Matthew Powers

“Operations/finance leader who joined Google during a rapid growth phase (circa 2007–2008) and built foundational analytics and governance systems across revenue, partnerships, and global marketing finance. Known for shifting organizations from qualitative/"feel" decisions to metrics-driven quota setting, deal evaluation (including cannibalization and margin thresholds), and ROI-based marketing budgeting while aligning senior stakeholders like CFO and CMO.”

Michael Smith

Screened

Principal-level finance leader specializing in venture-backed startups and strategic finance

New York, NY16y exp

“Repeat founder and former venture investor with 7 years of investing experience, now building a startup focused on fixing CPG trade promotion inefficiencies. The candidate articulates a differentiated product vision using predictive modeling and portfolio-wide cross-elasticity analysis rather than event-by-event TPM measurement, and is actively mapping the NY venture studio ecosystem to support 0-to-1 company building.”

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.”