Vetted Mentoring Professionals

“Solaris-focused engineer who has led production performance investigations using DTrace and implemented code changes that substantially improved runtime by removing redundant parsing. Participated in a data-center-exit lift-and-shift to cloud using Oracle GoldenGate for replication and LVM to duplicate the application platform, with some exposure to AIX/IBM Power (LPAR recovery with NIM, assisted PowerHA validation).”

“Backend engineer who evolved the X-Ray gaming analytics platform, leading a zero-downtime MongoDB→AWS DocumentDB migration with dual-write, checksum-based validation, and Kubernetes canary rollouts while maintaining real-time monitoring for millions of concurrent sessions. Strong in FastAPI/Python API scaling and performance tuning (cut latency from ~2s to <150ms and reduced DB load 90%) plus production-grade auth/RLS security patterns (JWT, Supabase Auth, PostgreSQL RLS).”

“Real Estate & Construction professional at Analog Devices who built a cross-functional "single source of truth" system (Excel to Smartsheet) integrating tools like CoStar and Conga. Previously co-founded a Shanghai-based communications coaching consultancy serving eBay middle managers, handling incorporation, branding/marketing (including WeChat), office negotiation, and growth through increased class frequency and mentoring.”

“Senior HR Business Partner with demonstrated impact driving org change and people strategy: led a sales division restructure delivering a 25% efficiency gain, and used people analytics to launch a mentorship program that improved retention by 30%. Strong in systems-thinking diagnostics (metrics + focus groups), leader coaching, and high-stakes employee relations/mediation.”

“Engineering Manager/Tech Lead on Grindr’s monetization team who helped ship an AI-powered conversation summary feature (A-list), contributing across Android freemium implementation and backend LLM workflow service architecture/reviews. Demonstrated strong operational ownership by leading a Boost production incident from detection through rollback and prevention, and improved team throughput by introducing a lightweight end-to-end delivery process in a high-growth environment.”

RajaSekhar Divakaruni

Screened

Director-level Engineering Leader specializing in Payments and Financial Services

Edison, New Jersey21y exp

“Senior Director-level engineering leader from Zelle who built a multi-year cloud and use-case expansion roadmap (e.g., SMB and brokerage funding) aligned to an aggressive growth target (from $1.2T to $5T in 5 years). Experienced scaling an engineering org from ~25–30 people into domain-driven pods and leading audit/compliance remediation (OCC, SOC 2, PCI) through security and infrastructure reengineering, including multi-region/multi-zone architecture.”

Jebiaus Brown

Screened

Senior Customer Success Manager specializing in Enterprise SaaS retention and expansion

San Francisco, CA9y exp

“Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager in the Bay Area with a highly data-driven, AI-assisted approach to enterprise retention and expansion. Describes end-to-end ownership of large accounts (including a $300K+ account), using health scoring, sentiment/risk extraction from calls (Gong/ZoomInfo/Gainsight), and quantified business cases to influence product roadmap and secure renewals/expansions (100% GRR, 115% NRR, NPS target 72). Experience advising on martech/GTN tooling (Salesforce, Gainsight, Looker/Tableau) and applying SEO/analytics narratives in executive business reviews.”

“Frontend tech lead at HubSpot who shipped an LLM-powered insights dashboard that analyzed complex customer interaction histories and surfaced sentiment, challenges, and next-best actions for sales users. Stands out for having taken an AI feature beyond prototype into beta and full production, with strong emphasis on testing, maintainability, and practical production tradeoffs.”

Saikrishna Swaminathan

Screened

Entry-level Aerospace/ADCS Researcher specializing in spacecraft controls and simulation

Kanpur, India1y exp

“Robotics/control-focused candidate with hands-on ROS2 + Gazebo experience implementing MPC with online state identification on a Crazyflie drone, including camera-based position determination fixes. Also worked on multi-agent spacecraft formation control and constellation optimization, debugging numerical drift and redesigning leader-follower control laws to handle delayed/outdated updates; uses Docker to ensure reproducible simulation results across machines.”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with ~5 years managing 6–12 recruiters, known for building scalable workflows and analytics. At Amazon, launched an on-demand recruiting approach that cut time-to-fill from 60–90+ days to ~20–25 days and redesigned internal mobility post-layoffs, reducing open roles by 40% in a quarter. Also a Beamery SME who drove org-leading adoption through recruiter training and process standardization.”

“Operations leader with Amazon experience owning a founder-level initiative during national supply chain Regionalization, building and scaling a "Stack-to-Light" operating mechanism to standardize non-sortable FC execution with instrumentation and balanced-scorecard metrics. Later joined Revivn to stabilize an underperforming operation by developing frontline leaders and aligning ops with finance and GTM through clear KPIs and operating cadence.”

“Aerospace propulsion engineer at Pratt & Whitney who tackled legacy infrastructure bottlenecks by leading a grassroots effort to codify discipline standard work into modular Python packages and stand up a Git/Jenkins CI/CD pipeline for production-grade deployment across programs. Deep experience with C-based gas turbine aero-thermo and control-system simulation/verification (including Simulink-based control development), now motivated to pivot into fast-moving robotics/AI environments.”

“R&D-focused aspiring founder building a business plan (with CPA/attorney support and a secured webpage) and preparing to seek external funding. Demonstrated ability to turn a customer need into an executed technical initiative—scoped requirements, pitched leadership, formed a team, built tools, and created physics-based models to inform thermal performance guidance for signal cables.”

Sagnik Mazumder

Screened

Executive ML/AI Founder specializing in agentic analytics and data infrastructure

10y exp

“Founder of Photosphere Labs (agentic AI for ecommerce data synthesis/analysis) who worked directly with customers to scope, build, demo, and iterate LLM-based solutions, including an AI chat product for brand owners. Previously at Block, built and explained a nuanced causal inference/propensity model tied to Square POS integrations, translating model specs and outputs into business impact for varied client contexts.”

Bradley Schleyer

Screened

HR Director / HR Business Partner specializing in global people strategy and employee relations

New York, NY16y exp

“People/HR leader with demonstrated impact influencing C-suite decisions on compensation and benefits—implemented a simplified bonus structure and drove a 401(k) match change using salary-band contribution data and executive-ready PPTs. Experienced in high-stakes employee relations, including investigating a microaggression complaint involving a top executive with legal collaboration, confidentiality, and proportional outcomes.”

“Aspiring founder building an AI governance and compliance startup for the finance industry, focused on agents that monitor data lakes/lakehouses to detect security vulnerabilities, PII exposure, and governance issues in real time. Has already formed an S-corp, has not raised capital yet, and approaches idea validation through Minimum Lovable Product testing with potential clients.”

“Built multiple AI-powered products from scratch, including ConnectAbility, an accessibility tool combining computer vision and LLMs to describe visual content for users with disabilities, and SpamBack!, a macOS app that detects scam texts and auto-generates responses. Stands out for full-stack/backend ownership of applied AI systems, especially around async workflows, inference performance, and reliability safeguards.”

“Candidate describes a development approach centered on AI-assisted coding, testing, and agent-driven workflows, including production exposure to multi-agent systems and governance-oriented logging. They appear particularly focused on combining AI speed with structured validation through unit tests, boundary tests, and edge-case monitoring.”

“Backend-leaning engineer with experience at Dropbox, Wayfair, and Etsy who has led cross-product integrations and internal platform tooling. Re-architected a legacy promo code system from a PHP monolith to a Java/Spring Boot microservice achieving a 99% execution-time reduction, and built a React/TypeScript + Supabase product (press.social) with LLM-powered bulk parallel generation and a path to multi-tenancy.”

Edward Yeh

Screened

Director-level Data Engineering & MDM leader specializing in enterprise data platforms

Hunt Valley, MD20y exp

“Former Xendit (YC-backed fintech) operator applying outcome-driven, scalable product-building experience to a new startup: a real-time, personalized real estate investment intelligence platform. Has begun prototyping, completed ROI analysis, and validated the space with US market research plus broker interviews in Chicago and Los Angeles, aiming to differentiate from Zillow/Redfin with goal-based ranked investment recommendations.”