Vetted Go-to-Market Strategy Professionals

“Former COO at a venture firm who founded a consultancy/startup serving luxury apparel and accessories brands, with current paying clients acquired through her executive network. Focuses on operational and business strategy for luxury brands of African descent and runs end-to-end product development and sourcing across NYC/China with supplier links to Turkey and India; previously built a book of business at Morgan Stanley and advised startups.”

“Brand strategist and business builder with startup experience at Betterment pre-launch, operational and revenue strategy work at Patch, and 15 years at McCann delivering 10 AOR wins including Qualcomm, HomeGoods, Air Wick, and Kroger. Particularly strong at entering unfamiliar categories, uncovering overlooked customer insights, and turning them into clearer positioning, smarter targeting, and winning pitches.”

“Senior product manager with deep fintech and AI product experience across Vanguard and Seeking Alpha. Most notably led Vanguard's first shipped AI product—an ML-powered portfolio optimization web app for financial advisors—from Python prototype to production, while also building internal model validation systems and later redesigning PM training adopted across the organization.”

“Senior public sector sales executive with a strong track record selling SaaS licensing and permitting solutions to state and local governments. Most notably grew Accela from $25M to $100M in four years with 90%+ retention and personally led a complex $10M statewide Oregon deal featuring a custom multi-jurisdiction pricing model. Brings deep expertise in government procurement, RFP influence, forecasting discipline, and building high-performing regional sales teams.”

“Product leader with deep edtech experience who built Kaltura's LMS-native video and assessment suite and later shipped a Gemini-powered workflow at Google to help unemployment adjudicators resolve claims faster. Stands out for combining technical product fluency, human-centered AI thinking, and strong cross-functional leadership across design, engineering, sales, and support.”

Kyle Kim-Hays

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Executive marketing and product leader specializing in SaaS, media, telecom, and AI

New York City, NY24y exp

“Senior product leader with experience spanning Microsoft Windows core OS and Softomotive/Microsoft RPA products, including a major WinAutomation repositioning that reportedly grew ARR from under $500K to over $300M. Brings an unusual mix of AI product strategy, deep UX judgment, large-scale cross-functional leadership, and financially rigorous roadmap decision-making, plus a personal commitment to education through adjunct teaching.”

“Operator with a rare mix of startup creative leadership and big-company strategic execution. Built the design/creative function at Series A hospitality startup Life House Hotels, then at Amazon led cross-functional partnership, marketing, and collectibles initiatives—including a first-of-its-kind sports/outdoor event that drove 10% sales growth without discounts.”

“Entrepreneur building a mental healthcare solution (business plan + prototype; no capital raised yet) targeting therapists and patients. Former Fortune 50 leader who drove a multi-year digital transformation from stakeholder discovery through funding and execution, and previously scaled a data monetization offering by securing 20+ channel partnerships and investing in partner enablement and brand awareness.”

“Entrepreneurial healthcare operator currently serving as investor, co-founder, and COO of Mednevo, a startup combining AI with physician oversight rather than replacing doctors. Brings experience from 8 startups, prior capital raising, and a practical approach to healthcare AI trust, including doctor-controlled AI shutoff, HIPAA-minded compliance, and physician validation of LLM outputs.”

“Senior product leader with experience at Constant Contact, Retention Science, eBay, and Ticketmaster, spanning PLG transformation, AI-driven marketing automation, UX turnarounds, and complex platform migrations. Particularly compelling for roles needing a product executive who can tie user insight, experimentation, and cross-functional execution directly to conversion, revenue, and team growth.”

“Senior product leader from PlayStation and Epic Games with rare experience scaling consumer gaming subscription and personalization platforms at massive scale. Led the PlayStation Plus evolution into a tiered live-service platform, driving growth from 30M to 40M subscribers and a 15% ARPU lift, while also bringing AI/ML personalization expertise from the Epic mobile store and Fortnite ecosystem.”

“Senior enterprise product leader with high-impact experience at AWS and SirionLabs, spanning AI-powered database migration and NLP-driven contract analytics. Stands out for shipping trustworthy human-in-the-loop AI products with measurable business impact, including a GA launch that lifted automated schema conversion to 90%+ and drove ~20% downstream revenue growth, plus a rapid COVID-era CLM solution that produced upsell and cross-sell gains.”

“Product leader with experience at Disney, Hallmark Media, and Storytelling Tech who has led both streaming and AI-powered content products. Notably shipped VERP, a generative AI "prompt-to-publish" video platform, and brings a clear human-centered AI philosophy focused on augmentation, trust, and fast user outcomes rather than full automation.”

“Founder building an enterprise agentic AI startup who has already raised about $100K (friends & family plus self-funding). Has prior and current experience engaging VCs (including outreach to both large and small firms) and emphasizes demo-driven pitching, enterprise customer validation, and targeting billion-dollar market opportunities.”

“Strategic GTM leader with 20+ years across Confluent, AMD, Splunk, and Dell, spanning hardware, software, and semiconductors. Stands out for building OEM and partner-led demand engines, launching AI-ready products, and tying full-funnel marketing and sales enablement to measurable outcomes including quota attainment, 100% database growth, and nearly 50% YoY revenue growth in AMD's commercial AI PC business.”

Joseph Vito

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Principal Technology Transformation Executive specializing in cloud modernization and data platforms

New York, NY35y exp

“AWS advisory leader and long-tenured (4 decades) execution-focused operator who helps startups and enterprise "startup-like" business units scale operations through customer-centric mechanisms (Working Backwards/PRFAQ) and tech-enabled modernization. Delivered concrete process gains (e.g., ~30% faster mortgage workflow and ~10 manual handoffs eliminated via automation/microservices) and advises VC/startups on data/infra ops, AI-driven differentiation, and go-to-market positioning across multiple industries.”

David Lapsley

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Executive Engineering Leader specializing in AI infrastructure and cloud platforms

Tampa, FL14y exp

“Founder building Shipkode.ai, an enterprise SaaS product using generative AI to automate the front half of the software development lifecycle—from idea and customer feedback to engineering-ready specifications—with a beta planned for the first week of April. Has spoken with 24+ VCs over two years and mentors cybersecurity startups through the Tampa Bay Wave accelerator, emphasizing rigorous customer discovery to avoid misaligned product development.”

“Founder of Optibuy, a newly launched advisory firm focused on energy and manufacturing, combining AI, risk management, operational excellence, and digital transformation to solve longstanding industry problems. The candidate is pursuing an E&P studio model to incubate client solutions and has a targeted fundraising strategy aimed at O&G corporate VC arms, energy-focused VCs, and experienced industry angels.”