Vetted Product Professionals

Mark Kemp

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director of Product Management specializing in FinTech and financial data platforms

Austin, TX15y exp

“Product leader in financial services who has built both customer-facing and internal AI-enabled products, including an award-nominated retirement plan platform that drove submissions from 40% to 98% in good order and unlocked a $10M revenue stream. Also built product process and team structure from the ground up at Consero, with experience applying AI/LLMs to workflow automation and reporting in complex, data-heavy environments.”

“Technical Product Manager with hands-on experience shipping and running live free-to-play games (including Cartoon Network BMX Champions) across web and mobile, with exposure to Roblox and some console. Focuses on data-driven live ops—daily rewards, streaks, push notifications, and limited-time events—paired with A/B testing and funnel/retention analytics to improve engagement and IAP performance.”

“Architect/product owner/lead developer who built high-scale ERP supply chain and inventory transaction capabilities (including order-to-order pegging) with strong performance tuning in Postgres and robust monitoring/reprocessing dashboards. Also led product for an enterprise agentic development platform using LLM integrations to generate user stories, data models, workflows, and RBAC-secured applications, with sandboxing and promotion guardrails plus UAT across technical and non-technical personas.”

Aldric Pinto

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level AI product and data lead specializing in analytics and healthcare AI

New Haven, CT4y exp

“Product-minded software engineering lead with a blend of backend, data engineering, cloud observability, and AI product experience. They’ve owned systems end-to-end, from ETL job builders that cut setup time 70% to hybrid-cloud observability workflows that reduced monitoring effort 80%, and also drove an AI marketing feature that improved conversion from 2% to 6%.”

Jennie Ocken

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level product leader specializing in enterprise SaaS platforms

Remote, MN19y exp

“Senior product leader with a standout track record in large-scale platform transformation at CHR, where they unified fragmented logistics products into a single customer platform serving ~200,000 users. Combines executive-level product strategy, UX transformation, AI/ML workflow integration, and people leadership, with measurable outcomes including 9,000 customer migrations, 13% CX improvement, and $2M in annual cost savings.”

“Product leader and former co-founder with hands-on experience shipping enterprise AI products, including Llama-based internal agents, RAG chat interfaces, and workflow automation tools. Has led product, engineering, and data science teams across startups and larger organizations, with a strong track record of mentoring talent and using AI to improve human efficiency rather than replace people.”

Cassie Sanborn

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Leader specializing in consumer growth and digital platforms

Rio Dell, CA13y exp

“Product leader with strong consumer and education-oriented product experience, including personalization, trust/safety moderation, and AI-enabled workflows. Stands out for pairing user research with measurable outcomes—such as boosting Spanish review output by 165% through AI translation—and for a thoughtful philosophy that AI should amplify human judgment and support rather than replace it.”

“AI product leader with experience at Bloomberg Tax and Sun Automation, focused on turning complex enterprise workflows into approachable, human-in-the-loop AI experiences. Notable for redesigning a technical data integration product around natural language and guided validation, driving a 72% reduction in onboarding/adoption time while emphasizing trust, transparency, and user control.”

“Cofounded a travel app and built a production place recommendation + review system end-to-end using Next.js App Router and TypeScript, including Postgres-backed APIs and post-launch monitoring. Uses structured logging with Sentry and Vercel Analytics to diagnose issues and validate performance improvements, and has some exposure to Temporal-based workflow orchestration with retries/idempotency.”

“Founded the Advanced Technology Team at XPO Logistics, a Fortune 500 transportation and logistics company, and worked closely with the investment team on technology demos and presentations. Especially motivated by zero-to-one company building, with a clear framework for assessing new ideas through differentiation and fast validation.”

Vik Krane

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI-powered SaaS and FinTech

12y exp

“Product leader and startup co-founder who has been shipping AI-powered products since 2020 across creative tools, expert knowledge products, and financial compliance workflows. Particularly notable for building Shotcraft from zero to scale, using AI to turn scripts into executable shot lists, and for a nuanced human-centered AI philosophy that emphasizes user control over critical outputs.”

“Product leader from Convosocial/Verint with hands-on experience integrating AI into customer service workflows, including a RAG-powered assistant that improved agent efficiency by 33%. Combines enterprise product strategy, UX instincts, and people development, with a strong human-in-the-loop perspective on AI and a track record of mentoring team members into product and data-focused roles.”

Jahid Hasan

Screened

Mid-level AI Product Leader specializing in agentic systems and developer platforms

Ames, IA4y exp

“Cofounder of Tometo AI who built a multi-agent engineering manager platform aimed at giving startup founders FAANG-style team visibility and blocker detection. Stands out for combining product leadership, AI evaluation rigor, and user-driven UX pivots, with tangible traction including a #2 Product Hunt launch and 150+ customers onboarded.”

Joseph Selby

Screened

Senior Product Leader specializing in EdTech and digital assessment

Remote, USA17y exp

“Edtech product leader with deep experience across Pearson, SMART, and Promethean, spanning legacy platform modernization, classroom engagement tools, and early AI in education. Particularly compelling for roles at the intersection of product, pedagogy, and human-centered AI: they rebuilt SMART's 29-year-old Notebook platform and have repeatedly designed products around real teacher and student needs.”

Scott Evans

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in platforms, marketplaces, workflow automation, and AI

Indianapolis, IN10y exp

“Product leader with experience across marketplaces, AI/ML operations products, and education-focused research. Led the Angi native app rebuild that generated $5M+ in revenue, shipped an OCR/ML title-processing product at Cox, and is now focused on K-12 workforce pathways and human-centered AI.”

Zach Dosen

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in healthcare IT, AI, and enterprise SaaS

Marietta, GA18y exp

“Product leader with deep healthcare AI experience who has launched high-impact products at hc1 and now navigates complex franchise stakeholder environments at ABM. Stands out for pairing rigorous prioritization and human-centered AI design with measurable business results, including a 20% staffing cost reduction and a 62% reduction in lab test-matching labor.”

“B2B SaaS presales/solutions engineer with recent experience spanning Cisco enterprise infrastructure and AI-driven POS analytics products. Supported 120+ enterprise accounts, helped drive a $10M renewal/expansion in financial services, and combines classic enterprise SE skills with hands-on API, SSO/SAML, ETL, Python, SQL, and LLM/RAG integration experience.”

Patrick Klima

Screened

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

San Luis Obispo, CA11y exp

“Product leader with a rare mix of zero-to-one AI/ML platform building, enterprise SaaS UX simplification, and people leadership across product and design. They’ve launched identity verification and workflow products at scale, delivered measurable commercial impact, and bring an authentic EdTech background shaped by direct student interviews and teaching experience.”

Vu Tran

Screened

Senior Product Manager specializing in 0–1 platforms, AI workflows, and product operations

Oakland, CA8y exp

“Customer success/product-facing operator from AllRoomie (AI-powered rental marketplace) who owned an enterprise real estate brokerage account end-to-end. Improved conversion and adoption by automating lead intake/routing and fixing integration issues, citing ~40% less manual coordination, faster response times, and expansion into additional regions through ROI-driven land-and-expand motions.”

“Growth-focused B2B SaaS operator with hands-on experience improving enterprise adoption for a cloud governance and FinOps platform. They combine customer discovery, ROI-driven messaging, automation, and funnel instrumentation to improve conversion and handoffs, citing an 18% lift in enterprise adoption and roughly $200K-$3M in influenced pipeline.”

“Federal Reserve System leader who drove a multi-year rollout of a new internal mobile service in a highly federated environment, requiring buy-in from all 12 Reserve Bank presidents and ongoing executive briefings. Deep experience in mobile device/security management (including iOS release readiness), rigorous change control, and handling highly restricted information (FOMC/classified data) with Secret-level clearance and audit-backed compliance.”

“Product and design leader with hands-on experience shipping early AI-powered insights products at Grow Progress and redesigning complex data dashboards at MikMak. Stands out for pairing human-centered AI judgment with strong people leadership, including managing product and design teams, building growth frameworks, and creating internal AI tools and prototyping standards.”

“Customer success/account and product leader who rebuilt from a failed startup into a consulting + SaaS business (~$300K) and later oversaw account management/renewals across a manufacturing software portfolio that scaled to $22M (mentions clients like Segway and Invisalign). Brings scaled-agile cross-functional leadership, strong change-management/training focus, and Salesforce analytics/reporting to drive adoption, retention, and roadmap improvements.”