Vetted Mentorship Professionals

Erick Folckemer

Screened

Senior Gameplay Systems Programmer specializing in AAA game systems and networking

Raleigh, NC8y exp

“Gameplay engineer with shipped experience (Just Cause 4) and strong systems ownership in C++/Unreal Engine 5, including a loot spawning/loot table pipeline optimized through profiling-driven memory copy elimination and validated via custom simulation tools. Also built a server-authoritative fast travel system in a proprietary engine, handling multi-player/vehicle spawn coordination with client-side collision checks and latency testing across NYC and Stockholm.”

Ganesh Pittala

Screened

Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and cloud-native platforms

New York, USA5y exp

“Backend-leaning full-stack engineer with experience at Walmart, Qualtrics, and American Express, shipping secure partner-facing API platforms and internal monitoring dashboards. Strong in AWS production operations (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Postgres, CloudWatch) plus rigorous testing/security practices, with measurable delivery and performance improvements (35% faster releases; ~30–40% latency reductions).”

“Candidate appears to come from a financial planning/business development background and is strongest in outbound prospecting, relationship-based selling, and pipeline management. They described turning cold or initially unresponsive prospects into qualified opportunities and clients through tailored messaging, structured discovery, and disciplined follow-up.”

Jeremy Greenawalt

Screened

Principal AI Engineering Leader specializing in LLM integration and developer workflows

20y exp

“Built and launched a production customer-service LLM agent/MCP system for a large website, enabling reps to search across millions of SKUs and manuals that were previously impractical to navigate manually. They emphasize maintainable AI architecture, staged rollouts, guard-agent evaluation, and multi-agent code review workflows spanning accessibility, performance, and security.”

“Built a production-grade LLM document processing and workflow orchestration platform at CBRE for internal operations teams, handling highly variable long-form documents with a reusable architecture involving 50+ coordinated LLM calls per request. Stands out for treating agentic systems like distributed backend infrastructure, with strong emphasis on evaluation, observability, reliability, and vendor-agnostic orchestration across Bedrock, Vertex AI, and OpenAI.”

Nancy Meyer

Screened

Executive Chief of Staff specializing in healthcare operations and cross-functional execution

New York, NY29y exp

“Healthcare administration and executive operations leader with 15+ years at Mount Sinai Health System, operating as a strategic partner to senior leadership in a complex academic medical environment. She has evolved into chief-of-staff-style work focused on executive enablement, enterprise coordination, and strategic execution, and recently earned a Certified Chief of Staff credential. Notably, she led the buildout of a centralized administration team that improved executive support, operational efficiency, and cross-department collaboration.”

“Frontend engineer with experience building backend-driven UI systems (JSON-schema-based rendering) to enable rapid business-driven screen changes, including collaboration across design/backend/product/QA at Ozon Seller Center. Also created an internal npm package that generates TypeScript API clients from OpenAPI docs—initially for one project, later rolled out company-wide with CI testing and version pinning support.”

Mac Tichner

Screened

Principal Software Engineer specializing in full-stack platforms and AI integration

Miami, FL14y exp

“Serial entrepreneur and software engineer currently ideating a B2B vertical AI SaaS company with seed funding secured, using a custom-built AI agent to generate and vet startup ideas. Previously sold a software product (AskDiagnostic) into physician offices and spun an observed workflow gap into an in-house compounding solution, including a <3-minute dispensing process and supporting software for inventory, compliance, labeling, reorders, billing, and reporting.”

“Startup-focused technical leader with 20+ years in the ecosystem, including hands-on involvement in raising $3M at Jackpot Rising. Brings a rare mix of CTO-level technical execution, investor-facing fundraising support, patent filing experience, and deep familiarity with accelerators and venture capital.”