Vetted Directors

Sudhir Sagi

Screened

Executive technology and operations leader specializing in connected vehicle SaaS and IoT

Novi, MI28y exp

“Candidate indicated they do not have a business plan or startup, are not familiar with the venture capital/accelerator landscape, and explicitly requested to withdraw their application because the position does not seem like the right fit.”

Mer Stern

Screened

Senior Video Editor & Producer specializing in mission-driven storytelling

Brooklyn, NY11y exp

“Music editor/mixer with a musician background who shapes longform storytelling through precise cue timing, genre-aware sourcing (including original artist tracks), and seamless restructuring/rescoring. Has edited documentary content on discrimination in the music industry and adjusted mixes/edits for institutional clients like Lincoln Center to improve clarity and engagement.”

Shruti Krishnagiri

Screened

Executive Engineering Leader & Technical Founder specializing in AI automation platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, California20y exp

“Founder/CTO who built and shipped a consumer subscription-bundling platform end-to-end (architecture, implementation, testing) and scaled it to thousands of customers and major partners. Previously led a major reliability overhaul at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for a Google-Docs-like ed-tech product—boosted observability, introduced incident management, and migrated to a Docker-based scalable architecture. Heavy user of AI tools (Cursor/Claude) for development, testing, and code review, with a strong bias toward lightweight, fast-moving execution.”

Michael Yudanin

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML and enterprise software

San Ramon, CA19y exp

“Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience who still codes daily, currently directing AI-driven knowledge management systems at eGain. He stands out for combining large-scale people leadership with deep technical ownership of LLM/NLI pipelines and for a track record of turning complex operational problems into high-impact systems, including a manufacturing platform that boosted throughput 4x and expanded across 11 plants.”

Nathan Cohen

Screened

Director-level People & Platform Leader specializing in global org scaling and enterprise systems

13y exp

“Former Director of Product turned Head of People at Endeavor, blending product/analytics rigor with HR leadership. Managed globally dispersed teams across 30+ countries and helped standardize leadership expectations for managing directors across 40+ offices through competency alignment and structured evaluations.”

“Dynamics 365 Project Operations/Field Service implementer focused on operational execution—built foundational task tracking and expedited field-service scheduling with improved visibility, alerts, and billing/sales record traceability. Uses interviews plus pilot/testing to refine UI and business processes for adoption, and applies A/B testing techniques to both marketing emails and D365 form experiences while partnering with the D365 product team to address bugs and usability.”

Shyaam Sundhar Rajamadam Srinivasan

Screened

Director-level Cybersecurity Architect specializing in cloud security, threat detection and incident response

Reston, VA18y exp

“Entrepreneur building an AI-enabled platform to help tradespeople (e.g., plumbers/carpenters) find customers, currently moving from ideation toward MVP and user launch. Previously founded Votimo (2012), an early philanthropy/donation-transparency platform, raised ~ $2M in angel funding, and implemented the system before strategic drift from leadership/vision changes.”

“Engineering leader focused on multi-cloud platform modernization, combining deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and DevSecOps with management of 18-person DevOps/SRE/software teams. Particularly strong in building secure, scalable enterprise SaaS infrastructure and Spark/Databricks data platforms while driving cross-functional standardization, reliability, and faster release cycles.”