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Vetted Founders in California
Pre-screened and vetted in California.
Executive Communications Leader specializing in media, entertainment, and brand strategy
Director-level Performance Marketing leader specializing in paid acquisition
Mid-level growth operator and founder specializing in creator economy, e-commerce, and gaming
Senior Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer specializing in production AI systems
Executive CTO and SaaS Architect specializing in cloud modernization and AI integration
Junior Project Manager specializing in Gen Z marketing, brand strategy, and UX
Benjamin Glassner
Mid-level Product Lead specializing in AI-enabled policy intelligence and apparel product development
“Apparel product developer/sourcing manager at Linkwear Limited who led high-risk, low-MOQ launches (down to 50 pcs/style) by reverse-engineering samples into tech packs, aggressively vetting/negotiating suppliers, and managing production through QC and shipping. Demonstrated trade-risk hedging (Section 301) via parallel sourcing and hands-on supplier recovery by traveling to Wuxi to resolve a mill bottleneck.”
Staff Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLM agents and ML systems
Senior Product/UX Designer specializing in enterprise UX, AI, and modern interfaces
Executive B2B marketing leader specializing in high-tech SaaS growth
Prateek Patil
Engineering Leader specializing in Digital Health, AI, and Cloud Platforms
“Senior Engineering Manager at Roche leading two Scrum teams building internally shared (“inner-sourced”) tools and libraries for a healthcare enterprise. Has led security/compliance-first architecture decisions (e.g., Python AI modules running inside a Java container) and front-end modularization (Angular monorepo to module federation), with a strong focus on developer experience via automated Swagger/OpenAPI documentation and robust testing/versioning practices.”
Benjamin Hudnut
Junior Live Events & Music Operations professional specializing in booking, touring, and community events
“Founder/director of the music and event production company Tuned In, personally driving outbound BD to book underground LA talent and produce 25 events, including a major Lunar New Year collaboration with Alice Longyu Gao. Also ran multi-channel voter/community outreach for the Frankie Carrillo campaign (door knocking, 1,000+ SMS) and built automation tools (Apple widget; AI image-to-CSV workflow at Live Nation) to improve operational efficiency.”
jitender Hooda
Executive Client Partner specializing in engineering and digital services
“Founder building an agentic AI-based low-code platform for B2B enterprise applications, validated through enterprise client conversations and delivered via rapid paid MVP/POCs. Platform has seen production traction (6–7 apps, 1000+ daily users) and includes capabilities like QR scanning integrated with ERP/PLM systems. Experienced in business development and client relationships, with a pragmatic, ROI- and speed-focused approach to product and GTM under tight capital constraints.”
Benjamin Reicher
Director-level CG/Animation Technical Director specializing in Unreal and VFX pipelines
“Animation pipeline/cinematics specialist focused on Maya-to-Unreal workflows, known as the go-to person for resolving "impossible" fringe export and data-mismatch issues (FBX versions, OS differences, tool bugs). Worked on high-profile titles including Hogwarts Legacy (proprietary cinematics module), Fortnite cinematics, LEGO 2K Racers, and Judas, supporting shots end-to-end from cloth sim pre-roll to facial/body performance alignment.”
Thomas To
Mid-level Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI/ML data platforms for biotech and FinTech
“AI/ML full-stack practitioner in a small-scale manufacturing/lab operations environment who deployed a production ML system to improve blood cell order fulfillment by predicting yield/success from donor characteristics. Experienced building custom multi-agent orchestration (Python, LangChain/LangGraph, MCP) and balancing reliability, data quality constraints, and token/ROI economics while communicating tradeoffs to VP-level business stakeholders.”
Zack Pagano
Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in FinTech and data platforms
“Engineer in a highly regulated banking environment who has built both a full-stack digest product that cut notification volume 40% and an internal LLM-powered on-call assistant that reduced triage time by 30%+. Stands out for combining strong AWS/serverless and TypeScript architecture skills with careful AI safety, observability, and compliance-minded design.”
Jake Arena
Mid-level growth marketer and producer specializing in entertainment and live events
“Startup-minded operator and event-business builder who created an outbound pipeline from scratch at Beat Repeat using POS and ticketing data, driving 30% higher repeat attendance and 15% lower costs. Also founded Drinklink, a bar subscription service sold face-to-face, and showed strong market instinct by identifying and negotiating an early strategic partnership with Posh before it was widely established in Los Angeles.”
John Chen
Junior Full-Stack & Data Scientist specializing in ML/NLP and analytics products
“Built and deployed profitprops.io, a sports betting player-props prediction product using ML/AI. Implemented backend APIs with FastAPI/Express.js and Supabase, trained models on AWS GPU (P3) using Docker + RAPIDS, and set up CI/CD with GitHub Actions while working around cost constraints and data-collection hurdles (EC2 proxy rotation/rate limits).”
Sonia Jairath
Executive Talent Acquisition leader specializing in high-volume and executive hiring across media and tech
“Talent Acquisition leader (former Director of Talent Acquisition at Paramount Global) who has managed recruiter teams (1–7 direct reports) and can jump into high-impact executive searches. Experienced partnering with C-suite/EVP stakeholders and HRBPs on offer approvals and leveling/comp adjustments, and has implemented recruiting process/ATS workflows and team training programs across both startups and large enterprises.”
Executive Marketing & Media Strategy Leader specializing in integrated brand and performance marketing
Senior Sales Engineer specializing in technical solution architecture
Executive Biotech & Cleantech Entrepreneur specializing in AI, nanotechnology, and regulatory strategy