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Barbara Close
As a former KPMG and PwC consultant and Fortune 1000 executive, Barbara has collaborated with CXOs in diverse industries for 20+ years. She has diversified industry expertise across consumer and industrial products and services, manufacturing, logistics, eCommerce, retail, and technology, which gives her a multi-dimensional approach to problem-solving. Functionally, her work has spanned core operations and front- and back-office processes. Barbara is a mechanical engineer and Kellogg MBA.
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Kurt Williams
Kurt is an award-winning executive known for exceeding expectations, delivering on time and ahead of schedule, on and under budget, exceeding sales and profitability goals, inspiring teams to accomplish more, and developing strong relationships. He has a background in multiple languages and the mental faculties to see all the pieces that need to go together for success. Kurt's ability to create and implement strategic plans with exceptional results are what sets him apart.
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Fabian Schvartzman
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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John Lee
John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial, culturally intelligent leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital in CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.
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Mohamed Zarrugh
Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.
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Wells Fargo
Jared Seal
With rolled-up sleeves, Jared's led the finance functions for entities with assets in excess of $1 billion. He joined the Toptal network to leverage his experience as a front-line finance leader (corporate modeling, 13-week cash-flow forecasts, Power BI reporting, and day-to-day accounting) to help startups and mid-sized organizations flourish. Jared has learned from his experiences in large corporations at Praxair and in early to mid-stage PE-backed firms (Quantum Energy Partners) in Texas.
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Christine Donnelly
Christine is a Stanford MBA with 12+ years of experience who previously led a tech startup's capital raising and investor-relations function. She has experience in finance, private equity, venture capital investment banking, and business strategy at companies such as Uber, Crestview Partners, and Deutsche Bank.
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Minu
Evan Glover, CFA, CPA
Evan is a CPA and CFA with expertise in complex financial analysis, investment analysis, and business advisory. With over seven years of experience, he has worked in a family office, a hedge fund, a top-five bank in the United States, various startups, and a Fortune 500 company. Evan was involved in an organization-wide transformation initiative that saved a company $100 million over three years. He has also worked with startups to raise capital, recently completing a $5 million debt financing.
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Tetelestai Capital, LLC
David Clark-Joseph
A dual law and MBA degree holder, David built M&A models for $500+ million deals, led integrations that delivered $200 million in synergies, and placed venture investments returning 4x+. He's worked in M&A at publicly-traded firms such as NCR and Mitel, and as a CFO for private equity firms and startups. As a freelancer, David leverages his operational and deal-related skill set to advise clients on strategy, modeling, and investment decisions.
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Kings Distributed Systems
Rajeev Rao
Rajeev is a strategy and operations consultant with 11+ years of experience delivering value-enhancement projects across industries for Fortune 500 companies. He drives profitability and cost-saving initiatives by transforming supply chain ecosystems. He specializes in supply chain and operations improvement, M&A day-1 readiness, and post-merger synergy capture and integration. Rajeev is also an expert in data analytics, modeling and visualization, and program management.
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EY
Jonathan Stearns
Jonathan has 22 years of experience as a business improvement consultant in telecom, software, government, oil and gas, logistics, and other industries in three countries. He specializes in PPP: plans can include strategic, business, departmental, and change management. Processes can include process design and redesign, policies, and procedures. Performance can include KPIs. Jonathan has an MBA and joined the Toptal network to help clients succeed in challenging projects.
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Peak United International
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