Vetted Communication Professionals

“Full-stack engineer who built and scaled an AI-powered web product (React/Next.js + TypeScript/NestJS) with MongoDB, Redis, and RabbitMQ. Strong in rapid iteration while maintaining production quality—uses versioned APIs, feature flags, CI/CD, and observability (correlation IDs/structured logs) to ship frequently and debug distributed workflows. Also created an internal operations dashboard for real-time visibility and control of background jobs/AI workflows that was adopted quickly by ops and product teams.”

Derya Kazak

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level HR leader specializing in change management, employee relations, and talent development

Armonk, NY10y exp

“Strategic HR leader with experience managing global teams (India/Brazil/Canada) and partnering on immigration and multi-country regulatory considerations. Has driven major org changes including implementing an attendance policy across 14 logistics locations and restructuring an HR department to align with growth, using a data-driven approach (turnover, time-to-hire, performance, exit interviews). Target compensation is around $150K, flexible based on total package.”

“Robotics intern at the University of Delaware who built and debugged ROS2-based multi-robot coordination systems, focusing on real-time reliability (timestamp alignment, latency/jitter instrumentation, QoS/executor tuning). Also improved SLAM stability by fixing LiDAR/encoder synchronization and tuning state-estimation parameters, with a simulation-first workflow using Gazebo and Docker/CI for reproducible deployments.”

“Unity/C# AR developer who built a Pokemon Go-like location-based gameplay system end-to-end, spanning backend geospatial filtering (bounding box + Haversine), native iOS location/heading plugins, and Unity AR/UI/spawn logic, with a strong focus on real-world reliability issues like GPS drift. Also prototyped an AI pipeline combining on-device Core ML image segmentation with cloud-hosted PiFU HD (Docker/Kubernetes on GCP with GPU provisioning), ultimately shelving it due to cost/latency and model reliability constraints.”

“Chief of Staff / cross-functional operator who led complex, multi-subsidiary initiatives at Holding Investment JAS (2019–2023) across the US, Europe, and Latin America—spanning restructuring, M&A, and financial reporting integration—while accelerating executive decision-making and completing three acquisitions ahead of schedule. More recently at SRGE (2023–2024), ran strategic planning plus day-to-day operations for construction accelerator programs, building KPI systems in Notion and Google Data Studio to keep execution tightly aligned to quarterly objectives.”

“Engineering leader with recent hands-on depth across TypeScript/React, Go, and Python who led a 15-person team through a zero-downtime migration from a legacy monolith to a Module Federation architecture. Has B2B SaaS experience in an insurance agent portal, combining security and performance work through RBAC, OAuth 2.0, and edge-based authentication.”

Matthew Knecht

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Chief of Staff / Legal Operations leader in nonprofit public defense

Neptune, New Jersey11y exp

“Former attorney turned senior operations/Chief of Staff-style leader with ~20 years balancing strategy and day-to-day execution. Led multi-office expansions (e.g., launching a new Detroit office) and built a professionalized finance function with audit-ready controls to free up CEO bandwidth. Also led an emergency COVID-era shift to remote operations while safeguarding safety, morale, and revenue.”

Sesha SaiSrikar Gaddam

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Intern Mechanical Engineer specializing in robotics design and CAD

Remote1y exp

“Robotics engineer focused on MATLAB-based simulation and system-level/mechanical aspects of robot safety and coordination. Built an obstacle detection/collision-avoidance approach for a SCARA robot in shared human workspaces and optimized a swarm robotics simulation via priority-based task allocation and congestion-aware routing; currently ramping up on ROS concepts and interested in Gazebo + Docker/CI/CD for end-to-end robotics workflows.”

Crystal Marcus-Kanesaka

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Product Designer specializing in onboarding, activation, and product-led growth

20y exp

“Seasoned product strategist and UX-led product leader with ~20 years across education, cybersecurity, Web3, martech, media, and public/private sector work. She combines hands-on AI-enabled product building with large-scale team leadership, including launching zero-to-one cybersecurity learning products, scaling Braintrust programs from 2,500 to 58,000 users, and improving onboarding experiences that helped double ARR to $400M. Her background in underserved K-12 communities and blended learning makes her especially compelling for human-centered AI and educational equity roles.”

“Operations/people-ops leader who helped an industrial fabrication company (Carlucci) scale through a major contract by standardizing operations, rolling out iPad + barcode workflows, and building workforce planning/onboarding/succession systems—doubling headcount. Uses a structured 100-day diagnostic and KPI-driven operating cadence (dashboards, AOP, goal deployment, 9-box, DISC) and mentors founders/executives by translating operational detail into strategic decision-making.”

Ron Buchanan

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in cloud architecture and Healthcare IT

Summerville, SC20y exp

“Startup-focused builder currently developing a values-driven multi-platform mobile app in beta. Previously led a major technical turnaround at Lucina Analytics, taking the product from 0-to-1 and rebuilding it into an enterprise Azure-based SaaS platform that contributed to its acquisition by Unified Women's Health.”

“Product leader with experience driving a major international digital platform overhaul at ESPN, unifying fragmented sports properties and delivering a 30% retention lift. More recently, they have been building a human-centered AI mental health product focused on provider-guided follow-up, and they bring a personal, long-standing commitment to educational equity through tutoring and community math programs.”

“Frontend engineer/lead who has owned end-to-end architecture for large customer-facing React/Next.js platforms, emphasizing strong API contracts (GraphQL + TypeScript codegen), automated quality guardrails, and performance as a feature. Built complex workflow UIs including a multi-step patient booking flow for New York’s largest healthcare provider and an admin dashboard handling 400,000+ USDA ingredient records, with disciplined state management, staged rollouts, and real-user monitoring.”

Briggs Clinard

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Mid-level Product Designer specializing in UX/UI for sports data and analytics

Brooklyn, NY5y exp

“Product Designer 2 with strong end-to-end ownership on Opta Graphics, a self-service platform for sports content creators. They combined client research, design systems rigor, and analytics-based iteration to launch core workflows like open canvas, brand kits, and a consolidated asset library, contributing to customer win-backs and new client onboarding.”

“Frontend engineer who led an enterprise customer-facing analytics dashboard end-to-end, handling complex visualizations, real-time updates, and high-performance requirements. Demonstrates strong architecture and scale practices across React/TypeScript, Redux Toolkit/RTK Query, GraphQL, and performance techniques like virtualization and code-splitting, plus disciplined QA/rollout with feature flags, Cypress, Sentry/New Relic, and Lighthouse.”

Viacheslav Bulba

Screened

Senior QA Automation Engineer specializing in UI/API test automation and CI/CD

Las Vegas, Nevada15y exp

“QA professional with 15+ years testing a variety of applications (not games), experienced partnering with developers/designers/product owners across the feature lifecycle. Brings a disciplined, methodology-driven approach to test design, regression coverage, and high-quality defect reporting using tools like Jira, TestRail, qTest, and HPQC; targeting ~100K base (flexible based on total package).”

“Backend-heavy engineer with deep experience building enterprise and real-time systems across healthcare, operations monitoring, e-commerce, and 911 call center domains. He has led and personally coded greenfield and customer-facing platforms, including cloud/on-prem integrations, custom workflow tooling, and microservices architectures, while now independently upskilling into modern TypeScript/React-based frontend technologies.”