Vetted Process Improvement Professionals

“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.”

“COO/CFO and startup co-founder (Gratia, Inc.) who has built operational infrastructure end-to-end across finance, contracts, resourcing, and talent management. Has scaled multiple early-stage businesses (<$20M revenue) and supported outcomes including a sale to a private equity-backed strategic buyer, with a pragmatic approach centered on clear processes, stakeholder alignment, and leveraging tools like QuickBooks, Bill.com, HubSpot, and Salesforce.”

“Hands-on engineering leader currently at Vianai (GenAI enterprise applications) building AI-assisted data exploration/insights products with Python and React. Previously Corporate VP of Digital Health at Samsung Electronics, where they helped close key partner deals by demonstrating API-driven openness and led a major Samsung Health modernization from monolith to microservices for horizontal scalability and faster, safer iteration.”

“18-year Google veteran who managed and grew top customer investments, including Rocket Mortgage’s Google Search program—scaling spend from ~$60M/year to $170M/year. Led adoption of ROAS bidding and broad match through rigorous experimentation and forecasting, driving an additional $14.5M spend in 1H 2024 despite a challenging mortgage market.”

“People operations and talent acquisition leader who was handpicked to launch the first Google Operations Center in the U.S., building the entire hiring and people-program infrastructure from the ground up (including selecting/configuring Greenhouse). Experienced scaling in new markets using deep talent intelligence and transferable-skill frameworks, and currently advises founders as a board member for a talent acquisition startup with a data-and-benchmarks-driven operating cadence.”

Paul Boehms

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive COO/CFO specializing in operational excellence, finance transformation, and M&A integration

Grand Rapids and Detroit, MI25y exp

“COO/operator with 12 years in law firm environments who founded an HR consulting startup under Clark Hill PLC, building the full go-to-market, pricing, and standardized service delivery playbooks (including a payroll-percentage fractional HR retainer model). Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with proven results in both manufacturing (raising rooftop AC output from 20 to 50 units/week) and professional services (cut ~1 week from invoicing to improve cash flow). Also runs financial operations for a fast-growing nonprofit sports club (600+ participants).”

Farabi Hassan

Screened

Principal Product Leader specializing in AI-powered enterprise and marketplace platforms

Seattle, WA13y exp

“Product leader with experience at Zillow, Amazon, and Chewy, focused on high-scale ML and UX-driven product improvements. Has led end-to-end rebuilds and launches that delivered measurable business impact, including a 23% conversion lift in lead routing, 40%+ reduction in delivery-related customer contacts, and 10%+ ecommerce conversion gains.”

Monica SilvaGutierrez

Screened

Executive Operations & Chief of Staff leader specializing in org change, People Ops, and operational excellence

New York, NY18y exp

“Senior Program Manager and Chief of Staff at Google who led large-scale cross-functional transformation work, including centralizing program management across a 14,000-person global technical org. Known for building rigorous governance, executive communication cadences, and single-source-of-truth dashboards, while also optimizing executive time and managing sensitive, high-stakes information.”

Jon Cross

Screened

Executive Operations & Product Leader specializing in Ads, customer experience, and go-to-market

Saratoga, CA21y exp

“COO of Greenopia (pre-seed, pre-revenue) who has built the company’s operational foundation over the past 18 months—supporting fundraising, SEC/crowdfunding setup, and coordinating app and self-serve business onboarding/assessment systems. Brings a metrics-driven operating approach (OKRs, balancing metrics/unit economics) and has advised other startups (e.g., sports betting) to refocus effort on the highest-value customer segments.”

Alok Kumar

Screened

Director-level Product Management leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI governance

Atlanta, GA24y exp

“Senior product leader with substantial end-to-end build experience across Microsoft, Amazon, NCR, and a current AI startup. Particularly notable for creating a machine-readable compliance platform at Microsoft, shipping AI-enabled support workflows, and combining enterprise-scale product rigor with a human-centered view of personalized AI.”

SHIVA SANDY

Screened

Executive CTO/CIO specializing in FinTech, cloud transformation, and cybersecurity

Walnut Creek, CA27y exp

“Banking/credit-union technology executive (CTO/CTIO) who has led modernization and product delivery through major change, including a post-merger roadmap that helped grow a credit union from $600M to $1.5B in 3 years. Hands-on leader who drove cloud microservices/API architecture, introduced CI/CD, and accelerated releases from quarterly to weekly while scaling teams and operating effectively with distributed/remote orgs.”

“Former lawyer and Bain consultant who evolved into a senior media/operator leader across NBCUniversal, Discovery, Nickelodeon, and a subscription gaming startup. Unusually combines top-tier analytical training, enterprise dealmaking, and COO-level execution—building proprietary analytics systems, leading Discovery+ launch partnerships that delivered 20M year-one subscribers, and driving startup turnaround improvements including a $2M inventory obsolescence avoidance.”

“Strategy and operations leader with experience spanning Anheuser-Busch and McMaster-Carr, combining large-scale cost ownership, frontline operations leadership, and sourcing strategy. Particularly compelling for operationally intensive roles: they’ve managed a 150-person service organization, owned a ~$750M cost base, built strategy in ambiguous environments, and independently drove an LLM automation pilot that reached 97% accuracy and saved 3 FTEs.”

Ridhi Singhal

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level strategy and analytics professional specializing in growth and due diligence

Atlanta, GA4y exp

“Growth and launch operator with Uber experience spanning marketplace expansion, rider/driver activation, and scalable onboarding systems in new-city launches, including Uber Shuttle in India. Stands out for combining data analysis, operational modeling, and cross-functional experimentation to unlock incremental revenue, improve NPS, and build repeatable playbooks that scaled across markets.”

“Board member/advisor to a mid–$10M revenue company aiming for $100M+, focused on portfolio trimming, analyst-quadrant positioning (Gartner/Forrester/ISG), and building scalable commercial operations. Has driven org redesign (separating marketing and sales), CRM rollout (Salesforce) alongside existing Dynamics accounting, and coaches founders to adopt metrics, messaging discipline, and delegation for global scale.”

“Consulting-style leader (McKinsey context) driving data- and AI-enabled transformations across healthcare, QSR, retail, and services. Has built AI-powered analytics tools for marketing ideation, led agile operating models with client-side counterparts and external coaches, and navigated highly sensitive competitive retail engagements by isolating teams and delegating pricing work to avoid conflicts.”