Vetted Cybersecurity Professionals

Emmanuel Ngalima

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Mid-Level Software Engineer specializing in geospatial AI and cloud security automation

San Ramon, CA5y exp

“Cloud engineer and cloud OS SME (Chevron) who productionized large-scale security remediation—using Tanium and Ansible to address CIS benchmark noncompliance across 5,000+ servers with robust logging and RCA handoffs. Also drives adoption of a geospatial AI refinery inspection product by consolidating siloed imagery into an enterprise geospatial database, and presents internally on agentic/LLM tooling (LangChain/LangGraph, LangSmith observability).”

Dean Graves

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Business Leader in corporate strategy, M&A, and global outsourcing/SaaS transformation

Las Vegas, NV25y exp

“US leader for Freeman Clark (fractional IT leadership services) who drove a >$1.5M capital raise tied to repositioning the US business as a standalone entity. Previously led a turnaround at Environmental Data Resources by unifying fragmented data/SaaS platforms and landing Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase on significant 5-year subscriptions through co-designed solutions; also has GTM leadership experience in a PE-backed startup (LogicSource) spanning sales through delivery alignment.”

“AI/ML infrastructure-focused engineer who has built production RAG systems from scratch (Supabase/pgvector + OpenAI embeddings) and iterated using formal eval metrics to improve retrieval quality. Also debugged real-time audio issues in a LiveKit-based pipeline by correlating packet loss with VAD behavior, and has deep experience building brittle, customer-specific financial platform integrations in Python/Playwright (2FA, redirects, token refresh, rate limits).”

“Robotics-focused engineer from a senior capstone who built the backend motion-control software for a semi-autonomous line-following vehicle split across two ESP32s. Experienced in ROS 2 (DDS, lifecycle nodes, QoS) and in bridging microcontroller telemetry to a laptop ROS 2 stack over UART with custom structured protocols, using Gazebo simulation to tune PID and validate behavior before deploying to hardware.”

Dylan Zhu

Screened

Mid-level Machine Learning Engineer specializing in computer vision and generative AI

Hoboken, NJ7y exp

“Built and deployed an LLM/RAG system that uses differential privacy and distributional similarity checks to transform private data into a non-sensitive knowledge base while preserving utility. Also has experience demonstrating adversarial ML concepts (FGSM) to non-technical audiences by focusing on observable model behavior rather than implementation details.”

“Master’s CS candidate with backend internship experience modernizing live operational workflows at NatWest/NetWess, focusing on reliability improvements, safer CI/CD deployments, and incremental refactors using feature flags and rollback paths. Built FastAPI-based APIs with strong security patterns (JWT + 2FA/TOTP, centralized authorization, RLS) and demonstrated attention to edge cases like idempotency and data consistency in a Netflix-clone project.”

“Senior technology/executive leader with 30+ years building and scaling mission-critical platforms across blockchain, cloud, cybersecurity, and fintech, including leading 100+ person global teams and managing $100M P&Ls. Founded Pharus (2022) after driving Web2-to-Web3/DeFi/metaverse initiatives at SDK Co, using a first-principles, PoC-driven approach to deliver secure, compliance-aware transformations (GDPR/NYDFS) and multi-million-dollar optimizations, with a focus on quantum-resistant Web3 and ethical AI governance.”

Ti Wu

Screened

Junior Full-Stack Developer specializing in web apps and reinforcement learning

Hsinchu, Taiwan1y exp

“Built an AI basketball shooting coach that analyzes player form against NBA players and recruited 30+ beta users via Reddit to drive iterative UI/workflow improvements. Also has internship experience building an administrative server and coordinating API/database compatibility with another client server, emphasizing communication and integration quality.”

“Senior technology leader and hands-on builder spanning enterprise architecture and product/engineering leadership across healthcare and entertainment. Has led high-impact cloud and security architecture decisions (including establishing a private cloud to address scalability/security at massive scale) and scaled orgs 300% using pod-based team structures. Currently building an AI-supported hydroponics/vertical farming IoT framework (ESP32 + Azure) and a musician collaboration platform (React + Neo4j + AWS).”

“Federal Reserve System leader who drove a multi-year rollout of a new internal mobile service in a highly federated environment, requiring buy-in from all 12 Reserve Bank presidents and ongoing executive briefings. Deep experience in mobile device/security management (including iOS release readiness), rigorous change control, and handling highly restricted information (FOMC/classified data) with Secret-level clearance and audit-backed compliance.”

“Built an autonomous decision analytics LLM agent for end-to-end tabular binary classification, using RAG (FAISS) to retain context across multi-step queries. Deployed as a FastAPI service with production-style reliability features (schema-aware validation, fallbacks, retries, structured outputs) plus offline/online evaluation and monitoring to reduce analysis time and improve consistency versus stateless approaches.”

Anthony Ngumah

Screened

Junior Embedded Software Engineer specializing in robotics, firmware, and AI-enabled systems

Boston, MA4y exp

“Robotics-focused engineer with co-op experience building and debugging embedded C++/Python drivers for time-of-flight sensing on a Flex Stacker product, plus automation of large-scale test data collection via Google Drive/Sheets APIs to enable parallel robot testing. Also has ROS2 sensor-driver experience (GPS/RTK/IMU with custom messages/ROSbags) and is building a side project integrating Whisper-based live transcription with chunked abstractive summarization in a latency-aware pipeline.”

Ramtin Kazemi

Screened

Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in Django, AWS, and AI/ML

San Diego, California1y exp

“Full-stack engineer who built and owned an AI-powered personal statement editor in Next.js (App Router + TypeScript), including dynamic routing, server-side data fetching, and typed API route handlers. Post-launch, they handled production monitoring/debugging and shipped reliability/performance upgrades (rate limiting, retries, rollback, DB indexing), and report a 40% latency reduction using Suspense/streaming and React concurrency patterns. Also implemented a durable Temporal-orchestrated AI document workflow with robust retry/idempotency strategies.”

Farzam Ebadypour

Screened

Senior Security Sales Engineer specializing in AI security and edge WAF/API protection

San Jose, CA34y exp

“Enterprise customer success / technical sales professional with strong security and fintech account experience, owning onboarding through renewal for a ~5k-employee rollout. Demonstrated measurable outcomes including 80%+ adoption, 3-year renewal with expansion, CSAT 9/10 and NPS 69, plus a reported 60%+ reduction in security analyst review time; experienced driving SIEM/ticketing integrations and influencing product roadmap from customer feedback.”

Utkarsh Chandel

Screened

Senior Security Engineer specializing in detection engineering, cloud security, and DFIR

San Francisco, CA8y exp

“LLM workflow/agentic systems practitioner who has helped customers harden an LLM-based incident triage prototype into a trusted daily-use production system by adding observability, audits, confidence gating, and deterministic fallbacks. Brings an SRE-style approach to real-time debugging (trace replay, rollback/canary, safe toggles) and is experienced running developer-centric demos/workshops and partnering with sales on technical qualification and security/architecture artifacts.”

“Veteran software/security operator with ~45 years in the industry who has served as CRO/COO/CEO and worked closely with multiple VC firms. Known for disciplined execution and being brought in to turn around struggling companies—citing turnaround work at Counterpane and CEO roles at Bayshore Networks and Constella Intelligence leading to successful exits. Strong lens on product viability through buyer budget priority (CTO/CISO) and deployment/installation friction, including AI and legacy-code constraints.”

Sreelekha Vuppala

Screened

Mid-level Data Scientist specializing in Generative AI, MLOps, and cloud data platforms

USA4y exp

“GenAI/ML engineer (CitiusTech) who has deployed production RAG systems for compliance/operations document Q&A, using Pinecone + FastAPI microservices on Kubernetes with strong monitoring and guardrails. Also built a GenAI-powered incident triage/routing solution in collaboration with non-technical stakeholders, achieving 35% faster response times and 40% fewer misclassified tickets, and has hands-on orchestration experience with Airflow and AutoSys.”

“Built a web-based online Sudoku game in JavaScript (multiplayer format supporting up to 6 teams with up to 5 players each) and demonstrates strong product/analytics orientation. Uses a KPI-driven approach (DAU/WAU, ARPU, session duration, LTV) and structured prioritization methods (MoSCoW, story mapping, cost of delay, DFV) to iterate toward targets; seeking a remote role around $70k/year.”

“Executive-operations/program leader who supports senior leadership through multiple concurrent, high-visibility initiatives (tech rollout, cost optimization, growth strategy). Known for creating portfolio dashboards, operating cadences, and decision logs that reduce initiative sprawl, accelerate executive decision-making, and keep cross-functional teams aligned while maintaining strict confidentiality during sensitive changes like leadership restructures.”

“Backend/API engineer with ~4 years experience building production services in .NET Core/PostgreSQL/Redis/Docker and optimizing real-world latency issues (claims ~60% response-time improvement). Also built and owned an end-to-end RAG-based AI assistant using Python/FastAPI, OpenAI APIs, and Pinecone, plus agentic workflows with reliability guardrails (retries, confidence thresholds, monitoring). Currently pursuing a master’s degree and targeting a $150k base salary.”