Vetted General Managers in the Bay Area

Bill Eichen

Screened

Executive product and business leader specializing in AI, semiconductors, and growth strategy

Palo Alto, CA23y exp

“Candidate indicated they have a business plan or startup and referenced Gimmelfund.com, a VC fund in Palo Alto. They also stated they are very familiar with the venture capital, studio, and accelerator landscape, but provided limited detail during the screen.”

“Commercial/GTN leader with GCP experience managing multi-year, multi-megawatt AI/GPU infrastructure commitments, owning segment P&L and governance for take-or-pay/reserved capacity. Drove a major client partnership scaling ARR from $50M to $100M in 18 months by aligning Product/Engineering, GTM, and infra teams and building flexible, margin-protective commercial structures. Known for speeding hyperscaler procurement/security reviews (FedRAMP/SOC2, IAM, data residency) and operationalizing multi-region delivery with landing zones and IaC.”

“Operations/finance transformation leader with experience in large healthcare organizations (e.g., PacifiCare and KP), brought in to stabilize and modernize operating cadence during high-change periods. Known for applying lean/agile methods (value-stream mapping, 2-week sprints, kanban, RACI) to build KPI single-sources-of-truth and scalable analytics operating models, delivering 40%+ cycle-time/rework reductions and improved forecasting/decision velocity.”

Antonio Richmond

Screened

Executive Operations Leader and Electrical Engineer specializing in industrial scale-up and automation

Los Gatos, CA16y exp

“Operations leader with heavy industrial and climate/industrial innovation exposure: led ops for a novel cement-disruption product involving site selection near CO2 emitters and feedstock/offtake sourcing to reach a proof-of-concept facility. Previously recommissioned an oil re-refinery within a year, owning cross-functional hiring plus compliance, budgeting, and community relations—delivering on time and on budget.”

Jonathan Tucker

Screened

Mid-level Esports & Game Operations Leader specializing in strategy, analytics, and live events

San Francisco, CA9y exp

“Game designer with shipped multiplayer FPS experience on XDefiant, owning end-to-end mode design and tuning (Capture the Flag) and co-designing the Hardpoint spawn system across maps. Builds and iterates prototypes directly in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints, and has navigated real console/engine performance constraints and post-launch fixes while maintaining competitive integrity.”

“Chief of Staff to the family of Kevin Scott (CTO of Microsoft), serving as the first CoS to unify previously siloed teams and build an operating cadence for executive decision-making. Experienced running high-stakes, high-security events including a Presidential fundraiser/President Biden visit, coordinating with the presidential advance team and Secret Service while protecting principal priorities and privacy.”

Shady Alzayat

Screened

Executive full-stack engineering leader specializing in AI, cloud, and digital platforms

San Francisco, CA23y exp

“Serial entrepreneur building appetier.com, an agentic restaurant marketing and ecommerce automation platform for restaurants. Previously raised for Atlas Mental Health and brings thoughtful fundraising perspective centered on investor alignment, GTM partnership, and vertical SaaS/SMB infrastructure expertise.”

“Senior operations leader with hands-on experience removing major scale blockers in high-volume operations, including building a scalable end-to-end chain-of-custody workflow validated through time studies, throughput testing, and client-facing demonstrations. Partners directly with sales from site walks through RFPs to win enterprise clients against far larger incumbents, and drives market-level gross margin improvement through P&L-driven metric selection and controllable levers like overtime.”

“Hospitality operator who has opened and started multiple restaurant and bar concepts, with a structured approach from concept/brand story and mission creation through to operational execution. Emphasizes repeatable standards, margin discipline (inventory, portioning, labor), and coaching founders/executives to build scalable, replicable operations.”