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Vetted Consultants in the Bay Area
Pre-screened and vetted in the Bay Area.
John Clarke
Executive Finance & Strategy Leader specializing in Big Tech and capital allocation
“Operations/finance leader who joined Google during a rapid growth phase (circa 2007–2008) and built foundational analytics and governance systems across revenue, partnerships, and global marketing finance. Known for shifting organizations from qualitative/"feel" decisions to metrics-driven quota setting, deal evaluation (including cannibalization and margin thresholds), and ROI-based marketing budgeting while aligning senior stakeholders like CFO and CMO.”
Director-level Product & Business Leader specializing in AI-driven consumer and global growth
Director-level Strategy & Operations leader specializing in marketplaces, AI, and SaaS growth
Director-level Software Engineering Manager specializing in cloud platforms and consumer products
Senior Strategy & Product Leader specializing in B2B technology growth
Senior Strategy & Operations Manager specializing in AI and enterprise go-to-market
Executive GTM & Customer Success leader specializing in AI, robotics, and enterprise SaaS
Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS platforms, cloud architecture, and SRE
Deepa Karunakaran
Senior Customer Success & Cloud Migration Leader specializing in AWS data and analytics
“AWS enterprise customer leader supporting the Apple Maps account, focused on large-scale migrations from on-prem (e.g., Cloudera) to AWS EMR/EBS. Known for deep troubleshooting and cross-functional execution (Grafana-driven autoscaling fixes, Graviton capacity/ICE mitigation) and for tying roadmap alignment to commercial outcomes, including a cited $30M incremental ARR expansion.”
Director of Engineering specializing in capital markets risk, trading systems, and AI/ML platforms
Senior Salesforce SME specializing in Service/Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud, and DevOps
Principal AI Platform Architect specializing in agentic AI and enterprise LLM infrastructure
Cassandra Sullivan
Intern Data Scientist specializing in generative AI and forecasting
“ML/NLP practitioner working across healthcare and business/finance use cases: currently fine-tuning a domain-specific Llama 3.1 model for safe reasoning over EHRs/clinical notes using RAG + RL/DPO and RAGAS-based evaluation. Has built UMLS-driven entity normalization pipelines with quantified quality gains and developed embedding/vector-DB systems (FAISS) for semantic matching and forecasting/recommendation applications at Aurora AI and Banxico.”
Julie Rice
Director-level Lab Operations & Facilities Leader specializing in life sciences startups
“Independent biotech operations consultant and former biotech operations director who specializes in standing up startup lab operations end-to-end—facility buildouts, equipment procurement, and workflow/SOP implementation. Known for building clear operating rhythms (SMART/RACI, dashboards in MS Project/Smartsheet) and driving cross-functional execution; previously centralized R&D procurement at Abbvie/Pharmacyclics to cut PO processing time by 40%.”
Junior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and cloud-native platforms
Executive growth marketing leader specializing in startups, SaaS, and local services
Senior Performance Marketing & Paid Media Leader specializing in paid social and acquisition
Principal Product Manager specializing in AI/ML platforms and developer APIs
Executive Operations & Finance Leader specializing in startups and scaling organizations
Abdulla Chekfa
Staff Embedded/Real-Time Software Engineer specializing in EtherCAT and semiconductor automation
“Robotics software engineer with semiconductor wafer-handling automation experience at Mattson Technology, building C++ control software for ATM and vacuum robots coordinating through a load-lock (pressure/door/pump sequencing). Implemented multi-vendor communications with auto-detection across SECS serial and TCP/IP, and validated behavior using simulation + GUI animation, logging/sniffers, and hardware-in-the-loop testing; currently self-studying ROS 2.”
Mid-level Technical Support/SRE specializing in observability and cloud data operations
Junior Software Engineer specializing in Generative AI and full-stack development
Shilpa Ashirwad
Senior Business Development & Talent Solutions Leader in IT staffing
“Sales professional focused on staffing/talent operations and GTM enablement solutions, with a disciplined outbound motion (ICP, org mapping, multi-threading across calls/LinkedIn/email). Has examples of winning mid-market deals ($30K–$60K) and expanding an account to ~$52K ACV, plus building early-stage sales process rigor (MEDDICC, pipeline reviews) that produced predictable pipeline in ~90 days and shortened cycles by ~20%.”