Vetted Contract Negotiation Professionals

“CIO-level technology leader (most recently at Sovos) who owned the full tech roadmap across product, infrastructure, and corporate IT, scaling engineering across 14 countries with an architectural review board and standardized security/observability. Hands-on in high-severity incidents (ransomware) while managing executive/client communications, and drove a reported 40% product-velocity lift by adopting AI code assistants and agentic AI (Devin) alongside Kubernetes + Bottlerocket for secure scalability.”

George Villacis

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-level Business Development Manager specializing in financial data for VC/PE

New York, NY6y exp

“Sales/business professional from PitchBook who managed a high-volume pipeline (50–100 opportunities) and drove hundreds of thousands in new business while simultaneously leading cross-functional initiatives, including a product/data dataset implementation and ERG (La Cultura) campaigns. Strong in executive alignment, operational tooling (Salesforce/Asana/Excel), and handling sensitive information with discretion.”

“Engineering leader (12+ years Director, 17 years lead) focused on developer productivity and platform/framework work across Oracle, PlayStation, Workday, and CafePress. Notable for building distributed teams from scratch and delivering high-impact platform architecture—e.g., re-architected PlayStation’s upload pipeline to support 500GB–5TB submissions using browser-to-AWS chunked uploads with SNS/SQS and deduplication/resume support.”

“Engineering leader (Sr Director/VP) with healthcare marketplace and e-commerce/art marketplace experience who has shipped AI-driven pricing, scaled engineering teams rapidly, and navigated messy legacy integrations. Currently doing fractional tech advisory, leading a migration from self-hosted infrastructure to Google Cloud using IaC while mentoring a junior developer and modernizing security/patching posture.”

“Operations-focused advisor with experience at DFC supporting entrepreneurs and early-stage companies with governance/policy review, fundraising materials, and scaling operations. Helps founders reduce bottlenecks through org design and targeted strategic hires, and pairs operational plans with capital by connecting teams to VC/foundation investors. Uses internal surveys and resource-allocation discussions to prevent burnout and enable sustainable long-term growth.”

Shady Ashkar

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Executive Technology & Engineering Leader specializing in SaaS, FinTech and HealthTech

Orange County, CA30y exp

“Engineering leader (Octane) who drove business-aligned technology roadmaps and scaled a fully distributed engineering org from 35 to 150 in 9 months using a rigorous ownership model (OARP). Led a greenfield architecture for a new vertical (AWS Lambda/ECS, Python/JS/React) that delivered an MVP in 3 months while cutting per-service cloud OPEX from ~$300+ to ~$20/month, with 15+ years of remote-first leadership experience.”