Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

“Operations and accounting transformation leader who specializes in reorganizing high-growth and distressed companies using a people/processes/systems framework. Notably helped a distressed mid-stage tech company clean up historical financials, rebuild the accounting function, fix broken operations, and become VC-fundable. Experienced fractional CFO and board advisor who mentors founders/executives and builds scalable hiring plans with clear headcount triggers.”

Luiz Junior

Screened

Executive XR Engineer specializing in Unity-based VR/AR/MR platforms

Brazil, Remote11y exp

“Unity/C# VR engineer specializing in medical simulation: built a VR surgical trainer with real dual robotic-arm hardware integration and a full surgical workflow UI used to retrain doctors (with published results). In 2024, re-architected multiplayer for a Becton Dickinson medical VR product by creating a FishNet layer that emulated Photon PUN using Roslyn + IL-level codegen to avoid large-scale rewrites, and ships cross-platform VR (Quest) + mobile experiences.”

Mohammad Savari

Screened

Senior Gameplay Programmer specializing in Unity systems and game development

Leland, NC8y exp

“Gameplay engineer with hands-on ownership of core systems across both Unity/C# and UE5, including a full item/inventory/vendor pipeline and a server-authoritative co-op multiplayer architecture. Stands out for combining data-driven design, tooling, and disciplined validation workflows—including LLM-assisted content generation—to improve iteration speed and stability.”

“Early major technical hire who helped build fintech startup Ugami from MVP to near Series A, while supporting bridge round and Series A fundraising with technical materials for leadership. Also grew from intern to lead engineer at a venture-backed product shop, giving him firsthand exposure to investor expectations, startup incubation, and practical AI opportunities with tight scope and strong unit economics.”

Zunaira Nazir Zunaira Nazir

Screened

Senior Unity Developer specializing in multiplayer, VR, and WebGL

Pakistan7y exp

“Unity/C# lead developer who has reworked disorganized codebases into extensible architectures and led delivery of a cross-platform mental health product integrating AI chatbot features, payments, Calendly, and Firebase. Also brings hands-on experience with Photon multiplayer patterns, including server-authoritative movement, interpolation, and prediction.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with experience scaling ops across healthcare and veterinary staffing, including managing 27 direct reports and 9 departments. Known for building KPI dashboards and bill-rate analytics to drive territory-level profitability, and for leading major systems changes (Salesforce to Jobvite) that cut time-to-hire from 30 days to 2 weeks while improving onboarding/orientation throughput and revenue capture.”

“Founder/partner of two staffing companies and former Chief Strategy Officer who led executive-level strategy including acquiring a locums staffing firm and scaling it from $4M to $14M revenue in one year. Experienced recruiting leader managing up to 15 recruiters (and recruiting leaders), known for building repeatable processes, coaching managers, and improving recruiting workflows while preventing burnout.”

“NYC-based Head of Operations with 12 years at Banyan, LLC supporting a CEO across a complex umbrella (hedge fund/broker-dealer, fundraising initiatives, recruiting, and even personal assets like four apple orchards). Known for high-discretion executive support, rigorous inbox/action-item systems, and building lightweight tools (trackers/visuals and a temporary web splash page) to accelerate alignment and fundraising outcomes.”

“Founder building SmartTreeQuote, an AI-powered quoting and lead qualification platform for tree service companies, created from direct operator pain points and validated via an image-based remote quoting workflow. Has already built a targeted customer acquisition motion resulting in 5 active paying subscribers, and brings experience proposing AI-driven workflow automation to remove operational bottlenecks in a high-volume install environment.”

Mayank Gulati

Screened

Director-level B2B SaaS growth marketer specializing in demand gen and RevOps

San Francisco, CA11y exp

“Fractional CMO / first-marketing-hire profile with strong B2B SaaS growth and RevOps depth, especially in mid-market and enterprise motions. Stands out for combining strategic repositioning, SEO/content experimentation, ABM, and channel partnerships with hands-on systems building in HubSpot and analytics tooling—driving outcomes like $250k ARR, 50+ qualified leads, and 12-35% sales velocity gains.”

Benjamin Evans

Screened

Mid-level XR Software Engineer specializing in mixed reality and interactive applications

Nashville, TN5y exp

“Interactive systems engineer with a niche background building high-visibility Unity experiences for museums and public venues, including the Smithsonian and Georgia Aquarium. Has led architecture for multi-kiosk networked installations, integrated OpenAI-powered character experiences, and rebuilt a social-VR face/eye-tracking app with on-device ML, localization in 30 languages, and Steam delivery.”

“Growth creative marketer at Ampure focused on paid efficiency for portable EV chargers; ran a controlled Meta creative test reframing spec-heavy messaging into real-world EV use cases, delivering ~22% lower CPA and ~28% higher ROAS. Operates with a modular, rapid-iteration creative system across Meta/TikTok/YouTube and provides tight, performance-driven briefs to creators/editors.”

“Unity game developer with hands-on gameplay AI experience (FSM-driven monsters with customized NavMeshAgent movement) focused on creating readable, high-tension survival encounters through iterative tuning. Has shipped/created 4 Unity games solo end-to-end (UI, animations, architecture, state machines) and has also built a full Python game server; some exposure to Photon Fusion and strong client/server REST API implementation experience.”

“Former high-level AAU player and Michigan State basketball player (6 years) who now runs a basketball training LLC (40for40basketball) with 50+ consistent clients. Leverages college/AAU connections plus social media scouting and frequent on-camera content (TikTok/IG Reels/Facebook) to help athletes improve skills and increase recruiting exposure.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”

“Former varsity basketball player (recruited by multiple D2 and some D1 programs; all-tournament at a University of Minnesota camp in 1978) who later coached his three sons through Chicago Bulls Academy and Midwest tournaments. For the past ~25 years he has worked as a baseball pitching instructor, leveraging measurable-based talent evaluation and relationships with 100+ colleges to help athletes navigate recruiting; comfortable scouting in person and online and willing to create on-camera social content for families.”

“Operations-focused startup scaler (since 2021) with cross-industry exposure in hospitals/healthcare, NBFC, and IT. Describes building businesses from scratch to profitability by combining long-range planning (5-year projections), structured hiring (KRAs/manpower matrices), departmental policy/checklist setup, and continuous-improvement practices (Kaizen, SGAs).”

Stan Caramalac

Screened

Executive CEO specializing in transportation, operations, and growth strategy

San Diego, CA19y exp

“Founder building a multimodal AI startup to clone top-performing sales personas from text, audio, and video into adaptive AI sales agents. They appear to be in the product development stage, with a disciplined focus on algorithm performance, proof of concept, repeatable output quality, ICP definition, and clear market differentiation before raising capital.”

Eltayeb Yousif

Screened

Entry-level sales and growth professional specializing in Web3 and data-driven marketing

Brooklyn, NY1y exp

“Outbound-focused sales candidate from Ridgeway with a strong founding-SDR mindset, generating 15-25 meetings and 8-12 SQL-level opportunities per month while influencing $40k-$80k in monthly pipeline. Stands out for building structured, research-driven outbound systems and using personalized, multithreaded outreach tied to real business triggers like product launches and growth hiring.”

Bhagyashree sheth

Screened

Executive Game Developer specializing in Unity 2D/3D, AR/VR, and multiplayer

India10y exp

“Unity/C# gameplay engineer who has shipped mobile, VR (Meta Quest), and Photon PUN2 multiplayer titles, with strong performance and systems architecture chops. Delivered measurable product impact (Day 7 retention +15%, daily revenue +5%) and deep UI optimization (pooling + canvas isolation to sustain 60 FPS), and also integrated an LLM-driven RPG dialogue system with streaming, caching, and silent fallback reliability patterns.”

“Operations-focused problem solver with hands-on experience improving cash flow and throughput in small businesses: built a collections and insurance follow-up framework for an auto body shop that recovered $10K quickly and exceeded $100K collected, and implemented a speech-recognition workflow at a car dealership that cut 2–3 hours from each vehicle financing process. Also introduced spreadsheet-based applicant screening and background-check processes for an apartment complex to standardize leasing decisions and improve safety.”

Nachshon Fertel

Screened

Executive startup founder and product engineer specializing in marketplace platforms

Minneapolis, MN12y exp

“Repeat founder currently building Unhookt, a digital wellness app, after co-founding Poplin and helping raise $10M in VC funding in 2021. He has already completed Unhookt’s frontend MVP, is building the backend, and is gathering early user feedback while navigating the shift from metrics-driven Series A fundraising to vision-led pre-seed pitching.”