Vetted Cross-Functional Leadership Professionals

Danny Gainer

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in AI-powered B2B SaaS

American Fork, UT9y exp

“Product leader in sales tech who has served as both the first product hire and Head/Director of Product, with hands-on experience building AI-native workflow products. Most notably, they led an AI sales coaching product that analyzed calls and delivered personalized coaching, driving a 7% lift in revenue per rep per day, and also redesigned rep workflows to cut disposition time by 75%. Their differentiator is a strong human-centered AI philosophy focused on changing behavior and building trust, not just automating tasks.”

“Autonomy Engineer at Joulea Inc (Atlanta) with ~3 years building a drone autonomy stack end-to-end, spanning controls, swarm path planning, SLAM/LIO, and multi-sensor fusion (lidar/IMU/GPS RTK/camera). Notable work includes lidar degeneracy detection using Hessian-based constraints in an EKF and fusing visual odometry to reduce drift, plus ongoing lidar-camera synchronization and calibration.”

“Security-focused engineer/customer-facing technical lead with SaaS platform experience at Ipsilon Lab, advising customers on API security and secure SDLC improvements. Has implemented production AppSec tooling (SAST/SCA), designed AWS least-privilege agent/scanning deployments, and led Kubernetes CI/CD security-agent integrations with Secrets Manager and PR gating. Strong track record troubleshooting complex customer integrations end-to-end (logs/metrics/traces through DB execution plans) and driving measurable stability/security posture improvements.”

“Enterprise Customer Success leader in the Azure/AVD ecosystem (Nerdio) with end-to-end ownership of large accounts, driving measurable adoption growth and Azure cost optimization. Demonstrated ability to orchestrate complex migrations (Citrix to AVD), align multi-stakeholder enterprise priorities, and convert customer feedback into roadmap action that directly supported renewal and expansion (including GovCloud use cases).”

Richa Jindal

Screened

Senior Product Manager specializing in SaaS CRM, MarTech, and GenAI products

India8y exp

“Product/LiveOps leader who applies free-to-play mechanics to live consumer products; led monetization and engagement for Pavo (video-based Gen Z dating app on iOS/Android), addressing weak D7 retention and low free-to-paid conversion. Implemented progression, nudges, soft paywalls, experimentation, and real-time moderation, driving 3.2x DAU and ~60% lift in early engagement while improving conversion without harming retention.”

Mark Eagle

Screened

Executive Technology & Operations Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in scaling SaaS and enterprise software

Denver, Colorado29y exp

“Operations leader and advisor (former COO at College Partnership; also worked with Founders Advisors) who rebuilds and scales early-stage operations using Lean Startup experimentation and KPI-driven execution. Notably centralized a call-center function, implemented scripts/SLAs/metrics, and iterated staffing based on conversion and response-time data while mentoring non-ops founders on MVPs, SMART goals, and tactical operating plans.”

“Growth leader with a strong track record in ambiguous, emerging areas—most notably building an agency AEO division from scratch at Roswell and turning AI search visibility into a productized, revenue-linked offering. Also brings deep attribution and analytics rigor from Doctronic, where they unified fragmented paid media measurement, partnered with BI on internal MTA/MMM, and uncovered critical tracking issues affecting funnel performance.”

Alex Lopez

Screened

Executive AI product and platform leader specializing in FinTech

New York City, NY11y exp

“Founder and CTO of Relish who scaled the company through Series A and B, raising over $35M, while building an enterprise AI invoice-processing platform for major customers including Apple and PayPal. Combines deep technical fluency in LLM/OCR orchestration and ERP integrations with strong product and UX judgment, including a redesign that improved NPS by roughly 20 points. Also brings a university teaching background that informs a distinctly human-centered view of AI.”

Vasilis Chatzigiannis

Screened

Director-level Strategy & Operations leader specializing in FinTech and consulting

Princeton, NJ29y exp

“Cross-functional operations/coordination professional with experience aligning finance (including FP&A), vendor management, and operations through structured communication cadences and tools like Asana. Has supported executive productivity by coordinating executive assistants, prioritizing meeting agendas, and triaging inbound email and meeting requests, and has stepped in to resolve finance-team misalignment by clarifying objectives and delivery expectations.”

Anthony Vazquez

Screened

Mid-level Product & Production Manager specializing in lighting manufacturing

Brooklyn, NY11y exp

“Sourcing/procurement professional who led a supplier transition for fabric lamp shades when an incumbent vendor exited, managing inventory risk across 9 SKUs and coordinating site/sales communications to avoid order disruption. Strong in vendor qualification (samples, capability discussions, potential facility visits), negotiation framing around mutual profitability, and data-driven planning using Excel, commodity indexes (brass/copper), and MOQ-driven MRP forecasting to reduce waste and improve turnover.”

Derrick Lewis

Screened

Senior Marketing Leader specializing in full-funnel growth, lifecycle and product marketing

Milton, ON, Canada22y exp

“B2B growth and partnerships operator with experience at Convera leading GTM for a cross-border payments offering and driving a ~17% lift in qualified leads through refined positioning and multi-channel activation. Has run data-driven funnel experiments (Dentacloud) and built association-based co-marketing partnerships measured through both top-of-funnel engagement and downstream pipeline influence.”

“CRM/lifecycle marketer at Paper Mart who grew from coordinator to owning strategy across email, SMS, loyalty, web push, and social. Stands out for using customer personas and segmentation to materially improve efficiency and engagement, including cutting sends by 46% while increasing click rates by nearly 150%, and optimizing abandonment flows to protect margin without hurting performance.”

“Pre-seed startup cofounder with hands-on experience in federal contracting through the Apex accelerator, including six competitive bids and direct involvement in pitch prep and investor readiness. Brings an unusual mix of AI opportunity scoping, deep-tech/patent exposure, and nonprofit ecosystem-building, with a clear ability to translate technical work into investor and partner value.”