Vetted Go-to-Market Strategy Professionals

“Cross-functional operator with experience at Amazon and Airbus, known for building executive-facing systems (dashboards, AI-enabled project management, operating cadences) that improve communication and efficiency. Has handled high-pressure, multi-timezone priorities and customer-facing technical escalations using structured documentation and frequent stakeholder updates, while maintaining discretion in sensitive situations.”

“Entrepreneur and executive building an entertainment IP studio centered on YouTube-driven discovery and toyetic, product-friendly franchises. Has prior pre-accelerator experience, has already begun investor conversations, and demonstrates a thoughtful, market-aware approach to fundraising, production cost compression, and venture studio economics.”

“Lifelong entrepreneur and early Pixar employee who has spent decades in the Bay Area, New York, and Europe building companies and operating in venture ecosystems. He has raised $20M via ICO, raised £3M for a London venture studio, and brings a strong point of view on AI: product creation is commoditizing, so durable startups need a distribution edge.”

Mayuresh Kanade

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Director-level GTM and Customer Success leader specializing in Enterprise AI and SaaS

Redlands, CA18y exp

“Global sales and customer success leader with 20 years across the US, UK, and India who is now developing a buyer-first B2B platform focused on data sovereignty and shifting control from seller CRMs to enterprise buyers. Has worked with VC-backed startups and portfolio companies, including GTM efforts around AI/ML and cloud ecosystems such as Snowflake, Dataiku, Databricks, and Azure.”

Robert Piechnik

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Executive sales leader specializing in healthcare, life sciences, and government services

Sayville, NY25y exp

“Senior public sector sales leader with national U.S. Medicaid experience across EDS/HP and Maximus. Claims billion-dollar revenue impact, including more than $1.2B at EDS/HP and $1.1B in new business at Maximus, plus multiple Medicaid wins exceeding $500M TCV while rebuilding teams and displacing incumbents.”

“Senior sales leader from On Location who built and scaled a multi-property sales and service organization supporting major sports and entertainment partners including the NFL, WWE, UFC, NCAA, and PGA. He created the company’s first inside sales team, introduced pod-based coverage and CRM rigor, and drove an average 54% YoY revenue growth over three years while also expanding premium hospitality demand into international markets.”

Prakash Bhanu

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Director of Software Engineering specializing in cloud, platform, and FinTech systems

Sunnyvale, CA22y exp

“Senior software engineering leader with broad 0-to-1 product experience spanning web apps, microservices, monoliths, messaging platforms, ML/AI products, and large-scale distributed systems. Notable examples include building a payroll/finance product for cast and crew, a distributed messaging platform, and a Walmart application deployed across multiple CDNs and clouds handling hundreds of TPS, with personal ownership across architecture, design, coding, and support.”

“Senior product leader with a track record of transforming legacy and labor-intensive products into AI-native, high-growth platforms across automotive SaaS, legal tech, enterprise software, and UCaaS. Most notably, they rebuilt CallRevu’s call analysis engine to replace human review with AI, cutting processing costs by 93% and reducing turnaround from 30 minutes to under 3 seconds, while also launching a new adjacent product line.”

“Product leader focused on AI-powered, human-centered platforms, including a holistic support product for young female athletes in underserved communities. Has worked across startups and large enterprises on multimodal AI, predictive workflows, and commerce platforms, with experience building teams and shaping products around both user trust and measurable business outcomes.”

“Senior GTM and marketing executive with 20+ years leading growth strategy across Fortune 500 brands and startups in sectors including automotive, telecom, retail, finance, and logistics. Notable highlights include leading an automotive GTM initiative tied to $200M+ opportunity capitalization, serving as CMO for a $550M organization, and creating a novel embedded insurance product for a marketplace that later became an industry standard.”

“Strategy & operations leader with senior roles at OnDeck, BlockFi, and Protocol Labs who owned founder-level initiatives end-to-end. Notably launched the first crypto credit card, driving 150k first-year sign-ups (vs 30k target) and boosting adoption of other offerings, and later cut time-to-hire from ~6 months to ~6 weeks while rebuilding GTM and operating frameworks.”

“Operations and GTM leader with HP experience managing acquisitions of industrial printing companies (e.g., Nur, Scitex, Colorspan) and driving expansion strategy across EMEA. Strong in route-to-market/channel design, post-merger role clarity (RACI), and using Salesforce for KPI-driven performance management; also brings ICF-style coaching for mentoring leadership teams.”

“Founder of an algorithmic trading startup who reports raising $25M+ over roughly the last three years. Has spent several years working closely with VC funds, focusing on fundraising and lead generation with VC/PE firms, and is strongly committed to entrepreneurship and scaling new technologies.”

Andrew Lanzino

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Executive Growth & Strategy Leader specializing in hospitality, entertainment, and large-scale events

Las Vegas, NV21y exp

“Strategic operations and org design leader who led restructuring at MGM Resorts, including an "org-blind" approach separating structure design from talent evaluation to reduce bias. Also teaches strategic management at a university and has advised/mentored C-suite leaders, combining high-level strategy with hands-on stakeholder listening (e.g., UNLV dean strategic re-envisioning).”

Khori Whittaker

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Executive Venture Builder & Operator specializing in 0-to-1 launches and governance

Remote, Global15y exp

“Solo founder running a venture studio (Mongoose) building AI-personalized products (e.g., faith-based daily devotional, meal planning, and a platform aimed at helping retiring SMB owners sell businesses). Previously at InsideTrack, leveraged a Department of Labor grant program to break into the community college market and secured major contracts ($5M and $3M) by helping institutions craft winning grant applications.”

“Solutions Architect with hands-on experience driving AWS Partner Network engagements end-to-end (technical reviews, discovery, demos, incentives, marketplace/GTM) to enable revenue outcomes, even when not the direct closer. Known for navigating complex policy/compliance changes with high-revenue partners and for being a go-to Amazon Connect specialist in ambiguous customer environments; also collaborated with founders of a small health tech company on an AI agent concept tied to healthcare workflows and medical records.”

“Founder-sourcing and relationship-development operator with experience from CAA, skilled at cold outreach and long-cycle nurturing that converts into active opportunities. Recently leveraged a former colleague relationship to support a sports equipment startup's Series A by sourcing strategic VC introductions, and has evaluated early-stage products (e.g., 3D-printed custom mouthguards) through founder discovery and top-level financial review.”

“Commercially driven founder/operator with hands-on fundraising experience across angels, family offices, SPVs, VC, and PE-backed brands. Helped MATE.bike raise a $10M Series A and supported K-Way's US market development, while currently building a startup with up to $3.9M in soft commitments.”

“Senior sales executive with deep experience leading large-territory public sector and enterprise sales teams across healthcare, government, and services. Stands out for combining strategic sales transformation—territory design, compensation redesign, CRM/predictive KPI systems, and rapid hiring—with proven results including $80M+ ARR, a $200M+ backlog, an $80M business turnaround, and a $750M complex outsourcing deal.”

Clifton Gilley

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Executive product leader specializing in product management and Agile transformation

Remote, USA25y exp

“Veteran product leader with roughly 20 years of experience spanning legal tech, higher education, and enterprise software, including early AI/ML applications in e-discovery at massive scale. Unusually combines product leadership with a background in law, psychology, and sociology, giving him strong domain empathy and a human-centered approach to UX, AI, and organizational transformation.”

“Programmatic media specialist with deep hands-on experience running high-budget AWS/Amazon campaigns, including a $4MM side-by-side DSP bakeoff (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP) focused on awareness and cost efficiency. Strong in CTV/OLV optimization and measurement, leveraging brand lift and attention studies, and known for disciplined testing frameworks and practical troubleshooting to restore performance.”

“Operations and revenue-ops leader with higher-education experience who built a team and the full operating/marketing/sales infrastructure from scratch, getting to revenue in under a year and beating projections by year 2. Deep hands-on Salesforce CRM implementation and automation (lead-to-opportunity conversion, round-robin assignment, dashboards) paired with data-driven brand/market research and executive mentoring.”

ABHIJOY SARKAR

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Senior AI Engineer specializing in LLMs, agentic systems, and MLOps

San Francisco Bay Area, CA8y exp

“Built and shipped PromptGuard, a production middleware proxy that secures GenAI RAG/agent systems against prompt injection and unsafe tool use using risk scoring, graded policy actions, and least-privilege tool gating. Also replaced LangChain abstractions with a custom state-machine runner for a production voice agent to reduce latency and improve traceability, and delivered a clinic call assistant by converting front-desk/doctor requirements into scenario-based guardrails and measurable evals.”

“Early-stage venture investor/operator profile with experience at Wedbush Ventures, focused on sourcing and qualifying founders through thesis-led outbound. Stands out for combining deep market research with proactive relationship building, including sourcing AI and commerce infrastructure opportunities that advanced into pipeline and investment committee discussions.”