Vetted Project Managers in Remote

Bryan Mangelson

Screened

Executive operator specializing in SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and M&A

Remote, USA11y exp

“Candidate has prior startup experience that included raising money and evaluating accelerator opportunities, giving them practical exposure to early-stage company building. They are motivated by the chance to shape company culture and vision, and they assess ideas with a mix of market research, customer interviews, and personal conviction.”

“Founder/product manager building an operational longevity nutrition startup with a 500k community, growing primarily through organic social content and rapid weekly funnel experiments. Has launched a detox bundle via a major partnership with Hurom (expected to drive ~$500k ARR) and is building a pipeline of partnerships plus planned corporate sales; preparing to raise $500k–$1M and applying to accelerators.”

Jackson Dike

Screened

Entry-Level Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning and AI

Remote1y exp

“Master’s-level candidate with an academic project portfolio, including ownership of a Python-based video game recommendation system using unsupervised clustering. Has hands-on experience designing the system approach and validating recommendation quality with test cases, plus teaching assistant experience instructing Git/GitHub workflows; limited exposure to Kubernetes, GitOps, and large-scale infrastructure.”

“Current Riveron professional with prior startup experience at Quizlet who performs M&A security assessments for VC-backed acquisitions, while also co-founding a private company on the side. Particularly notable for attracting a16z investment interest but intentionally declining funding to preserve equity, board control, and product vision.”

“Candidate explicitly stated they do not have production agentic/LLM or generative AI experience, aside from spending a few hours becoming familiar with the process. Compensation expectation stated as 225,000.”

“Technical Product Owner with a technical background who led a net-new invoicing and reconciliation product across business stakeholders, architecture, and dependent teams, shipping close to target despite unexpected issues. Also brings a distinctive mentoring profile from tutoring and teaching in data analytics bootcamps, including hands-on support for learners with very low technical literacy.”

“Sole founder of Bazaaro who built the company’s operations across product, hiring, GTM, finance, and investor relations—securing initial investment by effectively spanning multiple functions. Also drove a high-stakes operational turnaround at Ciena by process-mapping end-to-end workflows, correcting cost mis-modeling, and building Excel dashboards to recover $60K+ while improving margin visibility.”

“Project/program leader focused on large-scale enterprise technology rollouts in highly distributed restaurant environments, including POS, infrastructure hardware, mobile, and SaaS platforms across thousands of locations. Stands out for managing multiple concurrent implementations end to end while coordinating complex cross-functional teams, vendors, governance, and executive stakeholders.”

Brittany Turner

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Project Manager specializing in implementation and operational improvement

Remote, USA13y exp

“Project and implementation leader with deep experience in public sector SaaS and operational systems, spanning 30+ government implementations at JustFOIA and 600+ client implementations/migrations at AFS Logistics. Stands out for combining software delivery, governance, and compliance-minded process design with executive stakeholder management in complex government, utility, and labor-policy environments.”

Kumar Chaitanya

Screened

Senior Unreal Engine Game Engineer specializing in real-time multiplayer gameplay systems

Remote, USA6y exp

“Unreal Engine generalist (7 years) with hands-on ownership of end-to-end gameplay systems in real-time 3D C++ and UE5, spanning technical level design, animation/locomotion features, and multiplayer replication. Worked on a shipped Steam title ("Peak 53") implementing replicated systems like prone, scope, and ladder, and has also built MMORPG time/weather systems and a projectile/rocket launcher feature for a demo (Meta Island).”