Vetted Leadership Professionals

“Entrepreneur with education administration experience now forming an AI-in-education startup concept focused on augmenting instruction with better AI tools. Previously opened and scaled a coffee roasting franchise in Asia into cafes and exited after strengthening the business financially, demonstrating international regulatory navigation and government relationship-building.”

“Canadian AAA hockey player turned NCAA Division I baseball scholarship athlete (University of Dayton) who also gained exposure to the sports agent world through MLB interest and working with an agent. Now based in Pittsburgh with strong Ontario and Pittsburgh hockey networks, combining recruiting insight, team-captain leadership, and social-media education to support players and families through hockey pathways.”

“Built and marketed a live free-to-play web word game (Techies WordFinder) from scratch using the Lovable AI platform, reaching 100+ users in under a month. Iterated quickly based on player feedback, reporting a 28% UX improvement and +32 seconds average time per user, and demonstrates practical live-ops and F2P analytics/A-B testing knowledge.”

“Product leader with experience spanning startups and enterprise-scale logistics in MENA, building and managing web/mobile business interfaces including dashboards, admin tools, marketplaces, and B2B quoting systems. Brings a metrics-driven approach to product health and experimentation, plus strong player-informed understanding of core F2P mechanics and live-ops planning.”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 22 years of experience managing large onsite/offshore teams (100+ at peak) and running VMS-driven delivery for multi-industry accounts (telecom, health insurance, retail). Has implemented ATS-based resume databases and reporting dashboards to improve turnaround time, productivity tracking, and coverage planning across multiple client/vendor relationships.”

“Built and productionized an LLM-based appointment management agent, implementing RAG with Redis and LangGraph plus multi-agent intent handling and rule-based conflict guardrails to prevent double-booking under high load. Experienced in real-time diagnosis of agentic workflow failures using logs/traces and state inspection, and in driving adoption via interactive developer demos and sales-aligned custom customer scenarios.”

“Contingency recruiter specializing in AI and data roles, currently managing 15 live requisitions across 6 clients (consultancies and financial institutions). Uses a structured, color-coded Google Sheets system to track pipeline stages and notes, and reports a typical 2-week turnaround from intake to placement.”

Kaden Marler

Screened

Junior Game/System Designer specializing in Unreal Engine gameplay systems and UI

3y exp

“Game designer/developer building systems-heavy gameplay in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints, including an RPG narrative/quest framework (dialogue + quest segmentation, HUD/logbook) and an in-progress FPS with ammo and perk-driven playstyles (e.g., tech hacking routes). Demonstrates strong playtest-driven iteration, including major narrative restructuring for clarity and cutting an inventory system after repeated negative feedback.”

Joseph Goode

Screened

Senior Basketball Coach and Sports Performance Trainer specializing in athlete development

Lincoln, CA19y exp

“JV and freshman boys coach at Lincoln High School and AAU coach with 17+ years as an athlete trainer who has sold training packages. Demonstrated real recruiting impact by introducing a talented player to college coaches at a tournament, leading to an offer, and is comfortable scouting via film/social media and creating on-camera content (AI, YouTube, highlight videos).”

Yash Dorshetwar

Screened

Junior Data Science and AI professional specializing in Python, machine learning, and analytics

Tempe, AZ2y exp

“Built AI-EDU, an AI/LLM-powered learning platform created for a Technology Entrepreneurship class that predicts student engagement and generates personalized learning insights. Emphasizes strong data preprocessing/feature engineering on noisy student data, and has experience operationalizing workflows with basic Airflow/Prefect plus reliability practices (edge-case testing, metrics, logging, guardrails) and stakeholder-friendly dashboards/summaries.”

Muntazir Mehdi

Screened

Junior Digital Marketing Coordinator specializing in Google Ads and conversion tracking

Skardu, Pakistan3y exp

“Digital/performance marketer with 3+ years of experience running paid social and search, including managing a $50K/month budget across Meta and Google Ads for lead gen and sales. Emphasizes full-funnel channel allocation (TikTok/Meta for discovery, Google for intent), structured testing using CPA/CTR/CVR/ROAS, and pragmatic optimization tactics like creative refreshes and audience expansion to counter fatigue and saturation.”

“Unity game developer who architected a flexible Match-3 core system that scaled to many object types and added merge mechanics without major rework. Has shipped/implemented real-time multiplayer features in a Photon-based space racing game using server-authoritative validation with prediction/interpolation, and focuses heavily on mobile optimization (AssetBundles, pooling, prewarming).”

“Frontend-focused builder who worked on the VITALES.LIFE healthcare app using Next.js/React Native alongside multiple backend technologies (NestJS, Go, Python/FastAPI) on Firebase/GCP. Has experience delivering client-driven MVPs (e.g., Omnicommander, Talentus) and uses Jest for test coverage while emphasizing code reuse and non-duplicative components.”

Evan Cioffi-Maxwell

Screened

Mid-level Videographer/Editor specializing in broadcast and nonprofit storytelling

Watertown, Massachusetts4y exp

“Boston-based videographer who leads end-to-end production across branded content, events, and social-first video for Instagram/TikTok/YouTube. Produced a documentary-style community fundraiser piece handling story structure, interviews, event coverage, and full edit—balancing emotional narrative with fast-moving coverage and earning ongoing client work. Technically fluent with Lumix GH5 (Rokinon 35mm T1.5), Sony FX9, DJI gimbals/drones (Mavic 3), and professional audio (lavs/shotgun/Zoom).”

Tre Williams

Screened

Senior Digital Content & Social Media Manager specializing in action-focused entertainment

Guangzhou, China11y exp

“Former AAU player (2004–2011) who now coaches high school basketball and brings a unique recruiting angle from the entertainment industry—an actor/producer who has cast and recruited talent for action films including a self-produced Mortal Kombat project (~31K YouTube views). Comfortable scouting and engaging talent via social media and eager to be on-camera creating recruiting-focused content for families.”

Brett Mecrones

Screened

Mid-level E-commerce Operations Manager specializing in Amazon fulfillment and inventory

Remote7y exp

“Former hockey player with experience across juniors, NCAA Division III (UNE), and three years of pro hockey in Germany and the U.S., including championship wins at both the college and pro levels. Brings firsthand understanding of player development pathways plus experience evaluating players in-game, mentoring athletes on-ice (skills/skating), and creating social media content (videos/testimonials) for hockey families.”

Joseph Rubino

Screened

Senior Hockey Referee and Sports Operations professional specializing in hockey officiating and analytics

Hauppauge, NY14y exp

“Lifelong competitive hockey participant who transitioned into a hockey career, including multiple roles with the New York Islanders, stat tracking for Clear Sight Analytics, and 10 years of officiating—currently skating full-time as a USHL referee. Brings a data-informed evaluation approach and broad relationships across youth, junior, college, and pro hockey, with direct exposure to D1/NHL development pathways.”

“Performance marketer with experience managing media budgets ranging from $10K to $3.5M, including direct ownership of $50K+ monthly accounts. Demonstrates strong practical expertise in Meta-led creative testing and scaling, full-funnel allocation across Meta and Google, and diagnosing stalled performance through tracking, creative fatigue, targeting, and funnel analysis. Seeking full-time roles but open to contract work as well.”

“Growth and partnerships operator in the gaming/creator ecosystem focused on mid-tier creator programs and in-game activations. Uses data-driven ecosystem mapping (e.g., ContentIQ) and performance-based deal structures to hit acquisition, engagement, and monetization KPIs—citing +35% sign-ups, +25% engagement lift, and +25–30% higher in-game spend from creator-led GTM.”

“Frontend-focused engineer (Shahroz) who has rebuilt and modernized products end-to-end, including a FitTech dashboard redesign from scratch with standardized tooling (ESLint/Prettier, Husky + conventional commits, unit tests, PR validation). Has delivered complex React + TypeScript dashboards involving real-time live streaming and analytics, and shipped an e-commerce PDP with integrations like Contentful and social feeds using an MVP-first, sprint-based process.”

“Former consulting-firm professional who started their own company and ran operations as a solo operator, relying on deep document review and analytical issue-spotting rather than software systems. Has practical experience reducing costs in field service operations by optimizing dispatch/scheduling, and has organized teams and provided fact-supported analysis in litigation-oriented work.”

“Business/partnerships-focused project/program leader with government contracting (SLED) experience who supported a cybersecurity solicitation response for Amtrak after a breach, using NIST-aligned posture assessment and recommending MFA, Zero Trust, and incident/vulnerability registers. Also led an urgent COVID-era recovery from a server crash by coordinating a move to AWS EC2 and managing vendor negotiation and project timelines for a CRM platform serving the winery/beverage industry.”

Darmawan Kurniaputra

Screened

Senior System Analyst specializing in software QA and FinTech payments

Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia10y exp

“Indonesia-based software tester with hands-on experience testing payment software on EDC machines and manual web application QA, plus early exposure to Selenium automation. Pragmatic about deadline-driven triage—prioritizes critical issues and plans lower-impact fixes for future patches—while expressing strong interest in learning game-industry standards.”

Ahmed Farouk

Screened

Senior Media Buyer specializing in Meta Ads and performance marketing

Alexandria, Egypt7y exp

“Growth/partnership marketer with experience across mobile app creator campaigns and D2C ecommerce GTM, emphasizing performance-based deal structures (CPA/CPI/rev share) and rigorous creative testing. Also runs a marketing agency and leveraged a real-estate/finishing network to build a referral channel that cut CAC ~25% for a kitchen design client; background includes civil engineering and real estate involvement.”