Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the DMV

“Exited founder who spent 12 years building and operating The Konery, scaling it from a parents’ kitchen into a nationally distributed CPG manufacturing business in Brooklyn and selling it in 2025. Deep hands-on operator with end-to-end CEO experience, including doubling capacity through machinery implementation and running SQF certification for five years with two perfect audits.”

“Platform/infra engineer with deep Kubernetes (EKS) and VMware vSphere experience who has led a monolith-to-microservices transition for a credit lending decision platform. Built GitOps-driven Terraform delivery with strong governance, and used LaunchDarkly-based progressive rollouts plus Datadog observability to safely ship multiple times per day (reported ~6x throughput and 1/3 the bugfix tickets vs legacy). Also operates hybrid on-prem/AWS networking (firewall + Transit Gateway, BGP) and has handled high-stakes datacenter migrations (100TB Storage vMotion) under Sev1 conditions.”

Sharon Harrison

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive CMO specializing in SaaS GTM, brand, demand, and product marketing

Baltimore, MD22y exp

“Operator with 20 years working alongside founders and 7 years in regulated SaaS, especially higher education/edtech. Currently serves as CMO across five ElevenX Capital portfolio companies and leads Campus Consortium Foundation's incubator efforts, bringing hands-on experience in AI go-to-market, venture formation, and building trust-first SaaS motions in compliance-heavy markets.”

Paul Tran

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Executive Technology Leader specializing in SaaS, federal consulting, and digital transformation

Tysons Corner, VA31y exp

“Former CEO of GravyWork with hands-on experience building an org-wide strategic plan and modernization roadmap for a growing company. Uses Michael Gerber’s innovation/orchestration/quantification framework and structured as-is/gap/to-be analysis to drive cost reduction, automation/outsourcing decisions, and leadership alignment through change.”

“Founder-product leader who built Carefolk, an integrated care platform adopted within Ireland's Health Service Executive, and later led the transformation of DonorSee into a hybrid SaaS/marketplace platform with AI-powered nonprofit tooling. Particularly compelling for mission-driven roles: they repeatedly show how to use AI to reduce admin burden while preserving trust, empathy, and the core human relationship in healthcare, fundraising, and education.”

“Public sector sales leader who ran Teleste’s North America Video Security and Public Safety business unit, owning sales, support, and operations while growing clients and revenue 300% in four years and 400% over nine years. Stands out for winning complex transit and city safety deals, including multi-agency interoperability initiatives and PPP-funded deployments that required elected-official engagement, lobbying support, and navigation of nonstandard government procurement dynamics.”

Alban Delamarre

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Unity Developer specializing in AI-driven gameplay and VR systems

Washington, DC10y exp

“Unity/C# developer focused on mission-driven interactive products spanning mobile, VR, and AI-powered learning experiences. They have shipped educational and healthcare simulations, including a grocery-skills game for autistic users with 10k+ users and VR nurse-training/de-escalation scenarios, while also building LLM-driven avatar systems for career exploration and mock interviews.”