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Marcus Webb
Interim Head of Engineering
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Helped a Series A fintech stabilize after their CTO departed mid-product launch.
BackendDistributed SystemsTeam Rebuilds
14 months placed
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Senior engineers, ops leads, and growth marketers — placed in your team within 72 hours. Not from a database. From a curated bench of operators who've already survived Series A chaos.
The BenchPeople, not profiles.
People, not profiles.
Every seat is filled with someone real.
These are operators who've shipped products, survived pivots, and know what it feels like to inherit a codebase on fire. They're ready to walk in Monday.
Available this week
Priya Nair
Ops Lead & Chief of Staff
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"I joined Waveline at 30 employees. By month four, we had the infra to scale to 200."
OpsProcess DesignScale-up Readiness
9 months placed
Available next week
Jordan Calloway
Interim VP Growth
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Took a B2B SaaS from $180K to $1.4M ARR in eight months as interim growth lead.
GrowthPaid AcquisitionPipeline Architecture
11 months placed
How It WorksFrom conversation
From conversation
to first day in 72 hours.
We've done this enough times to make it feel easy. You focus on your company; we handle the match.
01
You tell us who you need
Three fields. Two minutes. No lengthy intake calls. Tell us the role, the urgency, and what you're carrying right now.
Intake form · 2 min
02
We match, not filter
Our team reads your submission personally and pulls 2–3 operators from the bench who've done this exact work before. No algorithm. No keyword match.
Internal match thread · Slack
03
You meet the shortlist
A 30-minute video call with your top match. Not a sales call — a real conversation about the work. Most clients say yes in the same call.
Intro call · 30 min
04
They start. You breathe.
Paperwork handled. Onboarding doc ready. Your operator walks in knowing the context, the tools, and what week one looks like.
Onboarding checklist · Day 1
72h
Average time to first day
From intake form to operator walking in the door.
94%
Client retention rate
Most clients come back when the next gap opens.
340+
Placements since 2021
Across seed through Series C companies.
4.9
Average operator rating
Rated by clients after each engagement ends.
From the people who've used it
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Our lead engineer gave two weeks notice on a Thursday. By the following Monday, Marcus was in standup. I didn't have to explain the codebase — he'd already read the docs.
Thea Okonkwo
CTO · Lumen Protocol
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We needed a CFO for a board meeting in three weeks. Bench found us someone who'd been through four Series B processes. She walked in, knew the questions before they were asked.
Rafael Souza
Founder & CEO · Clearpath
Start HerePull up a chair.
Pull up a chair.
The bench is ready.
Tell us who you need. We'll come back with two or three operators who've done this exact work. No commitment until you say yes.
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340+ operators on the bench