Vetted Executive & Leadership Professionals

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Mary Kotch

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive CIO/CTO/CISO specializing in cloud, AI/ML, and cybersecurity transformation

Pennsylvania, USA27y exp
GSTi Advisory ServicesTemple University

Fractional CTO and AI/ML consultant at Clover Health with deep insurance domain experience (15 years as CTO/CISO/AI). Has spent significant time in PE/VC-backed environments (including Aquiline Capital Partners and Apollo Group), designing and engineering platforms while delivering against budgets, audits, and regulatory compliance. Recently helped build an insurance startup (2020–2025) and is now seeking a full-time role at a startup.

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Joshua Seiden - Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in emerging tech commercialization in Centennial, Colorado

Joshua Seiden

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in emerging tech commercialization

Centennial, Colorado33y exp
AT&TUniversity of Colorado Boulder

Startup operations/product advisor and long-time accelerator mentor who has helped multiple early-stage companies become enterprise-ready—shifting teams to customer-driven roadmaps and implementing CI/Agile delivery processes. Notably supported an Israeli company in landing a Fortune 30 customer before it later IPO’d on NASDAQ, and helped an Australian startup operationalize delivery to secure deployment with a major telecom and sports league.

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Arif Shaikh

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI-native platforms and distributed systems

Torrance, CA22y exp
Sony Pictures

Engineering leader and hands-on architect from Sony Pictures Entertainment who has led large-scale platform modernization, digital supply chain delivery, and multiple GenAI/RAG initiatives in media and rights-management domains. Notable for combining people leadership with deep AWS/LLM architecture work, including a 1M+ record GenAI title search system and AI-driven contract insights that reportedly helped unlock a 20% revenue increase.

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Asif Iqbal

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Executive Digital & Technology Leader specializing in global platform modernization

Tempe, AZ32y exp
MobivityUniversity of Michigan

Explored a digital notarization startup concept in 2020 that stalled due to COVID-era inability to secure VC seed meetings; later saw the market validate the idea via a comparable acquisition (~$57M, per candidate). Now more interested in driving innovation and simplifying complex customer experiences within an established organization, using a highly structured, metrics-driven product execution approach.

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Bill Boedeker - Executive Marketing & Communications Leader specializing in financial services and AI/ML content in New York, NY

Bill Boedeker

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Executive Marketing & Communications Leader specializing in financial services and AI/ML content

New York, NY18y exp
JPMorgan ChaseUniversity of St. Thomas

Executive communications and program management professional with experience at BlackRock Alternatives and JPMorgan’s Machine Learning Center of Excellence. Led high-velocity, cross-functional initiatives like a weekly president’s newsletter to 900 global employees and built Monday.com reporting boards for a rapidly scaling global ML org, while also coordinating multi-track executive events (AI Summit) and handling sensitive, ADA-compliant HR issues with discretion.

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Benjamin Staeheli - Executive banking operations leader specializing in transformation, BPaaS, and payments in Zürich/Berne, Switzerland

Executive banking operations leader specializing in transformation, BPaaS, and payments

Zürich/Berne, Switzerland29y exp
PostFinanceUniversity of St. Gallen

Operator with private-equity-backed scaling experience who standardized and automated global service delivery into a centralized CoE model to improve scalability and unit economics. Led company-wide Toyota Kata adoption (100+ processes improved) and an enterprise AI implementation generating $10M net contribution, with strong PE board communication and metric-driven execution.

Operations ManagementP&L ManagementContract NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentScaling Delivery OrganizationsBanking Operations+49
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william chen - Executive game technology leader specializing in product innovation and live-service platforms in Los Angeles, CA

william chen

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Executive game technology leader specializing in product innovation and live-service platforms

Los Angeles, CA27y exp
Wolf GamesCalifornia State University, Sacramento

Serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits who has previously raised several rounds and worked with accelerators. Currently building an AI-powered life simulation universe with prompt-based creation and a self-evolving persistent world, backed by completed market research and an MVP in development.

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SS

Executive software engineer and founder specializing in AI, robotics, and cloud systems

Sunnyvale, CA15y exp
AI TVNortheastern University

AI-native engineer who says 100% of current development is done through coding agents and reports roughly 10x productivity gains. Currently building 'AI TV,' a production video-generation system with multi-agent orchestration, including a motion-graphics pipeline where agents handle high-level design, low-level implementation, and iterative review. Particularly strong in designing codebases and workflows so AI systems can effectively use architectural and product context.

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Shahla Almasri-Hafez - Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in mobile platforms and digital transformation in Remote, USA

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in mobile platforms and digital transformation

Remote, USA20y exp
GlassdoorTufts University

Mobile engineering leader who built Glassdoor's mobile org from 5 to 35 engineers while overseeing both iOS and Android. Started as a lead iOS engineer at CVS Health, moved into management, and combines hands-on technical depth with org building, talent development, and customer-driven product prioritization.

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AD

Executive Marketing & Technology Leader specializing in global growth and board governance

Clinton, WA27y exp
United PlanetMunich University of Applied Sciences

Operations and scaling leader who launched Management Events' Germany office from 0 to 10 employees and advised HQ on scaling into mature European markets (Germany/UK/France). Also has Intel and Microsoft experience taking local best practices global, including scaling the Microsoft Virtual Academy worldwide, plus recent executive mentoring via nonprofit board leadership (co-chair at United Planet).

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JM

Executive Merchandising Leader specializing in omni-channel retail and consumer brands

New Albany, OH25y exp
Plan + Pivot CollectiveCornell University

Former corporate retail leader (25 years) who recently launched a boutique consultancy and has already advised ~12 early-stage founders. Specializes in installing disciplined but lightweight operating systems across merchandising, inventory planning, and wholesale readiness—driving outcomes like +53% YTD growth for a D2C/wholesale apparel brand and rebuilding a NYC candy brand’s margin structure ahead of major wholesaler launches in 2026.

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Ariel Zebaida

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Executive Venture & Investment Professional specializing in early-career hiring tech and VC

New York, NY7y exp
StepStoneCornell University

Former investment banker who built an AI hiring tech platform to automate early-stage undergraduate screening for investment banks, validated via discovery calls with heads of HR and tailored workflows to bank-specific recruiting needs. Strong 0-to-1 operator with a disciplined approach to problem selection, moat analysis, and lean go-to-market execution.

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CHRISTOPHER LOREFICE - Executive Operations & Supply Chain Leader specializing in multi-site transformation and M&A integration in New York, NY

Executive Operations & Supply Chain Leader specializing in multi-site transformation and M&A integration

New York, NY19y exp
TruckTractorTrailer.comUniversity of Michigan

Operations executive (VP Operations) with deep experience building internal operations support functions from scratch in a growing healthcare laundry/services business. Led data and process transformations across procurement, supply chain, and safety—implementing KPI dashboards, savings scorecards, and analytics tooling (MS Access, Qlik)—and delivered measurable DC improvements (e.g., +7 fill-rate points and >30% returns productivity) through Lean/5S redesign and targeted capex.

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Salman Karim

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Executive Founder & Finance Professional specializing in venture investing and consumer health startups

Los Angeles, CA7y exp
VIVA CO.UC Irvine

Investor/sourcer from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital focused on vertical SaaS, with a structured system for high-volume founder outreach (30–50/week) and thesis-driven messaging. Has originated cold outbound conversations (e.g., Elevate, Rockbot) and owned end-to-end diligence work including SaaS metric analysis, operating model building, and internal decision memos/partner updates.

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Andrew Rosenblatt - Executive CIO specializing in AI-driven healthcare transformation and M&A integration in Culver City, CA

Executive CIO specializing in AI-driven healthcare transformation and M&A integration

Culver City, CA16y exp
VetcorUC Irvine

Healthcare technology veteran with 21 years in the space who is now building Explain My Labs, a pre-seed startup with an alpha product already in friends-and-family testing. They bring hands-on startup preparation experience, including a pitch deck, investor meetings, and a clear thesis around a market gap in solutions that serve both patients and users.

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Tricia Biggio - Executive media and creative-tech leader specializing in entertainment and AI storytelling in Los Angeles, CA

Tricia Biggio

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Executive media and creative-tech leader specializing in entertainment and AI storytelling

Los Angeles, CA18y exp
Invisible UniverseUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Former co-founder/CEO of a venture-backed media-tech startup who spent 6 years raising capital, leading through market shifts, and building with major investor backing. She brings strong relationships across venture studios and senior executives in media, entertainment, consumer products, startups, and AI, and led her last company into Amazon's AWS GENAI accelerator as one of 15 selected in North America.

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RB

Senior Infrastructure Engineer specializing in cloud, Kubernetes, and MLOps

San Francisco, USA6y exp
ATLANTIA SpaUniversity of Bologna

LLMOps-focused technical leader who took an LLM use case from prototype to production for a non-technical customer by combining trust-building and structured enablement with a robust AWS/Kubernetes-based MLOps stack. Built observability and rollback mechanisms (Grafana + MLflow) to troubleshoot in real time, and scaled delivery by hiring a 5-person team while partnering with sales to manage expectations and drive adoption across departments.

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Carrie Vincent - Executive Design & Strategy Leader specializing in global studio leadership and service innovation in Seattle, WA

Executive Design & Strategy Leader specializing in global studio leadership and service innovation

Seattle, WA29y exp
GenslerUniversity of Oregon

Operations and consulting leader with ~30 years’ experience scaling and stabilizing creative/consulting organizations, including growing frog’s Seattle office from a 3-person seed team to nearly 60 and serving as interim MD at ustwo. Known for diagnosing friction across people/projects/P&L, implementing operating rhythms and stage-gated delivery systems, and driving profitability improvements through client rate-structure redesign and executive decision-making coaching.

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Dennis Noto - Executive Technology & Security Leader specializing in FinTech, AI platforms, and enterprise modernization in Denver Metro Area

Dennis Noto

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Executive Technology & Security Leader specializing in FinTech, AI platforms, and enterprise modernization

Denver Metro Area36y exp
Etana CustodyUniversity of Oklahoma

Technology transformation leader who builds board-approved roadmaps and scales engineering orgs with strong Agile execution. Led large modernization efforts (e.g., Scottrade: 3,000 programs/4M LOC in 18 months) and scaled POCs into enterprise SaaS platforms using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform for high-concurrency workloads.

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Shant Mardigian - Executive Engineering Leader specializing in scalable streaming, media supply chain, and AI operations

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in scalable streaming, media supply chain, and AI operations

19y exp
DisneyUCLA

Tech executive with Disney experience who has repeatedly scaled and restructured engineering organizations (from 4 to 30 and up to 100+), using OKRs/KPIs to drive business-aligned roadmaps. Hands-on with architecture and platform strategy, including adopting MongoDB Atlas to centralize transactional data and building shared core services (security/permissions, auditing, compliance) to increase product velocity across distributed teams.

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Conway Cheng Cheng - Executive transformation leader specializing in global risk architecture and financial services in Dallas, TX

Executive transformation leader specializing in global risk architecture and financial services

Dallas, TX26y exp
Americas Strategy & Planning LLCUniversity of Texas at Austin

Advisory and financial-services professional with exposure to PE/VC boards, Big 4 strategic partnerships, and innovation labs, now exploring a commercialization venture via a venture studio model. Brings a structured approach to building new businesses—combining Design Thinking, feasibility testing, rapid prototyping, and SBIR-backed R&D strategy with cross-border market entry and enterprise modernization experience.

Risk managementAutomationStatistical analysisProblem-solvingGlobal transformationStrategic risk architecture+121
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Rich Espinoza - Executive sales leader specializing in media distribution and enterprise revenue growth in Los Angeles, CA

Rich Espinoza

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Executive sales leader specializing in media distribution and enterprise revenue growth

Los Angeles, CA30y exp
Sony PicturesUniversity of San Francisco

Senior media sales and distribution executive with 25+ years at NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television, leading national account strategy across U.S. broadcast groups, affiliates, and platform distributors. Most notably helped lead Seinfeld renewal negotiations that generated more than $300M in licensing revenue, while also steering distribution strategy through the industry's shift from linear TV to streaming, FAST, and AVOD.

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Andy Chun

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Executive Revenue Operations leader specializing in B2B SaaS GTM strategy

Austin, TX20y exp
BuildxactUCLA

RevOps and GTM strategy leader with 8 years in SaaS, spanning Procore, Rapid7, and Buildxact, plus earlier partnership/deal experience at LG Electronics. Particularly strong in building operating infrastructure from zero to one and scaling international expansion, having transformed RevOps functions, launched new geographies, and designed data-driven market entry and pipeline-generation motions.

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Angela Cherry

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Executive Talent Acquisition & Culture Leader specializing in recruiting strategy and workforce analytics

New York, NY24y exp
DeloitteBaruch College

Talent Acquisition leader in professional services/consulting who has led national experienced hire and campus recruiting teams at scale (up to ~40 recruiters). Known for data-driven recruiting strategy—cut a campus school roster by ~60% based on ROI analysis, expanded virtual sourcing, and reduced spend—plus executive-facing workforce planning, talent model redesign, and interview process modernization (virtual, pre-recorded, psychometrics).

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