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Vetted Founders in the Greater Detroit
Pre-screened and vetted in the Greater Detroit.
Paul Boehms
Executive COO/CFO specializing in operational excellence, finance transformation, and M&A integration
“COO/operator with 12 years in law firm environments who founded an HR consulting startup under Clark Hill PLC, building the full go-to-market, pricing, and standardized service delivery playbooks (including a payroll-percentage fractional HR retainer model). Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with proven results in both manufacturing (raising rooftop AC output from 20 to 50 units/week) and professional services (cut ~1 week from invoicing to improve cash flow). Also runs financial operations for a fast-growing nonprofit sports club (600+ participants).”
Omkar Lahurikar
Senior engineering founder specializing in AI systems and automotive controls
“Builder-minded founder/operator currently at Ford who previously co-founded MeruDynamics, an "Uber for manufacturing" platform, and took it from zero to paying customer without raising capital. He also independently built and deployed RDD, an AI copilot for engineering decision capture, with evals, prompt versioning, and LLM cost telemetry—showing unusual depth in both product thinking and practical AI execution.”
Executive Technology Leader (CTO/VP) specializing in cloud-native SaaS and AI/ML
paul mack
Senior Product Leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS, AI, and digital transformation
“Product leader with an unusual blend of AI product building, social work training, and hands-on education experience. Built an AI-powered relationship coaching app from scratch, led IAM product strategy in fleet SaaS, and previously taught biology/AP Biology through Teach For America and helped found a high-performing Detroit charter school.”