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Vetted Director of Engineerings in California
Pre-screened and vetted in California.
Rob Wlaschin
Director-level Engineering Manager specializing in AI platforms, FinTech, and Healthtech
“Serial entrepreneur building three distinct products: a context-aware AI chatbot, a connected TV companion-screen platform with an implementation client, and gamerogue.net, a mobile-optimized web-based virtual tabletop marketplace currently seeking funding. Brings hands-on fundraising experience, familiarity with the VC/accelerator ecosystem including YC, and a notably pragmatic approach to validating ideas based on existing market demand rather than speculative adoption.”
Ken Sherman
Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, cloud, and SaaS platforms
“Senior engineering executive with 8+ years leading large-scale SaaS modernization across AI, compliance, ecommerce, streaming, IoT, and travel. Has led a 150+ global engineering org, modernized seven cloud-native platforms for a $400M business, and consolidated travel systems processing $1B+ annually while staying hands-on in architecture, incident response, and AI integration.”
Executive Renewable Energy & Infrastructure Development Leader (Solar, Storage, Data Centers)
Director of Engineering specializing in healthcare compliance and scaling startup platforms
Executive Engineering Leader (CTO/Director) specializing in product platforms and AI systems
Executive engineering leader specializing in AI infrastructure and enterprise SaaS
Executive Engineering Leader specializing in OTT streaming platforms and AdTech
Director of Engineering specializing in omnichannel retail and commerce platforms
Executive engineering leader specializing in consumer, B2B SaaS, and AI-native platforms
Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI-native products and learning systems
Executive CTO/VP of Engineering specializing in full-stack hardware, embedded, and connected devices
Director of Engineering specializing in cloud platforms for healthcare, logistics, and FinTech
Director of Engineering specializing in subscription commerce platforms and cloud modernization
Executive Technology Leader specializing in AI-native cloud platforms and enterprise systems
Executive engineering leader specializing in greenfield products and scaling across FinTech and media
Director-level engineering leader specializing in mobile platforms and organizational modernization
VIVEK PATEL
Director of Engineering specializing in cloud-native SaaS and distributed systems
“Engineering leader for a facial-recognition edge platform who drove a full-stack modernization to scale from ~100 edge devices to thousands of locations. Led a major distributed-systems re-architecture (NATS streaming), database migration (MongoDB to PostgreSQL + TimeScaleDB), and UI/API modernization (React), while scaling the team 5→15 and implementing CI/CD + automated QA to improve release velocity and reliability.”
Executive Engineering Leader (CTO/SVP) specializing in high-load platforms and GenAI/LLM systems
James Choi
Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in cloud architecture and SaaS platforms
“Engineering leader with hands-on architecture depth who has improved team delivery cadence to weekly releases by redesigning SDLC ownership and validation workflows. Currently leading AI/LLM product work around meeting-transcript intelligence for sales use cases, with a strong emphasis on observability, prompt tuning, and iterative UX refinement.”
Principal Software Engineer & Product Leader specializing in distributed systems and agentic platforms
Executive computer vision engineer specializing in 3D imaging, AI, cloud, and IoT
Director of Engineering specializing in Unity game development and platform integrations
Christopher Rivera
Director of Engineering specializing in enterprise platforms and cloud modernization
“Engineering leader in the railroad industry who has grown from hands-on software engineering into leading four development teams across mission-critical products, while staying deeply involved in architecture and modernization. Particularly strong in transforming legacy, multi-customer enterprise systems using Java/Spring Boot, React, PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD without sacrificing delivery stability.”
Vinicius Leite
Staff/Lead Game Engineer specializing in gameplay systems and VR
“Unity gameplay programmer with hands-on multiplayer networking experience (Photon Fusion, Mirror, SmartFox, Unity networking), including client-side prediction and rollback to smooth networked movement under lag/packet loss. Recently improved a fast-paced 2D platformer’s feel by adding momentum/velocity “gears,” validated through internal cohorts and volunteer/friends-and-family playtests. Comfortable in both startup and large-company environments and currently seeking a high-impact, intensive project.”