Vetted Presidents in the Bay Area

Sammy Datwani

Screened

Executive biotech leader specializing in microfluidics, diagnostics, and life science tools

Pleasanton, CA25y exp

“Biotech founder building a de-novo protein sequencing company, originally incubated by Versant Ventures and now focused on life science tools and clinical diagnostics. Has raised capital from institutional VCs, strategic investors, and a foundation, and brings unusual ecosystem depth through mentoring at IndieBio, Berkeley SkyDeck, and Biotools Innovator, plus board service with Life Science Angels and VC diligence advisory work.”

“Built and deployed a production RAG-based semantic search and summarization system for large legal/technical document sets, owning the full backend (embeddings, vector store, chunking, prompting) and driving a reported 40–60% reduction in manual review time. Experienced with LangChain/LlamaIndex plus Airflow/Temporal-style orchestration, and applies rigorous evaluation/monitoring (A/B tests, drift detection, staged rollouts) to keep agentic systems reliable. Also partnered with a supply-chain manager at TE Connectivity to deliver an AI inventory recommendation tool projected to drive millions in value.”

“Former VC and angel investor with board experience (Sand Hill Angels) who has raised money for their own companies and helped over two dozen companies prepare for fundraising and M&A. Strong fit for CEO roles in venture-backed environments given extensive capital markets and deal-prep exposure.”

Ofir Baharav

Screened

Executive Chairman/CEO specializing in hardware, SaaS, and industrial technology turnarounds

Los Altos Hills, CA26y exp

“Two-decade CEO/EVP Product operator with multiple founder-level and public-company turnarounds, known for implementing an AOP-driven execution cadence and rigorous decision documentation. Delivered outsized outcomes including 5x trade show performance gains, major reliability improvements (DOA down to ~1–2%), and an 18-month transformation of a shrinking product into the company’s highest-growth/highest-margin line that remained an industry leader for a decade.”

Inman Breaux

Screened

Executive SaaS & AdTech CEO specializing in AI attribution and mobile growth

San Francisco, CA17y exp

“Mobile-tech entrepreneur building AppQ (mobile.appq.ai), an agentic mobile SDK that optimizes mobile UX in real time to improve Day 1/Day 7 retention by adjusting levers like ad frequency, difficulty, messaging, and artwork. Previously co-founded an SDK-led mobile ad network (invented push notification ads), scaled to 300K+ SDK integrations, and grew revenue from $7M in 10 months to $50M the following year before exiting in 2020.”

“Operations/process-focused leader with hands-on manufacturing and quality mindset: improved product stability by preventing oxidation via inert gas and oxygen monitoring, and implemented sensor-based automation to maintain conditions without manual intervention. Uses time studies and benchmarking to redesign workflows (reported ~60% labor reduction per batch) and trains teams on GMP/regulatory and contamination-control practices using practical demonstrations.”

“Enterprise account leader in Kazakhstan (Procter & Gamble context) managing a $11M strategic retailer account and a broader book of 40 accounts/900 stores. Known for data-driven dashboards and cross-functional execution to prevent churn, drive e-commerce growth, and deliver measurable lifts (e.g., 100% SKU retention, +190% e-com growth, +45% pilot sales lift). Upskilling into martech/analytics and AI automation (Power BI, SQL, Python; CS50 and AWS Cloud Practitioner coursework).”

Darshi Jain

Screened

Mid-level Customer Success Manager specializing in ads, product strategy, and analytics

San Francisco, CA4y exp

“Revenue-focused seller with experience at Amazon and Vedanta, combining data-driven prospecting, account expansion, and GTM process building. Stands out for turning performance insights into repeatable growth motions—driving $3.1M annual revenue uplift and 40% format adoption at Amazon, while also building new-market playbooks from scratch in high-ambiguity industrial segments.”

Spencer Stewart

Screened

Mid-level baseball development coach specializing in analytics and player development

San Francisco, CA7y exp

“Former high-achieving pitcher and collegiate club All-American who translated his playing background into professional development coaching and collegiate baseball analytics leadership. He combines lived baseball experience, Trackman-driven evaluation, and a trusted West Coast mid-major coach network to guide athletes on recruiting, development, and college decision-making.”

John Boyle

Screened

Executive Construction & Infrastructure Leader specializing in heavy civil design-build and transportation

Palo Alto, CA18y exp

“Former COO turned President at United Infrastructure Group who helped scale the company from $80M to $450M in revenue (100 to 900 employees) while building an integrated operations/finance operating system using COINS, Power BI, and custom modules. Known for data-driven operational diagnostics (audited financials, project benchmarking) and for leading complex system integrations (including COINS + Tenna) to deliver real-time dashboards and measurable efficiency gains.”

Alexander Churchill

Screened

Executive Talent Acquisition & Workforce Operations Leader specializing in global hiring

San Francisco / Denver, US23y exp

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader who ran a 450–600 person multi-region org (USA/MX/Colombia) with end-to-end ownership of SLAs, capacity planning, funnel metrics, ATS/CRM, compliance, bench, and renewals. Known for high-impact operational redesigns—revamped sales comp to lift EBIT and built a CX function that improved renewals by 10% in 12 months (~$7M). Also drove a Slack-first AI workflow strategy that cut complex RFP turnaround from weeks to minutes.”