Vetted Budgeting Professionals

“Engineering/CTO-style leader with hands-on architecture experience who has driven end-to-end modernization of a manual antiques auction operation—building centralized web-accessible data systems, digitizing historical records via OCR/freelancers, and defining profitability-focused KPIs with an eye toward predictive modeling. Emphasizes provider-agnostic, containerized SaaS architecture to avoid vendor lock-in and has experience scaling a small engineering team with ownership-based culture and lightweight processes.”

“Former competitive baseball player with experience from travel ball and a national championship through varsity, junior college in California, and independent minor leagues, now coaching and advising athletes. He combines firsthand playing credibility, private instruction, recruiting guidance, and a coach network to help players navigate college pathways and development decisions—including athletes who advanced to D3 baseball and even pro ball.”

“Former high-level AAU player and Michigan State basketball player (6 years) who now runs a basketball training LLC (40for40basketball) with 50+ consistent clients. Leverages college/AAU connections plus social media scouting and frequent on-camera content (TikTok/IG Reels/Facebook) to help athletes improve skills and increase recruiting exposure.”

Ajay Kudapa

Screened

Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in Healthcare IT and Web3

4y exp

“Software engineer with experience spanning healthcare middleware (patient records + insurance integration) and an AI fantasy football product built with React/TypeScript, Firebase, API gateways, and pandas-based data pipelines. Has hands-on microservices scaling experience (latency mitigation, async migration, state-based redesign) and built an internal feature-toggle dashboard that improved demo efficiency and sales outcomes.”

“Sales development candidate with hands-on outbound experience across email, phone, and LinkedIn, producing 4-6 meetings per week and roughly 10-15 SQLs per month. Demonstrates a thoughtful, insight-led prospecting style, including objection handling with VP-level buyers, multithreaded outreach, and a clear framework for building an SDR pipeline engine in low-enable­ment environments.”

“Former varsity basketball player (recruited by multiple D2 and some D1 programs; all-tournament at a University of Minnesota camp in 1978) who later coached his three sons through Chicago Bulls Academy and Midwest tournaments. For the past ~25 years he has worked as a baseball pitching instructor, leveraging measurable-based talent evaluation and relationships with 100+ colleges to help athletes navigate recruiting; comfortable scouting in person and online and willing to create on-camera social content for families.”

“Video director/motion design leader with 17 years of deep Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects experience, spanning commercial production and longform YouTube editing. Has led and trained distributed teams across the US, Colombia, and Japan, building templated systems and pre-production processes to ensure consistent output. Notable work includes Kia rebrand commercials that became templates for future projects and BMW dealership commercials produced under strict compliance requirements.”

Geonu Na

Screened

Senior Purchasing Manager specializing in cosmetics OEM/ODM sourcing and global supply chain

Los Angeles, CA9y exp

“Beauty category manager specializing in Korean beauty who has owned end-to-end category growth across both subscription programs and eCommerce. Expanded the supplier network (8 to 12 factories), onboarded 800 SKUs, and doubled category sales while improving gross margin and inventory turns through data-driven assortment decisions, negotiation, and cross-functional GTM execution.”

Ramnik Sekhon

Screened

Mid-level Customer Success & Implementation Strategist specializing in B2B SaaS onboarding

San Francisco, CA8y exp

“B2B SaaS Customer Success Manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area with 5–6 years of experience spanning big tech (Google) and startups. Has owned large enterprise portfolios (80+ accounts) and delivered strong outcomes including 110% NRR, 98% retention, and a 60% reduction in onboarding time by building scalable playbooks. Also brings martech/SEO analytics experience and hands-on technical problem solving (including Python scripting to unblock third-party API integrations).”

“Analytics professional focused on procurement, supplier, and contract spend analytics, with hands-on experience using Snowflake SQL, Python, and Power BI to turn messy financial and vendor data into decision-ready reporting. They appear strongest in building reusable data workflows, defining business KPIs with finance/procurement partners, and validating results through reconciliation and stakeholder review.”

“Experienced technology executive and consultant who has founded multiple companies and currently runs an IT consulting business providing fractional CIO/CTO services. Brings hands-on experience with VC-backed firms, startups, and rebuilding IT functions for acquired businesses, with a strong emphasis on ethical leadership and helping non-technical companies understand and leverage technology.”

Stan Caramalac

Screened

Executive CEO specializing in transportation, operations, and growth strategy

San Diego, CA19y exp

“Founder building a multimodal AI startup to clone top-performing sales personas from text, audio, and video into adaptive AI sales agents. They appear to be in the product development stage, with a disciplined focus on algorithm performance, proof of concept, repeatable output quality, ICP definition, and clear market differentiation before raising capital.”