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15+ Years
of Experience
Divya is a fractional product leader with diverse experience in software engineering, consulting, and product management. She has held multiple leadership roles at high-performing organizations such as Facebook, McKinsey, and Y Combinator-backed startups. She can help companies build high-performing product teams, set a product strategy, and improve teams’ execution.
Previously at
8+ Years
of Experience
Gianluca is a highly versatile front-end and full-stack software engineer. He has helped many companies take an idea and turn it into a product that serves thousands to millions of users. Gianluca built the software that powers Tesla’s scheduling service centers from scratch, and has worked at Big Tech companies, such as Adobe, Starbucks, Snapchat, and T-Mobile. Known for building exceptionally fast and well, he can work on either end of the stack, integrate CI/CD, perform end-to-end testing, and more.
Previously at
17+ Years
of Experience
Tündi is a digital product designer and director with more than 17 years of experience. Her clients include Google Creative Lab, Google, the Academy Awards, IBM Watson’s AI cognitive division, NBC Universal, the Royal Caribbean Innovation Lab, OkCupid, Gucci, Hermès, and Diesel. Tündi’s work has won a Webby Award and has been featured in Product Hunt, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Voicebot.ai, and many other publications and news sources.
Previously at
14+ Years
of Experience
Javier loves challenges and new technologies. He has a strong background in C++, Python, and the vast cloud DevOps experience, and is AWS certified. He has worked with large companies such as Intel and Amadeus, and for several startups and research-based companies. Javier is currently based in France and can communicate in Spanish, English, and French.
Previously at
20+ Years
of Experience
Seema brings more than 20 years of software testing and quality assurance expertise to the table. She has substantial experience with manual testing and the test automation of web and mobile applications. Seema is a certified Scrum master, an IBM-certified Db2 professional, and an AWS-certified solutions architect comfortable with Agile and Waterfall approaches. Her in-depth knowledge of API and performance testing delivers excellent results.
Previously at
10+ Years
of Experience
Paul is a senior marketing manager who has managed teams and stakeholders. He excels at strategy creation, growth marketing and implementation, marketing management, and specific channels such as CRO, SEO, and paid advertising. He uses a data-driven, growth, and experimentation approach to drive business value. He has worked for startups and established international brands. Paul is known for his never-ending drive in the marketing field and his strategic, creative, and critical thinking skills.
Previously at
10+ Years
of Experience
Felipe is a marketing expert with a proven track record of creating powerful digital marketing campaigns for some of the world’s leading companies in industries such as IT, retail, market research, and tobacco. Felipe has excelled in a range of global teams and works well with companies of all sizes.
Previously at
8+ Years
of Experience
Cheryl is a seasoned content manager with more than eight years of expertise in content marketing, SEO, social media, PR, and communications. She has been successful in crafting compelling narratives that drive traffic, engagement, and revenue. With strong project management and storytelling skills, she delivers exciting copy for various channels, formats, and audiences. Discover how Cheryl can utilize her strategic abilities to elevate your brand and meet business objectives.
Previously at
24+ Years
of Experience
A global marketing leader with years of experience bolstering startups and blue chip companies like Johnnie Walker, American Express, BCG, and The Washington Post, Brion has exceeded goals, expanded into new markets, and significantly increased profits. He has managed dispersed cross-functional teams to create campaigns with digital and global insight. Brion’s innovative strategies have garnered awards for exceptional marketing that delivers.
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13+ Years
of Experience
Camila is a seasoned professional with 13+ years of experience in marketing and analytics. She has worked for agencies like Omnicom Media Group and companies like Just Eat, managing budgets of more than £7 million globally. With a master’s degree in advertising and multiple certifications, Camila excels in agency transitions and establishing in-house teams. She is an innovative thinker who thrives on pushing boundaries, leveraging analytics and digital strategies to drive outstanding performance.
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9+ Years
of Experience
Jake is a growth and performance marketing expert in paid social, paid search, SEO, and CRO. His paid media work spans Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Reddit, Apple Search Ads, Google Search Ads, Google Shopping Ads, Bing Search Ads, and Pinterest marketing. Jake is proficient with programmatic display ads across Google Display, Criteo, and AdRoll. He also provides on- and off-page SEO, CRO funnel optimization, ad creative strategy, and A/B testing as core offerings.
Previously at
13+ Years
of Experience
Gabriel is an entrepreneurial expert-generalist with diverse experience and a reputation for getting things done. He has worked at global, regional, and C-suite levels as CEO and COO in four early-stage startups, two top global banks (RBC and Citi), and a multinational consumer packaged goods company (Nestlé). Gabriel is passionate about leveraging digital and account-based marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, and technology to make the world a better place for generations to come.
Previously at
13+ Years
of Experience
With an engineering degree, two master’s degrees, including an MBA, and the ability to speak four languages, Adrian has delivered as a product manager in North America, Latin America, and Europe on multiple innovation initiatives, including software development, AI strategy, project delivery, blockchain, geolocation, and Agile implementation. Adrian has extensive experience in technical and business roles and has worked in several industries: telecom, cloud native, supply chain, retail, fintech, and IT.
Previously at
12+ Years
of Experience
Filip is a machine learning engineer with many years of professional experience. He has worked on large-scale problems at Amazon Web Services as a software developer, and built natural language processing models as a research associate at the University of Zagreb. Filip’s main interests are machine learning and natural language processing, with an emphasis on building text classification models.
Previously at
12+ Years
of Experience
Matias is a machine learning engineer who has delivered creative solutions for social impact projects. His past experience includes working at IBM Research as a machine learning engineer (collaborating with IBM’s Yorktown Heights research lab), co-founding a startup that develops research-backed cognitive games for the elderly (which was a provider for a Uruguayan government program), and working on several projects that use machine learning to innovate in the healthcare sector.
Previously at
8+ Years
of Experience
Joslyn is a seasoned data practitioner with demonstrated experience across multiple industries, including technology consulting and customer service. With her academic background in applied statistics and a skill set in machine learning, data analytics, Python, and SQL, Joslyn has delivered numerous projects with positive business impacts on customers.
Previously at
24+ Years
of Experience
Denis is a senior full-stack AI engineer and data scientist, highly skilled in modern generative tech (GPT-4, Midjourney, and more), machine learning, ETL pipelines, data analysis, mathematical modeling, big data, and MLOps. He has a PhD in mathematics, and his data science expertise includes probabilistic risk modeling, revenue forecasting, geospatial data analysis, handwriting recognition, anomaly detection in time series, data engineering, and team leading.
Previously at
18+ Years
of Experience
Simone is a machine learning scientist and engineer with experience in academia and enterprises, including Microsoft and Huawei. He likes to work at the intersection of deep machine learning, natural language processing, and information retrieval. Simone also loves to work on exploration analysis and building theoretically sound machine learning pipelines ready for production. He especially enjoys building web products.
Previously at
26+ Years
of Experience
Fabrice is a DevOps engineer with extensive experience in AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. He is highly focused on automation using CI/CD and infrastructure as code, always opting for the simplest solutions to complex problems. Fabrice has worked with clients such as Cisco, Topps, MyDocSafe, Armedia, HMRC, and the UK Home Office, as well as medium-size companies and startups. His greatest joy comes from seeing his work being utilized in production and making a positive impact on his clients’ businesses.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Emiliano is a cloud engineer with more than 11 years of experience with Amazon Web Services architecture. He helps customers with cloud migration and adoption, designs cloud-native solutions, and migrates existing workloads to containerized infrastructure. Emiliano is an expert at creating reproducible infrastructure, reducing infrastructure costs, improving infrastructure security availability and performance, and automating the software delivery process.
Previously at
24+ Years
of Experience
Marcelo is an experienced technology leader, infrastructure solutions expert, open-source advocate, and multilinguist. With more than 24 years of expertise in purpose-led, high-availability infrastructure solutions, he has excelled in roles from engineering to executive leadership across Europe and Latin America.
Previously at
20+ Years
of Experience
Victor is a certified Microsoft Azure solutions architect and is skilled in AWS. With more than 20 years of experience in information systems, he has developed a broad range of skills and gained exposure to various aspects of information systems, including cloud and hybrid solutions.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Natalija is a software tester experienced in manual testing, mainly working on e-commerce and telecommunications projects. She was the leading QA specialist in a mobility transformation project for a major telecom provider in Europe that involved customer data migration from legacy systems. Natalija’s expertise includes API automation testing, as she has completed several projects for an international energy holding company.
Previously at
9+ Years
of Experience
Vadim has more than nine years of experience as a cloud architect and DevOps engineer and a background in full-stack Java web development. His expertise includes infrastructure, optimization, deployment, CI/CD pipelines, migrations, and security.
Previously at
34+ Years
of Experience
Mario is a seasoned, customer-driven professional with more than 34 years of experience in the management of digital transformation projects, developing, planning, and launching products in the telecommunications, financial, and media industries. He has helped companies create winning digital strategies and design world-class user experiences. Mario’s clients include Sony, Virgin Mobile, Monsanto, Huawei, and Blackberry.
Previously at
16+ Years
of Experience
Gabor is an Android developer with more than 16 years of experience in the tech industry, four in fast-paced startups such as Facebook, Hailo, and Deliveroo. He can build prototype apps with a Firebase server allowing you to validate your ideas fast; give advice and suggestions on what is technically feasible in an app, then build a production-ready MVP. Gabor can then further support the app, iterate on it, and keep track of crashes and issues to help your business liftoff and grow.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Vladimir has been a professional developer for 11 years. Most recently, he’s been focusing on augmented reality, computational design, and computer graphics. He has architected complex software systems, done UX design, led teams, and spoken at conferences. He values simplicity and efficiency and loves working on interactive products no matter the platform.
Previously at
21+ years
of Experience
Evgeny is a self-described hybrid designer which means that he's very experienced and successful in both UX/UI and visual design. He has more than 21 years of experience in designing the UX/UI for web and mobile applications across a broad range of industries including the internet of things (IoT), retail, computer games, design, real estate, and entertainment. His specialties are UX design, UI interaction design, and mobile/web application design.
Previously at
7+ Years
of Experience
Aline is a mobile developer with 7+ years of experience specializing in the iOS environment, building apps from scratch, and handling large existing codebases. At Uber, she was part of the Safety team, shipping features used by millions of users with high levels of reliability and observability. At PicPay, a large Brazilian fintech, she led the mobile platform team, focusing on automation and efficiency. Aline is willing to leverage her experience and skill set on new and challenging projects.
Previously at
17+ Years
of Experience
Christina is a senior QA engineer with expertise in test automation, test management, and manual testing for web and mobile applications. She has created test automation frameworks from the ground up using Selenium WebDriver in several projects as well as automating API testing using REST Assured and Postman. With experience in both private and public sectors, Christina has worked with large, medium-size, and small startup companies.
Previously at
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Nicolle is a PMP-certified professional who has built a career in biopharma and healthcare, specializing in project management and coordination. She’s successfully led multimillion-dollar projects, focusing on stakeholder communication, risk management, and delivery quality.
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Experience
10+ Years
20+ Years
of Experience
Damien is an experienced product manager, having worked at Facebook, Zynga, TinyCo (acquired by JamCity), and other tech companies. He has led products at two early-stage startups, and worked at Citi Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence. Damien holds an MBA from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics from the University of Maryland.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Sushumna is a multidisciplinary designer with more than a decade of experience as an end-to-end UX designer. Her contributions have been awarded and appreciated across domains—branding and marketing, employee management in corporate IT, safety industries, cybersecurity, and government projects. Sushumna believes that user needs, business needs, and technology considerations should work together for success. She helps stakeholders manage their businesses through her excellent UI and UX skills in complex product systems.
Previously at
10+ Years
of Experience
A seasoned front-end engineer, Sergei Garcia boasts more than a decade of impact. Notably, he orchestrated a dynamic overhaul at Typing.com through a 2.5-year front-end refactoring to React, revolutionizing UX for its 35+ million users. He is celebrated for creating high-performance applications with exemplary UX, and his empathetic leadership and zest for continual growth establish him as more than a tech maestro. He’s also an exceptional mentor who elevates every team he joins to new heights.
Previously at
15+ Years
of Experience
Justin is a technical professional with a passion for learning and more than 15 years of experience leading teams to build enterprise-grade distributed applications that solve real-world problems. He firmly believes that collaboration across all facets of a business, from development to marketing to sales, is required to succeed in this endeavor.
Previously at
21+ Years
of Experience
Felipe is a marketing and advertising professional with more than 21 years of experience in service, general management, communications, marketing consulting, strategy design, ad campaign creation, and direct or relationship marketing. Having worked on planning, statistics, research, public relations, and below-the-line advertising, Felipe is highly sensitive to consumers and brand management aptitudes, and has a remarkable ability to design marketing plans according to the needs of a given brand.
Previously at
19+ Years
of Experience
Chieko is a senior QA engineer with more than 19 years of experience testing software in various industries such as apparel, fintech, and security. She’s led teams in the implementation of software QA, test automation, and manual QA, as well as managing QA test plans to ensure that the end product is robust and high-quality. Chieko is passionate about achieving quality by following good development and QA processes, and is wholeheartedly dedicated to ensuring that software meets customers’ needs.
Previously at
Team Manager
Rehaan has more than seven years of experience delivering software solutions, with a focus on implementing martech and supply chain systems. He is known for his strategic approach, building strong client relationships, and executing projects smoothly from start to finish. Rehaan’s background in Agile methodologies and practical experience ensures he delivers solutions that align with client goals and drive operational efficiency.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
9+ Years
9+ Years
of Experience
Fernando has experience in search engine marketing, PPC, e-commerce, cybersecurity firms, regional banks, and B2B and B2C companies. He has worked with the Ledgen Group, Caterpillar, Lending Tree, and NBA and NHL teams, and has managed budgets of up to $1 million per month. Additionally, Fernando is a quick learner who has deep knowledge of SEO, expertise with AI for digital media, and has worked in audits, content planning, and on-page optimization.
Previously at
14+ Years
of Experience
Blake is a dynamic strategist with more than 14 years of digital marketing expertise, including roles at Google, an Inc. 5000 Fastest-growing Startup, and the Small Business Administration. With a creative and entrepreneurial approach, he crafts impactful content and strategies, drawing on his experience founding successful online ventures. In 2018, Blake won the Rising Star of the Year award in Florida for pioneering Facebook Live training and providing social media algorithms and content updates.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Kevin is a senior digital marketing professional with a background in the tier 1 consumer electronics category and agency experience in consumer retail, wireless and internet communications, retail finance, and SaaS. He has a deep technical knowledge of all major digital marketing tactics. His specialties include designing end-to-end digital marketing campaigns that connect with customers at all relevant touch points and generating business results.
Previously at
14+ Years
of Experience
Jason has more than 14 years of expertise in growing companies as an executive digital marketing strategist. He leads cross-functional teams and innovative data-driven digital marketing initiatives that reach target groups and accomplish corporate goals. An expert in data analysis, A/B testing, and customer insights that boost campaigns, engagement, and ROI, Jason follows industry and technology changes and trends and implements strategies to expand, brand, and retain customers.
Previously at
10+ Years
of Experience
Carol is a search engine optimization (SEO) specialist with 10 years of industry experience. She has demonstrated success in serving clients from diverse backgrounds, including B2B and B2C. Carol has overseen the creation of new websites, including website architecture, keyword research, content, on-page optimizations, backlinks, local rankings, listings, and off-page SEO. She also provides monthly reports to her clients with have-dones, to-dos, and monthly metrics.
Previously at
9+ Years
of Experience
Vadym is an SEO expert with more than nine years of experience specializing in lead generation for B2B and B2C companies in the US, EU, and UK markets. He has expertise in software, hardware, betting, trading, law, educational, SaaS, and e-commerce sites. Skilled in technical and on-page SEO, page speed optimization (Core Web Vitals), and coding, he's developed his own SEO app and gained global experience working on different sites, which showcases his versatility and proficiency as an SEO professional.
Previously at
Team Manager
Nicolle is a PMP-certified professional who has built a career in biopharma and healthcare, specializing in project management and coordination. She’s successfully led multimillion-dollar projects, focusing on stakeholder communication, risk management, and delivery quality.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
10+ Years
16+ Years
of Experience
Savannah is a seasoned AI product manager, customer experience (CX) strategist, and innovation consultant with more than 16 years of experience leading innovation, strategy, and design projects and teams. Previously at Fjord and Johnson & Johnson, she excels in transforming products and experiences to meet modern consumer expectations. Savannah’s work spans industries and levels of seniority, where she leads user research, crafts actionable business strategies, and develops innovative concepts across the entire customer journey.
Previously at
9+ Years
of Experience
Mohab is a data scientist and machine learning developer who specializes in natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision. He has more than nine years of professional experience, and recent projects have focused on machine learning in the areas of natural language understanding (NLU), cheminformatics, and self-driving cars. Mohab stays current with cutting-edge advancements in deep learning.
Previously at
13+ Years
of Experience
With an engineering degree, two master’s degrees, including an MBA, and the ability to speak four languages, Adrian has delivered as a product manager in North America, Latin America, and Europe on multiple innovation initiatives, including software development, AI strategy, project delivery, blockchain, geolocation, and Agile implementation. Adrian has extensive experience in technical and business roles and has worked in several industries: telecom, cloud native, supply chain, retail, fintech, and IT.
Previously at
9+ Years
of Experience
Lorenzo is a senior software engineer experienced in building robust and scalable applications. He has worked at BMW Innovation Labs, CynaxLabs, DP World, Interjoin, and Deloitte, where he took responsibility for finding solutions to emerging challenges and implementing them seamlessly. With a background in mechanical engineering, Lorenzo is a critical thinker and a skillful software and AI developer eager to embrace new experiences.
Previously at
5+ Years
of Experience
Dragos is a passionate machine learning engineer with more than five years of experience in artificial intelligence. He is well-grounded in natural language processing, Python, and SQL. Dragos has an excellent knowledge of deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.
Previously at
27+ Years
of Experience
Anthony is an analytical and resourceful leader with more than 27 years of experience in data engineering, database development, and process design and development.
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Team Manager
Rehaan has more than seven years of experience delivering software solutions, with a focus on implementing martech and supply chain systems. He is known for his strategic approach, building strong client relationships, and executing projects smoothly from start to finish. Rehaan’s background in Agile methodologies and practical experience ensures he delivers solutions that align with client goals and drive operational efficiency.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
9+ Years
18+ Years
of Experience
Luis is a cloud solutions architect for Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform. He’s keen on providing IT solutions focused on software development in DevOps adoption, Agile development, systems and platform integration, process automation, business development and optimization, and algorithm analysis.
Previously at
18+ Years
of Experience
Ifiok is an accomplished cloud practitioner with demonstrated success developing and executing cloud technology solutions. His knowledge of cloud and operational strategies helps promote organizational growth and cloud adoption acceleration. With a total of 10 certifications in AWS, Azure, and GCP, as well as HashiCorp and New Relic certifications, Ifiok is comfortable being the intermediary between business requirements and engineering value.
Previously at
22+ Years
of Experience
Kaustav is a hands-on, goal-oriented, versatile technology professional with more than two decades of experience, primarily in open-source digital technologies such as blockchain, IoT, microservices, cloud services, distributed architecture, R&D, design, and development. He has a proven track record of delivering consistent business results, and he loves to take on technical challenges, learn about new technology innovations, and deliver successful products worldwide.
Previously at
27+ Years
of Experience
Shanthi has more than 27 years of experience developing applications using various technologies. As an architect, she has executed several web-based applications, integrations, data migrations, data conversions, and data warehousing projects with significant hands-on as well as leadership responsibilities. She keeps up to date with the latest technologies and can effectively match business needs with technologies.
Previously at
22+ Years
of Experience
Subbu is a subject matter expert in information security and has more than 22 years of information technology experience. He has assisted large enterprise customers in the banking, telecommunication, and e-commerce sectors with security transformation, DevSecOps, security architecture, and implementations. Subbu’s security expertise includes AWS, GCP, IAM, enterprise security, data protection, and application security and compliance.
Previously at
13+ Years
of Experience
David is a principal cloud architect with more than 13 years of experience helping customers design and architect cloud solutions on Azure.
Previously at
Team Manager
Nicolle is a PMP-certified professional who has built a career in biopharma and healthcare, specializing in project management and coordination. She’s successfully led multimillion-dollar projects, focusing on stakeholder communication, risk management, and delivery quality.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
10+ Years
20+ Years
of Experience
Logan has been in product management for more than 20 years. He has held senior-level product management positions at some of the worlds largest companies like Siemens, Motorola, and Thomson Reuters as well as some of the hottest Silicon Valley-based startups. Throughout his career, he has overseen hundreds of product releases, taken dozens of new products to market, and played vital roles in products with triple-digit revenue growth.
Previously at
19+ Years
of Experience
Lee is a startup veteran and former UX consultant who has led product design for companies like Toyota and Apple. He leverages business and customer insights to collaborate on design solutions that are highly engaging, low friction, and easy to use.
Previously at
11+ Years
of Experience
Mehul is a full-stack engineer with more than 11 years of professional experience, specializing in iOS development for the last seven years. He has led consumer-facing projects impacting millions of Uber, BlackBerry, and Bolt users. His professional background includes working with various technologies, including iOS, web, back-end, and desktop. Mehul is eager to take on iOS projects where he can leverage his experience to drive projects forward efficiently and with high-quality work.
Previously at
16+ Years
of Experience
Kevin has extensive experience in hands-on development in the Android mobile native space and with technical project and product management. His technical knowledge and cross-functional skills have been honed throughout his career at various startup and larger-sized companies, and he has a proven track record of delivering results that drive business growth.
Previously at
23+ Years
of Experience
Piotr is a technical lead with 23+ years of experience working with CERN, Motorola Solutions, universities, and more. He has led projects, developed and delivered complex web and mobile solutions, including business and technical requirements, architecture, 3rd-party API integrations, data acquisition, and processing for BI. Piotr co-developed the pan configuration language and has a PhD in computer science.
Previously at
18+ Years
of Experience
Enzo is an engineer with more than 18 years of experience in QA/QA automation, working with the latest technologies and highest industry quality standards to automate web UIs, REST APIs, as well as back-end services. He’s comfortable in startups as well as large companies, either as the only person in a QA role or a member of any size team. He also has experience defining processes, procedures, and tools to achieve the best quality.
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Drilling into real-time data creates an industry game changer.
Challenge: Precision Drilling wanted to develop cutting-edge data visualization software that could accelerate the analysis of drilling rig performance data and provide increased value to its customers.
Solution: Toptal assembled a team of industry experts to help Precision realize its vision. The team developed Clarity, a state-of-the-art data visualization platform that delivers real-time insights.
Impact: The new platform significantly reduced the time required for data access and analysis. With the new platform, Precision Drilling can now provide immediate performance insights across its entire rig fleet, greatly enhancing operational capabilities.
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USC innovates a first-of-its-kind scalable AI assistant.
Challenge: Toptal partnered with USC to create an innovative and scalable virtual wellness assistant called Ask Ari, helping to tackle the common issue of student mental health and wellness in a high-performing, academic environment.
Solution: The team combined science-backed content with cutting-edge AI technology to create a first-of-its-kind virtual advocate. Ask Ari combines a custom AI logic tree with next-gen natural language processing.
Impact: By working with Toptal, USC was able to accelerate delivery and expand the reach of Ask Ari. Students using the program report feeling empowered to better handle their anxiety and stress.
I worked with Toptal for a number of years in three different companies, and have always had phenomenal results. Bringing them to the university was just a natural extension of my experience with them. You have somebody who really becomes part of the team.
Kelly Christoffersen
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Zoetis optimizes data processes, development, and analytics with 30+ hard-to-find, world-class talent.
Challenge: Companies like Zoetis are forced to compete with Big Tech for a limited pool of in-demand talent, including experienced developers, business experts, and data analysts. Zoetis needed an on-demand solution to fill multiple digital, strategy, and analytics roles and avoid costly project delays due to this fierce competition.
Solution: Zoetis’ dedicated client partner at Toptal provided round-the-clock, white-glove support for their talent needs. While traditional hiring for complex roles can take several months or more, Toptal has consistently provided Zoetis with on-demand talent in as little as 48 hours.
Outcome: Zoetis started with just two Toptal developers, but has since expanded their partnership to fill over 30 roles ranging from data scientists to developers, designers, and analysts. For the past two years, Zoetis has been able to initiate complex projects, secure in the knowledge that unexpected role vacancies won’t impact their timelines.
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Raj Vishnu
Healthcare Industry Leader
Raj is an expert in US healthcare, strategic sales, product development, digital delivery, agile transformation, and technology leadership.
Previously Managed Client
Featured Healthcare Articles
How Open Talent Can Drive Healthcare’s Digital Transformation
- Valuations
- Fundraising
Three Healthcare Technology Innovations: Driving Better Outcomes and Lower Costs
- Digital Transformation
The Key Automation Opportunity Healthcare Leaders Must Focus on Next
- Valuations
- Fundraising
Connect With Our Industrials Team
From developing innovative strategies to driving sustainable change, our team has led numerous projects for leading industrials clients through strategic advisory and team augmentation.
Jordan Fulk
Industrials Leader
Jordan has a history of working in the talent industry across sales, market research, management, interviewing, and business relationship management.
Previously Managed Client
Featured Industrials Articles
Supply Chain Lessons and Opportunities: Learnings From a Crisis
- Logistics Consulting
- Business Modeling
Driving Down Costs in a Digital Oil and Gas Future
- Valuations
- Fundraising