Vetted Communication Professionals

Margaret Liu

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-level VC Investor specializing in early-stage investing and cross-border expansion

San Francisco, CA8y exp

“San Francisco-based VC professional with 4 years of investment banking and 3 years of venture experience, focused on high-volume founder sourcing through invitation-only Bay Area events and pitch competitions. Recently sourced two startups at an event and advanced both into follow-on meetings and due diligence, using a structured process for discovery, data room/NDA requests, and partner/IC updates.”

Britney Russ

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive product leader specializing in consumer technology and EdTech

Los Angeles, CA13y exp

“Senior product leader from Codecademy who has spent roughly a decade building and mentoring cross-functional organizations while leading major strategic pivots in education. Most notably, they repositioned Codecademy toward a new learner segment and launched an AI-native learning platform that tripled signup rates, while also creating new revenue streams like live learning and accessible AI workshops.”

“Product Manager at Amazon focused on recruiting technology and AI/ML, owning ATS experiences at massive scale across 24M annual applications. Stands out for driving a vision to turn Amazon's ATS into an AI-native platform, with measurable business impact including $10M+ in savings, major recruiter efficiency gains, and strong experimentation-driven product decisions.”

“Senior enterprise and public sector sales leader with deep experience running large multi-country organizations across Latin America and the Americas, including $300M+ P&L ownership. At Motorola Solutions, they transformed a transactional sales model into a strategic solutions engine, growing revenue from roughly $55M to over $300M in two years while driving major market share gains and leading complex government modernization deals.”

“Former Special Assistant at the National Security Council with experience supporting senior federal executives and handling national-security-sensitive information. Helped stand up and standardize operations for a large-scale refugee resettlement effort (60,000 people), creating an executive-driven exception/escalation process and partnering with dev and data teams to prioritize agile sprint work and improve reporting accuracy.”

“Former Google Product Policy Ads professional with 7 years of experience at the intersection of policy, operations, legal, and product. They helped inform the largest trademark enforcement system update in Google Ads history and built scalable documentation and response systems supporting high-volume external case handling and partner operations.”

“Healthcare product leader with deep oncology and pharma experience who has built both foundational clinical data platforms and AI-powered patient engagement workflows. Particularly notable for combining rigorous data standardization, LLM evaluation/guardrail design, and human-centered communication changes that drove measurable medication refill and adherence improvements. Also teaches AI to product managers and business analysts, bringing a pragmatic, education-first view of human-centered AI adoption.”

“Operations and scaling leader who launched Management Events' Germany office from 0 to 10 employees and advised HQ on scaling into mature European markets (Germany/UK/France). Also has Intel and Microsoft experience taking local best practices global, including scaling the Microsoft Virtual Academy worldwide, plus recent executive mentoring via nonprofit board leadership (co-chair at United Planet).”

“AWS Software Development Manager leading globally deployed, production-critical DDoS protection (L3/L4) across AWS. Known for scaling teams and driving cross-org tiger-team initiatives from concept through worldwide rollout, including performance-focused Python architecture changes and a major JDK 8→21 migration while maintaining strict backward compatibility. Also led an internal SDK-like integration framework improving APIs, documentation, and onboarding for major AWS service teams.”

Alexander Schaab

Screened

Executive Technology & Product Leader specializing in ADAS and software-defined vehicles

Cupertino, CA14y exp

“Automotive technology leader who has driven ADAS/autonomous driving (L2++ to L4) and AI-assistance roadmaps for Mercedes and Volkswagen Group. In current role, built a software-defined vehicle organization from a handful of people to ~150 supporting VW, Porsche, and Audi, while setting scalable architecture foundations across brands and vehicle classes.”