Vetted Cybersecurity Professionals

“Early-stage startup operator with 12+ years in Vancouver spanning venture studios, Silicon Valley Bank, accelerators, and go-to-market roles. Has worked on both sides of the venture ecosystem, helped multiple companies go to market, and has exposure to outcomes ranging from exits and IPOs to failed ventures. Especially compelling for venture studio or CEO roles requiring deep ecosystem fluency and strong investor/operator networks.”

Gary Pulford

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive sales leader specializing in public sector SaaS, public safety, and SLED

Lafayette, CO26y exp

“National public sector sales leader with deep experience in public safety, broadband, and government modernization deals. Built organizations from the ground up, exceeded quota, maintained strong retention, and led complex partner-driven wins with Microsoft, AWS, and major public agencies including New Orleans, Atlanta, and Hawaii.”

“Robotics/AV-focused engineer who built an end-to-end gesture controller for a GEM e2 autonomous vehicle using YOLOv8 pose and ROS, including model training, ROS perception nodes, and a safety-oriented state machine (stop override + hold-to-register). Also has internship experience at Intramotev integrating LiDAR object detection via Redis pub/sub and performing sensor-frame calibration (roll/pitch correction using ground-plane normals), plus Dockerized deployments and Gazebo-based testing.”

“Backend engineer who built a serverless AWS Lambda microservices backend for a parenting assistance mobile app, including a personalized recommendation system optimized to sub-500ms via precomputed scoring and DynamoDB caching. Demonstrates strong production pragmatism: CloudWatch-driven performance tuning (provisioned concurrency), zero-downtime phased schema migrations, and robustness patterns like optimistic locking and request deduplication. Also led a refactor of an LLM RAG pipeline to improve retrieval quality and cut latency from ~5s to ~3s.”

“Sales/business development candidate with hands-on outbound experience targeting Amazon FBA sellers, combining cold calling and LinkedIn outreach with event-based lead generation at seller conferences. Uses AI tools (Notion, Gemini, ChatGPT) and company research to tailor scripts and messaging based on a prospect’s growth stage and needs, with a focus on SMEs seeking Amazon reimbursement services.”

“Bootstrapped founder of a 1-year-old IT consulting/technology advisory firm with two active contract clients. Focuses on integrating business strategy with technology direction for organizations, growing through networking and targeted marketing (e.g., LinkedIn/Indeed) while maintaining a financially disciplined, client-first growth approach.”

“Former PwC Director with hands-on early-stage venture experience (e.g., BridgeLights, a big-data analytics concept for early fintech) spanning concept creation, platform architecture, and go-to-market experimentation. Strong focus on building scalable, modular data platforms with rigorous governance/compliance (data lineage, quality controls) and supporting technical diligence in investor-aligned environments.”

“Seasoned entrepreneur with decades of cross-functional business experience who initially expected a CTO role at an existing company rather than a founder track. Brings a distinctive mix of technical scalability thinking, complex integration awareness, education/multimedia production capability, and formal credentials including a PhD, security clearances, and AI and leadership certifications.”