Vetted Mentoring Professionals

Sandeep Natu

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/COO) specializing in Telecom, IT Delivery, and eGovernment platforms

Atlanta, GA19y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator who has started three revenue-generating startups for an employer and is now ready to found independently. Built and scaled a USSD-based lottery product in Nigeria by partnering with MTN, driving 10%+ uplift in gross turnover, and has hands-on experience validating market gaps via SMS/call-center surveys and launching pilots before scaling.”

“HR operations and human capital leader with Department of Transportation experience who built an HR policy and training infrastructure from scratch (20 policies in a year), enabling ~25% organizational growth. Known for data-driven process optimization (cut processing time by 20 days and improved request responsiveness by ~20%) and for creating scalable manager enablement tools (HR toolkit/quick-reference guides) while aligning senior leadership and reducing overhead via FTE-to-contractor transitions.”

“Full-desk recruiter who has owned end-to-end searches (example: Senior Business Intelligence Engineer) and operates in high-throughput environments with multiple shifting reqs. Differentiates through hands-on process unblocking (notably interview scheduling) and a metrics-driven approach—tracking inclined/conversion rates by stage to balance pipeline health and drive offers to close.”

Steve Black

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Principal Product Manager specializing in consumer engagement, AI, and connected fitness

Laguna Beach, CA15y exp

“Product leader with experience across Nike, Adidas, Bowflex, and startups, including serving as the first digital product hire at FluidLogic. Stands out for launching a connected hardware-plus-software product from zero to one in just 90 days, while also building AI-powered consumer features and aligning the entire company around digital strategy.”

Mike Henniger

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Staff Software Engineer specializing in scalable backend and full-stack web systems

Burlingame, CA32y exp

“Frontend-leaning full-stack product engineer with IMVU experience who designed both user-facing flows and the production telemetry behind them. Most notably, they built a JavaScript crash detection system using signature-based aggregation and Redis that helped reduce crash volume from millions per day to tens of thousands, and they pair that reliability mindset with reusable UI architecture and onboarding design for consumer social products.”

Howard Ogawa

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive product leader specializing in e-commerce, marketplaces, and direct-to-consumer platforms

California, USA19y exp

“Senior product leader with high-scale marketplace and commerce experience at Ticketmaster and GOAT, spanning checkout, CX automation, logistics, fraud, payments, and catalog. Stands out for pairing rigorous experimentation and measurable business impact—including $60M+ incremental revenue and major conversion gains—with a thoughtful human-centered AI philosophy and a strong track record of building and promoting PM teams.”

“Operations-focused leader specializing in rebuilding and scaling marketing/product/commercial operating models during rapid growth and leadership change. Known for implementing integrated quarterly planning, intake/resourcing, and KPI reporting systems that de-silo teams (including B2B enterprise, sales, and marketing) and create predictable execution, clearer decision rights, and scalable operating rhythms.”

“Senior engineering leader with deep hands-on experience building and scaling high-throughput platform infrastructure, including a Qualys core data platform using Kafka, Cassandra, OpenSearch, Ceph, and API gateways. He combines architecture depth with people leadership, and has led complex cross-team initiatives such as rolling out a Kubernetes-based container platform across 20 application teams using a phased migration strategy.”

“AWS-focused software engineer who built a self-serve ETL pipeline scheduling service for non-engineers, including automated CloudFormation-based onboarding that cut setup time from 2–3 weeks to ~5 minutes. Strong in production reliability and customer-facing data platforms (EMR/DynamoDB/Lambda), with examples spanning pagination at scale, cross-table consistency, and phased rollouts to improve Parquet log SLAs.”

“Hospitality entrepreneur who founded and launched Hotel Lucine, a hotel resort in Galveston, TX, raising approximately $30M and opening in 2023. Led the venture end-to-end—from business model and investor pitches to entity structuring, deal docs, design/construction (including acting as primary general contractor), and ongoing operations spanning service standards, finance/capital strategy, brand, and event bookings.”

Yanis Liaskos

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (CTO/CPO) specializing in AI, robotics, and warehouse automation

Atlanta, GA14y exp

“VP/CTO-level leader who builds globally distributed engineering organizations and operating systems (SAFe, governance, real-time metrics) to align product, engineering, and executives. Drove a security modernization initiative in a robotics context using Achilles and Polaris, remediating vulnerabilities and upgrading libraries to achieve a cyber certification that was ahead of industry norms.”

Shailaja Domala

Screened

Executive product and AI leader specializing in data platforms and analytics

California, USA24y exp

“Engineering leader with deep experience at Visa building and modernizing large-scale analytics platforms, including refactoring legacy systems into globally available microservices on AWS. Combines hands-on technical judgment in architecture, search platform evaluation, and service reliability with management of distributed international engineering and data teams.”