Vetted Product Professionals

Neel Sen

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Executive product leader specializing in AI, platforms, and growth

Florham Park, NJ13y exp

“Innovation leader with 8 years managing Verizon's innovation arm, working closely with venture teams, innovation studios, and early-stage startups across multiple markets. Currently building a homeowner-focused AI startup with a working backend prototype using LLM and multimodal AI, combining enterprise product lifecycle experience from Cisco with 0-to-1 venture building.”

“Product leader with a rare mix of healthcare, AI, and eCommerce experience who led Health iPASS's emergency COVID-era rebuild from in-clinic kiosks to a mobile patient platform in just three months, ultimately driving 40,000 daily patient touchpoints and over $100M in payments. Also built an AI-powered clinical call-center training product at Grapefruit Health and brings a deeply human-centered perspective shaped by education-focused volunteer work with BuildOn and Hack the Hood.”

Mirko Richter

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Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI platforms and FinTech

Yorktown Heights, NY19y exp

“Product leader with rare breadth across Amazon-scale operations and applied AI. They led the first profitable same-day delivery launch for Amazon in Spain and Italy, later built AI products including a voice agent that replaced 200 humans and cut CAC by 60%, and have direct edtech experience at Nerdy/Varsity Tutors focused on AI that amplifies human tutoring rather than replacing it.”

Steve Black

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Principal Product Manager specializing in consumer engagement, AI, and connected fitness

Laguna Beach, CA15y exp

“Product leader with experience across Nike, Adidas, Bowflex, and startups, including serving as the first digital product hire at FluidLogic. Stands out for launching a connected hardware-plus-software product from zero to one in just 90 days, while also building AI-powered consumer features and aligning the entire company around digital strategy.”

“Independent IT consultant running a solo software and cloud services business focused on configurations, integrations, and development. Their strongest experience is in building and sustaining IT operations, including resource models, procedures, security compliance, and best practices, and they are motivated by the high-impact environment they experienced at a small healthcare startup.”

“Product leader focused on human-centered AI, with standout experience leading agentic AI strategy for Microsoft’s Cloud Supply Chain during a major GPU demand surge after the OpenAI partnership. They combined platform thinking, embedded AI UX, and influence-based leadership to drive adoption, cut manual effort by 40%, reach 2,000 MAU, and help protect $50M in at-risk revenue, while also building an AI quiz coaching tool for middle-school academic Olympiad students.”

“Project/program manager with enterprise software implementation experience spanning Dynamics CE/CRM, Azure cloud migrations, SAP modules, and Project Online. Notably led a 20-person cross-functional team on a multi-country CRM migration across the US, UK, India, and Canada while simultaneously managing countries in requirements, pre-go-live, and post-go-live stabilization phases.”

Esther Hong

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Director-level program and operations leader specializing in financial services and marketing

New York, NY27y exp

“Strategic operations leader and PMP-certified program manager with 20+ years across Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Fidelity, and Gartner, operating at the intersection of strategy and execution in complex matrixed environments. She stands out for leading large-scale operational transformation, including AI integration into global marketing workflows and a productivity task force that freed up 40% of associate time through workflow redesign, automation, and capacity optimization.”

“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.”

“Product leader with notable experience launching Uber's first support chatbot, scaling it through localization, richer self-serve UX, and platform investments while driving measurable gains in CSAT and automation. Also brings regulated-industry experience from Eaze, where they led a seed-to-sale compliance integration, plus people management experience mentoring PM interns into full-time roles.”

Steve Palley

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Executive product leader specializing in marketplaces, consumer products, and health-tech

Los Angeles, CA21y exp

“Product leader with a rare mix of zero-to-one marketplace building, AI product development, and mission-driven consumer experience work. Led the creation of StoryLoom at Pixelberry/Nexon as a 'Roblox for writers,' is currently building a privacy-conscious AI concierge for a first responder coaching marketplace, and previously co-founded ApplyMap to deliver free AI-powered college guidance for underserved students.”

“Senior product leader from Atlassian with a strong track record in web growth, AI/ML personalization, ecommerce, and platform modernization. They led a major funnel turnaround, launched Atlassian's first self-service cloud cart that generated $75M in year one, and delivered sales automation products that drove $180M while demonstrating strong cross-functional and people leadership.”