Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

Jonathan Cook

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in AI-native human-in-the-loop platforms

New York, NY17y exp

“Product leader with experience driving major platform builds and even company pivots, including transforming Kinetic from a wearables-focused insurtech into an AI-enabled workers' comp claims platform. Combines deep customer discovery, low-tech MVP experimentation, and strong cross-functional judgment; also helped shape smartwatch app platform strategy at Fitbit and has a clear philosophy of AI as a human decision-support tool rather than a replacement.”

“GE leader with 10 years of experience spanning software development, internal audit/consulting, and Chief of Staff leadership in GE Digital. Stood out by operating as the cross-functional execution engine for a $100M software business, driving measurable outcomes including $2.5M in AWS savings, 20% defect reduction, and $4M in audit adjustments. Combines executive-level strategy, analytical rigor, and hands-on change management across engineering, finance, legal, and security.”

“Healthcare operator and entrepreneur who founded and scaled Tellica Imaging (an Intermountain Company) from inception to serving 150,000 patients, generating $70M+ in gross revenue, and operating across 4 US states. Serves as President & CEO of two joint ventures and has hands-on experience building board-ready business cases, securing internal capital, and mastering healthcare revenue cycle/reimbursement to drive growth and customer satisfaction.”

“Healthcare data platform builder with experience at Aetion delivering a rule-based EMR/EHR ingestion and validation framework that cut onboarding from 8–10 weeks to hours and unlocked $30M+ in revenue over ~3 years. Motivated to found an AI/agent-driven healthcare solution, with a specific interest in using PET scans, doctor notes, and treatment data with LLMs to help predict cancer progression and guide next-step treatments.”

“Co-founded and led the business side of Plasma Nutrition for a decade, commercializing atmospheric-plasma technology to improve protein efficacy/absorption. Bootstrapped for 5 years before raising venture funding, leveraged FoodX accelerator validation, and navigated a major go-to-market pivot (B2C to B2B). Drove growth by renegotiating out of an exclusive manufacturing arrangement and scaling to roughly six brand partners within a year.”

“Engineering leader who has led 100+ engineers at Sainsbury’s Tech and previously scaled an org from 6 to 60+ at AND Digital. Drove a high-impact modernization of a pricing/decisioning platform serving 1,700 stores—moving from batch monolith to real-time Kafka-based event-driven microservices with MLOps, IaC (Terraform), and zero-trust—delivering £18m+ annual profit uplift and 10+ deploys/day.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience at Amazon and Airbus, known for building executive-facing systems (dashboards, AI-enabled project management, operating cadences) that improve communication and efficiency. Has handled high-pressure, multi-timezone priorities and customer-facing technical escalations using structured documentation and frequent stakeholder updates, while maintaining discretion in sensitive situations.”

“Has experience in several VC-backed companies and is motivated by early-stage company building—especially the fast pace of early engineering and cross-functional "wearing many hats" as a startup grows. Some exposure to investors through prior roles, though has not fundraised directly; familiar with VC and has read about accelerators like Y Combinator.”

“Full-stack engineer and KICKOFFUSA cofounder who built production payment/registration and live tournament experiences under real matchday load (200+ concurrent users), including Stripe webhooks with idempotency and UX improvements that cut checkout abandonment ~15%. Also owned an end-to-end research hub at a GTSCL internship—designed a normalized Postgres schema and full-text search (tsvector/GIN) delivering sub-100ms queries for 300+ researchers.”

Umesh Toprani

Screened

Executive Cloud & Product Operations Leader specializing in SaaS transformation

26y exp

“Transformation leader brought into Barracuda Networks to orchestrate a founder-level shift from legacy software to SaaS across 14 product lines. Drove a metrics- and operating-margin-focused, multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/private cloud for DR) execution plan while aligning engineering, GTM, finance (subscription accounting), and support—contributing to nearly doubling revenue over ~4 years.”

Shruti Krishnagiri

Screened

Executive Engineering Leader & Technical Founder specializing in AI automation platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, California20y exp

“Founder/CTO who built and shipped a consumer subscription-bundling platform end-to-end (architecture, implementation, testing) and scaled it to thousands of customers and major partners. Previously led a major reliability overhaul at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for a Google-Docs-like ed-tech product—boosted observability, introduced incident management, and migrated to a Docker-based scalable architecture. Heavy user of AI tools (Cursor/Claude) for development, testing, and code review, with a strong bias toward lightweight, fast-moving execution.”

“Lifelong entrepreneur and early Pixar employee who has spent decades in the Bay Area, New York, and Europe building companies and operating in venture ecosystems. He has raised $20M via ICO, raised £3M for a London venture studio, and brings a strong point of view on AI: product creation is commoditizing, so durable startups need a distribution edge.”

“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.”

Prakash Bhanu

Screened

Director of Software Engineering specializing in cloud, platform, and FinTech systems

Sunnyvale, CA22y exp

“Senior software engineering leader with broad 0-to-1 product experience spanning web apps, microservices, monoliths, messaging platforms, ML/AI products, and large-scale distributed systems. Notable examples include building a payroll/finance product for cast and crew, a distributed messaging platform, and a Walmart application deployed across multiple CDNs and clouds handling hundreds of TPS, with personal ownership across architecture, design, coding, and support.”

Hailey Tu

Screened

Intern-level business consulting candidate specializing in strategy and process improvement

Atlanta, GA1y exp

“Georgia Tech graduating senior and student leader who turned campus professional programming into real-world outreach experience, securing startup sponsorships and building external partnerships through cold outreach. Combines relationship-building and communication strengths with structured market research experience, including a Sweetgreen strategy project with 187 survey responses and a GE Vernova process-improvement project focused on automation and cost savings.”

“Former Naval logistics officer turned healthcare investment banker and corporate development strategist, with a rare blend of military operations, M&A rigor, healthcare roll-up experience, and public-facing strategy execution. Most recently helped drive the Dallas HERO civic campaign, coordinating research, messaging, and stakeholder efforts that qualified three charter amendments for the ballot and passed two key measures.”

“Product leader focused on AI-powered, human-centered platforms, including a holistic support product for young female athletes in underserved communities. Has worked across startups and large enterprises on multimodal AI, predictive workflows, and commerce platforms, with experience building teams and shaping products around both user trust and measurable business outcomes.”

“Senior GTM and marketing executive with 20+ years leading growth strategy across Fortune 500 brands and startups in sectors including automotive, telecom, retail, finance, and logistics. Notable highlights include leading an automotive GTM initiative tied to $200M+ opportunity capitalization, serving as CMO for a $550M organization, and creating a novel embedded insurance product for a marketplace that later became an industry standard.”

“Strategy & operations leader with senior roles at OnDeck, BlockFi, and Protocol Labs who owned founder-level initiatives end-to-end. Notably launched the first crypto credit card, driving 150k first-year sign-ups (vs 30k target) and boosting adoption of other offerings, and later cut time-to-hire from ~6 months to ~6 weeks while rebuilding GTM and operating frameworks.”

“Organizational effectiveness and transformation leader who has driven everything from $75M turnarounds to building operating blueprints for smaller businesses. Blends culture/leadership change with rigorous operational design (process mapping, decision rights) and measurable outcomes (free cash flow), and also serves as an executive coach using tools like 360 feedback and DiSC. Has advised CEOs on major negotiation strategy, including a collective agreement impacting ~10,000 employees.”

“Brazil-based startup CTO who raised $3M and spent 5 years building an agri-fintech credit origination tool for farmers, including going through Y Combinator and fundraising via Demo Day and Brazilian VCs. Ultimately shut the company down due to market shifts (rising interest rates and farmer delinquency), demonstrating pragmatic judgment and deep exposure to credit-market dynamics.”

“Candidate does not currently have a business plan or startup and has not raised capital. They have not worked directly in VC/studio/accelerator settings but report being familiar through friends/family and personal interest in joining that ecosystem; they are not committed to entrepreneurship at all costs.”

Andrew Lanzino

Screened

Executive Growth & Strategy Leader specializing in hospitality, entertainment, and large-scale events

Las Vegas, NV21y exp

“Strategic operations and org design leader who led restructuring at MGM Resorts, including an "org-blind" approach separating structure design from talent evaluation to reduce bias. Also teaches strategic management at a university and has advised/mentored C-suite leaders, combining high-level strategy with hands-on stakeholder listening (e.g., UNLV dean strategic re-envisioning).”

Chris Deringer

Screened

Executive Marketing & Growth Leader specializing in SaaS and automotive digital marketing

Derwood, MD24y exp

“Growth-stage operator/CMO who helped scale DealerOn from 12 people and $1M to 800 people and $125M, building SEO/digital ads products, client success operations, and multi-source performance dashboards. Led a thought-leadership marketing engine with Google/Facebook partnerships and implemented Salesforce-based acquisition campaigns; experience optimizing onboarding and retention across different customer segments (auto dealers, law firms, home services).”