Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in North Carolina

“Cloud/platform engineering lead with deep Azure AKS and SRE/observability expertise who migrated an EY enterprise SaaS platform from monolith to cloud-native microservices, supporting 10+ products and ~$200M annual revenue with ~99.9% uptime. Also building an open-source Kubernetes-native AI agent orchestration platform (AgScale) in Go with CRDs/controllers, policy/tool governance, token budgets, and production-grade monitoring.”

“Engineering/technology leader with experience at GE, Owl Cyber Defense, and Team Cymru, focused on translating VOC and business strategy into iterative product/technology roadmaps. Led delivery of a Continuous Threat Exposure Management/asset discovery capability integrated with threat intel, reaching GA in ~2 quarters and generating ~$300K in pre-GA orders. Has scaled engineering organizations significantly (to ~100 FTE) and driven big-data security architectures using Kafka and ClickHouse with data-driven cost/performance tradeoffs.”

“Minority owner in a supply chain/logistics SaaS company (10 years operating) deployed in dozens of warehouses across enterprise and SMB customers. Known for turning technical pain points into business opportunities—previously created a paid performance testing services department leveraging OLTP/performance optimization expertise, generating new revenue while improving customer implementations. Demonstrates strong early-stage execution across product, coding, sales, and strategic pivots.”

“Engineering/technology leader who stays hands-on while driving executive-level roadmap execution, with deep experience modernizing cloud-based LIMS/LIS platforms and building AI-driven lab analytics. Led a monolith-to-microservices cloud migration with containerization and CI/CD, and delivered a reported 30% reduction in lab turnaround time while strengthening compliance.”

“Operator/CIO-type leader who has supported multiple founding teams and stepped in early at a high-growth venture (4th employee) to build core operations and hiring as the company scaled rapidly (4→40 employees; ~$1M→~$8M revenue in a year). Implemented an enterprise ATS across ~600 employees to centralize candidate flow and cut talent acquisition costs, and created a standardized operational playbook (30–40 offerings) to improve delivery efficiency in a healthcare/pharma-focused agency.”

“25-year builder/operator who has scaled others' visions and led VC-backed startup incubation work (Saltmines). Built Bridgetree’s AI CoE from 0 to 1 and cites $20M+ measurable customer impact, with experience leading 110-person cross-disciplinary teams. Exploring a new venture idea (gotAgentic.ai) focused on agentic AI solutions such as AI-ready data prep, agentic SDLC teams, and front-office automation (scheduling/invoicing).”

“Former founder with an acquired venture who later led R&D at McClatchy and joined multiple startups. Identified a major client need and built a mobile app platform using ML and AR for home builders, driving adoption by dozens of customers and $1M+ ARR. Strong hands-on builder who can architect MVPs, iterate quickly with A/B testing and user feedback, and scale early engineering teams and culture.”

“Backend/cloud engineer who built an AWS serverless IoT system that computes Bluetooth beacon locations from telemetry using heavy scientific Python (NumPy/SciPy/pandas) packaged as Dockerized Lambda, integrated with Java microservices and scheduled batch orchestration. Has deep AWS delivery experience (CI/CD with Code* tools, CloudFormation, cost controls) and has led high-severity incident response including CloudTrail forensics and infrastructure recovery after a compromised-keys crypto-mining attack.”

“Multi-startup founder/part-owner with experience raising capital across stages (friends & family/angels through VC/PE) for a tech platform and a skincare/beauty brand, including building pitch decks and financial models. Also built a boutique wellness services firm by winning hotel/spa accounts from a larger competitor and ultimately sold the business to that competitor.”