Vetted Presidents

Charles Darling

Screened

Executive Founder and Venture Builder specializing in Healthcare, MedTech, and AI-driven commercialization

Houston, TX22y exp

“Medtech-focused venture builder with experience as a VC venture partner, family office investor, venture studio COO, and repeat founder (Techstars Boulder alum). Currently incubating two medtech deals with a VC fund, applying a rigorous diligence process spanning KOL interviews, regulatory/reimbursement strategy, manufacturing sourcing, GTM/competition analysis, and exit/acquirer milestone mapping before company formation or fundraising.”

“RevOps/strategy operator at Cognitiv reporting directly to the President, owning 30+ measurable outcomes across 8 corporate objectives. Known for building executive operating rhythms (Slack-driven weekly business pulse reporting) and driving cross-functional alignment across Sales, CS, Marketing, Product, and Finance. Delivered measurable growth impact (20% lift in auto growth progress in 8 weeks) by using red-teaming insights to reallocate marketing investment.”

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.”

“Consulting project manager in global trade/compliance and regulatory reporting, leading cross-functional initiatives for global clients (tax, customs, supply chain, IT, finance) including US tariff exposure mitigation and EU carbon reporting. Built repeatable automations in Alteryx for US Customs Reconciliation filings (replacing large Excel models) and drives executive alignment through concise, decision-ready briefs and strong governance.”

Harold Lehon

Screened

Executive Business Strategy & Operations Leader in Medical Devices, Manufacturing, and Technology

North Hollywood, CA25y exp

“CEO/operator with strong private-equity-facing transformation experience who led post-acquisition integration and cross-functional execution to deliver $4M in annual savings. Built a KPI-driven strategic planning and operating cadence that helped scale CCW from $14M to $50M over 5 years, with external recognition including Inc 5000 (2023) and a 2023 Stevie Award for innovation.”

“Data/pipeline engineer with experience in space and scientific data systems, including JPL-related satellite transmission workflows and customer deployments involving NOAA/Argo standards. Stands out for building autonomous production pipelines, debugging subtle logic failures in data integrations, and improving processing efficiency while reducing manual operational work.”

“Private equity/growth investor with sourcing-heavy experience across software, currently at PSG within a $30B AUM platform after originating 1200+ net new companies at Akmazo Capital. Stands out for combining high-volume outbound founder sourcing with rigorous market research and relationship-building that has led to proprietary SaaS deals and active investment diligence.”

“Entrepreneur and executive building an entertainment IP studio centered on YouTube-driven discovery and toyetic, product-friendly franchises. Has prior pre-accelerator experience, has already begun investor conversations, and demonstrates a thoughtful, market-aware approach to fundraising, production cost compression, and venture studio economics.”

“Robotics engineer who built a 6-axis force-torque sensor system end-to-end at ROAM Lab, including electronics, low-level drivers, and ROS2 live inference with time-series deep learning (ultimately a 1D ResNet) to handle highly noisy, session-shifting signals. Also upgraded tactile manipulation models to time-series inputs by modifying long-standing ROS architectures, and has prior experience in defense (L3Harris) with production-grade testing and code review practices; published work: arxiv.org/abs/2410.03481.”

“Outbound sales candidate with a cold-calling-first approach who consistently hit or exceeded a 10-meeting monthly KPI and earned bonuses. Stands out for creative prospecting, including booking a hard-to-reach Texas transit agency meeting through a custom Spanish-language email, and for having a structured, high-volume approach to building pipeline in low-enablement SDR environments.”

Clifton Gilley

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in product management and Agile transformation

Remote, USA25y exp

“Veteran product leader with roughly 20 years of experience spanning legal tech, higher education, and enterprise software, including early AI/ML applications in e-discovery at massive scale. Unusually combines product leadership with a background in law, psychology, and sociology, giving him strong domain empathy and a human-centered approach to UX, AI, and organizational transformation.”

“Frontend/product engineer from IXL who built an AI workspace for teachers to generate, edit, and chain classroom resources using LLMs. They show unusual depth in browser fundamentals and rich-text/math UI work, including debugging a rare repaint issue and designing mixed text/LaTeX editing experiences for educators.”

“Senior HR leader/HRBP with experience at Lowe's and as VP of HR at Chefs' Warehouse (NYSE: CHEF), known for building scalable talent and performance systems across large operational workforces. Led a nationwide assessment across 15 distribution centers and delivered executive-ready insights that earned a CEO commendation, and is a strong HRIS/people-metrics practitioner (Workday/ADP/Dayforce) who turns survey and workforce data into concrete action plans.”