Vetted Researchers in the NYC Metro

Jacob Zimmerman

Screened

Director-level Engineering Platform leader specializing in cloud infrastructure, SRE, and SaaS compute

New York, NY19y exp

“Longtime early-stage startup operator (since 1998) now running a solo consulting practice focused on SaaS infrastructure and platform strategy. Former angel investor in a medical information SaaS company that went public, with a strong focus on making prototype/demo systems enterprise-ready through efficiency, reliability, and performance improvements, and a nuanced view of how AI/LLMs may change engineering team models.”

“Cross-functional operator with experience coordinating a medical device build across functions and time zones, emphasizing executive alignment and decision sign-off. Has also standardized customer-site product deployment processes and streamlined investment screening/reporting using Bloomberg and Excel automation to enable faster executive decision-making.”

“Python backend engineer focused on high-throughput document/PDF processing systems, building end-to-end pipelines that extract structured content for downstream NLP use cases. Demonstrates strong practical MLOps-adjacent infrastructure skills: Kubernetes deployments, GitLab CI, GitOps workflows, and an incremental migration to AWS using EC2/Lambda tradeoffs. Deep hands-on optimization experience (selective OCR, layout-aware extraction, parallelism, caching, idempotency, and backpressure/autoscaling).”

“Operations-focused leader with experience spanning client delivery, sales operations, and longer-term customer success initiatives at a reputation analytics firm and at Penta. Known for implementing systems (ClickUp, Salesforce/HubSpot, marketing tech) and rigorous reporting rhythms that improve executive visibility, accountability, and data-driven resource allocation; also supported an acquisition by preparing confidential financial documentation and contracts.”

“Public-sector-focused consultant with hands-on ownership of outbound/ABM, lead gen, and GTM strategy for early-stage and pre-launch products (including edtech). Built multi-channel campaigns spanning SEO/web copy, email, conferences, and direct outreach to state/district leaders, and created an Airtable onboarding system that cut prospect research time by 33%.”