Vetted Project Managers

Jon Cross

Screened

Executive Operations & Product Leader specializing in Ads, customer experience, and go-to-market

Saratoga, CA21y exp

“COO of Greenopia (pre-seed, pre-revenue) who has built the company’s operational foundation over the past 18 months—supporting fundraising, SEC/crowdfunding setup, and coordinating app and self-serve business onboarding/assessment systems. Brings a metrics-driven operating approach (OKRs, balancing metrics/unit economics) and has advised other startups (e.g., sports betting) to refocus effort on the highest-value customer segments.”

Ao Chen

Screened

Entry Software Engineer specializing in cloud APIs and distributed systems

United States, USA1y exp

“Backend engineer with hands-on ownership of AWS-based production systems, including resource-based policy support for Aurora DSQL and a VPC endpoint service name API. Stands out for combining security-sensitive authorization design, strong reliability instincts, and end-to-end product ownership that helped unblock enterprise adoption and customer onboarding.”

“Worked on an AWS DynamoDB Journal team project building internal operator dashboards end-to-end, creating Java/Spring Boot APIs and integrating them into a Spring Boot/Thymeleaf/JavaScript UI to speed up debugging workflows. Has experience with data-heavy web apps and performance techniques (load balancing, caching, pagination, compression) plus hands-on debugging across unit/integration/E2E tests; also maintained and enhanced a React website at Global Spark.”

“Senior enterprise product leader with high-impact experience at AWS and SirionLabs, spanning AI-powered database migration and NLP-driven contract analytics. Stands out for shipping trustworthy human-in-the-loop AI products with measurable business impact, including a GA launch that lifted automated schema conversion to 90%+ and drove ~20% downstream revenue growth, plus a rapid COVID-era CLM solution that produced upsell and cross-sell gains.”

Martin Bom

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in cloud services and large-scale delivery

Amsterdam, Netherlands31y exp

“Engineering leader with a hands-on developer background who has launched and scaled cloud services at AWS (CloudShell) while also leading AWS Cloud9. Built multi-year roadmaps and cross-org stakeholder alignment (product/marketing/mobile), and has a track record of scaling teams (3x growth) by implementing operational excellence, automated quality gates, and security champion programs; advocates serverless architectures to minimize maintenance and accelerate global expansion.”

“Senior product engineering and data architecture leader who has owned end-to-end solutions for enterprise analytics and legal search platforms, including work for Sony Pictures Entertainment and Accenture Legal. Combines executive-level architecture and team leadership with hands-on experimentation in modern AI systems, recently building a multimodal Hugging Face agent that significantly exceeded its benchmark score.”

“CRO/operator with experience at both AWS and a rapidly scaling Hawaii-based startup (Mana'olana International), focused on building lightweight but scalable operating systems. Known for implementing QBR/OKR rhythms, capacity/territory planning, KPI dashboards, and ROI-tied funding controls, and for mentoring founders through GTM accelerator work (Blue Startups) using a minimum-viable-process approach.”

“Hardware operations and supply chain leader in a startup environment with strong exposure to fundraising dynamics, board-level reporting, and the financial impact of manufacturing and inventory decisions. Has spent several years in Silicon Valley managing teams at scale and brings a rare blend of operational depth, strategic awareness, and entrepreneurial ambition.”

Andrew Rosenblatt

Screened

Executive CIO specializing in AI-driven healthcare transformation and M&A integration

Culver City, CA16y exp

“Healthcare technology veteran with 21 years in the space who is now building Explain My Labs, a pre-seed startup with an alpha product already in friends-and-family testing. They bring hands-on startup preparation experience, including a pitch deck, investor meetings, and a clear thesis around a market gap in solutions that serve both patients and users.”

“Full-desk recruiter with experience at Meta supporting the AR Glasses org, including a difficult Staff-level ML Engineer search. Uses competitor mapping (e.g., Snap/Microsoft/Google/Apple) and multi-channel passive sourcing (LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub, Quora, network) while running a metrics-driven cadence with hiring managers and strong candidate advocacy.”

“Operator focused on scaling and growing organizations, with experience in PE/VC-backed environments. Familiar with PE/VC and accelerator/studio models and how to apply them to create business agility and rapid experimentation while preserving innovation as companies scale.”