Vetted Mentorship Professionals

“Frontend engineer with strong depth in React/TypeScript map-heavy applications, including geocoded CSV workflows, Google Maps integrations, and large-scale record management tools. Stands out for diagnosing tricky production issues involving rendering race conditions, stale state, and frontend/backend contract mismatches, then refactoring toward scalable, maintainable architectures.”

“QA professional from fintech/SAP security and complex identity systems who has owned end-to-end testing across the SDLC, including being the sole QA on a high-risk payment platform carrier migration. Demonstrated strength in integration testing, data integrity validation, and diagnosing calculation/automation defects using controlled test data and scripted date emulation; experienced with JIRA/TestRail and Selenium-based regression coverage.”

“Infrastructure/platform engineer with end-to-end ownership across Kubernetes and VMware/vSphere, emphasizing automation (Terraform/Ansible), phased upgrades, and reliability validation via testing/failover/monitoring. Has operated hybrid on-prem VMware to AWS environments with VPN/Direct Connect, BGP routing, and security controls, including resolving production connectivity instability and adding redundancy.”

Ron Buchanan

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive technology leader specializing in cloud architecture and Healthcare IT

Summerville, SC20y exp

“Startup-focused builder currently developing a values-driven multi-platform mobile app in beta. Previously led a major technical turnaround at Lucina Analytics, taking the product from 0-to-1 and rebuilding it into an enterprise Azure-based SaaS platform that contributed to its acquisition by Unified Women's Health.”

“Chief of Staff at clinical-stage immunotherapy startup Tevogen Bio who grew from operations administrator into a senior executive support role as the company transitioned from pre-public to public. Brings hands-on experience with NASDAQ IPO support, SEC 10-Q coordination, ERP implementation, and acting as a proxy for the CEO across executive discussions.”

“Backend/data engineer who reports building production Python services (FastAPI + JWT) backed by Postgres and Redis, and modernizing data workflows using AWS Glue + PySpark with S3/RDS. States experience delivering AWS solutions (S3, SES, Cognito) and using golden datasets/snapshot testing for migration parity, with many details withheld due to NDAs. Seeking fully remote work with a $300k base salary expectation.”

“Paid media performance marketer with hands-on ownership of a $100K/month higher-education account spanning LinkedIn, Google Ads, and programmatic display/video. Built a structured 6-week experimentation approach (2-week test intervals) and used geo-fencing to reach military audiences, exceeding attendance goals for online MBA informational sessions (avg ~45 attendees vs 30 target). Strong in diagnosing stalled performance and translating complex metrics into client-friendly insights.”

“Infrastructure/Platform-focused engineering leader who led a large-scale AWS modernization, standardizing Terraform IaC and embedding security/policy validation into CI/CD to reduce drift and improve auditability. Also delivered data reliability improvements by incrementally migrating key integrations to an event-driven Kafka model with DLQs and lag monitoring, and has hands-on incident leadership using observability tooling (New Relic).”