Hiral Lakhani — Chicago, IL

Strategy & Operations for Early Stage Startups

I build operating models that drive scaled growth in SaaS and marketplaces. I partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales to move strategy into execution—launching products, designing performance systems, and delivering process wins that move revenue or margins.

At a glance

8+
years of experience
5x
MRR growth at Motive Year 1
150+
B2B customer launches managed
95%+
retention achieved at Motive

Selected work

SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, and GDPR/EU AI Act certifications
Security & Compliance Program Build-out

Established security and compliance program from scratch at QUMIS, successfully negotiating and closing vendor contracts

Reduced time-to-launch by ~50%; supported 150+ B2B customer launches
Onboarding & Customer Success Function

Built Onboarding and Customer Success function from the ground up at Motive, including training, SOPs, QA, and launch playbooks

$800K in annualized revenue uplift
Pricing & Fee Structure Rollout

Spearheaded operational rollout of pricing modifications across multiple cities at ChowBus in partnership with cross-functional teams

35% output amplification; $2M labor cost reduction
Boxing Process Improvement

Engineered process improvement to boxing operations at HomeChef, significantly increasing output efficiency

Experience

Jan 2026 — 2026
Chief of Staff
Operating partner to CEO on GTM, RevOps, compliance; scaled company 2.7x to 24 employees and shaped Series A readiness
QUMIS
Aug 2023 — Oct 2025
Sr. Director, Strategy & Operations
Built Customer Success and Onboarding from zero, driving 5x MRR growth Year 1 and 95%+ retention
Motive
Aug 2021 — Nov 2022
Senior Manager, Business Operations
Led cross-functional operational initiatives delivering $1M in annual cost savings and 30% conversion increase
Angi
Jan 2021 — Aug 2021
Manager, Business Operations & Strategy
Led operational rollout across 28 cities, generating $800K annualized revenue
ChowBus
Jan 2019 — Jan 2021
Sr. Associate, Product & Operations Excellence
Launched 3 new products across 1,200+ Kroger stores and engineered process improvements saving $2M in labor
HomeChef
Sep 2015 — Dec 2018
Senior Associate
Audit and assurance services
EY (Ernst & Young)
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