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Vetted Director of Engineerings
Pre-screened and vetted.
Director of Engineering specializing in healthcare compliance and scaling startup platforms
Executive Engineering Leader (CTO/Director) specializing in product platforms and AI systems
Director of Engineering specializing in SaaS platforms, AI, and FinTech payments
Executive CTO and Engineering Leader specializing in AI, SaaS platforms, and mixed reality
Executive AI & Data Platform Leader (CAIO/CTO) specializing in enterprise-scale cloud and ML
Executive Engineering Leader specializing in scalable cloud-native platforms and AI integration
Mike Gardiner
Technology Executive / Engineering Director specializing in AI-driven platform transformation
“Built a 0-to-1 iOS mobile gardening application that helps users plan, track, and harvest crops with pest control guidance, weather, and climate-zone-based planting date recommendations. Demonstrated strong customer discovery and MVP-first product execution, including a major data challenge: compiling US climate zone data for every ZIP code from widely dispersed public sources into an app-ready database.”
Executive VP of Engineering specializing in cloud SaaS, AI/ML, and global org scaling
Executive Technology Leader specializing in Cloud Architecture and Serverless/Microservices
Executive AI & Software Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS and digital transformation
Executive Engineering Leader specializing in Healthcare IT and startup scaling
Director-level Software Architect specializing in multi-tenant SaaS and cloud platforms
Executive Engineering Leader specializing in OTT streaming platforms and AdTech
Executive engineering leader specializing in SaaS, DevOps, and Healthcare IT
Director-level healthcare technology leader specializing in FHIR, AI/ML, and security
Timothy Flechtner
Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in games, platforms, and real-time systems
“Engineering leader with gaming and fintech/trading-firm experience who built a sponsor-funded gaming rewards platform (AmEx-style) requiring integrations across Steam/Epic/Xbox/PlayStation and Discord. Emphasizes production-grade, 12-factor delivery with Terraform/Docker/CI/CD and automated testing, plus pragmatic org scaling and remote-team culture built on aligned autonomy and trust.”
Executive technology and product leader specializing in enterprise SaaS and cloud platforms
Richard Faulise
Director of Engineering specializing in AI-enabled SaaS and mobile platforms
“AI startup co-founder and CTO who helped raise $2.6M in seed funding at RedRex and drove product strategy from ideation through execution. Experienced with rapid experimentation and AI-driven prototyping to validate ideas quickly, and has direct exposure to the VC/accelerator ecosystem (Gener8tor) with a market-first approach to building and pitching startups.”
Uday Dorawala
Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS platforms, data, and cloud modernization
“Former founder with an acquired venture who later led R&D at McClatchy and joined multiple startups. Identified a major client need and built a mobile app platform using ML and AR for home builders, driving adoption by dozens of customers and $1M+ ARR. Strong hands-on builder who can architect MVPs, iterate quickly with A/B testing and user feedback, and scale early engineering teams and culture.”
Tyler Stroud
Executive Engineering Leader specializing in AdTech and scalable cloud platforms
“Engineering leader with experience in small, bootstrapped startups and exposure to VC environments, currently pursuing CTO-level opportunities. Thrives in fast-iterating, high-uncertainty settings and emphasizes data-driven clarity plus strong problem/market validation when evaluating new ventures.”
Andrew Simkovsky
Senior Technology & Product Development Leader specializing in cloud, data platforms, and scaling teams
“Has worked at a startup within an incubator program and is a certified mentor with a startup mentorship non-profit focused on early-stage/pre-funded companies. Not currently seeking to found a company or take equity-only roles, but open to working at very early-stage companies (pre-launch/pre-revenue/pre-funded).”
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.”