Vetted Market Research Professionals

Timothy Washington

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior Product Manager specializing in AI-powered products and responsible AI

Cranbury, NJ18y exp

“Mission-driven product and program leader who built WhatsApp’s talent inclusion infrastructure from scratch and later applied AI at Google to scale inclusive product evaluation across 25+ teams, including Gemini. Brings a rare mix of product systems thinking, human-centered AI judgment, and lived experience growing up in public housing that deeply informs their focus on equity, access, and accountable technology.”

Alexandra Esparza

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Executive Investment Banking & Capital Markets Leader specializing in TMT and Digital Health

Brooklyn, NY15y exp

“Private-capital-focused investment banker (former sports/health-tech banker) building a two-sided wellness coaching marketplace plus SaaS platform to help coaches run their businesses and consumers discover/vet/book non-regulated wellness modalities. Has an MVP, landing page, and waitlist, and is running a data-driven traction plan (ads, surveys, alpha testing, Discord/Reddit) before pursuing fundraising channels.”

“Early-stage investor with PropTech exposure who sources founders through conferences, VC networks, and thesis-driven outbound. Demonstrated ability to turn cold founder interactions into multi-month relationships by providing practical support on financial models and pitch decks, while applying a thoughtful lens on product-market fit and ICP in investment decisions.”

Farabi Hassan

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Principal Product Leader specializing in AI-powered enterprise and marketplace platforms

Seattle, WA13y exp

“Product leader with experience at Zillow, Amazon, and Chewy, focused on high-scale ML and UX-driven product improvements. Has led end-to-end rebuilds and launches that delivered measurable business impact, including a 23% conversion lift in lead routing, 40%+ reduction in delivery-related customer contacts, and 10%+ ecommerce conversion gains.”

“Product leader at Mastercard who has repeatedly built and commercialized AI-driven fraud products across payments and healthcare, including a patented ML approach and a fraud suite that won 30+ enterprise customers in its first year. Stands out for combining deep ML product judgment with workflow design, explainability, and human-in-the-loop thinking to drive real operational change.”

“Clean energy founder (Ishan "Summer") who built an energy storage/battery materials venture in 2022 focused on data centers and factories, raising $10M split between venture capital and government funding. Demonstrates end-to-end venture execution: multi-year market observation, team formation, customer/market validation, research collaboration, prototyping, and channel-partner-led go-to-market.”

“Consulting-style leader (McKinsey context) driving data- and AI-enabled transformations across healthcare, QSR, retail, and services. Has built AI-powered analytics tools for marketing ideation, led agile operating models with client-side counterparts and external coaches, and navigated highly sensitive competitive retail engagements by isolating teams and delegating pricing work to avoid conflicts.”

“Chief of Staff / PMO leader at CAIS who built a firm-wide product & technology roadmap and delivery governance from the ground up, partnering directly with the executive committee to define OKRs and prioritization. Led cross-functional GTM readiness tracking and delivered major platform modernization (monolith to microservices) plus trade lifecycle automation in the alternative assets/independent financial advisor space, while also instituting financial discipline and vendor negotiations that saved millions.”

“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.”

“Former BofA investment banker and Bain consultant in Milan who recently completed an MBA at Columbia Business School. Combines private-capital-style analytical rigor with hands-on execution, from leading turnaround and due diligence work to helping launch a COVID-era NGO that served 200 families and advising Columbia Global on a multi-stakeholder strategy project.”

“Early-stage founder building a service business targeting small clinics, already with one client. Identified the opportunity by helping a family member and then validating needs through direct client conversations; uses AI (including AI agents) for content generation and plans deeper workflow automation to scale cost-effectively.”

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.”

“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.”