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Rich Adams

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since April 15, 2022

Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients' business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has over 20 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.

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Brandon Pearlman

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since September 6, 2023

Brandon is a technology executive with 19 years of experience, including working as a management consultant for the Global 1000. He has successfully founded and exited his startup and executed a GTM strategy that yielded an ARR of $20 million in year 1—and a projected $200 million in year 2. Brandon expertly helps accelerate early and growth-stage companies, identifying sustainable growth opportunities and enabling informed decisions with in-depth analysis.

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Fabian Schvartzman

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 10, 2022

Fabian is a Stanford MBA with 10+ years of experience in business strategy, business development, and leadership. He led two healthtech startups and closed deals with leading pharma companies, built a business development unit at AeroFarms that partnered with Fortune 500 companies, such as Cargill, AB InBev, and Roche; saved Intel $400 million in its run rate through an out-of-the-box solution; and raised money from prominent VCs.

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Prashant Kudva

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since April 27, 2017

Prashant has 14 years of experience as an investment banker and five years experience leading business development teams in biotech. Prashant has worked on over $50 billion of M&A and capital raises. His sector expertise includes biotech, healthcare, metals & mining, technology, and clean tech. As a freelancer, he enjoys helping companies with financial planning, valuation, capital raising, investor presentations, M&A advisory, and other financial analyses.

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Anastasiia Zavhorodnia

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since April 4, 2022

Anastasiia has been building sales strategies from scratch for two SaaS products (CleanMyMac X and Setapp) and service companies for 5+ years. Her areas of expertise include market research, sales strategy development, multichannel sales, and inbound and outbound sales strategies. Anastasiia has been leading business development and sales growth since 2013. She enjoys freelancing because it allows her to work with many outstanding entrepreneurs to enhance, grow, and expand their businesses.

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Maryse Raad

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+02:00
Egypt
Toptal Member Since April 26, 2022

With over 22 years of professional experience in multiple business environments, Maryse embodies a shrewd business acumen and an expert knowledge of P&L management, revenue management, business development, and project management. Within a year of joining an industrial manufacturing company, employing her expertise in strategic planning and budgeting, Maryse was able to win the support of her peers and management and successfully turned from -8% to 5% EBITDA, reaching 11% in the next two years.

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Osman Nalbant

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+03:00
Turkey
Toptal Member Since July 4, 2022

Osman re-engineered one of Turkey's largest retail chains in its industry by mining out the core value chain of the business. He achieved successful results through modeling companies/departments as production lines of information, service, or product flow for the highest output and financial success. Osman also has a multidisciplinary working habit and a continuous demand for learning to tackle new problems in new businesses, making him successful in diverse business sizes and environments.

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Sarveshwar Desai

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since March 8, 2022

Sarveshwar is a business and management consultant specializing in tech startups. With 11 years of experience, he has completed 25+ successful projects, including business idea validation, market research, strategic planning, and international expansion for clients in pharmaceuticals, real estate, banking, and global supply chain and logistics. Sarveshwar leads C-suite clients to realize competitive advantages in their markets through data-driven solutions.

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Jordan Kennedy, MBA

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+07:00
Thailand
Toptal Member Since August 29, 2022

Jordan is an operations and business strategy executive with 10+ years of experience growing and developing in-house and remote teams to achieve organizational excellence through process re-engineering, change management, and Lean principles. He has been instrumental in launching healthcare services in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and India. Jordan's most recent position was regional operations manager (APAC) for Axios International Consulting Limited, a healthcare consulting firm.

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Stan Zabolotsky

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+08:00
Singapore
Toptal Member Since July 27, 2021

Stan worked on nine-to-ten figure M&A and IPO deals in New York and Toronto as an investment banker, turned around a public company as the CFO and COO, and invested venture capital funds into startups, helping them enter new markets in Southeast Asia. He has a bachelor of commerce, an MBA from the University of Toronto, and an accounting designation. Stan is currently investing in and building startups mainly in the fintech sector and joined Toptal to work on interesting projects worldwide.

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Rebecca Reti

Freelance Business Development Consultant
UTC+10:00
Australia
Toptal Member Since May 17, 2023

Rebecca (Becs) is an Australian-based consultant (Brisbane) who has held senior leadership positions in a number of large private and public corporations and consulting firms. Her areas of expertise include: - Business growth strategy - Change Leadership - Operating Model - Ways of working transformation - Leadership development and culture programs

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Pete Pellizzari

CEO

Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

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COO

Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

Doug MacKay

Founder / CEO

Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

Chris Pozek

CEO

What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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FAQs

  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Business Development consultant with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Business Development consultant, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Business Development consultant, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Business Development consultants for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Business Development consultants to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Business Development consultants ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Business Development consultants on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Business Development consultants can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Business Development consultant begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

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    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

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