Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals in the Raleigh-Durham

Matthew Allyn

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive engineering leader specializing in enterprise architecture, cloud, AI, and FinTech

Rolesville, NC24y exp

“Engineering leader with experience modernizing e-commerce platforms and leading product strategy for data-driven franchise growth tools. Notable for scaling distributed teams, making pragmatic build-vs-buy and architecture decisions, and delivering measurable business impact including dramatically faster checkout performance and revenue gains.”

“Operator-investor with three distinct chapters in venture capital, product management, and entrepreneurship. They evaluated 3,000+ companies in VC, then led global compliance product work at Binance across 90+ integrations and 30+ markets, while also building Kidogi shop into a real business with ~400% revenue growth and AI-enabled workflow automation.”

“Engineer with hands-on experience shipping production Python integrations and designing for reliability from day one, including idempotency, retries, dead-letter handling, contract checks, and full observability. Also brings web automation experience with Puppeteer and has implemented high-availability failover using load balancer liveness checks, backup environments, and cold standby architecture.”

Sudhir Nelvagal

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Executive Product & Engineering Leader specializing in Cloud/SaaS, AI/ML, and Cybersecurity

Cary, NC30y exp

“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.”

“Senior sales leader from On Location who built and scaled a multi-property sales and service organization supporting major sports and entertainment partners including the NFL, WWE, UFC, NCAA, and PGA. He created the company’s first inside sales team, introduced pod-based coverage and CRM rigor, and drove an average 54% YoY revenue growth over three years while also expanding premium hospitality demand into international markets.”

David Erickson

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Executive Software Technology Leader specializing in enterprise supply chain and workforce optimization

Cary, NC36y exp

“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.”

“AI/LLM-focused builder with internship experience at Curated, where they owned a voice AI support deployment end-to-end and built a RAG-based internal knowledge assistant. They pair practical production instincts with measurable outcomes, including a 30% reduction in human-handled support tickets, a 20-point NPS improvement, and a 40% reduction in manual document search across five teams.”

Cole Bonawitz

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Junior founder and product builder specializing in e-commerce, hardware, and software

Durham, NC5y exp

“Early-stage startup operator and founder who combines sales, GTM, and technical execution. Built a custom CRM for Swoop Tutors to send personalized outbound from Duke email accounts and track performance, helping generate traction that later contributed to a six-figure ARR client; also building Wind, a usage-based billing startup for small AI companies.”

Uday Dorawala

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Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS platforms, data, and cloud modernization

Raleigh, NC25y exp

“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.”

“Senior sales executive in waste and recycling who has repeatedly transformed regional businesses into national growth stories. He reports growing Waste Zero from $6M to $26M and Recyclops from $4M to $50M+, while personally remaining the top rainmaker and leading public sector expansion across the U.S. and into major municipal accounts like Toronto.”

“Current co-founder of an early-stage AI B2B SaaS startup automating systematic reviews for researchers, where they personally lead go-to-market. They’ve already defined multiple ICPs, built outbound prospect lists, sourced contacts through scraping and directory research, and converted early outreach into demos and active validation conversations with researchers.”