Vetted Cost Optimization Professionals

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Fan Wang - Staff-level Software Engineer specializing in LLM inference infrastructure and scalable model serving in San Pablo, California

Staff-level Software Engineer specializing in LLM inference infrastructure and scalable model serving

San Pablo, California11y exp
OpenAINorthwestern University
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PT

Director-level Management Consultant specializing in PE due diligence and operating model transformation

New York, NY13y exp
Bain & CompanyStanford University
Cost OptimizationDigital TransformationInventory ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisCommercial Due DiligenceOperational Due Diligence+53
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Jacob Zimmerman - Director-level Engineering Platform leader specializing in cloud infrastructure, SRE, and SaaS compute in New York, NY

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

New York, NY19y exp
AddeparMIT

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.

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Christopher McLean - Executive engineering leader specializing in security, privacy, and high-scale infrastructure in Brookline, MA

Executive engineering leader specializing in security, privacy, and high-scale infrastructure

Brookline, MA18y exp
FreelanceUniversity of Michigan

Veteran operator from top-tier tech companies including PayPal, LinkedIn, Stripe, Facebook, and Merge, now seeking the right startup idea to found. Brings hands-on angel investing experience across 5 startups in the EU and US plus additional exposure through X-Stripe Angels, giving them both operator and investor perspective.

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JC

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed databases

Bellevue, WA17y exp
AmazonSyracuse University
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IJ

Staff AI Systems Engineer specializing in LLM platforms and distributed systems

San Jose, CA10y exp
AdobeUC Berkeley
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AT

Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI platforms and backend systems

Fremont, CA7y exp
PinterestUC Berkeley
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EJ

Executive business & product operations leader specializing in AI, growth, and venture-backed scaling

San Francisco, CA16y exp
Loyal VCStanford University
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JS

Executive Digital & Technology Leader specializing in enterprise transformation, IoT, and e-commerce

Palm Beach Gardens, FL17y exp
CarrierHarvard University
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JJ

Senior Data Engineer specializing in cloud data platforms and real-time streaming

Cape May, NJ13y exp
AmazonNJIT
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Chase Bradley - Staff AI Engineer specializing in LLM systems, retrieval, and ML infrastructure in Remote

Chase Bradley

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Staff AI Engineer specializing in LLM systems, retrieval, and ML infrastructure

Remote10y exp
CoherePurdue University

ML/LLM engineer from Cohere who has owned retrieval, reranking, agentic workflows, and internal evaluation infrastructure end-to-end in production. Particularly strong in turning brittle RAG and research-heavy ideas into scalable enterprise systems with grounded outputs, lower customer escalations, and adoption by major clients like Notion and Fujitsu.

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Dragon Chan

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Senior Strategy & Operations leader specializing in AI automation and supply chain

Chicago, IL4y exp
McMaster-CarrKellogg School of Management (Northwestern University)

Strategy and operations leader with experience spanning Anheuser-Busch and McMaster-Carr, combining large-scale cost ownership, frontline operations leadership, and sourcing strategy. Particularly compelling for operationally intensive roles: they’ve managed a 150-person service organization, owned a ~$750M cost base, built strategy in ambiguous environments, and independently drove an LLM automation pilot that reached 97% accuracy and saved 3 FTEs.

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Alec Nguyen

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Mid-level Management Consultant specializing in sustainability and commercial due diligence

Los Angeles, CA4y exp
Boston Consulting GroupMIT

Founder-sourcing and pipeline operator with energy/sustainability network who has sourced and built multi-touch relationships with founders (including an SF-based founder building an AI platform for data-center permitting/financing/offtake). Uses a structured discovery and tracking process, provides value through insights and introductions, and produces partner-ready summaries and recommendations to drive go/no-go decisions.

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Travis Zimbelman - Executive Operations & Program Management Leader specializing in Legal Ops and Tech in Minneapolis, MN

Executive Operations & Program Management Leader specializing in Legal Ops and Tech

Minneapolis, MN19y exp
MetaNorthwestern College
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WO

Staff AI Full-Stack Engineer specializing in LLMs, multi-agent systems, and Voice AI

Gilbert, AZ10y exp
DriveHealthStanford University
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ER

Executive finance and operations leader specializing in corporate finance, FP&A, and compliance

Woburn, MA20y exp
The Boston Solar CompanyHarvard Business School
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HN

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/SVP) specializing in AI, Cloud, AdTech & Retail Platforms

Mountain View, CA27y exp
AmazonMIT Sloan School of Management
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SK

Software Development Manager specializing in multimodal visual search and AI platforms

Fremont, CA12y exp
AmazonNational Institute of Engineering
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MM

Senior AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLMs, RAG, and multimodal systems

New York, NY10y exp
GoogleRutgers University–New Brunswick
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BR

Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure

Arlington, TX12y exp
NetflixVirginia Tech
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DF

Executive CEO and Board Director specializing in global SaaS, Cloud, and AI growth

San Francisco, CA37y exp
Assembly SoftwareHarvard University
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RM

Executive sensing architecture leader specializing in AR/VR, wearables, and perception systems

16y exp
MetaUniversity of Washington
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MW

Executive CTO/CDAO specializing in cloud-native platforms, data engineering, and AI security

20y exp
Stealth
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