Vetted Problem Solving Professionals

“Talent acquisition leader with experience managing a small recruiting team post-layoffs (1 direct, 3 dotted-line) and staying hands-on in executive search. Led a global expansion to hire 30 roles across the US, UK, and Singapore, and implemented a competency-based, standardized recruiting process for product managers that was validated in real-time and approved by the Chief Product Officer.”

“Hands-on engineering manager at a marketing company leading a highly senior, distributed team (10 direct reports) while personally coding ~60–70% and owning end-to-end architecture across three interconnected products. Built agentic CRM automation and a reinforcement-learning-driven distribution layer for channel spend/bidding, with a strong focus on scalable design and observability (Prometheus/APM/logging) enabling frequent releases and few production incidents.”

“COO who specializes in professionalizing early-stage/growth operations for sale readiness—at Cooperative Laundry led a major restructuring (40% headcount reduction), redesigned operating hours (24 to 18) to reduce labor cost and improve maintenance uptime, and implemented Lean/Six Sigma systems with KPI-driven operating cadences across multiple sites. Emphasizes cultural transformation ('no surprise' accountability) and mentoring non-ops executives to independently run data-driven operations; cites driving the business to 7x EBITDA and positioning for an acquisition in 2026.”

Christy Tuescher

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in global workforce strategy

Cary, NC20y exp

“Recruiter with hands-on full-desk experience leading complex executive and engineering searches, including a VP of AI and Engineering hire. Stands out for using AI sourcing tools, funnel and cycle-time analytics, and market compensation data to unblock searches, influence hiring teams, and close difficult offers.”

“Product-minded frontend/UX leader with notable experience at CNBC, where they owned premium subscription and engagement flows from problem definition through production and post-launch iteration. They stand out for combining high-polish React implementation, Figma-driven systems thinking, and AI-assisted prototyping to quickly ship and refine conversion-focused experiences.”

“Built and shipped a production agentic LLM tool that helps internal teams update technical product whitepapers using plain-language edit requests, with strong guardrails (citations, verification, refusal/clarify flows) to reduce hallucinations and maintain compliance. Experienced taking LLM workflows from rapid LangChain prototypes to more predictable, debuggable LangGraph agent graphs, and orchestrating end-to-end ingestion/embedding/indexing/eval/deploy pipelines with Kubeflow.”

Matthew Allyn

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive engineering leader specializing in enterprise architecture, cloud, AI, and FinTech

Rolesville, NC24y exp

“Engineering leader with experience modernizing e-commerce platforms and leading product strategy for data-driven franchise growth tools. Notable for scaling distributed teams, making pragmatic build-vs-buy and architecture decisions, and delivering measurable business impact including dramatically faster checkout performance and revenue gains.”

“Leader with 20 years spanning international nonprofit, academic, and business environments, focused on solving hard coordination and scaling problems. More recently led AI-driven modernization in the mortgage sector, including loan processing and underwriting transformation, bridging executives, operations, and technology to deliver meaningful efficiency gains and adoption in historically change-resistant teams.”

David Proctor

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Enterprise Architecture & AI Strategy Leader specializing in modernization and agentic AI platforms

Colorado Springs, CO25y exp

“Technically and operationally oriented builder with startup ideas of their own, including an AI services firm in the ideation stage. Stands out for a practical understanding of venture studios and accelerators, with fluency in founder-market fit, MVP validation, hiring, and investor readiness, and a measured approach to going all-in only on high-signal opportunities.”

“Customer success and growth leader with deep PLG-adjacent experience in cybersecurity/fraud platforms. Built post-sales and professional services functions from scratch, scaled engagement across thousands of customers, cut churn to 1.77%, and materially expanded major enterprise accounts including Netflix, eBay, Intuit, Best Buy, Target, and TripAdvisor.”

Aidong Chen

Screened

Executive Data Platform Engineer specializing in kdb+/q and time-series systems

Orion Township, MI12y exp

“Veteran kdb+/q engineer with 17 years of experience applying time-series architecture across finance, autonomous driving, semiconductors, and scientific data systems. He describes building high-scale CEP and sensor-data parsing systems, achieving a 10x ingestion speedup through storage redesign, and even contributing the original remote_execute concept to PyKX.”

“Data-centric operator who supports senior executives by anticipating recurring questions, building lightweight systems (meeting cadence/touchpoints), and driving cross-team clarity through rigorous documentation. Recently managed a staffing plan after significant practice turnover, navigating competing principal expectations and capability gaps while maintaining executive trust and positive feedback through proactive level-setting and discretion with PII/PHI.”