Vetted Education Professionals in the Bay Area

Manaswini Gogineni

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and full-stack web development

San Francisco, CA2y exp

“Full-stack/platform engineer who has owned real-time analytics products end-to-end and built scalable TypeScript/React + Node.js systems using event-driven and microservices architectures (Kafka/RabbitMQ). Also created a widely adopted Go CLI that standardized AWS/Terraform provisioning across multiple teams, cutting environment setup from days to minutes through opinionated defaults, documentation, and cross-org partnerships.”

Nkechi Iregbulem

Screened

Principal VC investor specializing in enterprise software, AI, and deep tech

San Francisco, CA5y exp

“Early-stage VC investor focused on proactive, outbound founder sourcing (heavy LinkedIn and stealth-founder alerts), with a track record that includes sourcing a unicorn investment through cold outreach. Has experience nurturing cold founder relationships into active deal flow (including early conversations with a Hermeus co-founder) and running a fast-moving pipeline with CRM, memos, and automated follow-ups; interested in pre-seed/seed, pre-consensus AI/frontier tech investing.”

Ho-Wei Lu

Screened

Junior Robotics Engineer specializing in motion planning and control

Berkeley, USA1y exp

“Robotics software engineer who built a ROS2-based ping-pong ball interception system on a 7-DOF Sawyer arm, spanning real-time vision, trajectory prediction, and an MPC joint-velocity controller to hit a flying ball within ~1 second. Demonstrated strong real-time debugging and systems integration skills (timestamp-based latency analysis, event-based redesign, ROS2 QoS tuning) and is currently working with Isaac Sim in Docker with GitHub-based CI/CD for assembly-task simulation.”

“Operations/process-focused leader with hands-on manufacturing and quality mindset: improved product stability by preventing oxidation via inert gas and oxygen monitoring, and implemented sensor-based automation to maintain conditions without manual intervention. Uses time studies and benchmarking to redesign workflows (reported ~60% labor reduction per batch) and trains teams on GMP/regulatory and contamination-control practices using practical demonstrations.”

Zuocheng Li

Screened

Entry-Level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack web and Android development

San Jose, CA0y exp

“Early-career developer whose experience comes from classroom projects but has completed full end-to-end web app delivery: implemented login/search/favorites, integrated external APIs, and deployed to Google Cloud for multi-device use. Demonstrates user-centered iteration by recruiting friends to test and provide feedback, and has hands-on production-style debugging experience (e.g., resolving CORS issues during deployment).”

“Analytics professional with experience spanning HSBC and the University of Buffalo, combining banking risk/portfolio analytics with reproducible Python and SQL reporting workflows. Stands out for cleaning complex multi-source data, standardizing business metrics across dashboards, and delivering measurable impact including an 80% reduction in manual reporting and an estimated GBP 1.2M profit contribution from scorecard redevelopment.”

“Built a Flask-based web application for NCAA Men's gymnastics and also worked on a survey-question collection and normalization project for UC Berkeley's Cameron Institute. Shows a clear reliability mindset through validation, testing, logging, and error handling, and is comfortable turning ambiguous, messy data workflows into stable applications.”

Darshi Jain

Screened

Mid-level Customer Success Manager specializing in ads, product strategy, and analytics

San Francisco, CA4y exp

“Revenue-focused seller with experience at Amazon and Vedanta, combining data-driven prospecting, account expansion, and GTM process building. Stands out for turning performance insights into repeatable growth motions—driving $3.1M annual revenue uplift and 40% format adoption at Amazon, while also building new-market playbooks from scratch in high-ambiguity industrial segments.”

Krishna Kodur

Screened

Mid-level Robotics & AI Researcher specializing in human-robot interaction and reinforcement learning

Santa Clara, CA8y exp

“Robotics software engineer who built an end-to-end mobile manipulation platform (Franka Panda on a Clearpath Ridgeback) for a simulated-kitchen human-robot interaction study with natural speech commands, implemented in Python/ROS. Has hands-on experience integrating diverse sensors (RealSense, LiDAR, biosignals) with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, Hugging Face) and fine-tuning GPT-Neo, plus simulation (Gazebo) and modern deployment practices (Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD).”

“Robotics/remote-sensing software engineer who built and validated multisensor image-processing and spectral chemical-detection pipelines (RX anomaly detection, ACE), including calibration protocols with a motorized shutter and rigorous data QC. Uses white-box NumPy simulators to debug SLAM/registration issues before translating logic to C++, and partnered with hardware teams to solve temperature-driven signal variation via combined software calibration and improved thermal management.”