Vetted Product Professionals in the Bay Area

Jon Cross

Screened

Executive Operations & Product Leader specializing in Ads, customer experience, and go-to-market

Saratoga, CA21y exp

“COO of Greenopia (pre-seed, pre-revenue) who has built the company’s operational foundation over the past 18 months—supporting fundraising, SEC/crowdfunding setup, and coordinating app and self-serve business onboarding/assessment systems. Brings a metrics-driven operating approach (OKRs, balancing metrics/unit economics) and has advised other startups (e.g., sports betting) to refocus effort on the highest-value customer segments.”

“Operator-turned-aspiring founder with experience building CI, cloud, and AI businesses at Harness, including P&L ownership and 0-to-1 execution. Exploring an AI-native infrastructure/control-plane thesis focused on moving enterprise workflows from AI assistance to execution, with a strong emphasis on ROI, coordination gaps, and durable moats.”

Gayatri Puwar Mahendroo

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI, platforms, and B2B SaaS

San Francisco, CA19y exp

“Senior product leader with 15+ years spanning FAANG-scale platforms and early-stage startups, from Skype’s bot framework at 300M MAU to AI-native enterprise products in fintech, banking, and data center operations. Particularly strong in human-centered AI, trust and transparency UX, and turning ambiguous 0-1 opportunities into shipped MVPs that win pilots, awards, and business traction—including a GenAI observability platform that earned a Google Accelerator award and later led to acquisition.”

“Hardware operations and supply chain leader in a startup environment with strong exposure to fundraising dynamics, board-level reporting, and the financial impact of manufacturing and inventory decisions. Has spent several years in Silicon Valley managing teams at scale and brings a rare blend of operational depth, strategic awareness, and entrepreneurial ambition.”

Dan Olson

Screened

Director-level Product Operations & Program Management leader in consumer electronics

San Jose, CA27y exp

“Operations leader with Apple and Roku experience who owned founder-level, cross-functional initiatives including Roku’s Brazil market entry (regulatory, tax/entity setup, manufacturing/logistics, and launch metrics) with direct CEO oversight. Built Roku’s International Business Operations function from zero—standardizing OKRs, dashboards, and country-level P&Ls—and influenced major strategic decisions like exiting a ~$10.5M-loss UK channel business and restructuring Mexico ads go-to-market via partnership.”

“Fintech/neobank CTO (5+ years across US and UK markets) now building Payzo Money, a fintech copilot for SMBs covering expenses, accounting, invoicing, and payroll. Pre-revenue and seeking a $5M seed round, with active Bay Area conversations and a clear focus on bank sponsorship plus compliance/operations readiness; leverages Claude-based AI agents to accelerate building with limited resources.”

Lissa Miller

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in 0-to-1 B2B SaaS and AI platforms

Danville, CA20y exp

“Product leader with experience spanning Apple and healthcare AI, including leading the global Apple Relay partner portal now used across 80+ countries and building LLM-powered clinician documentation tools at Xolv. Stands out for combining large-scale platform execution, measurable business impact, and a human-centered approach to AI in regulated environments.”

“Product leader with 8+ years across AI, platform, data, and customer-facing products, including personalization, discovery, loyalty, digital ordering, and conversational AI. Notable wins include launching an AI recommendation engine for Baskin Robbins that lifted conversion 20% and AOV 12%, and improving Apple discovery feature adoption by 25% through phased delivery under complex data-quality constraints.”