NELSON SHAVELLE
Los Angeles
Summary
Seasoned Chief of Staff with comprehensive background in strategic planning, policy development and team leadership. Notable strengths include problem-solving abilities, adaptability to change, and strong interpersonal skills. In previous roles, have facilitated effective communication between executive leaders and staff while implementing operational strategies that enhanced overall productivity.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Chief of Staff - Compliance
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz & PC
10.2020 - Current
- Serve as a central coordination point for the executive team, ensuring alignment on top priorities, company goals, and strategic focus areas.
- Foster healthy cross-functional collaboration by surfacing friction points, facilitating issue resolution, and driving forward accountability.
- Monitor and track progress on strategic initiatives across the leadership team – identifying risks, flagging bottlenecks, and supporting timely course corrections.
- Lead the preparation and facilitation of executive team meetings and weekly standups to ensure structured discussion and effective outcomes.
- Lead or incubate high-priority initiatives on behalf of the CEO and executive team, often operating as a project manager or interim owner until the function is scaled or staffed.
- Serve as a strategic partner in executive planning offsites, leadership summits, and company-wide goal-setting efforts.
Chief of Staff to CEO
NKSFB
10.2016 - 09.2020
- CEO decision support: Distilled complex, cross-functional inputs into crisp briefs, recommendations, and clear "next actions" for the CEO and senior leadership team.
- Strategic analysis & modeling: Built decision frameworks and multi-layered financial models to evaluate investments, partnerships, and strategic initiatives (e.g., scenario analysis, ROI, sensitivity cases).
- Priority management: Rapidly assessed competing priorities, identify what matters most, and drive alignment on timelines, owners, and expected outcomes.
- Executive operating rhythm: Lead the cadence of leadership meetings (agenda-setting, pre-reads, notes, action tracking), ensuring decisions turn into accountable execution.
- Cross-functional execution: Drove critical, high-impact initiatives from concept to delivery by coordinating stakeholders, removing blockers, and ensuring measurable results.
- Operational leadership: Improved workflows and operating processes across the business—identifying inefficiencies, redesigning processes, and delivering cost, speed, or quality gains.
- Research & insights: Used data, market research, and competitive intelligence to inform CEO decisions, especially in technology/media/telecom and adjacent sectors.
- Project management oversight: Managed complex, multi-workstream projects with clear business impact; track milestones, dependencies, risks, and mitigations.
- Influence without authority: Lead through strong relationships and executive presence—aligning leaders and teams even when incentives or viewpoints differ.
- Communication & alignment: Served as a connector between the CEO and the organization; translate strategy into clear messaging for senior leaders and broader teams.
- Confidentiality & discretion: Handled sensitive information with maturity and care; operate effectively under pressure and tight timelines.
- Tool-driven rigor: Created high-quality materials in PowerPoint/Excel/Word, including executive narratives, dashboards, models, and stakeholder-ready updates; leverage operational/project tools as needed.
- Industry-facing support (preferred): Supported CEO initiatives connected to the gaming ecosystem (partnerships, market analysis, industry trends) where relevant.
Chief of Staff
MBK Entertainment - SONY
11.2013 - 10.2016
- Drive execution of cross-functional initiatives spanning capital raising, engineering, programs, business development, and operations.
- Partner directly with the CEO to prioritize work, structure decisions, and push critical efforts to completion.
- Establish and maintain operating cadence, including leadership meetings, goals, metrics, and follow-through.
- Prepare internal and external materials, including executive briefs, board content, and strategic narratives.
- Act as a connective layer across teams to ensure alignment, accountability, and momentum.
- Step into ambiguous, high-urgency problems and own them end-to-end.
Education
MBA - Business Administration
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 07.2017 - 08.2019
BA - Human Resources Management
Morehouse College
Atlanta, GA 08.2010 - 06.2014
Skills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project management
- Executive communications
- Strategic planning
- Financial modeling
- Stakeholder engagement
- Decision frameworks
- Operational efficiency
- Risk management
- Policy management
- Staff training
- Administrative support
- Change management
- Human resource management software
- Contract administration
- Relationship building
- Process improvement
- Decision-making
Timeline
Chief of Staff - Compliance
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein Selz & PC
10.2020 - Current
MBA - Business Administration
University of Southern California
07.2017 - 08.2019
Chief of Staff to CEO
NKSFB
10.2016 - 09.2020
Chief of Staff
MBK Entertainment - SONY
11.2013 - 10.2016
BA - Human Resources Management
Morehouse College
08.2010 - 06.2014