Vetted Marketing Professionals

Mark Orsini

Screened

Executive Literary Agent and Managing Partner specializing in talent, IP, and entertainment dealmaking

New York, NY21y exp

“Long-tenured agency leader (20+ years) who built foundational operational systems for contract and payment tracking—driving an immediate 33% revenue jump and lasting process improvements. Managed high-stakes, compliance-heavy initiatives like the COVID-era Shuttered Venue Operators Grant and led cross-functional alignment across finance/legal/admin during catalogue acquisition integration, with a strong emphasis on executive trust and discretion.”

Sakid Ahmed

Screened

Executive Telecom & Wireless Connectivity Leader (GM/VP Engineering)

Chicago, IL29y exp

“Operator with experience in a private equity-backed business that was carved out of a larger company and later taken public. Brings a startup-builder mindset from within larger-company environments, with emphasis on P&L ownership, go-to-market strategy, product strategy, and evaluating ideas through product-market fit and scalable market demand.”

“30-year Silicon Valley startup veteran who built Pratexo, an intelligent edge analytics company focused on the energy transition, raised $15M in seed funding, and landed a major partnership with ABB. He has spent the last decade continuously advising startups and brings deep familiarity with VC and accelerator ecosystems including YC and ABB's SynerLeap.”

Darshan Patel

Screened

Mid-level Data Engineer specializing in financial and trading data

Sydney, Australia4y exp

“Quant Data Engineer at ASX who is also building FinishKit, a full-stack SaaS that scans AI-generated codebases for bugs and production-readiness issues. Combines React/TypeScript, Supabase/serverless, Fly.io, and Postgres with strong product instincts, rapid iteration, and prior experience building secure multi-tenant data and dashboard systems across enterprise teams.”

“Early-career candidate with startup and nonprofit go-to-market experience spanning retailer matching, vendor acquisition, and external outreach. At a B2B SaaS startup, they evaluated 2000+ retailers by rebuilding fit criteria for each client, and at ASCENDtials they built a vendor outreach system from scratch that produced a 30+ vendor portfolio.”

Timotthy Rock

Screened

Executive AEC Operations Leader specializing in infrastructure growth and M&A integration

Leawood, KS, United States42y exp

“Operations leader with repeated experience integrating acquired firms into a larger platform, running top-to-bottom operational reviews and driving transitions to new policies, procedures, and systems using structured project management (ClickUp/monday.com). Known for building accountability cadences and coaching leaders—often shifting KPI visibility and leadership approach to improve consistency across revenue, billability, A/R, and other core metrics.”

Regina Cherepinsky

Screened

Director-level Retail & Brand Management leader specializing in luxury fashion and beauty

Los Angeles, CA16y exp

“Brand/partnership leader with high-profile celebrity brand experience, including launching the Kardashian Kollection into hundreds of stores and hiring 50 VIP selling specialists nationwide. Managed end-to-end brand management across product, placement, and retailer/celebrity stakeholder satisfaction, and was promoted to VP of a fragrance endeavor within 6 months; also partnered closely with Revlon on an Elizabeth Taylor fragrance launch (GWP/packaging).”

“Repeat founder and active VC with over 3 years of experience running a fund and syndicate. Currently exploring an agentic deal flow CRM for venture funds, with early components already built and a clear plan to dogfood it and recruit other VCs for validation.”

Alexander Awn

Screened

Director-level UX leader specializing in automotive and inclusive design

Farmington Hills, MI21y exp

“Design and UX leader in automotive and service design who helped ship a novel 2015 Ford Mustang app featuring early augmented reality/visual search capabilities. Combines hands-on product design with strong mixed-methods research and has influenced major business decisions, including research that reportedly saved a client $8M by stopping a poor market launch.”

“Product leader in pharmacy/retail marketplace environments who has shipped AI-driven personalization across a 100k+ product catalog and is now building an AI assortment/planogram tool for category managers. Stands out for combining marketplace operations knowledge, measurable UX improvements tied to sales and CSAT, and a human-centered approach to introducing AI without displacing domain experts.”

“Operations leader/consultant for early-stage, VC-backed and fast-growth companies with hands-on experience spanning NetSuite finance ops, product prioritization, and People Ops/HR systems. Notably overhauled internal communications at a Bay Area home health company by centralizing to HIPAA-compliant Slack integrated with ClickUp, driving ~30% faster project completion and ~25% higher retention, using ADKAR-based change management and rigorous adoption tracking.”

Elbot Carman

Screened

Senior Creative & Brand Designer specializing in brand systems, digital marketing, and UI/UX

Atlanta, GA13y exp

“Brand/marketing designer with experience modernizing a SaaS company’s identity (Hudson MX) and improving external perception through cohesive brand systems and asset libraries. Also supported American Express by building a scalable Figma component library to rapidly recreate UI screenshots with high fidelity using in-product access and Chrome DevTools for exact specs, and produced stakeholder interview videos for LinkedIn/Vimeo in Adobe Premiere.”

“Senior building products leader with broad regional ownership across sales, operations, and distribution in the Northeast and South Central U.S. Stands out for combining commercial growth with operational rigor—driving $10M+ commodity growth, adding new distribution centers, improving SG&A and inventory performance, and navigating complex dealer/builder channel negotiations to win market share.”

“Public-safety sales leader with 14 years of experience selling complex government technology solutions across municipal, county, state, and international markets. Most recently led $100M+ in bookings at Comtech/Allerium, where they doubled pipeline and win rates, built GTM and partner channels, and helped win a ~$60M statewide Kentucky 911 contract.”

Daivya Trehaan

Screened

Intern-level strategy and market research analyst specializing in FinTech and consumer insights

Dubai, UAE2y exp

“UCLA cognitive science student with hands-on startup strategy and market research experience, including work at AstroTech Builtin on user segmentation, fintech verticals, and expansion opportunities in remittance-heavy markets like the Philippines. She also builds her own consumer MVP concepts, combining campus-based user research, community-led growth ideas, and AI-assisted prototyping with a strong instinct for messaging and value communication.”

“Execution-oriented operator with experience spanning Credit Suisse digital assets leadership, Citi Wealth GenAI initiatives, and advisory work for founders and executives. Stands out for bridging strategy, governance, and hands-on execution across highly regulated financial services and emerging-growth environments, especially in blockchain and AI.”

Jake Arena

Screened

Mid-level growth marketer and producer specializing in entertainment and live events

Los Angeles, CA4y exp

“Startup-minded operator and event-business builder who created an outbound pipeline from scratch at Beat Repeat using POS and ticketing data, driving 30% higher repeat attendance and 15% lower costs. Also founded Drinklink, a bar subscription service sold face-to-face, and showed strong market instinct by identifying and negotiating an early strategic partnership with Posh before it was widely established in Los Angeles.”

“UC Berkeley CS–trained hands-on engineering leader with executive experience spanning fundraising and board/customer communication. Led architecture and roadmap for AI-driven fintech platforms (including portfolio data, market signals, document processing, and Bitcoin trading), scaling global orgs (~100 people) and driving modular API-based designs that improved reliability, onboarding speed, and customer retention.”

“Entrepreneurial operator with experience building two bootstrapped ventures, spanning both operations-heavy business execution and creative production. Through Kellogg MBA work and current exposure at Equiseed, they combine startup ecosystem knowledge with a highly practical, customer- and unit-economics-driven approach to founding.”

“Full-stack engineer with strong DevOps/AWS production experience who builds and operates multi-agent AI systems end-to-end (Streamlit/Python through Docker/Kubernetes and ECS/Fargate). Has delivered measurable outcomes: sub-2s latency and ~92% routing accuracy for an AI wellness assistant, shipped an AI-for-BI prototype in under 6 weeks cutting analysis time ~40%, and improved pipeline iteration speed ~35% via modularization and CI/regression checks.”

“Candidate founded a non-profit and developed unconventional funding mechanisms for it, including a book whose proceeds support the organization and a patented AI stack designed for licensing royalties. They also bring early startup experience and acquisition due-diligence exposure, and are specifically interested in contributing their technical and venture incubation background within an existing entrepreneurial company rather than founding a new one.”

“Commercial leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and scientific tools who has repeatedly built revenue from early-stage scale, including growing NimbleGen from under $1M to $25M and helping position it for a $300M sale to Roche Diagnostics. Brings deep experience selling complex clinical software and instruments into hospitals, labs, pharma/biotech, academia, and government, with a strong reputation for building teams, operating cadence, and cross-functional alignment.”

Scott Mangino

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in SaaS and consumer mobile platforms

Denver, CO14y exp

“Product leader who blends strategy, UX, and hands-on building—designing in Figma, using Claude Code to prototype and push PRs, and partnering closely with engineering to ship faster. Led the Travel Noire app from content brand extension to AI-enabled travel companion, and independently built human-centered AI workflows for grassroots volunteer management. Particularly strong in trust-based, assistive AI products that amplify human relationships rather than replace them.”

“GTM and operations leader with experience spanning SaaS, marketplaces, OT/ICS, and retail/e-commerce, including work that drove e-commerce revenue for a $44B retailer. Particularly strong in enterprise ABM and partner-led motions for critical infrastructure accounts, with proven results in pipeline growth, conversion improvement, and cycle-time reduction, plus direct ownership of complex six-figure ARR deals.”