Christian Ruggiero

George Villacis

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Business Development Manager specializing in financial data for VC/PE

New York, NY6y exp

“Sales/business professional from PitchBook who managed a high-volume pipeline (50–100 opportunities) and drove hundreds of thousands in new business while simultaneously leading cross-functional initiatives, including a product/data dataset implementation and ERG (La Cultura) campaigns. Strong in executive alignment, operational tooling (Salesforce/Asana/Excel), and handling sensitive information with discretion.”

“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.”

“Operations-focused advisor/consultant for early-stage and growing companies, with repeated experience scaling processes and people. Has driven measurable improvements in SaaS partnerships by implementing partner scoring, onboarding, and accountability systems, and reduced churn for an outsourced IT provider by clarifying roles and responsibilities without adding headcount. Known for mentoring founders through data-backed, Socratic questioning to unlock tough decisions like reallocating spend away from underperforming partners.”