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Vetted Founders in the DMV
Pre-screened and vetted in the DMV.
Director-level engineering leader specializing in cloud platforms, AI/ML, and SaaS
Fernando Cardenas
Executive technology leader specializing in AI products and enterprise platform modernization
“Four-time founder with hands-on experience inside angel- and venture-backed executive teams, plus accelerator mentorship experience. Brings a practical, customer-validation-driven approach to company building, with strong insight into early-stage team dynamics and investor ecosystems.”
Executive International Security Leader specializing in multilateral counterterrorism and nonproliferation
Senior advertising sales leader specializing in digital marketing and AdTech
Director-level Economist and Market Research Consultant specializing in industrial organization and finance
DAVID SIEGEL
Executive entrepreneur and investor specializing in AI, blockchain, and venture building
“Lifelong entrepreneur and early Pixar employee who has spent decades in the Bay Area, New York, and Europe building companies and operating in venture ecosystems. He has raised $20M via ICO, raised £3M for a London venture studio, and brings a strong point of view on AI: product creation is commoditizing, so durable startups need a distribution edge.”
Scott Bleasdell
Executive Product Leader specializing in AI-powered B2B SaaS
“Senior product leader with a track record of transforming legacy and labor-intensive products into AI-native, high-growth platforms across automotive SaaS, legal tech, enterprise software, and UCaaS. Most notably, they rebuilt CallRevu’s call analysis engine to replace human review with AI, cutting processing costs by 93% and reducing turnaround from 30 minutes to under 3 seconds, while also launching a new adjacent product line.”
Olivier Meyer
Executive product leader specializing in AI-enabled B2B SaaS platforms
“Product leader with experience both scaling enterprise platforms and building product organizations from zero. At PerformYard, they introduced AI across HR/performance workflows, built the first PM, design, and QA teams, and applied deep BI/analytics expertise to unblock a stalled reporting product. They also led technically complex platform work at VBrick, including a WebRTC-based peer-to-peer distribution capability for large-scale enterprise video delivery.”
Mohamed Hamidi
Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in payments and FinTech
“Backend engineer with strong payments and high-stakes transaction experience, including owning an Apple Pay/Google Pay integration via Stripe end-to-end in production for 100,000+ users. Particularly compelling for teams that need someone who can balance speed, security, and reliability in checkout or other sensitive backend workflows, and who has hands-on incident ownership in production.”
steve olson
Director-level paid media and growth marketing leader in healthcare and political advertising
“Performance marketing leader with experience managing a national paid media program at MyEyeDr. averaging $2.2M/month across digital and offline channels for 950+ locations. Stands out for combining rigorous incrementality testing, media mix modeling, and creative experimentation to drive 81% booking growth over two years while lowering CAC by 26%.”
Principal AI Systems Architect specializing in agentic AI and enterprise platforms
Executive nonprofit education leader specializing in strategic partnerships and major gift fundraising
Junior Full-Stack Engineer specializing in low-latency video streaming
Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager specializing in SaaS, cloud security, and AI platforms
Executive Enterprise Architect & AI Advisor specializing in FinTech and Government modernization
Sharon Harrison
Executive CMO specializing in SaaS GTM, brand, demand, and product marketing
“Operator with 20 years working alongside founders and 7 years in regulated SaaS, especially higher education/edtech. Currently serves as CMO across five ElevenX Capital portfolio companies and leads Campus Consortium Foundation's incubator efforts, bringing hands-on experience in AI go-to-market, venture formation, and building trust-first SaaS motions in compliance-heavy markets.”
Paul Tran
Executive Technology Leader specializing in SaaS, federal consulting, and digital transformation
“Former CEO of GravyWork with hands-on experience building an org-wide strategic plan and modernization roadmap for a growing company. Uses Michael Gerber’s innovation/orchestration/quantification framework and structured as-is/gap/to-be analysis to drive cost reduction, automation/outsourcing decisions, and leadership alignment through change.”
Mid-level Growth & Finance Analyst specializing in AI startups, public affairs, and real estate finance
Mohan Pushadapu
Mid-level Mechatronics Engineer specializing in robotics, embedded firmware, and autonomous systems
“Robotics/embedded engineer with hands-on firmware ownership for closed-loop motor/vision systems and strong ROS1 navigation experience (move_base, gmapping, robot_localization), including EKF sensor fusion to eliminate localization drift to sub-10cm accuracy. Also brings IoT distributed pub/sub expertise (30+ devices over MQTT, 99% uptime) plus Unity AR/VR simulation and computer-vision test automation that saved 100+ hours.”