aldi77

Strategic Growth Advisor

Strategic growth advisor and operator with 14+ years of experience coaching founders, mentoring cross-functional leaders, and guiding individuals through high-stakes career and life transitions. Previously scaled a startup from 10 to 100 people while leading a $150M business line and 60-person department. Currently advising early-stage teams across biotech, AI, and Web3 ecosystems — with a focus on simplifying complex narratives, structuring long-term plans, and supporting human-centered growth. Deep belief in the power of education, self-awareness, and clarity of purpose to unlock personal and professional transformation.

Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $200,000

Hourly rate: $115

Nationality: 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Residency: 🇨🇭 Switzerland


Experience

Director, Growth
Thrive Digital
2019 - 2024
Mentored 10+ mid-level managers into senior leadership roles; provided strategic coaching around self-advocacy, team leadership, and structured performance planning. Built and scaled internal enablement systems for a 60-person team; led career path design, personal review frameworks, and transparent growth conversations. Developed goal-setting methodology to support department-wide OKRs that reflected both executive vision and bottom-up input. Coached managers on using feedback loops, data insights, and storytelling to guide their teams through change. Oversaw the largest department (50–60 remote team members across North America and the EU) managing a $150M+ annual paid media investment portfolio for startups, enterprises, and corporate clients; ensuring profitability, scalability, and growth. Led multiple top-of-funnel expansion strategies. Example: scaled a fintech client from $30K to $1M/month investments within 14 months. Taught the team how to communicate results with investor-level clarity and proactively put together long term strategies and roadmaps. Led a cross-company audit to identify partnership trends, risks, and opportunities; establishing OKRs to strengthen client retention and reduce churn.
Program Manager | Team Strategist | Senior Performance Marketing Specialist | Online Marketing Specialist
Thrive Digital
2014 - 2019
Managed $4–5M+ portfolios across fintech, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors. Led cross-functional planning for key clients like Coinbase and Lululemon. Built structured workflows that improved team alignment and campaign ROI (20–30%). Mentored and trained 10+ managers; led QA across multiple accounts. Regularly collaborated with founders and executive teams to align business growth and storytelling.

Skills

brand-marketing
business-development
communications
executive
head-of-sales
product-manager
project-manager
social-media
technical-writer
marketing
english
spanish