spearheaded

/S P IH1 R HH EH0 D IH0 D/
verb
  1. 1

    To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.

    โ€œHe spearheaded the entire project from day one.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spearhead, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spearheaded