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Vetted Mentorship Professionals
Pre-screened and vetted.
Staff Full-Stack Engineer specializing in AI agents and cloud platforms
Executive Healthcare Staffing Operations Leader specializing in MSP/VMS delivery and multi-state scaling
Richard A Brande
Director-level Education & Sports Development Leader specializing in fundraising and enrollment growth
“Veteran hockey coach and player-development consultant (UConn NCAA ’92; minor pro) with 30+ years spanning AAA, prep, junior, and NCAA, plus experience as Player Personnel Director in the USHL. Key architect of South Kent’s Selects Academy, credited with 23 NHL draft picks and hundreds of NCAA placements, and runs an education-focused consulting practice helping families navigate pathways with honest, level-appropriate guidance.”
Dave Bonillas
Senior Engineering Leader specializing in e-commerce platforms and distributed systems
“Engineering leader who delivered a Magento-to-Shopify rebuild ahead of schedule while maintaining 100% team retention over 4 years at Hydrobuilder Holdings. Also built and ran a concert-listing platform (TourVolume) in production for 12+ years (Webby Honorable Mention) and later open-sourced the full codebase. Deep experience in auth/API platforms on AWS, including moving critical auth services from Lambda to ECS to eliminate cold-start latency.”
Jim Petersen
Executive sales leader specializing in public sector SaaS growth
“Hands-on public sector sales leader with 20 years of experience building and scaling government-focused SaaS and tech-enabled sales organizations. Most notably, he was the first sales hire at Library Ideas and grew the business from $0 to $19M ARR across 5,000 customers in 20 countries, while also demonstrating strong team turnaround, forecasting rigor, and success in complex RFP-driven government deals.”
Principal Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Operations Leader specializing in ATS implementations
Executive AI/ML & Platform Technology Leader specializing in LLMs, GraphRAG, and security
Executive infrastructure and security leader specializing in multi-cloud enterprise architecture
Senior QA Engineer specializing in automation, accessibility, and cross-platform testing
Omar Rahmoun
Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems and AI platforms
“Senior engineer transitioning into a lead engineer role who is actively overseeing 5 developers and championing an AI-first development culture. Stands out for a highly structured approach to AI-assisted software delivery, including context engineering, phased planning, multi-agent orchestration, and deliberate hallucination mitigation rather than 'vibe coding.'”
Director-level Software Engineering leader specializing in Microsoft cloud and SaaS platforms
Senior QA Technical Lead specializing in web, embedded devices, and smart wearables
Mid-Level Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in SaaS and distributed systems
Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect specializing in AI & data platforms
Senior Software Engineer & Engineering Lead specializing in Unreal/Unity VR training and multiplayer
Executive Engineering Leader & Software Architect specializing in FinTech and AI-first platforms
Executive growth leader specializing in SaaS, EdTech, HR Tech, and FinTech
Director-level sales leader specializing in SMB financing and alternative lending
Priyanka Ramesh
Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in Java/Spring Boot and React
“Backend engineer (IpserLab) who owned Python services for a production quiz/analytics platform, focusing on reliability and low-latency behavior under peak load. Hands-on with Kubernetes + Docker deployments and GitHub Actions CI/CD in a GitOps-style workflow, including solving configuration drift and enabling fast rollbacks. Also implemented Kafka-based event streaming with idempotent consumers and strong observability (lag tracking, structured logging, alerting).”
Phillip Bruce
Senior Unix/Linux & Storage Engineer specializing in data center, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure
“UNIX infrastructure engineer with hands-on AIX 7.x and Solaris 11.4 operations, including high-severity Oracle/NFS I/O incidents resolved via MTU/Jumbo Frame tuning and performance tooling (iostat/vmstat/top/fio). Experienced in IBM Power (P5–P9) environments with VIOS/LPAR and PowerHA/HACMP (up to 8-node clusters), plus legacy Sun/Oracle SPARC and AIX migrations using custom Bash/Python discovery scripts and rsync-based cutovers.”
Danny Beck
Executive Technology Leader (CTO/Head of Engineering) specializing in platform rebuilds, AI, and Web3
“Startup leader with 15+ years of experience, including lead engineer and founding CTO roles across 5 companies from pre-seed to Series A. Actively develops personal venture ideas by creating product specs/SLAs/business plans and engaging in investor pitch sessions and incubators, with a strong focus on early product-market fit via validated learning and data-driven pivots.”
Stephanie Kline
Executive Content Strategy & Thought Leadership Leader specializing in B2B growth
“Chief-of-Staff / operations leader who has scaled creative and production organizations through hyper-growth, including growing a creative team from ~30 to 200+ while improving turnaround times and protecting margins. Acts as a founder force-multiplier by installing operating cadences, dashboards, and decision systems, and has built scalable editorial and motion-graphics pipelines tied to growth metrics (e.g., ~$2 CPI and seven-figure media spend scaling).”
Michael St.Claire
Chief Architect specializing in microservices, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise AI agents
“Startup-focused engineering leader applying for a CTO role; previously served as founding CTO of a tech startup and held engineering/architecture roles across several others. Evaluates new ventures through market research and market demand, and emphasizes building from the ground up with strong teams (has not personally participated in fundraising).”