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Andrew Glaze

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since February 13, 2019

Andrew is a senior business executive with over 20 years of capital markets experience. He is also a Veteran. Andrew has sourced, analyzed, structured, and executed over $1 billion of public and private investments throughout his career. He uses his unique insight and experience to help business leaders optimize their financial structures to scale, reduce inefficiency and wasted time, and increase their bottom line

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Gary Calnan

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC-07:00
United States
Toptal Member Since November 22, 2019

Gary is a serial entrepreneur with CEO and CFO experience. Before co-founding an aerospace startup in 2017, Gary was the director of finance at a $120 million revenue SaaS company, where he was responsible for the financial management of multiple departments and supported three mergers. Gary leverages his unique blend of finance and entrepreneurial experience across early and growth-stage businesses to add value to Toptal clients.

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Dan Caligor

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since April 4, 2022

Dan is a seasoned advisor and consultant. He spent 10+ years in the strategy practices of Booz Allen Hamilton and BearingPoint, serving Fortune 1000 clients. Dan has held founding roles at five startups, including CEO, COO, and product and strategy leadership. He is the founder and president of Business Advisory Network, which advises leadership teams on strategic and operational topics. Dan authored and monetized several software patents and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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Bryan Banish

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 17, 2022

Bryan has spent more than 25 years in the technology and industrials space. He has driven value for his companies and clients in a large corporate sector and a start-up environment. Bryan has executed many acquisitions and integrated more than a dozen acquired companies. In addition to M&A, he has run large global businesses (>$100 million/year in revenue) with a focus on product development and operational excellence. Previous roles have included CEO, co-founder, and general manager.

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Giuliano Giovannetti

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since April 30, 2020

Giuliano began his finance career in 1994. As the CEO of an insurance company, he underwrote nearly $10 billion in loans with no losses. As an entrepreneur, he founded internet and real estate startups. He is an expert in business planning, cash flow modeling, valuations, securitization structuring, insurance and banking regulation, and capital management. While advising insurers, he has expanded his expertise in technology and machine learning.

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Saso Puksic

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since October 25, 2021

Saso has worked over 20 years with entrepreneurs and corporations (software or high-tech manufacturing), helping them grow and expand into new businesses, restructure, and become the best in the class by leveraging his interdisciplinary skillset across finance, process improvement, engineering, and coding. During the 14 years working with Renishaw, he also met and helped many fascinating clients (Universal Robots, Intuitive Surgical, and Quadrofoil) and enjoys freelancing to help even more.

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Mohammad Reda

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC+04:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since May 18, 2022

Mohammad has over two decades of diversified experience in emerging markets and holds an MBA. As a business excellence advisor, he's helped SMEs and startups build their business models and structures to achieve remarkable growth and advised on funding needs. He also has extensive experience in digital transformation through post-graduate studies and reengineering processes and teams to penetrate new markets. Mohammad joined Toptal to help clients to create global success stories.

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Neil Mann

Freelance Interim CEO
UTC+08:00
Singapore
Toptal Member Since June 15, 2022

Neil is a versatile strategic digital leader with over 20 years of commercially focused multinational management experience across sectors, including financial services, natural resources, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and hospitality. He has extensive global expertise in driving digital innovations to deliver growth in a range of businesses across cultures. Neil joined Toptal as he enjoys the variety of new roles, projects, and companies.

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Martin so far is a complete Rockstar. His first bit of work produced a tool for us to model and forecast our financials and is far and away worth every penny we paid and more. Just thought I’d share that with you.

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.

Romy Parzick

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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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Interim CEO for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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FAQs

  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire an Interim CEO 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 Interim CEO, 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 Interim CEO, 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 Interim CEOs for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Interim CEOs 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 Interim CEOs ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Interim CEOs 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 Interim CEOs can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Interim CEO 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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