Vetted Cybersecurity Professionals

“IT professional exploring a startup in digital transformation and IT security, motivated by repeated client needs around efficient resource utilization and better adoption. Emphasizes user-centric, iterative transformation with strong training and feedback loops, paired with security fundamentals like privacy and least-privilege access. Has limited familiarity with VC/accelerators and is not currently pursuing investment.”

Frank Albanese

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Executive CTO & Engineering Leader specializing in AI/ML and distributed systems

New York, NY10y exp

“Founder of Essence, a wisdom and memory preservation platform with early testing indicating mental health benefits and positive impact for hospice patients. Has raised $25K to date and reports prior capital-raising experience through Y Combinator and the Berkeley Angel Network, with a GTM plan starting in hospice and expanding to the general public.”

“CTO-focused candidate motivated by aligning technology with business strategy and long-term growth. Previously addressed scaling-related performance issues by partnering with leadership to translate business goals into a multi-year technology roadmap.”

“Unity game developer with hands-on experience improving platformer feel through playtest-driven movement tuning (e.g., coyote time) and building multiplayer features using Unity Netcode for GameObjects (authentication, lobbies, transport troubleshooting with UDP). Uses AI assistants pragmatically for repetitive code/architecture exploration while integrating changes manually to prevent regressions.”

Joseph Hanna

Screened

Executive IT Leader specializing in digital transformation, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity

Irvine, CA20y exp

“IT/technology leader (mentions VP of IT) with experience modernizing legacy environments, implementing ERP and dashboarding, and migrating on-prem infrastructure to Microsoft Azure to support remote operations. Has worked in a context described as an acquired company and focused on scaling via automation, analytics, and cross-functional alignment with marketing around lead-generation metrics.”

“Software development intern who owned and shipped a production-used WeChat mini-program (JavaScript + MongoDB) serving ~3,000 users in a semester. Emphasizes maintainable UI architecture through modular, reusable components and clear separation between UI presentation and data/business logic, with a performance mindset (caching/reducing redundant updates).”

Christopher Peacock

Screened

Executive CIO and Enterprise Architect specializing in cloud, security, and IT governance

Remote5y exp

“Fractional CIO/founder-type operator at AHDX Inc, a hybrid-cloud/primary storage solutions startup with a compliance focus targeting healthcare; MVP has completed beta and the company has seed funding while pursuing additional investment. Has supported multiple startups (OmniHR, Combat Connect, 3BX) and cites tangible results tied to DoD/security, Medicare/Medicaid, and Air Force LMS contracts, positioning them as a hands-on "fixer" for early-stage technical strategy and architecture.”

Jeffery Bray

Screened

Executive Board Director & Healthcare/AI Strategy Leader

Salt Lake City, UT22y exp

“Operator-advisor with deep healthcare/pharmacy leadership: CEO of MedQuest Pharmacy for over a decade and cofounder/CEO of Vibrix Pharmacy and Vibrix Technologies. Known for architecting scalable operating models (decision rights, role scorecards, workflow mapping, communication cadences) and aligning cross-functional teams—including product/engineering/compliance—while mentoring founders through practical, low-bureaucracy systems.”

Francesco Brischetto

Screened

Mid-level Game/VR Software Engineer specializing in Unity and Unreal multiplayer

Catania, Italy4y exp

“Unity/VR multiplayer developer with Photon Fusion experience who focuses on "game feel" and networking performance—profiling input/velocity to replace linear interpolation with Animation Curves, and refining camera smoothing to improve playtest feedback. Also has Unreal Engine C++ multiplayer experience with Epic Online Services and applies bandwidth-minimization strategies for smooth real-time VR under latency.”

“Full-stack TypeScript/React/Next.js builder who created an end-to-end customer-facing product (AI Job Master) that generates personalized outreach from resumes and job descriptions. Demonstrates strong product + engineering ownership with rapid MVP iteration, instrumentation-driven prioritization, and pragmatic reliability patterns (microservices, queues, correlation IDs, retries) while tackling a key AI challenge: user trust and output consistency.”

“Built and owned a Python/FastAPI backend for a custom translation service used in a showroom application, integrating DynamoDB and connecting the service to a SPA/Next.js frontend. Has exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments and GitHub Actions CI/CD, and contributed to planning an on-prem to cloud/SaaS migration at Sherwin-Williams by gathering requirements across multiple plants/factories.”

Priyansh Aggarwal

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Junior Software Engineer specializing in AI/ML and full-stack web development

Panchkula, India2y exp

“Built core perception and decision layers for a 3D AI-powered interactive avatar/agent with a robotics-like perception–reasoning–action loop, combining computer vision, NLP, and real-time response. Focused on making multimodal inputs robust (normalization, intent + emotion signal fusion) and improving real-time performance via instrumentation, profiling, and parallelization; also designed distributed, loosely coupled state-based communication and deployed services with Docker.”

“Former VP of IT at Inspired Healthcare Capital, overseeing the full IT organization within a healthcare-focused investment firm managing $3B+ in assets. Very familiar with the venture capital landscape through direct work with multiple capital partners and is specifically seeking CTO roles (not interested in founding another company).”

“Operations/IT leader who has supported venture capital firms by rebuilding and consolidating their tech stacks and improving internal technology usage through training. Previously served as VP of Operations/IT at a VC (AlliedUP), owning IT plus HR and payroll and communicating tech improvements to investors; motivated to found a company and committed to entrepreneurship.”