Vetted Mentoring Professionals

“Development manager focused on developer productivity and platform enablement in a polyglot microservices environment. Drove ~50% productivity gains by evaluating and rolling out AI coding copilots with team training and cross-team demos, and designed a Disaster Recovery framework adopted by 50+ microservice teams. Also led edge-focused Python runtime optimization and relies on heavy test automation to safely execute large refactors during major platform upgrades.”

“Operations and manufacturing leader with experience acting as an internal CEO to build a new business inside IDEX Corp from a $15M budget, owning P&L and a 3-year plan through product launch. At Planet Innovation, used Lean/DMAIC-style value stream mapping to 4x production throughput (400 to ~1600 units/month), exceeding a customer’s 1200/month scaling target. Strong in building teams and operational systems (product development, quality, supply chain) and coaching non-ops founders using structured frameworks.”

“B2B paid social specialist who has owned $50K+/month+ budgets across multiple accounts, including cybersecurity, using a full-funnel LinkedIn + Reddit approach. Demonstrated measurable impact (2x QoQ lead volume and 150% CPL reduction), rigorous testing practices (stat sig, single-variable tests), and hands-on tracking/debugging via GTM and LinkedIn conversion setup.”

“Technology executive (VP/SVP Engineering, CTO/co-founder) with ~17 years of roadmap execution and the last 7 in senior exec roles. Notably led an AI-first strategic pivot when generative AI emerged—creating the AI product strategy, reskilling teams, and shipping initial AI features—while also scaling engineering orgs using SPACE metrics and driving major architecture decisions (custom reporting with React + Redshift) to close competitive gaps.”

“CTO who ties technology strategy directly to business outcomes, building multi-year roadmaps with measurable ROI. Led major modernization (cloud, data platform, unified API, microservices + CI/CD) delivering 5x faster releases/deployments, 99.8% uptime, and 40% user growth without headcount increases, while scaling engineering from 15 to 80+ in ~18 months.”

“Software engineer with strong end-to-end ownership across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure, including real-time systems (Kafka/Postgres) and observability (Datadog). Built and productionized an AI-native RAG support assistant (OpenAI embeddings + Pinecone) with prompt/guardrail design, achieving 48% agent adoption and 30% faster responses. Experienced in legacy modernization and reliability work using feature flags, event/transaction replay, and rapid embedded delivery.”

Sarthak Vinayaka

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Mid-Level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in enterprise AI, data pipelines, and scalable APIs

Redwood City, CA3y exp

“Forward-deployed engineer/tech lead who built an end-to-end demand planning and forecasting application for a major US steel manufacturer, integrating Snowflake data into the C3 platform with batch/MapReduce workflows, monitoring, and a React/TypeScript UI. Also productionized an enterprise LLM integration with structured outputs and authorization guardrails, reporting +30% stakeholder engagement and broad adoption across customer deployments.”

Shram Kadia

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Mid-level Software Engineer specializing in backend systems, cloud-native apps, and AI platforms

Santa Clara, CA4y exp

“Backend/full-stack engineer who has owned production systems end-to-end, including a Dockerized Node.js/TypeScript probabilistic fault-tree analysis service for nuclear safety research deployed on AWS. Also built and operated a FastAPI-based RAG pipeline over 200+ PDFs using FAISS, focusing on low-latency, idempotent workflows and strong observability; experienced with API design and Playwright E2E automation across React/Angular projects.”

Eugeniu Cozac

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Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in React/Next.js for enterprise FinTech and AI platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, CA10y exp

“Full-stack engineer with strong real-time and applied AI experience: built an internal AI “virtual subject matter expert” platform at Shell Energy serving ~1,800 employees with sub-200ms response streaming. Diagnosed AWS load balancer WebSocket disconnects and shipped reliability fixes (heartbeats, reconnect/backoff, session resume), and implemented AI production guardrails (eval suite, drift monitoring, confidence thresholds, citations, human-in-the-loop) that reportedly cut hallucinations by ~90%.”

Meghana Madi

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Mid-level Product & UI/UX Designer specializing in AI, cybersecurity, and SaaS

Remote, USA4y exp

“Product/UI-UX designer with hands-on experience owning end-to-end web and e-commerce flows, from problem discovery and information architecture through Figma design and implementation support. They stand out for translating rough concepts into production-ready, scalable interfaces with reusable components, polished interaction states, and measurable usability improvements.”

Chuks Onwuneme

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Executive technology leader specializing in Healthcare IT, AI, and regulated SaaS

Seattle, WA24y exp

“Founder who raised friends-and-family capital in 2024, used it to build an initial product and develop patent-backed IP, then pivoted from AI impersonation detection to authorization and trust infrastructure for agentic workflows. Demonstrates strong strategic thinking around infrastructure products, customer-driven repositioning, and venture-backed startup dynamics.”

“Hands-on engineering leader who has scaled teams quickly (hired 20 engineers in 4 months) and led major architecture shifts including monolith-to-microservices and serverless, async AI-driven medical data ingestion/search. Also drove a versioned-inventory redesign with auditability and rollback that reduced operational errors by 22%, and demonstrates strong incident response with clear stakeholder communication.”

Mark Parolisi

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Executive technology leader specializing in digital publishing and media platforms

Greater New York City Area, NY18y exp

“Engineering leader in digital media/news with 8 years leading globally distributed teams supporting 24+ consumer and internal web applications. Distinguishes himself as a hands-on player-coach who standardized tooling across teams, built an in-house authentication and entitlements platform, and led AI systems for newsroom draft generation and taxonomy workflows that improved efficiency and engagement.”

Scott Mangino

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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.”

“Backend-focused engineer with strong .NET/Angular experience building enterprise financial and healthcare systems, including microservice APIs deployed with Docker/Kubernetes and AWS ECS. Demonstrates production reliability skills across secrets management (Secrets Manager/IAM), incident response (CloudWatch + Kafka failover), and data engineering patterns from SSIS ETL (data quality, incremental recovery), plus proven SQL tuning with a 10-minute report reduced to under 30 seconds.”

Richard Roberts

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Executive TV/Film Editor-Producer specializing in reality, documentary, and broadcast programming

7y exp

“Senior video editor and post producer with deep Premiere experience (and Avid for network-style work), spanning feature documentaries, TV specials, promos, and music videos. Has led teams of 5–12 editors on high-volume schedules (5–6 shows/week) while mentoring on craft, software, music, and montage. Notable credits include work with Discovery and the YouTube channel Organic Nation (Stacey Poon Kinney).”

Kristina Andrews

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Senior Technical Recruiter specializing in FinTech and enterprise technology hiring

Atlanta, GA20y exp

“Recruiter with extensive experience in high-volume, fast-changing environments, managing 70+ requisitions while owning full-desk searches from intake through onboarding. Stands out for combining process discipline, stakeholder coaching, and data-backed compensation advocacy, including building manual Excel tracking systems when ATS and reporting tools were insufficient.”

“Product leader with standout experience rebuilding the National Debt Relief customer portal into a reassurance-first self-service experience, reversing roughly $60MM in annual churn and improving NPS by 36+ points. Brings a strong blend of customer research, UX judgment, experimentation, and cross-functional leadership, plus hands-on experience applying AI personalization in conversion funnels. Particularly compelling for mission-driven products where trust, emotional context, and human-centered AI matter.”

Tiffany Square

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Director-level Creative Producer specializing in global brand partnerships and operations

Los Angeles, CA12y exp

“Operator from the fashion and creative industries who supported Nicola Formichetti across a creative agency, clothing brand, and personal business portfolio. Grew from EA/Office Manager into a Chief of Staff / Client Director-type role, building operating structure, leading campaigns, negotiating budgets, and managing multi-million-dollar productions in a high-growth, multi-stakeholder environment.”

Kerry Officer

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Executive product leader specializing in HCM, learning platforms, and public sector SaaS

Queen Creek, AZ22y exp

“Senior product leader with 20 years of experience spanning platform modernization, enterprise integrations, and AI-enabled HCM products. She led a major rebuild of a homegrown integration platform for a $77M portfolio, accelerated delivery by 18 months through vendor-backed iPaaS selection, and also drove AI initiatives across 13 products with a strong emphasis on transparency, QA, and human oversight.”

“Full-stack engineer focused on high-throughput document/financial data platforms, building Angular/React front ends and Spring Boot microservices with Python/Flask services for heavy processing. Experienced in designing non-blocking, asynchronous workflows (Celery/RabbitMQ) and deploying containerized systems to AWS ECS with auto-scaling and CloudWatch monitoring.”

“Senior product leader with deep payroll/HCM experience across ResNav, Paycom, Paylocity, and Namely, known for rebuilding broken systems, creating product process from scratch, and influencing boards and executives on major platform decisions. She combines hands-on prototyping, strong engineering partnership, and customer-driven iteration, with examples ranging from an ML-based approvals workflow that reached 100% client opt-in to stabilizing a troubled time-off platform and reducing churn risk among major revenue clients.”