Vetted Consultants

Joshua Seiden

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in emerging tech commercialization

Centennial, Colorado33y exp

“Startup operations/product advisor and long-time accelerator mentor who has helped multiple early-stage companies become enterprise-ready—shifting teams to customer-driven roadmaps and implementing CI/Agile delivery processes. Notably supported an Israeli company in landing a Fortune 30 customer before it later IPO’d on NASDAQ, and helped an Australian startup operationalize delivery to secure deployment with a major telecom and sports league.”

“Former McKinsey consultant with MBA consulting experience who led financial/budgeting work and helped shape a nonprofit fundraising GTM strategy. Built targeted corporate outreach, tailored messaging by stakeholder, and used HubSpot-driven pipeline tracking to help secure roughly $50K in partner funding.”

Bill Boedeker

Screened

Executive Marketing & Communications Leader specializing in financial services and AI/ML content

New York, NY18y exp

“Executive communications and program management professional with experience at BlackRock Alternatives and JPMorgan’s Machine Learning Center of Excellence. Led high-velocity, cross-functional initiatives like a weekly president’s newsletter to 900 global employees and built Monday.com reporting boards for a rapidly scaling global ML org, while also coordinating multi-track executive events (AI Summit) and handling sensitive, ADA-compliant HR issues with discretion.”

Benjamin Staeheli

Screened

Executive banking operations leader specializing in transformation, BPaaS, and payments

Zürich/Berne, Switzerland29y exp

“Operator with private-equity-backed scaling experience who standardized and automated global service delivery into a centralized CoE model to improve scalability and unit economics. Led company-wide Toyota Kata adoption (100+ processes improved) and an enterprise AI implementation generating $10M net contribution, with strong PE board communication and metric-driven execution.”

“Operator focused on scaling and growing organizations, with experience in PE/VC-backed environments. Familiar with PE/VC and accelerator/studio models and how to apply them to create business agility and rapid experimentation while preserving innovation as companies scale.”

Philip Kearney

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in embedded systems, IoT, and wireless networking

San Francisco Bay Area, CA34y exp

“Former Apple employee who worked with Steve Jobs in the early 2000s and is now looking to join startups as a CTO partner to non-technical founders. Brings a thoughtful, skeptical lens on VC-backed startup execution, emphasizing technical feasibility, real product-market fit, and mission-driven teams solving meaningful problems.”

Melanie Fawcett

Screened

Executive product and customer success leader specializing in AI/ML platforms

Redwood City, CA29y exp

“Product leader who founded the Product Analytics domain at DataRobot and drove discovery for an MLOps platform later recognized by Gartner. Stands out for combining deep customer research with hands-on NLP analysis to shape roadmap priorities, then translating that into a shipped product that drove retention and upsell.”

Bryan Mangelson

Screened

Executive operator specializing in SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and M&A

Remote, USA11y exp

“Candidate has prior startup experience that included raising money and evaluating accelerator opportunities, giving them practical exposure to early-stage company building. They are motivated by the chance to shape company culture and vision, and they assess ideas with a mix of market research, customer interviews, and personal conviction.”