Vetted Problem Solving Professionals

Peter Gluck

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Principal Software Engineer specializing in scalable, secure multi-platform systems

La Crescenta, CA14y exp

“Engineering leader and former CTO/Disney|ABC engineering manager who built white-label mobile app architecture that supported a branded app and successful exit, and later scaled Disney Channel brand app teams across iOS/Android/web and major OTT platforms. Led kid-safety architecture for DisneyNOW (“Junior mode” with PIN) and partnered with product/legal on COPPA compliance, emphasizing maintainable tech choices and strong execution processes.”

“Healthcare product leader with deep oncology and pharma experience who has built both foundational clinical data platforms and AI-powered patient engagement workflows. Particularly notable for combining rigorous data standardization, LLM evaluation/guardrail design, and human-centered communication changes that drove measurable medication refill and adherence improvements. Also teaches AI to product managers and business analysts, bringing a pragmatic, education-first view of human-centered AI adoption.”

“Engineering leader and hands-on architect from Sony Pictures Entertainment who has led large-scale platform modernization, digital supply chain delivery, and multiple GenAI/RAG initiatives in media and rights-management domains. Notable for combining people leadership with deep AWS/LLM architecture work, including a 1M+ record GenAI title search system and AI-driven contract insights that reportedly helped unlock a 20% revenue increase.”

“Senior Engineering Manager with large-scale platform/API ownership at eBay, leading a globally distributed team and redesigning Order public APIs used by external developer ecosystems at ~800M requests/day, delivering 84% performance gains and reducing compute by ~300 VMs. Also led Google CRES ETL migration work on GCP, creating reusable Python libraries to standardize configuration across 10 integrations and improve developer productivity.”

Brian Sanders

Screened

Senior Backend Engineer specializing in GenAI, LLMs, and scalable data pipelines

Chicago, IL12y exp

“Backend/ML platform engineer from Snapsheet who owned production Python services and data pipelines for insurance claims, including an AI document classification/summarization FastAPI service on ECS/Fargate processing 1M+ documents/year. Strong in AWS infrastructure (Terraform, CI/CD, secrets/IAM, autoscaling), Glue/PySpark ETL with schema evolution controls, and legacy SAS-to-microservices modernization with safe, feature-flagged rollouts and measurable performance wins.”

“Operations and scaling leader who launched Management Events' Germany office from 0 to 10 employees and advised HQ on scaling into mature European markets (Germany/UK/France). Also has Intel and Microsoft experience taking local best practices global, including scaling the Microsoft Virtual Academy worldwide, plus recent executive mentoring via nonprofit board leadership (co-chair at United Planet).”

Conway Cheng Cheng

Screened

Executive transformation leader specializing in global risk architecture and financial services

Dallas, TX26y exp

“Advisory and financial-services professional with exposure to PE/VC boards, Big 4 strategic partnerships, and innovation labs, now exploring a commercialization venture via a venture studio model. Brings a structured approach to building new businesses—combining Design Thinking, feasibility testing, rapid prototyping, and SBIR-backed R&D strategy with cross-border market entry and enterprise modernization experience.”

Pavithra Kollu

Screened

Mid-level Machine Learning Engineer specializing in LLMs, RAG, and search systems

San Francisco, CA5y exp

“Backend/ML infrastructure engineer with experience at Perplexity and Meta building production evaluation, monitoring, and retrieval systems for AI search, autonomous agents, and LLM-powered workflows. Particularly strong in turning messy manual quality-review processes into reusable Python/FastAPI automation with measurable impact, including major gains in search relevance, latency, and grounded answer quality.”

Albert Eserjose

Screened

Senior strategy and operations consultant specializing in growth and supply chain transformation

New York, NY13y exp

“Operations-to-strategy candidate with a Cornell MBA background spanning FreshDirect logistics, Accenture/EY supply chain transformation, and commercial diligence at Altman Solon. Brings a rare mix of ground-level operating experience and transaction-oriented strategic analysis, including an inventory optimization initiative that cut carrying costs by 9% (~$11M).”

Brett Potter

Screened

Director-level Blockchain Engineer specializing in smart contracts and Web3 infrastructure

Miami, FL15y exp

“Technical leader with startup and venture experience who recently had a modest exit from a crypto protocol called Buck. Previously served as Technology Director at Launch Code Capital and has worked across multiple startups, bringing both operator and VC-side perspective.”

Vinay Ramrupe

Screened

Mid-level AI/ML Engineer specializing in LLM and enterprise generative AI

San Francisco, CA5y exp

“ML/AI engineer focused on taking LLM systems from experimentation to reliable production, including enterprise copilot and RAG-based knowledge retrieval use cases. Stands out for combining data pipelines, model training, inference optimization, automated evaluation, and safety guardrails, with cited impact including 20% throughput gains and 30% less manual evaluation effort.”