Vetted Networking Professionals

Priyanka Ramesh

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer specializing in Java/Spring Boot and React

Boston, MA2y exp

“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).”

“Seasoned entrepreneurial operator who has raised $185M across ventures in seed treatment, drone spraying, gene editing, and biofuels. Has worked closely with accelerators including AgLaunch and Iowa Startup Accelerator as both a participant and later a mentor, and is now open to either founding a new impactful company or stepping into an experienced CEO/C-suite role.”

Douglas Green

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Executive sales and marketing leader specializing in language services and healthcare

Austin, TX27y exp

“Mission-driven builder focused on transforming education by embedding entrepreneurial mindset training into student learning. Already runs a fellowship for Alpha School/University of Austin students and is developing FounderOS, a remote cohort-based platform built on an entrepreneurial knowledge graph, learning science, and gamification. Brings unusually deep ecosystem knowledge from studying 1,000+ global founder programs.”

“Venture/accelerator operator with experience at Newchip Accelerator (Austin) and Boomerang Venture Studios, focused on high-volume sourcing and qualifying founders and building an investor network through automated LinkedIn/email outbound and events. Known for translating outreach into founder–investor meetings, running structured discovery, and using rubric/risk grading to drive go/no-go decisions while maintaining strong post-meeting feedback loops.”

“Game developer/technical lead with shipped VR experience on Meta Quest (via Roblox) and Unity leadership on "Planet of Champions Soccer," where they built core networking, a soccer engine, and behavior-tree-based AI enhanced with linear algebra. Comfortable leading and mentoring while maintaining a disciplined, methodical approach to debugging/testing and cautious use of LLMs to minimize technical debt.”

“Backend-leaning full-stack engineer who builds and operates Spring Boot microservices with React/TypeScript frontends, using Kafka/RabbitMQ for event-driven workflows. Created an internal ops dashboard for Support/SRE with tracing, alert correlation, and self-serve actions, improving MTTR and reducing escalations while maintaining regulatory-grade reliability and security.”

“Former SDR at Placer AI (later promoted into Customer Success) who generated high outbound volume—booking ~40–50 meetings/month and converting ~30 into opportunities. Experienced selling into municipalities with research-led personalization, and has navigated multi-stakeholder buying committees in healthcare staffing (recruiters/ops/CFO) including ATS and Salesforce-based solution discussions.”

Jonathan Grebe

Screened

Mid-level Robotics Software Engineer specializing in ROS, C++ and embedded Linux

Ottawa, Canada7y exp

“Robotics software lead at Icor who grew from intern to owning the end-to-end software lifecycle for a mobile manipulator platform deployed to 300+ customers globally. Deep hands-on ROS2/MoveIt2 and navigation-stack integration (URDF/TF, sensors, behavior engine) plus production infrastructure (CI/CD, OTA, field OS upgrades) and real-world performance tuning for motion planning in EOD multi-robot environments.”

“CTO-focused candidate motivated by aligning technology with business strategy and long-term growth. Previously addressed scaling-related performance issues by partnering with leadership to translate business goals into a multi-year technology roadmap.”

“Backend engineer with fintech/AI startup experience who built an Azure serverless, event-driven pipeline for large-scale crypto sentiment analysis and semantic search (OCR/NLP to vector search) and integrated LLM + blockchain data for predictive insights. Demonstrated measurable impact (25% lower retrieval latency, 10% fewer data errors, 15% higher engagement) and has led safe microservices migrations with strong security and reliability practices.”

“High-volume full-cycle recruiter promoted to lead, managing a team of 4 and serving as primary client POC while filling 30–40 roles per week. Built pipeline dashboards/trackers, introduced a structured screening questionnaire focused on people skills, and optimized job board spend to reduce costs while maintaining candidate flow. Also owned JazzHR ATS operations and data-quality process documentation, troubleshooting workflow gaps (e.g., RTR generation) to keep hiring moving within a 2–3 day submission SLA.”

Jason Sipula

Screened

Executive Technology Leader & Strategic Architect specializing in cloud-native platforms

Sacramento, CA15y exp

“Technology leader with experience driving multi-year transformations at Jewelry Supply, including migrating a legacy custom e-commerce platform to SaaS and leading a 3-year ERP program from requirements through implementation and training. Also led a major architecture shift from self-hosted virtualized infrastructure to cloud Kubernetes with a strong DevOps/DevEx focus, emphasizing stakeholder buy-in and scalable processes for distributed engineering teams.”