Vetted Chief Executive Officers

“Longtime entrepreneur building an augmented/virtual reality company with MVPs already in production; raised just under $100K over the past year via SAFE notes. Uses market and competitive analysis (including Meta/Apple ecosystem moves) and partner-driven go-to-market planning, and is currently focused on validating content and completing development with additional technical collaborators.”

“Former high-level hockey player (national championship MVP) turned exercise-science-trained performance coach who built a Detroit-area off-season training pipeline for dozens of pro, collegiate, and youth players (including NHL/AHL clients). Known for biomechanics-based development and rehab programming, with notable client outcomes including Kirk Maltby’s post-injury return during a Stanley Cup season and goalie Andrew Hammond’s record-setting NHL rookie run.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with experience scaling ops across healthcare and veterinary staffing, including managing 27 direct reports and 9 departments. Known for building KPI dashboards and bill-rate analytics to drive territory-level profitability, and for leading major systems changes (Salesforce to Jobvite) that cut time-to-hire from 30 days to 2 weeks while improving onboarding/orientation throughput and revenue capture.”

“Founder/partner of two staffing companies and former Chief Strategy Officer who led executive-level strategy including acquiring a locums staffing firm and scaling it from $4M to $14M revenue in one year. Experienced recruiting leader managing up to 15 recruiters (and recruiting leaders), known for building repeatable processes, coaching managers, and improving recruiting workflows while preventing burnout.”

“Entrepreneurially minded technology-focused candidate who has built a full business plan (including business continuity planning) and successfully raised $65,000 by pitching to the SBA and angel investors. Identified a market gap in small businesses lacking IT staff and developed a remote IT support method to address it.”

Mike Costa-Merle

Screened

Executive Fractional GM & Advisor specializing in venture studios, SaaS, and live events

New York, NY21y exp

“Fractional executive (CEO/COO/CRO) who specializes in taking startups from concept to market across entertainment, tech/SaaS, hospitality, and healthcare. Reports scaling an entertainment marketing venture to $15M ARR within two years, using data-driven market analysis, customer discovery, and rapid team buildout, and leverages AI tools to accelerate GTM and investor readiness.”

Bhagyashree sheth

Screened

Executive Game Developer specializing in Unity 2D/3D, AR/VR, and multiplayer

India10y exp

“Unity/C# gameplay engineer who has shipped mobile, VR (Meta Quest), and Photon PUN2 multiplayer titles, with strong performance and systems architecture chops. Delivered measurable product impact (Day 7 retention +15%, daily revenue +5%) and deep UI optimization (pooling + canvas isolation to sustain 60 FPS), and also integrated an LLM-driven RPG dialogue system with streaming, caching, and silent fallback reliability patterns.”

“Founder/operator of an AI services firm that has not raised outside capital; exploring executive technology leadership roles due to a major partner stepping down. Familiar with the VC/accelerator landscape through research and direct experience working in and with venture-backed startups, and is motivated by shaping market forces and driving business outcomes.”

jonathan wareham

Screened

Executive Producer/Editor & Sound Supervisor specializing in film, TV, and fashion media

New York, NY18y exp

“Hollywood audio post professional who progressed from sound editor to sound supervisor, including supervising the mixing stage and acting as the client-facing interface. Has music editing experience on six one-hour TV episodes produced by Al Ruddy and served as Sound Supervisor on the TV show "Flatland." Works primarily in Pro Tools and Logic Pro and also edits video in Final Cut Pro X.”