Vetted Product Managers

Simon Sikora

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level XR/Unity Application Development Manager specializing in training simulators

Warsaw, Poland13y exp

“Unity XR/VR developer with extensive Meta Quest experience who shipped a high-performance Quest 2 training simulation for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, emphasizing 90 FPS optimization and highly accessible, low-UI interaction design validated by elderly user testing. Built a largely solo VR game end-to-end (assets, UI, audio, optimization, input) and standardized on OpenXR with custom solutions to stay future-proof amid changing VR SDKs; has also served as lead developer and service delivery manager.”

“Former Head of Growth & Strategy at a digital identity company (pre-MBA in Boston) who ran multiple cross-functional initiatives across sales, product, and finance. Delivered measurable outcomes including raising sales conversion from 70% to 83% in 30 days, achieving 17% profitability via a new pricing model, and launching a new onboarding platform GTM on time.”

“Cofounded a travel app and built a production place recommendation + review system end-to-end using Next.js App Router and TypeScript, including Postgres-backed APIs and post-launch monitoring. Uses structured logging with Sentry and Vercel Analytics to diagnose issues and validate performance improvements, and has some exposure to Temporal-based workflow orchestration with retries/idempotency.”

Akshay Danthi

Screened

Senior AI Engineer specializing in production GenAI systems

San Francisco, CA8y exp

“AI engineer who has shipped production LLM systems end-to-end, including a natural-language-to-SQL analytics copilot for career advisors that achieved ~95% query success through schema grounding, access controls, and automated regression testing with golden queries. Also builds LangGraph-orchestrated multi-step agents (resume analysis, recommendations) and RAG pipelines (PDF ingestion + FAISS) and partners closely with non-technical users to drive adoption and trust.”

Vu Tran

Screened

Senior Product Manager specializing in 0–1 platforms, AI workflows, and product operations

Oakland, CA8y exp

“Customer success/product-facing operator from AllRoomie (AI-powered rental marketplace) who owned an enterprise real estate brokerage account end-to-end. Improved conversion and adoption by automating lead intake/routing and fixing integration issues, citing ~40% less manual coordination, faster response times, and expansion into additional regions through ROI-driven land-and-expand motions.”

“Built a web-based online Sudoku game in JavaScript (multiplayer format supporting up to 6 teams with up to 5 players each) and demonstrates strong product/analytics orientation. Uses a KPI-driven approach (DAU/WAU, ARPU, session duration, LTV) and structured prioritization methods (MoSCoW, story mapping, cost of delay, DFV) to iterate toward targets; seeking a remote role around $70k/year.”

Neda Bokhari

Screened

Entry-level AI product and data professional specializing in workflow automation

San Francisco, CA1y exp

“Early-stage go-to-market candidate at Retroshift who has owned outreach across users, investors, and prospective clients in a zero-to-one environment. They’ve helped onboard 20+ alpha users and pushed the company into 3+ accelerator interview processes, showing strong traction-building ability through scrappy, multi-channel outbound.”