Vetted Consulting Professionals in California

“Full-stack engineer who built an end-to-end low-code/no-code IDE for creating AI/ML workflows for industrial IoT sensors using Next.js/TypeScript and NestJS microservices. Focused on scaling high-volume sensor dashboards—improved UX and performance via WebSockets, debouncing, pagination, and API payload reduction—validated with profiling tools and user feedback in a startup environment.”

Brian Carroll

Screened

Principal Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure Leader specializing in cloud, zero trust, and SIEM

Bakersfield, CA20y exp

“Founder of a self-funded IT management consulting practice specializing in security, compliance, and risk engineering for highly regulated sectors (banking/finance, healthcare, energy, defense, telecom). Uses consulting engagements to build repeatable “military-grade” security foundations and identify recurring pain points, with a longer-term goal of transitioning from consulting into a sustained internal team role for deeper impact.”

“Lifecycle/CRM marketer who built financing-journey email campaigns at Blue X Trade using Mailchimp and n8n, including an AI agent to validate user info and trigger instant correction emails—improving retention and ROI. Runs structured A/B tests on dynamic personalization (name/location/trading country) that increased engagement and bookings, and has led cross-functional promotions while managing third-party rewards integration issues with monday.com.”

“Sales candidate with 35 years of experience who expressed interest in AI and shared a resume link and LinkedIn profile, but did not provide any concrete deal examples or details about outbound prospecting or recent closes during the screen.”

Joseph Hanna

Screened

Executive IT Leader specializing in digital transformation, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity

Irvine, CA20y exp

“IT/technology leader (mentions VP of IT) with experience modernizing legacy environments, implementing ERP and dashboarding, and migrating on-prem infrastructure to Microsoft Azure to support remote operations. Has worked in a context described as an acquired company and focused on scaling via automation, analytics, and cross-functional alignment with marketing around lead-generation metrics.”

“Backend/security-focused engineer from VeroTX who built an IdP service (Spring Boot + MongoDB on GCP) for an AI workflow platform and drove major latency improvements via caching and query/index optimization. Also shipped an AI loan-processing agent using LangChain/LangGraph, owning the document ingestion + vector database layer and designing a reliable multi-step workflow with retries, monitoring, and human-in-the-loop safeguards.”

“Hospitality operator who has opened and started multiple restaurant and bar concepts, with a structured approach from concept/brand story and mission creation through to operational execution. Emphasizes repeatable standards, margin discipline (inventory, portioning, labor), and coaching founders/executives to build scalable, replicable operations.”

“Sourcing professional with experience across both softlines and hardlines who led an end-to-end cashmere baby apparel program for PETIT-LOULI, including vendor discovery (Alibaba/Canton Fair), multi-supplier sampling/production, consolidation for final packing, and DDP delivery to the US. Demonstrates strong cost and risk management, including proactive mitigation of raw material volatility (e.g., TDI in memory foam) and practical factory capability assessment via audits.”

Eric Lane

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology Architect specializing in IT/OT convergence and industrial cybersecurity

Ventura, CA29y exp

“Entrepreneurial technical leader with ~3 decades in R&D/startup environments and proprietary consulting across government and private industry. As Sr Electrical Controls Engineer/IT Director at V-Grid Energy Systems, redesigned gasification automation instrumentation by creating custom PCB multiplexing and ladder-logic drivers, avoiding an estimated ~$2M in CAPEX and reducing per-machine cost to under $200—positioning him well for CTO roles supporting scalable new ventures.”

“Hands-on technical/product-facing engineer with experience operationalizing LLM/agentic workflows and debugging them in real time using logs, traces, and metrics. Also supports go-to-market by running developer-focused live coding demos and partnering with sales on discovery and integration/maintainability concerns through clear technical documentation.”