Vetted Chief Executive Officers

“Serial entrepreneur with multiple startups and demonstrated VC fundraising experience, including raising $125K for a current business plan and building investor relationships across several VC firms. Driven by tackling difficult problems and assessing opportunities through a lens of solution creativity and team execution, while prioritizing sustainable quality of life.”

“Entrepreneurial healthcare operator currently serving as investor, co-founder, and COO of Mednevo, a startup combining AI with physician oversight rather than replacing doctors. Brings experience from 8 startups, prior capital raising, and a practical approach to healthcare AI trust, including doctor-controlled AI shutoff, HIPAA-minded compliance, and physician validation of LLM outputs.”

David Lapsley

Screened

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in AI infrastructure and cloud platforms

Tampa, FL14y exp

“Founder building Shipkode.ai, an enterprise SaaS product using generative AI to automate the front half of the software development lifecycle—from idea and customer feedback to engineering-ready specifications—with a beta planned for the first week of April. Has spoken with 24+ VCs over two years and mentors cybersecurity startups through the Tampa Bay Wave accelerator, emphasizing rigorous customer discovery to avoid misaligned product development.”

“Entrepreneur and senior executive who has raised capital and built a sophisticated, integrated agency platform spanning PR, design, exhibitions/live environments, and media placement; the business is currently in a sale process due to a major shareholder exiting the U.S. Strong premium-market positioning experience, leveraging C-suite access to validate opportunities and building human-centric, data-driven, AI-enabled service offerings across luxury/hospitality/culture/real estate/wellness.”

Jack Johnson

Screened

Executive security and risk leader specializing in national security, defense, and M&A advisory

McLean, VA43y exp

“Advisor to early-stage cybersecurity firm Nday Security, helping shape lean operations and go-to-market while deferring investors in favor of potential early acquisition. Previously appointed by the U.S. President as the first Chief Security Officer for the newly formed Department of Homeland Security, standing up operations and integrating 22 agencies under intense post-9/11 urgency.”

Anand Vallamsetla

Screened

Executive Engineering Leader & Systems Architect specializing in AI, cloud platforms, and FinTech

Los Altos, CA26y exp

“Operator with 20+ years experience and a business degree who led the build and deployment of a Medicaid fraud investigation product for Texas HHSC OIG, cutting investigation time from ~2 years to 90 days. Has government go-to-market experience and has raised a friends-and-family round for an earlier startup concept; now pivoting toward a healthcare-focused venture after a cofounder with core tech could not continue.”