Vetted Head of Engineerings

Amit Sharma

Screened

Principal Software Engineer specializing in AI/LLM platforms, payments, and healthcare systems

San Francisco, CA25y exp

“Engineering player-coach who recently shipped an agent-based workflow to extract key info from unstructured web data (browser agents + CDP) and populate daily digests/calendars, owning architecture through testing. Also built a Flask-based LLM evaluation and regression testing system using G-Eval/Confident AI dashboards, and applies a rigorous, research-driven approach to selecting third-party tools with stakeholder buy-in; has healthcare ops/onboarding workflow experience at Vivio Health.”

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.”

“Player-coach engineering leader currently running a Solution Architecture/FDE team responsible for both presales and postsales delivery. Stands out for combining enterprise systems thinking with hands-on AI product work: they built configurable tooling that sped delivery by ~30%, drove a Kafka-to-Pulsar architecture shift for scale, and spent the last two years building LLM-based document extraction and RAG inference pipelines shaped directly by user feedback.”

“Engineering executive and former CTO with a rare blend of enterprise healthcare AI leadership and consumer AI product building for neurodiverse users. Led Adoreal’s U.S. expansion, scaled a multidisciplinary org by about 60%, modernized platform architecture with Kubernetes and CI/CD, and consistently ties engineering and AI decisions to trust, onboarding efficiency, and revenue outcomes.”

Melissa Bennett

Screened

Executive engineering and AI leader specializing in healthcare AI and startup scaling

Los Angeles, CA21y exp

“Engineering leader who has built teams and products from scratch in both healthcare AI and consumer tech. Most notably, they grew Thrive AI Health’s engineering org from 0 to 20 and led delivery of a multimodal, multi-agent AI health coach—including a real-time voice experience piloted with Eli Lilly—while previously scaling Sweetgreen’s mobile ordering platform into a major revenue channel.”

“Senior engineering leader with deep hands-on experience scaling and stabilizing complex SaaS platforms, including leading the OneLogin identity platform and managing globally distributed teams of up to 105 people. Particularly strong in reliability engineering, infrastructure modernization, and cross-functional execution, with a track record spanning platform unification, enterprise product delivery, and tailored Agile transformations.”

Rifat Khan

Screened

Mid-level Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer specializing in scientific computing, CFD, and ML systems

Santa Fe, New Mexico6y exp

“Robotics/control-focused engineer who built and validated a series elastic actuator control stack end-to-end (dynamic modeling, torque/position control, simulation, and experimental real-time debugging on hardware). Deep simulation background (OpenFOAM/COMSOL/Abaqus) and practical reproducibility tooling (Docker/CI), with conceptual ROS/ROS2 knowledge and confidence ramping into ROS-based stacks.”

Raymond Hunce

Screened

Senior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack platforms and cloud systems

New York, NY5y exp

“Frontend-leaning full-stack engineer with 5+ years of professional experience across startups and Capital One, combining UI design instincts with hands-on React/TypeScript implementation. Has owned polished browser interfaces end-to-end, built custom analytics instrumentation with DynamoDB, and improved complex internal tooling by redesigning data-heavy workflows based on direct user feedback.”

“Founding Principal Engineer/Head of Engineering at Amberflo (Seed $5M Homebrew; Series A Norwest) who built and shipped an AI Gateway + real-time LLM cost metering/pricing MVP end-to-end (control plane/data plane, AWS infra, CI/CD). Known for extremely fast MVP cycles (often 1–2 weeks), scaling teams (50–60 hires), and driving major pivots (usage-based billing to FinOps) by repurposing an existing metering/pricing platform; based in Chicago and has led a Silicon Valley startup remotely with frequent Bay Area travel.”

Mark Parolisi

Screened

Executive technology leader specializing in digital publishing and media platforms

Greater New York City Area, NY18y exp

“Engineering leader in digital media/news with 8 years leading globally distributed teams supporting 24+ consumer and internal web applications. Distinguishes himself as a hands-on player-coach who standardized tooling across teams, built an in-house authentication and entitlements platform, and led AI systems for newsroom draft generation and taxonomy workflows that improved efficiency and engagement.”