero legal claims.”

“Operations-focused leader with multi-property experience who turns vague complaints (labor spend vs. service quality) into repeatable operating systems. Known for aligning finance, ops, revenue, and HR around shared metrics, running pilots before scaling, and improving labor efficiency/staffing predictability without harming guest experience.”

“Currently at Magnum managing a small global team (NY/London/Paris) and leading analytics operations, including financial reporting for a Shopify-based ecommerce platform. Partnered directly with a newly appointed CFO and COO during a significant org change involving elimination of three global director roles, coached the COO through difficult conversations, and supported a senior promotion that included navigating an H-1B visa process.”

“People/HR leader with hands-on experience managing teams across Canada and the UK, including navigating provincial requirements, bilingual considerations, and UK employment law. Has supported product, design, and analytics organizations in matrix environments by building scalable people processes and aligning performance, compensation, and benefits frameworks. Partnered with senior leadership to standardize performance management globally, improving accountability and reducing employee relations risk.”

“HR leader/partner with multi-state experience supporting a 2,000-employee population across the US, focused on scaling people infrastructure and reducing compliance risk. Partnered with senior leadership at Always With Love HCA to formalize HR processes via gap analysis and phased change management, and drove HRIS adoption by training 90 clients to move from paper to electronic onboarding and document acknowledgements.”

“HR/people operations professional supporting a multi-office firm across the US and Amsterdam, partnering closely with an HR counterpart internationally. Led the firm’s first performance review rollout end-to-end (training, communications, leader alignment) and achieved 100% completion, demonstrating strong change management and org-wide execution.”

“People leader with experience at Ryan Specialty and Canon managing global, distributed teams and building cross-functional orgs. Has built a product design function (PM/UX/analytics) supporting internal platforms across regions and partnered with senior leaders on growth-driven organizational change using structured feedback loops to accelerate adoption.”

“GS-9 federal civilian Human Resource Specialist supporting Navy recruiting at Fort Hamilton (Brooklyn), leading ~12 military recruiters and overseeing elements of contracting and security clearance processing via NASIS. Brings prior Army experience (medically discharged) plus a BS in Legal Studies/Criminology and is starting an MBA in Global Management & Leadership, with a strong data-driven approach to executive stakeholder decisions.”

“People/HR partner who supports product design and UX organizations as a day-to-day contact, handling employee relations, coaching, training, compensation questions, and performance reviews. Experienced partnering closely with senior leaders through major organizational change (including restructuring and client loss) and uses a holistic, metrics-informed lens (performance, billability, utilization, potential) to guide scaling decisions.”

“Senior HR Business Partner with hands-on experience partnering with a CPO and senior leadership to stand up a new California production facility, rapidly scaling headcount while building scalable workforce planning and training infrastructure. Strong HRIS-driven approach to compensation benchmarking/internal equity and to diagnosing productivity and engagement issues. Experienced leading high-stakes ER investigations (harassment/hostile work environment) using structured processes and digital evidence, partnering with legal to reduce risk.”

“Talent acquisition leader who has managed recruiter teams across rapid-growth environments, including scaling a seed-stage recruiting function hiring 10+ contractors per week. Hands-on executive search experience (including leading a CIO hire for Savvy Wealth’s Series B expansion) and known for building structured, data-informed recruiting frameworks with strong HRBP and executive stakeholder partnership.”

“Global Head of Talent Acquisition–level leader who has managed a 20-person recruiting/sourcing org across North America, Latin America, Europe, and APAC. Personally owned VP/SVP/C-suite hiring for 13 years and drove a data-backed recruiting lifecycle overhaul (interview panels + backups) to address 180–200 day time-to-fill and candidate experience issues, partnering closely with HRBPs and the CFO on headcount and budget.”

“Operations/people leader with strong analytics orientation who has led large multi-site teams and built KPI dashboards to drive measurable performance gains. Notably improved a high-volume intake process at NYCHHC by ~20% through real-time throughput/wait-time tracking and workflow standardization, and partnered with senior leaders at Amalgamated Bank to lift engagement by 15%.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader from high-volume, customer-centric environments who has managed teams of 18–42 and owned workforce planning, QA calibration, onboarding/training, and process optimization. Notable for redesigning a service-coordinator hiring funnel (standardized competency screening + scheduling automation + revamped onboarding) driving 8–10% service-level gains and faster fills, and for leading cross-functional system implementations with strong reporting/analytics rigor.”

“Recruiting Operations leader who has managed teams up to 6 across local/remote/international (including Brazil) and specializes in building multi-site recruiting infrastructure. Led multiple ATS implementations (most recently UKG to Ceridian Dayforce, covering ATS + onboarding) and redesigned high-volume hiring events into a measurable engine, cutting candidate wait times by 30% and improving hiring outcomes.”

“HR Business Partner and recruiting operations SME currently with the City of Arlington; previously led recruiting ops as Lead Talent Acquisition Consultant at First Horizon Bank managing 3–5 coordinators. Known for modernizing manual recruiting processes via RPO and ATS integration, supporting recruiting operations through three mergers, and leading a Workday Recruiting/ATS go-live end-to-end (vendor selection through training and launch) while building KPI/DEI and efficiency dashboards.”

“Regional Director of HR with experience supporting a large NYC unionized workforce and handling serious employee relations investigations. Has led people through major organizational transitions (new company structure/benefits/operating practices) via proactive employee communications and cross-department follow-ups, and has a track record of developing HR and payroll staff into regional leadership roles.”

“HR leader with 16 years of experience running end-to-end people operations (recruiting ops, payroll, benefits, engagement, performance) and managing small recruiting/ops teams. Notably revamped a logistics hiring process to fill 60 roles in two months and drove ~20% turnover reduction, and led a multi-entity PeopleSoft HCM integration across a state college system with heavy compliance/security stakeholder coordination.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who ran a 450–600 person multi-region org (USA/MX/Colombia) with end-to-end ownership of SLAs, capacity planning, funnel metrics, ATS/CRM, compliance, bench, and renewals. Known for high-impact operational redesigns—revamped sales comp to lift EBIT and built a CX function that improved renewals by 10% in 12 months (~$7M). Also drove a Slack-first AI workflow strategy that cut complex RFP turnaround from weeks to minutes.”