Vetted Consulting Professionals

Ron Simon

Screened

Executive Board Director & CPA specializing in governance, finance, and strategic growth

Cape Coral, FL62y exp

“Former CPA-firm partner and multi-time C-suite operator who helped build foundational operating systems for McDonald’s in its early public-company years (including franchise/store manuals and a property management system). Later served as CFO in the early video game/pinball industry and helped orchestrate the Seeburg Jukeboxes acquisition and development of the first CD jukebox with Sanyo. As an executive at Whitney Information Network, grew the business from roughly $2–3M to ~$250M in annual billing, ultimately becoming President.”

“Aspiring founder with strong entrepreneurial motivation, explicitly preferring control, speed, and minimal bureaucracy over joining an existing company. They have not yet started a business, but have begun researching and networking within the VC/accelerator ecosystem and use AI tools to quickly assess market opportunities.”

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.”

“Independent product builder with several live startups spanning transit, gaming, and SaaS/API tools. Notably built a Cyprus bus routes app before transit data was broadly available on Google Maps, and is currently maintaining products like CountriesDB and HolidayDB while pursuing SEO-led growth and validating ideas solo before expanding.”

“Founder/CTO-type candidate with deep exposure to the VC/accelerator ecosystem (Open Angel Forum; HAX/SOSV) and a track record of raising capital, including a $1M seed round in 2017. Built ventures spanning IoT wearable/HUD SaaS for industrial hygiene monitoring and institutional Bitcoin mining/distributed compute infrastructure, and ran a venture from 2017–2025.”

“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.”

Mark Eagle

Screened

Executive Technology & Operations Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in scaling SaaS and enterprise software

Denver, Colorado29y exp

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

Darren Jarvis

Screened

Senior Full-Stack Developer specializing in AI automation and enterprise CMS integrations

Langley, Canada15y exp

“Frontend engineer who led an MVP-to-scale React/TypeScript web dashboard for high-volume email triage with AI-suggested replies, supporting multi-tenant Gmail/Outlook providers. Emphasizes rigorous state normalization and layered state management (React Query + workflow + local UI), plus a testing-pyramid QA strategy and measurable performance instrumentation to keep quality and velocity high.”

Derrick Lewis

Screened

Senior Marketing Leader specializing in full-funnel growth, lifecycle and product marketing

Milton, ON, Canada22y exp

“B2B growth and partnerships operator with experience at Convera leading GTM for a cross-border payments offering and driving a ~17% lift in qualified leads through refined positioning and multi-channel activation. Has run data-driven funnel experiments (Dentacloud) and built association-based co-marketing partnerships measured through both top-of-funnel engagement and downstream pipeline influence.”

“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.”

“Pre-seed startup cofounder with hands-on experience in federal contracting through the Apex accelerator, including six competitive bids and direct involvement in pitch prep and investor readiness. Brings an unusual mix of AI opportunity scoping, deep-tech/patent exposure, and nonprofit ecosystem-building, with a clear ability to translate technical work into investor and partner value.”