Vetted Presidents

“Startup President in the liquor/spirits space with hands-on experience raising capital (from friends & family through family offices/venture) and leading a major pivot from DTC to wholesale. Built GTM plans, leveraged partnerships to secure distribution across 8 states, and launched an American Single Malt positioned as a category leader ahead of TTB ratification, including product/brand strategy and multi-market rollout.”

Samuel Ehrenstein

Screened

Mid-level Computer Vision & ML Researcher specializing in medical imaging and 3D vision

Chapel Hill, NC4y exp

“PhD (CS) candidate with hands-on autonomy and robotics experience: improved safety-critical behavior for Kodiak’s self-driving 18-wheeler trucks, increasing overtaking clearance by ~2 feet and reducing safety alerts. Also debugged a C++ SLAM system for 3D colon reconstruction and built a low-budget distributed simulation cluster using Linux, Docker, and Python, plus implemented multi-hop SSH-based comms for an underwater robotics competition minibot.”

“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).”

Chanatip Vachirathanusorn

Screened

Entry-level Software Engineer specializing in full-stack and FinTech systems

San Diego, CA2y exp

“Software engineer with AppFolio payments experience who shipped an end-to-end payment adoption rollout during a short internship, including full-stack implementation, stakeholder coordination, and real-time monitoring. Also built an insurance service AI agent inspired by his father's agency, combining structured document ingestion, RAG, and agentic integrations to improve reliability on dense policy documents.”

“Pre-seed founder (pre-product) building a new enterprise control layer for AI-enabled organizations focused on governed autonomy and decision-cycle compression; thesis formalized in their book "The Decision Velocity Era." Former CEO of Evaluation Solutions who built an internal proprietary operating system, proved it in live operations, commercialized it as SaaS, and enabled growth to $120M+ in contracted revenue.”

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.”

“Senior cross-functional leader with deep experience in high-stakes compliance and executive operations, including executing a DOJ monitorship rollout (52 ethics/compliance processes in 3–4 months) and driving executive alignment through training and dashboards. Also led M&A at AT&T across strategy, diligence, and integration, and delivered measurable operational improvements like automating the financial close down to 1 day.”

Joshua Sampson

Screened

Executive digital marketing leader specializing in growth strategy for sports and consumer brands

Charlotte, NC9y exp

“Paid media specialist with D2C/eCommerce experience managing seven-figure budgets across Meta, Google, Amazon, TikTok, and OTT. They stand out for combining hands-on creative testing, channel reallocation, and executive-level strategy guidance—especially in messy situations like rebuilding account structure after a team departure or adjusting performance strategy during tariff-driven market disruption. Currently seeking contract/freelance work, with openness to full-time for the right fit.”

Steve Crowell

Screened

Executive sales leader specializing in Enterprise SaaS, MarTech, and Retail Media

West Nyack, NY20y exp

“Enterprise SaaS sales leader who spent 8 years at RevTrax after being promoted from IC, now leading a 4-AE team responsible for $20M+ ARR while still carrying a personal $2M quota. Stands out for driving a GTM repositioning that produced 105%+ ARR growth, building MEDDIPICC-based pipeline rigor, and personally landing marquee enterprise logos like Coca-Cola and expanding them into 7-figure platform deals.”

“Revenue/GTM leader with ~10 years of experience scaling companies from early stage through IPO, with unusually deep cross-functional exposure across risk, finance, product/tech, and DevOps. At Catapult, helped drive a pivot from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce and landed major enterprise customers (Lenovo and Wayfair) by navigating complex system integrations and enterprise delivery expectations. Previously ran a family business (2004–2008) and is committed to founding a company.”