Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the Atlanta Metro

Alok Kumar

Screened

Director-level Product Management leader specializing in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI governance

Atlanta, GA24y exp

“Senior product leader with substantial end-to-end build experience across Microsoft, Amazon, NCR, and a current AI startup. Particularly notable for creating a machine-readable compliance platform at Microsoft, shipping AI-enabled support workflows, and combining enterprise-scale product rigor with a human-centered view of personalized AI.”

“Engineering leader with a mix of large-scale platform experience at Microsoft and product/customer-facing work across GM, Panasonic, Acuity, and other environments. Stands out for combining people leadership with hands-on depth in accessibility, web performance at 120M+ MAU scale, and cross-functional delivery spanning enterprise permissions, e-commerce, AI, and automotive systems.”

Sandeep Natu

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in Telecom, IT Delivery, and eGovernment platforms

Atlanta, GA19y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator who has started three revenue-generating startups for an employer and is now ready to found independently. Built and scaled a USSD-based lottery product in Nigeria by partnering with MTN, driving 10%+ uplift in gross turnover, and has hands-on experience validating market gaps via SMS/call-center surveys and launching pilots before scaling.”

Yanis Liaskos

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/CPO) specializing in AI, robotics, and warehouse automation

Atlanta, GA14y exp

“VP/CTO-level leader who builds globally distributed engineering organizations and operating systems (SAFe, governance, real-time metrics) to align product, engineering, and executives. Drove a security modernization initiative in a robotics context using Achilles and Polaris, remediating vulnerabilities and upgrading libraries to achieve a cyber certification that was ahead of industry norms.”

“CIO-level technology leader (most recently at Sovos) who owned the full tech roadmap across product, infrastructure, and corporate IT, scaling engineering across 14 countries with an architectural review board and standardized security/observability. Hands-on in high-severity incidents (ransomware) while managing executive/client communications, and drove a reported 40% product-velocity lift by adopting AI code assistants and agentic AI (Devin) alongside Kubernetes + Bottlerocket for secure scalability.”

“Founder of ThreatTape, a bootstrapped security consulting and software development company, funding growth through early client revenue rather than outside capital. They have gone through the Y Combinator process, spoken with angel investors in Atlanta, and built Ostraq, a secure online elections platform now being discussed with Georgia state officials for potential statewide adoption.”

Andrew Hoyt

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in SaaS, cloud platforms, and enterprise engineering

Atlanta, GA14y exp

“Enterprise software CTO with rare breadth across deep architecture, large-scale org leadership, and AI transformation. He has led 250+ teams at Aderant and previously a 2000-person global engineering org at NCR, while still personally driving re-architecture, prototyping, debugging, and AI-native product innovation across legal, retail, and restaurant platforms.”

Steven Petermann

Screened

Director-level Sales Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS and public sector GTM

Atlanta, GA16y exp

“Sales leader from Barracuda Networks with strong experience running Southeast-region SaaS business across Enterprise, Commercial, and especially SLED/public sector accounts. Stands out for bringing discipline to long-cycle government sales, improving forecast quality, and consistently delivering at or above plan while expanding into larger enterprise and public-sector opportunities.”

“Full-stack engineer and KICKOFFUSA cofounder who built production payment/registration and live tournament experiences under real matchday load (200+ concurrent users), including Stripe webhooks with idempotency and UX improvements that cut checkout abandonment ~15%. Also owned an end-to-end research hub at a GTSCL internship—designed a normalized Postgres schema and full-text search (tsvector/GIN) delivering sub-100ms queries for 300+ researchers.”

Hailey Tu

Screened

Intern-level business consulting candidate specializing in strategy and process improvement

Atlanta, GA1y exp

“Georgia Tech graduating senior and student leader who turned campus professional programming into real-world outreach experience, securing startup sponsorships and building external partnerships through cold outreach. Combines relationship-building and communication strengths with structured market research experience, including a Sweetgreen strategy project with 187 survey responses and a GE Vernova process-improvement project focused on automation and cost savings.”

“COO experience at an early-stage technology company (CyberAlliance) focused on building scalable operating systems: SMART goal-setting by function, KPI-based performance management, monthly business reviews, and a structured stage-gate product introduction process. Also has hands-on experience rapidly adapting support operations to meet new customer 24x7 monitoring requirements while planning for scale.”

“Previously co-founded a company and describes that experience as the most fulfilling work of their career, which strongly motivates them to found again. They are actively searching for a monetizable problem to solve, bring prior startup experience, and already have a network of former collaborators they could recruit into a new venture.”

“Sales executive and former President/COO who spent eight years transforming a privately held company to make it sale-ready, ultimately delivering 50% revenue growth and a successful exit. Brings hands-on experience building sales structure from the ground up, leading an 8-rep team, expanding into healthcare and Fortune 500 accounts, and aligning revenue growth with bottom-line improvement.”