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Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals
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Executive product leader specializing in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, and energy technology
Executive AI/ML Cloud Architect specializing in enterprise and humanitarian AI systems
Executive biotech leader specializing in cell and gene therapy commercialization
Executive product strategy leader specializing in payments, innovation, and growth
Executive engineering leader and full-stack engineer specializing in FinTech and AI platforms
Executive Go-to-Market & Revenue Growth Leader specializing in SaaS and FinTech
Director of Platform specializing in go-to-market and portfolio value creation
Director-level Product Manager specializing in mobile, marketplace, and enterprise SaaS
Director-level corporate finance and strategy leader specializing in FinTech and energy
Executive technology leader specializing in cloud platforms, AI, and enterprise architecture
Sandeep Natu
Executive Technology Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in Telecom, IT Delivery, and eGovernment platforms
“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.”
Leonor Montero
Senior operator and Chief of Staff specializing in 0→1 tech, ops, and fundraising
“Repeat founder/operator with hands-on experience taking startups from zero to MVP, traction, and fundraising. Built a venture-backed company to roughly a $5M valuation and later served as Interim COO for a prop-tech startup, helping launch operations and support a 4-5M SAR raise. Also brings direct exposure to top startup ecosystems through Techstars, Antler, and close work with founders and investors in SF.”
Howard Ogawa
Executive product leader specializing in e-commerce, marketplaces, and direct-to-consumer platforms
“Senior product leader with high-scale marketplace and commerce experience at Ticketmaster and GOAT, spanning checkout, CX automation, logistics, fraud, payments, and catalog. Stands out for pairing rigorous experimentation and measurable business impact—including $60M+ incremental revenue and major conversion gains—with a thoughtful human-centered AI philosophy and a strong track record of building and promoting PM teams.”
Danielle Tisser
Executive Marketing & Agency Transformation Leader specializing in global brand operations
“Operations-focused leader specializing in rebuilding and scaling marketing/product/commercial operating models during rapid growth and leadership change. Known for implementing integrated quarterly planning, intake/resourcing, and KPI reporting systems that de-silo teams (including B2B enterprise, sales, and marketing) and create predictable execution, clearer decision rights, and scalable operating rhythms.”
Pankaj Gupta
Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, data infrastructure, and cybersecurity
“Senior engineering leader with deep hands-on experience building and scaling high-throughput platform infrastructure, including a Qualys core data platform using Kafka, Cassandra, OpenSearch, Ceph, and API gateways. He combines architecture depth with people leadership, and has led complex cross-team initiatives such as rolling out a Kubernetes-based container platform across 20 application teams using a phased migration strategy.”
Ryan Werffeli
Executive COO specializing in private equity transaction advisory and ESG value creation
“COO at Malk Partners who led a ~75-person org and managed a 6-month sell-side diligence process while still delivering growth targets. Known for building executive alignment and accountability through clear KPIs, strong 1:1 operating rhythms (including N-2s), and board-level strategy projects, and for scaling planning processes by pushing AOP ownership to business unit leaders with templates and coaching.”
David Besemer
Executive Technology Leader (CTO/VP Engineering) specializing in enterprise AI and data platforms
“Freelance CTO with a track record of founding and building early web products, including an award-winning baby website creation platform that was acquired by eStyle after gaining traction via retail/mail-order distribution and PR. Also built a sports event text-alert product, engineering around missing data APIs via a replaceable scraping layer.”
Yanis Liaskos
Executive Technology Leader (CTO/CPO) specializing in AI, robotics, and warehouse automation
“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.”
Rom Manzano
Executive technical founder and full-stack engineer specializing in AI, SaaS, and FinTech
“Engineer coming out of a venture studio as it winds down, now seeking another zero-to-one environment with strong studio support and go-to-market playbooks. They show a thoughtful founder mindset centered on rapid shipping, design-partner validation, lean execution, and testing whether users will actually pay for a workflow-specific solution.”
Christopher Bun
Executive AI/ML technology leader specializing in healthcare, biotech, and legal AI
“Repeat founder and startup advisor with experience spanning academic, health tech, legal tech, sports, and gaming. Has participated in fundraising and due diligence and has built companies, engineering teams, and software platforms from scratch, with a strong product-design-first approach to product-market fit and market selection.”
Padmaja Tyada
Executive engineering leader specializing in cloud, AI, and FinTech platforms
“Engineering leader with experience scaling teams from 25 to 60+ and delivering both enterprise platform modernization and AI-native product innovation. At Experian, he led an AWS transformation of a high-volume credit platform serving 250M+ consumers, achieving 10x performance gains and 30% cost reduction; at Channel Core, he built AI-powered creator tools using OpenAI and RAG that improved adoption and personalized outreach outcomes.”
Chester Nielsen
Executive Chief of Staff and Strategic Operations Leader across SaaS, government, and national security
“Entrepreneurial consultant who relocated to Boston to build a practice from scratch through intensive networking and pro-bono work, leading to being listed as a trusted provider in Leader Bank's CEO toolbox and generating qualified leads. Uses structured strategic frameworks (OODA, Porter's Five Forces, SWOT) to evaluate risk, resource lift, and enterprise/customer impact, with a strong ownership-and-accountability orientation.”
Alex Norman
Executive Growth & Partnerships Leader specializing in enterprise GTM and platform ecosystems
“Repeat entrepreneur (Babson entrepreneurship grad) with two prior company exits and deep accelerator/VC ecosystem experience (YC alum; Techstars and Endeavor mentor; advisor to High Alpha). Currently piloting an AI solution for emergency response planning focused on people with conditions (aging/disabled), reporting 75%+ readiness score improvements and leveraging a proprietary behavioral crisis dataset with anonymization and security controls; also authored an Amazon-bestselling book on related solutions.”
Ronald Graham
Executive business development & corporate strategy leader in events and experiential marketing
“Entrepreneur and investor with hands-on experience launching a startup, investing in numerous startups (including ones that later went public), and acquiring startups for mature enterprises that drove growth. Brings a disciplined, finance-oriented approach to evaluating opportunities—value proposition, competitive intensity, and risk/expected value—shaped by firsthand experience with venture funding disputes.”