Vetted Product Development Professionals

Abhilash Seshadri

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Senior Mechanical/R&D Engineer specializing in orthopedic medical device product development

Laotto, IN9y exp

“Founding engineer at a previous company who reports owning all products end-to-end from ideation through launch and inventing the company's flagship technology/products; emphasizes making development tradeoffs to deliver safe, functional, usable, ergonomic products.”

Colleen Gray

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Executive healthcare and medtech CEO specializing in capital raising and medical device commercialization

San Francisco, CA18y exp

“Registered investment banker at US Capital Global with roughly 20 years of fundraising experience across startups and growth companies. He has served as both operator and founder/C-suite leader, raising more than $275M+ for ventures including StorageWay and $27M for medtech startup TracPatch Health, with particular depth in healthcare, investor strategy, diligence, and board-level execution.”

Anirudh Venkatesh

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Mid-level XR/Unity Developer specializing in AR/VR and immersive applications

Riverside, CA5y exp

“Unity developer with hands-on experience across VR, AR, multiplayer, and AI-driven gameplay systems. They’ve owned end-to-end interaction architecture for VR cognitive testing focused on accessibility, integrated Gemini-based command systems into gameplay, and shipped cross-platform immersive applications spanning Magic Leap 2, iOS, and Photon-powered multiplayer experiences.”

Frank Carrabba

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Executive software engineering leader specializing in SaaS and enterprise product development

Seattle, WA34y exp

“Engineering leader with experience at Replenium, Savo Group, Radnet, and MatricOne, focused on business-aligned roadmaps and transparent, servant-style leadership. Notable for scaling teams quickly (18→36 in 6 months) and resolving high-impact performance incidents by leveraging DevOps data (reframed a suspected memory leak as a memory spike). Has led pragmatic build-vs-buy architecture decisions (waiting for a Microsoft transaction server) and uses Agile/CI/CD practices to drive consistent delivery.”

“Software engineer with robotics and ML background (BS Software Engineering w/ Robotics minor; MS CS w/ ML minor) who built autonomy-focused student robotics projects combining RFID + camera sensing, path planning (Dijkstra), and fuzzy logic, and experimented with neural-network approaches. Also brings production-grade software practices from a Dell software analyst role, emphasizing maintainability, documentation, and testing for real-time systems.”

“Merchandising/brand partnerships professional with Hot Topic experience sourcing and scaling licensed collaborations (e.g., Monster High with Mattel) by using social/customer demand signals and post-launch sell-through/ratings analysis. Strong in vendor/licensing negotiations to improve wholesale costs and margins, and in data-driven assortment planning with weekly performance reviews and seasonality-based inventory strategies.”

“Has worked at a startup within an incubator program and is a certified mentor with a startup mentorship non-profit focused on early-stage/pre-funded companies. Not currently seeking to found a company or take equity-only roles, but open to working at very early-stage companies (pre-launch/pre-revenue/pre-funded).”

Tyler Hurd

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Executive Product & Operations Leader specializing in IoT hardware and water/hydration technology

Milwaukee, WI16y exp

“Founder who has raised $2.5MM from angel investors to build and operate smart beverage fountains in fitness studios that dispense user-personalized hydration. Former Pentair product manager (residential water purification) who identified an on-demand purified + additive-dosed beverage opportunity and chose to pursue it as a startup, using lean customer discovery, MVP prototyping, and pitch-competition-driven fundraising.”

Adrian Lawrence

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Executive Product & Technology Leader specializing in AI, analytics, and regulated industries

Atlanta, GA14y exp

“Serial startup product/technology leader who previously exited a company to Green Street and has accelerator experience via Notre Dame’s IDEA Center. Now pursuing a commercial real estate analytics concept focused on deep demand analysis for better capital allocation, with a provisional patent filed and experience supporting VC funds as an operating partner on product vision and strategy.”

“Sales leader with experience spanning MEP engineering consulting and the public safety emergency vehicle equipment market, including national team leadership and ownership of revenue outcomes. Particularly strong in complex government and municipal sales environments, with hands-on experience navigating approved vendor lists, field trials, bid processes, and multi-stakeholder fleet purchases across major U.S. agencies.”

Hy Serure

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Executive Technology Leader & Architect specializing in enterprise digital transformation

Oakhurst, NJ29y exp

“Longtime S-Corp founder (20+ years) who evolved from running a web agency to becoming a Shopify expert contracted by agencies/brands to upskill teams and lead enterprise eCommerce builds. Recently built and launched a payment-links/QR-code web app in weeks that gained 20 users on day one without advertising; now looking to pivot toward building a scalable product business not tied to hourly contracting.”

Niko Rehnbäck

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Director-level engineering leader specializing in mobile and FinTech product development

Finland15y exp

“Two-time startup co-founder who led engineering in both companies and helped scale at least one from 5 to 100+ employees. Has direct experience raising venture capital and combines early-stage execution with strategic thinking around product-market fit, competition, and key metrics.”

michael brown

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Executive CEO specializing in tech-enabled services, robotics, and M&A-driven scale

New York, NY27y exp

“Entrepreneurial operator with a background in platform acquisitions, tuck-ins, turnarounds, and robotics commercialization. At Skyline Robotics, they were part of a company that raised $25M and are now exploring a Physical AI startup focused on autonomous property management for the UHNW market, with a planned Hamptons POC and manufacturer-backed deployment strategy.”

“Entrepreneurial product builder who created chaintrigger.com in response to early Web3 demand for real-time on-chain event reactions, offering an alternative to The Graph Protocol and achieving adoption among games and other Web3 projects. Currently developing new tools, dogfooding internally, and building distribution via personal network and a niche Twitter/X following to gather feedback and iterate quickly.”